# New game ... Beware! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734 "2002-11-07T16:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/61 "2002-11-07T21:19:06Z")
Hey **lost4life** you don’t like being my new best friend? Or is it cause I’m stupid? ---
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/62 "2002-11-07T21:28:54Z")
OK - I’m in the room with the wheel and the color chart and the next room has the tubes. That is all I have right now - nothing more - have no clue what to do here. HELP!!! ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/63 "2002-11-07T21:30:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skittles \* > \*\*Hey **lost4life** you don’t like being my new best friend? Or is it cause I’m stupid? \*\* I said I need a new best friend! Even a stupid one…😉 ---
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/64 "2002-11-07T21:32:00Z")
Well - I fit the bill for being stupid, considering how well I’m doing on this game! So I am available for that position. I’m beginning to think I missed picking up a lot of things in the rooms I’ve done in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/65 "2002-11-07T21:33:34Z")
Heh. Finished. That was pretty fun. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/66 "2002-11-07T21:40:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skittles \* > \*\*OK - I’m in the room with the wheel and the color chart and the next room has the tubes. That is all I have right now - nothing more - have no clue what to do here. HELP!!! \*\* This one I barely remember for some reason but… you have to collect the wheels and put them on the pipes. One is located on a picture, I forget where the second one is, and the third one you have to order by getting some paper and a pen from a desk and taking it to the table where the note from the security guard is. You then mail it. Eventually you get to the transporter thingy and insert the diskette that you hopefully already found. I have no idea what I did at this point, but it just started working for me. Something about finding the right color combinations. I have limited short-term memory… ---
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/67 "2002-11-07T21:42:13Z")
**Ferrous** don’t even make me sad by telling me how long it took you to get through it all. I’ve been playing for what seems like hours…oh wait, it HAS been hours!!! Need help in the pipe room!!! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/68 "2002-11-07T21:45:41Z")
Whew! Solved it. Hey, it’s time to go home! See ya! ---
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/69 "2002-11-07T21:46:38Z")
The only diskette I found was way in the beginning and I’ve already used it. Hope that isn’t too bad. I can’t find paper and pen to write though. ---
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/70 "2002-11-07T21:49:41Z")
OK - got the paper and pen - can’t seem to write with it though! UGH! ---
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/71 "2002-11-07T21:52:59Z")
OK - maybe I should just type myself emails of what I can’t do. Seems the second I do that - I figure it out! UGH! ---
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/72 "2002-11-07T21:57:43Z")
At last!!! I have finished the mission!!! Thanks so much for everyone who helped me! Now its time to leave the office for the day. I’ll check back tomorrow to see if anyone may need help. Though I basically asked every question imaginable today! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/73 "2002-11-07T21:57:46Z")
**Skittles** , go read **lost4life** ’s spoiler a few posts up for the paper & pen info. The diskette……is on top of one of the lockers. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/74 "2002-11-07T22:20:32Z")
Wooo. That was tougher that I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/75 "2002-11-07T22:40:33Z")
All right, one last question from the new SDMB dum-dum: [spoiler]After you get the screw in the first room, do you hover _just_ the hand over the bit of visible poster, or do you need to be holding the screw also? Or better yet, you could tell me just what is needed to be done 😉 (no, I have not been in that first room for over 2 hours, I’ve been ‘playing’ off and on) pathetic, meknows. Help greatly appreciated! [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/76 "2002-11-07T23:57:36Z")
**Anubis** ,Once you’ve slid the poster under the door, pick up the screw and click on the keyhole. This causes the key (which is on the other side of the door) to fall on the poster. Then click the poster and it will slide back with the key on it. ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/77 "2002-11-08T00:44:53Z")
Oh Gee whiz I am stuck on the one where you have to find the pattern of whats different, i have figured out everything else but not this square rectangle thing, anyone care to help? ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/78 "2002-11-08T00:55:09Z")
Okay, I’m no genius compared to some of you, but I slogged through this in just over an hour. I think maybe I missed on a puzzle or two just by random clicking? (Hey, a trap door ::clickclick:: Huh, it opened.) But it was fun! ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/79 "2002-11-08T00:55:47Z")
AH-HA! Thanks, **Ferrous** and [skittles\*\*! ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-beware/135734/80 "2002-11-08T01:10:47Z")
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