PRE-GAME ACTIVITIES - SOLUTION

You'll notice that there are twenty links on the home page of the 420 game site, and each has a description. If you click on each of them, however, it seems that the descriptions don't match the sites to which they link..... so, re-arrange the descriptions so that they do match, and this is what you get:

Linked URL Incorrect Description Correct Description
project420.com oh dear, i shall be late! For the serious smoker

cs.cmu.edu/people /rgs
/alice-table

healing, relaxation, ascension Oh dear i shall be late
wizards.com/dnd wall of light Lots of dice
geocities.com /athens
/delphi /1219 /astral.html
the history of it all Lucid dreaming
lycaeum.org /drugs /old
/synthetics /lsd
try to light it Origins of lucy
trufax.org /paradigm
/plato.html
how plugs become erotic Wall of light

zonker.stanford.edu
/~snitch /game
/missionstatement.html

for the serious smoker The history of it all
meditationcenter.com lots of dice Healing, relaxation, ascenscion
third-eye.org.uk /trip tungus of siberia Exploring virtual personalities
scholastic.com /harrypotter
/home.asp
exploring virtual personalities Wizardry
existenz.com real deserts How plugs become erotic
isleofavalon.co.uk /edu /g-bank /a2-dimen.html wizardry Isles of cereological matters
deoxy.org /shaover.html adrenaline junkies Tungus of siberia
angels.kiasma.fng.fi
/avatarbuilder /frameset.html
blacklisted guru Ecstatic dancing
hku.hk /english
/course /03354
/introbau.htm
ecstatic dancing Real deserts
extreme-sports.com by console we swear Adrenaline junkies
videogamereview.com in here, the stories are told By console we swear
leary.com isles of cereological matters Blacklisted guru
sfsite.com /fsf origins of lucy In here, the stories are told
aracnet.com /~lavatech
/bong /freebonghit.html
lucid dreaming Try to light it

And now the first letters of the descriptions spell "FOLLOWTHEWHITERABBIT"

Next, did you notice the four images at the bottom of the home page of the 420 game site? One of them is a white rabbit. Clicking on the white rabbit takes you to a page with three images from Alice in Wonderland, including another white rabbit. Clicking on the second white rabbit takes you to a page with a third white rabbit (exactly like the second rabbit). And clicking on the third white rabbit will bring up this dialog box (note the numbers, they will be useful later).

 

The dialog box itself tells you that the user name is "Guest" but what is the password? No idea at this point! However, if you click on "Cancel" or just hit the Escape key, you'll get the following error page (click on it to see it full-size, then you'll be able to read what it says).

This error message references tatami.cs.berkeley.edu. Try typing in http://tatami.cs.berkeley.edu as the URL. When you do, you'll see the following message:

"Hello adventurers, Clearly, you have a superior ability to see that which is not obvious. We will need teams like yours to complete a task of great import to the human race. If you are one of the teams chosen to join us on 4/20, heed the following:

-Knowledge of japanese character sets will be useful. Keep any references on this subject with you at ALL times.

-Passwords can have spaces in them.

The Recruiters."

Another way to get to this hidden page is to type in the numbers in the password dialog box above, because they're clearly an IP address. Try typing in http://128.32.131.74 and you'll see that it leads to the same location and the same information.

OK, one item down, two to go.

"Passwords can have spaces in them".... at this point you don't have a password, but you do have the phrase "FOLLOWTHEWHITERABBIT" - maybe the instructions were also the password? Try typing "FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT" as the dialog box password - with spaces. This works! And it will bring up a page containing this information:

"Hello adventurers, Clearly, you have a superior ability to see that which is not obvious. We will need teams like yours to complete a task of great import to the human race. If you are one of the teams chosen to join us on 4/20, heed the following. There is a network of transportation within the construct we call the city of San Francisco. Know it well and keep it with you at ALL times.

The Recruiters "

OK, SF Muni map. Check.

Two items down, one to go.

The third item was shared with the group by Snitcheroo of team Devil's Dick (formerly known as D.O.L.E.A.C.).

After teams were notified that they had been accepted into the 420 game, GC sent us word that we should look at the training page. If you go to the training page and right click on it, then hit "View Source" and search for comments (which always begin with <!--), you'll see a number of empty comment tags that look like this: <!--> Write down the first letter of each word that follows each comments tag, and you'll have D E E P E R M E A N I N G D O T H T M L. If you go to the deepermeaning page you'll see the following:

12; 24; 34; 35; 13; 51; 32; 11; 43; 44

Here's a hint to decoding these numbers, courtesy of Team DOH! Boys:

ABCDE
FGHIJ
KLMNO
PQRST
UVWXYZ

In other words, 12 = the first row, second letter, 24 = the second row, fourth letter, etc etc.

And the answer is:    B I N O C U L A R S

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