> > > Ok, I've gotten as far as the computer game in the lab, but I'm stuck in the middle of it. I had an idea about throwing the moss off the edge of the drop or down the holes to break my fall so I could jump down below, but I've dumped armloads of it down there and it still doesn't work; when I try to jump off the edge I die. I've used the torch to drive away bats with the smoke but can't get anywhere with that either.
> > >
> > > On the hints board it says something about getting the website team to leave the area, but can't figure out how to do that either.
> > >
> > > My inventory is: Hand of Midas, Invisibility potion, Indivisibility potion, Queen Susan's horn, lighted torch, moss, Sword of the Apocalypse (yeah, right),99 pebbles, crossbow, and the galaxy.
> >
> > Actually, you don't need the creator's hint to get past the moss/bats portion of the game. Beyond that, you will have to work on the website team - first by helping them out only to SERIOUSLY ruin their day in the end.
> >
> > But since we're currently on the topic of the bats and moss, I'll help you out there.
> >
> > You've got the right idea with the moss, but you're skipping right to the second step. See, over the edge will take you back down, and through the holes are the stupid bats. If you lay down enough of it in the right place (obviously not where you plan to jump down), that moss is pretty flammable.
> >
> > You will run into a roadblock after the bats (and if you select the option that tells you what you - or rather, Mr. Anand - lost in the game, you'll know why).
> >
> > That part can only be solved by having your fun with the website team so you can literally smoke out the creator's file (you checked the game info for her name, right?). But next time you play you'll know how to get past the bats, at least.
> >
> > -Mandi aka Chaos
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> Hey, Mandi, haven't heard from you in awhile...anyway, OK, I threw the moss down the hole AND over the edge, so I was able to smoke out the bats and jump down, but all 4 directions (north, south,east and west) lead nowhere. I guess this is where I have to work with the website team, but only thing I can think of to do is to talk to them about the various subjects offered, which doesn't do anything.
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> What do you mean about "what Mr. Armand lost in the game"? I need another hint, no matter how cryptic!!

Two words: Last-minute babysitting. :)

The game recap, if I remember correctly, mentions some scroll with the right directional code that Anand had and promptly lost in-game. Since there is no power on earth that will convince the man to restart the game for you, you'll have to go straight to the source to find out what the code is. Fortunately, she goes to St. Mary's.

There should be an option to check out info about the game, specifically someone who created it - her initials are S.P. Now, she has a file in a certain office in that building, but to read it you need to smoke the staff out of the New Building. How? Completely ruin the website team's day.

I don't know what you've got in your "real life" inventory, but you need to focus on the website team. You need to get them an idea that will hook in new members, actually get interest from a new member, then totally screw with their day. (Do the words "Trojan horse" ring a bell?)

The chess fanatics have something that will help. And if the team is still looking for good ideas to bring in new members, Mrs. Pinto does have exactly ONE good piece of advice amidst her blathering.

-Mandi "that's the best I can do without your St. Mary's inventory" aka Chaos