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beteljuice wrote: ↑Wed 04 Aug 2021 12:17 pm The page you should be in has the ability to carry out this task

I'll wait for the hint
Cal me stupid but I have no talent for Larry type games, but seeing it gives some pleasure
(I appear to have talent for the puzzles though :LOL:)

Having completed it - al least according to the message I got - I'm not even sure I got all the clues

Yup - you're on the list billy (I had to fix a corrupted line ending)

And I must add my thanks and congratulations to beteljuice - very cleverly put together, as expected of course from all your work here. And less my sense of humour is misinterpreted ... fun to do

Spoiler #2

Having answered the previous random IRIS question, you get the following clue ...

Next clue ...

All good hunts need a c???t and a ??p

So first, historically for the French, it's a must-have option !

So pay attention, you will be using a chart, and at some point a map.

Goto Charts => Historic (fr) ... and click on the obviously French option for the next pop-up clue.

Spoiler #3

This seems to be the first troublesome hurdle !

From spoiler #2 and selecting chart option "Croissants" you should've got:

Next clue ...

User dickie is spying on agents of CROAK who are about to unleash a toxin that will destroy half the worlds plant life.

Remove control centre with extreme predudice !

So what about user dickie ?
Spoiler #2 said "So pay attention, you will be using a chart, and at some point a map."

So goto Other Links => Cumulus User Map

Select 'dickie' in the table list.

Please don't kill dickie, although you won't be penalised if you do

He is South of a small airfield, move the crosshairs to the only building (10053) and hit the "FIRE" button.

Next clue pops up (Which also seems to be a 'stumbler' for some)

Spoiler #4

... and another hurdle too high for some

Edit: Spoiler 'redacted' until further notice.


From spoiler #3

Next clue ...

Alternatively, This Month, you should look under the table list like Gutenberg or Caxton

For this one goto Extremes => Alternative Monthly

Choose option "List Style"

Gutenberg and Caxton were pioneers of PRINTing.

On the right-hand pane choose "Print Table (Experimental)"

In your print preview your next clue is at the bottom of the page

Spoiler #5

Edit: Spoiler 'redacted' until further notice.

Looking at the bottom of the print preview from spoiler #4 you should see ..

Next clue ...

Check the state of the logo.

(No pointers)

So we go to the status page
... but there is nothing about the logo
Click on the logo - and the next clue appears.

"No pointers" is a hint that the cursor won't change to show it's a link.

Still only the first two original finishers

Spoiler #6

From spoiler #5

You should have got:

Edit: Spoiler 'redacted' until further notice.

Honestly

Next clue ...

Patience is a virtue ...

... wait 20 seconds

It changes to:

Patience has it's own reward
Time for a puzzle ...

Which is a link to a (random) jig-saw.

Haha... This is where i got when i gave up (i had been helped before) , I could not wait twenty seconds
Impatience is my second nature (as I kind of hinted at before)

But from here on it's a piece of cake. Once you got the hang of it...

Spoiler #7

Solving the jig-saw that spoiler #6 gives you ...
Edit: Spoiler 'redacted' until further notice.

Clues are getting harder ...

Quality, in particular matters
2.5 hits the spot.

So you navigate to "Air Quality" (Particulate Matter)

Click on the orange 2.5 'spot' in the Relative sizes graphics at the top-left .

Up pops yet another clue

Spoiler #8

From spoiler #7 you should have got the clue:

Edit: Spoiler 'redacted' until further notice.

Fly to betel Island.

Location ...
Tell the pilot same East and West, as North and South

How do you find betel island - You need a map !

Navigate to "Other Links" >> "Cumulus User Map"
"Tell the pilot same East and West, as North and South" - So in the 'Auto Pilot' in the right-hand pane you put 0 (zero) for Lat: and Lng; and click the green 'GO' button.

You will now 'fly' to betel island, and a pop-up gives you hints that you should follow

Spoiler #9

This will be the last spoiler ....
... there are only a few 'moves' left to get on the "I did it board"

At some point I might 'redact'' the spoilers ... so go for it now.

Edit: Spoiler 'redacted' until further notice.

.. So you flew to '''betel Island'.
... A pop said:

You Got Here ...
[ picture of the beteljuice ]
Whilst you're here ... Target a wreck or two.

So .. If you drag the cross-hairs over the wreck to the South East of the Island, you will get a pop-up with a link ...

That was fun ...
IRIS wants a word !

Answer the easy question from IRIS (She is in a good mood. bless her) - Pay attention to the instruction at the top of the pop=up !

B.T.W.

One of the "Red Herring" clues was ..

Next clue ...

If an elephants foot covers half the ground
What does it's tail cover ?

Answer ...
... Its a*se !

My first dirty joke told to me by a very nice 'old man' about 60 years ago.
His wife gave him a telling off !!!