Quote from jonatan on September 27, 2011, 1:45 pm

I can't think of any hints that don't give out the solution directly. Anyway I'm curious, how DID you solve it? (without walking on fizzlers) I should close this loophole.

Quote from Saturn on September 27, 2011, 2:28 pm

I think i'm done trying to solve this. I don't have the faintest of idea of what to do. I still don't know how's the upper section supposed to help me. Tried to fling myself to the ledge by jumping from the lightbridge but i always come up short. And it's probably not part of the solution.

I would have been pretty satisdied just with the main section of keeping the 2 cubes alive, getting one lined up for the laser and then throw the cube to the other button so i could portal myself to the exit elevator.

Quote from yugiohmastercomeatme on September 27, 2011, 4:07 pm

this map was way better before but he keeps editing it and making it less and less fun and thought provoking and more linear and boring. please just revert it to the first version and stop "fixing" what wasn't broken. portal isn't about thinking linear and having only one solution, it's about self liberation and achieving a goal through creativity and thinking outside the box.

Quote from jonatan on September 27, 2011, 4:14 pm

Added some hints in version 1.4. Not sure if this is a good idea. If people complain this puzzle is now too easy and casual, I will remove them. This puzzle is meant to be difficult.

As to answer yugio's question: Is it fun when there is unintended solutions that bypasses the whole or a large portion of the puzzle? Is it fun when there is unintended solutions that's totally frustrating to execute?

Quote from yugiohmastercomeatme on September 27, 2011, 4:24 pm

jonatan wrote:

As to answer yugio's question: Is it fun when there is unintended solutions that bypasses the whole or a large portion of the puzzle? Is it fun when there is unintended solutions that's totally frustrating to execute?

Yes.

And yes.

Quote from Phatshady912 on September 27, 2011, 6:10 pm

Beat it again, with what I'm sure is another unintended solution.

[spoiler]I threw the cube from the excursion funnel button to the laser button to open the door the first time. Then I used the momentum glitch on the second floor to get on the ledge, never even activated the light bridge ;P[/spoiler]

Quote from jonatan on September 27, 2011, 6:23 pm

I can't remove the [spoiler]momentum glitch[/spoiler]. It's kind of silly and I really wonder why Valve made it so. In fact using this trick probably break a whole bunch of maps out there. I can assure you though you don't need to use it.

Quote from SmackDowN on September 27, 2011, 10:12 pm

I think I solved it the intended way!

My solution here (Spoiler)

[spoiler]Start by getting the 1st cube down to hold the funnel button while the second cube is still in the air. Then, get the 2nd cube using the funnel to go up there, and bring it down in the first room to place it against the glass aligned with the laser receptor, still holding in place with the funnel. Then, while standing on the funnel button, throw the 1st cube on the laser button while standing on the funnel button. Door opens. Make a portal into the final room. Go press the buton to open the door. Then, just press the button to reset the cubes, get 1st cube again the same way and place it on the funnel button. Use the funnel to go in the room above. Bring the 2nd cube on the lower floor of the above room. Make a portal and bring the 1st cube on that floor as well. Get 1st cube past the fizzler, and put 2nd cube on the laser button. Place 1st cube aligned with the laser, having the laser poiting to the wall with a specific angle so it will be possible to activate all 3 laser receptors using portals. Place a portal on the floor button side of the fizzler with an angle so its lined up to activate the bridge laser receptor. Get on the edge of the bridge emitter then activate the bridge. By jumping down from the bridge, place a portal on the floor next the higher doorway, and fling yourself to get to the doorway (blue portal is still on the floor button side of the fizzler). Once up there, place a portal lined up with the laser again (cube should already be placed correctly since u cant touch it) and place another portal to shut down the fizzler next to you. Place yourself just behind where the fizzler was, and place another portal to have the laser pointing at the other receptor to desactivate the other fizzler (will reactivate the first fizzler). Now, go all the way down to the small room behind the first room, the one separated with a fence. From there, make a portal to go in the room where u carefully placed the cube on the laser previously (laser should still be active), and place ur cube with a different angle so its possible to activate the laser receptor of the first room by placing the second portal in the first room under the big fizzler. Door to the final room will open again, but this time, place a portal on the back wall of the final room, and head there to complete the map! I skipped a few obvious steps, but I think this is the intended solution![/spoiler]

Please tell me if it is the intended solution, I took a few hours to figure it out!

And also, very awsome brain challenging map!

Quote from jonatan on September 27, 2011, 10:59 pm

That's a very creative solution. However not the one I had in mind. [spoiler]The only problem I had was to get an angle to activate the first fizzler once I was up on the platform. Maybe you used another angle but I had to align the laser into the blue portal out from the yellow and then into the blue portal again before hitting the receptor.[/spoiler]Very complex! Maybe you did it slightly different.

Anyway the intended solution was this:

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