Blurb: Derren Brown is back with his most extraordinary series yet, ‘THE EVENT’. Filmed for Channel 4 in front of a live studio audience, this series is made up of four one hour specials – during which Derren will attempt some of the most incredible feats to date.
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Nice!
Properly clothed and fed .. hm … that may be a problem …
Coded word … hm … are you sure it is not coded sentences … and both the same code … hm .. that’s
not simple .. and not to be spread around … that’s simple .. I’ll not tell .. *giggling* … I can keep a secret …
oh my oh my .. what a nice game you came up with …
*waving to come nearby* *whipering* … it’s uk ok? Not pal .. but uk .. let’s not get into trouble with this .. otherwise I’ll tell why 16 is the min. age … I’ll tell … I’ll spread the world .. I’ll spam you … (hm, or was it spank you ..) .. let’s not get physical, let’s not get racist ….just be nice boys ..
Okay, so now .. the Ali-G translator would have come up with a lot of nice words for this one I get to see in my mind while reading the message … but let’s not get physical huh … let’s play nice .. it’s uk .. the coded word .. and it means …. u knock .. and we say “who’s there” … you say … …. (the word you fools .. the word ..)
*chuckles*
Dear Ms G:
What on earth are you talking about?
I was confused as to what the code word is, but now I’m even more confused as to what on earth Mrs G’s post is all about.
Argh… great timing guys! Sitting here at work on double time, trying REALLY hard not to look for the coded word instead of getting my urgent work done.
Guess how well I’m doing?? Thank the FSM (praise His noodly appendage) the boss isn’t in today…
Some people are just so weird…
Good competition idea though to bad i cant go.
I think I got it there, I sent them an email anyway and got my partner to do the same. Ms G’s comment makes no sense whatsoever in light of the answer that I got so don’t look to that for any hints, it’s just really weird. Unless of course I am wrong and Ms.G’s comment makes sense, but I doubt the latter. Unsure of the former. Good luck!
I’m not even able to enter (not a UK resident… yet), but I still want to find that damn word. I’ve read every word on that page, and now I’m feeling stupid, because I still can’t find it.
Oh well — I’ll go think of a few more methods and have another go. Give me a puzzle, and I damn well want to solve it!
Send me your email address and I’ll let you know what I think it is! But I may be wrong!
It’s ok, I’m feeling very stupid too, don’t have a clue.
SGillen: Thanks for the offer, I may take you up on it later.
Right now, I still want to see if I can figure it out myself, though. Matter of pride.
Arrrggghh – my brain hurts, I think I’ve got it, but can’t be sure it’s the right word.
Cool site and loving Derren’s work btw
Damn I don’t live in UK. Perhaps I have to consider moving there. Sadly, for this competition it may be too late.
What if I promise to fly there righ away if I needed?
Good luck everyone and littel brainwork is always a good thing.
haha my friend got it right away and then took like 20 min trying to explain it to me over msn haha its good tho we are pritty sure we got it
i feel a bit silly shes smart
Ooooo *wants*.
I think I may know what it is… but am not sure… cant see anything else it could be.
Do we get an email saying whether we are right or not, so we can have another go?
Oh, and what date would it be on?
xx
rofl@Mrs G…
so if no members of this blog may enter, then why give it away on here… huh
senses something weird must be going on!
No members of the blog – it means the moderators I assume.
And seriously, a post all on it’s own should be made purely about that comment by Ms G. I mean, that is crazy shit right there.
Would my partner need to provide corresponding details for the bloggists to connect us up? Or would Mr Brown figure it out for himself?
I’m sure Mr Brown will figure it out. He’s psychic, you know!
Maybe there are telling signs in our email addresses which link us together.
I won’t take my chances, however; I’ll make it perfectly clear who we are!
Got it! Haha, it’s so glaringly obvious once you figure it out… Too bad I’m in the wrong country!
Can’t believe I spent ages trying to figure this out… and it’s quite simple (unless I’m totally wrong…)… and I can’t enter because I’m in Republic of Ireland (damn 1916 Rising) …
I need to go and give my brain a rest now…
Oh dear, if i hadnt realised that is was being filmed about 5mins walk away from where relatives live i would have been able to live with the fact that im not going.
I am now rather upset that i cannot find the coded word =[
oh well
x
Are you eligible to enter, mystery person? I’m not, so I’d be willing to give you my solution to the puzzle.
Add-on to my previous comment: On second thought, giving somebody the entire solution would probably constitute cheating. So I’ll give you a clue as to how to solve it.
My brain hurts.
ok i need help cn someone mail me a hint or somethink cos i really should be doing my coursework lol
josh.o-connor@virgin.net
thanks
Ahh I can not find the answer any clue would be much appreciated.
i think i have got it but its not a coded word and its 3 words lol so i think i might be wrong
I keep thinking I have found it, but how do you know if you have. Is it obvious?
Josh: I think you’re wrong. Either you are, or I am.
Mystery person: Have an email address?
It is pretty obvious, yeah.
i might set up a yahoo account so i can have 2 guesses lol
@Anna… Help! (Please!!!)
Thanks
Once you have it you’ll be left with no doubt you are correct, Mrs G is a decoy, shes talking complete nonsense.
Claire: Email address? Oh, and ehm… I don’t mind you using my second name, but I’m kind of wondering why you keep doing that
If you just sent me an email would you be so kind as to re send it as it arrived in my spam and has decided to delete itself
i got it now!!!!
its quite hard tho
im happy now
:):):):)
cant believe i didnt see it before it was right infront of me lol
I tried to, but my email bounced…
Clue, anyone?…i’m stuck
I don’t see it. But as I can’t go I’m not as motivated to wrack my brain or pop an eye vein. I wonder if it’s grammatical…
And now you mention it, not sure why I do that either! How odd.. sorry!
And I feel thick too…
Whens the last day we can e-mail you with the code by?
Thanks for your emails guys. I’ll get to working it out!!
Can someone please email me too… a hint or more.
I did think I possibly had it, but am not to sure.
Thankies.
Sue xx
ARGH! Sorted out… dont need emails now guys, I’ve worked it out.
Excellent.
Sue xx
is it in the terms and conditions, or in the main body of text??
Aren’t the tickets at the Details @ Lost in tv link free anyway? The top of the page says “free tickets to your favourite television and radio shows.”
I’m in the States, but I’m enjoying the brain-teasing anyway.
They all went in about an hour.
A lot of you saying the word is “it’. Sorry try again.
i´m not able to come as the terms say but god this puzzle is maddening…what area do you have to look in…lol
Oh. Wow. I see. Maybe you should just delete my previous comment.
Glad it wasn’t just us…
If anyone’s still stuck on it all I will say is it’s not as hard as you think at all and you may be reading into it a bit too much…
Can I just ask if the answer will be announced on here at some point? Because if i never find out the answer I might go insane. I’m actually so annoyed that I can’t figure it out that I’m convinced there is no such word and there is something else going on here…. something sneaky…. xoxo
Woohoo I just found it. Really easy when you see it!
Argh!!!! Its driving me crazy. I dont even mind if I dont get to go – I just need to know the answer!!!!
Nope. Still not got it. Please help…
Its not a sneaky conspiracy. There’s a word very simply hidden there… All I’ll say is be cool with it, it’s very simple and not complicated so don’t go trying to make theories and shit or digging ridiculously deep. You’ll know it…
Help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I want to go to bed! Damn my obsessiveness!
Stop being obsessive about it – it’s nice and simple, I can guarantee your problem is you’re being too complicated about it! Relax… Take a breather… It’ll come to you…
I will announce the word once we have picked a winner.
Lots of people starting to get it now.
Thank god i’ve got it! yay yay yay *dance of joy*
I can now rest my sleepy head!
Haha well done…
At last I have it and can sleep! Absolutely hilarious, especially considering the time I spent obsessively looking for it!! And I’m not even eligible for this competition!!!
Well I can’t enter but I can, and will, wish everyone who enters good luck. Hope to see some of you all when I come to study in London.
@debra
I know, I can’t enter either but I was damned if it was going to elude me…
Joyce, even if you study in London, you don’t become a resident:( I’ve been studying for three years almost now, and I still cannot be in the program, which is quite disastrous. eh, i really wanted to, but it’s the same with most of the British competitions like Maltesers and stuff, I cannot enter them either, because I’m not paying taxes yet:(
Good luck everyone! I unfortunately can’t enter either. But I think I may have guessed what the code word is.
Um, does this have a closing date? When will you know to put the winners into a hat hmmm..? xoxo
All I wanted to say …. what comes around goes around … just hooked up to the not so common way the message has been written, which says to look for a coded word which is clearly not there .. and above all .. the rules down under … LOL …
Toying with words can just be fun, reading and writing.
Katie – if you enter I’m sure it will be OK. In general we prefer people to be living here so that you are much less likely not to miss it. We may only give 4 days notice before the filming date – so people flying from overseas could experience trouble getting to the show.
Off topic: Hey — seems like I’m not the only one planning to relocate to London in the future!
), just work/live there. Been in love with that city from the time I first visited it at 16 (10 years ago), and I’ve wanted to live there ever since.
Except I’m not going to study there (already did that here
On topic: I totally understand why it’s residents only, but I must admit it is a bit frustrating. The Event sounds like something that would be pretty cool to watch live, from the little you’re telling us about it.
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think i must be reading into it far too much
Am i just really stupid????
Any hints??
John: You probably are reading too much into it, yes. It’s a really simple code, and the word seems obvious once you’ve found it.
Thanks Berber Anna. I think i may have it but not 100% sure
Will I be sure if it was right?
I think it should be open to UK and Irish Residents in that case, it’s not hard to travel to and fro between the two at short notice. I work a lot in London, have an address in London, but also spend a lot of time in Ireland. I’d be very surprised if someone from Ireland couldn’t make it with 4 days notice. Give it a ponder Phillis old chap!:-) haha.
John – you’re reading into it a lot. If you got a coded word at all then it’s probably it.
I’ve totally aced this.
OK … so if you highlight all the letter ‘a’s then a pattern emerges – sort of combination of Braille and Morse Code, This translates as jpsxhc … a coinsidence? I think not.
Awesome!!!!!
Definately found it now
Love it!!!
Ireland is cool! Can’t leave them out. I think France might be pushing it though.
I’m gunna guess its something to do with Brown Towers?
Only reason I guess is because I really don’t know, but if i post it here and it gets deleted I will know
hehe sneaky
Well done Coops, this post has won the wager for most responses.
Ireland is cool… actually bloody freezing at the moment… so we can enter then… hurrah!!
Well I’m off to Edinburgh at the moment, good luck guys – I’ll check back in in two days! Good luck Ireland!:-D
Ouu Edinburgh, It’s snowing pretty hard at the moment, hope you bring some warm clothes with you!!
Ohh so easy. It took me a while but once you’ve got it, it’s simple.
Hope I’ve won
*lol* Loving all the responses to this.
Yes the tickets were Free to obtain, unfortunatey they all went straight away as Phillis said….. although I think we should ov been given a heads-up before they released them like.
xx
Is it an Anagram or is it as simple as I think it could be?
Please give us a clue, phillis?
And when does it close? In other words – how long have we got to decide?
No – it’s not “Brown Towers” – it’s one word. Not an anagram either
Any one read the Bible code. That’s where we nicked the idea from.
Wish there were more tickets up for grabs. Oh well, good luck everyone. Gutted I missed out on the Lost in TV tickets.
Thank you Phillis, I think… at least I hope I know what it is now! Thank god it’s not an anagram. I’m so very bad at them and that bloom’em Sudoku stuff. I wish there were more tickets as well, because I’m only an hour and 20mins away from the event.
Pleeeeeeeeese!
Yeah I’m about the same distance away as well. Right, I really should get some of my dissertation done. I’m easily distracted.
This is sooooooooo easy – I can’t believe not everyone is getting it straight away!
Kirsty, would it be funny if we lived in the same area. Don’t tell me, but are you North, South, East or West from London?
North West London
How about you?
I’m South West London when not in Edinburgers
Ouuu 100 posts!!!
*Does a little victory dance on behalf of the Blog*
Arr… South East from London!
Now get on with your dissertation, tut…. easily distracted. Only jokng!
Ah, oh well. Ha ha, I’ll try to, easier said than done!
ahhhhhh what is it!?
We’re going to get told off soon Michelle! (AGAIN)!!!!
We have compasses from all directions, funny we are using London as a calculation from. The headoffice of Brown Towers!!
Anyway, I already know you are a Bonnie Lass, Michelle.
someone help me pleaaase!
Wonder if Derren realised he could engender such desperation?
My guess is very probably and I bet he loves it.
“Sara Says: We’re going to get told off soon Michelle! (AGAIN)!!!!”
Yes I can just see Phillis writing the post now..
“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Some great DB-related fan forums exist for any of you who wish to do victory dances on behalf of post counts. The only dances allowed are in the form of cha-cha and to be performed by Derren only.”
Pffft
Just wondering, does anyone know if there’s a limit as to how many times you can submit a different answer to this?
Michelle, you are Incorrigible and a bad influence on me, now behave!
Now dancing around the room, like a bad Aunt at a Wedding…
@Andy
I think that by the tenth time they will send a warning in the form of head of some animal (probably a taxidermic horse head, so there is no confusion as to who send it, and it doesn’t leave an atrocious bloodstain, they are that considered you know:)
If the warning is not dealt with accordingly, they will be forced to take rather nasty measures. So don’t go overboard!
Muad’Dib: haha fair enough then. I guess i’ll only send 9 emails to avoid the horse’s head
Only two tickets for the faithful? Surely there may be a few more?
I have a bad head for doing puzzles!
The bible code idea gave me “eye-dray” from the last letters of the lines reading down… and now I’m all stuck wondering about what an eye-dray is (a dray is a heavy, sideless cart, and an eye-dray involves eyes somehow) and I can’t make myself concentrate on something that’s possibly boring and unachievable. I wish I was resilient enough to give this more of a go, but much respect to all who have, and now I’m going to read about glass production in salt marshes instead, and not think about huge blobby eyeballs on carts at all.
Alice: You’re trying too hard, the code is much simpler. Have an email addy? I’ll give you a bit of a clue to get you going again, if you want to.
Got it after a wee bit of poking around. Shame I live so far away and can’t go.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!
ive been staring at it for ages:
just a little clue please (I live too far away to go either way)
So after thinking I’d got it yesterday and being all pleased with myself, and a little smug(!), turns out I was wrong. It’s driving me mad now! Tried all sorts of things to no avail. Friends and family no help either, so can I ask the audience? hehe Anyone got a clue to get me started at least? Pleeeasssse?!
So I can apply more than once?
xx
Andy: If you give me your email address, I’ll send you a clue.
icant wait to see what this “event” will consist of! derren is a fucking genuis!
Berber Anna- PLEASE send me a clue over email ! It’s driven me absolutely friggin bonkers since it was posted ! got all my friends starin at the screen throughout every lesson today at school as well! PLEASE!
xoxoxoxo
@Berber Anna
Oops – typed too quickly…. it’s arrrrrghhhhhhh!!!
not dot com!
*grins* I suppose that means a very surprised person will get a clue they never asked for! I’ll resend it.
*lol* well that’s us boys, always in too much of a rush! Thanks again!
ooh you bloody cheats! what y’all like?
OK here’s a clue for all of you:
http://derrenbrownart.com/blog/?p=119
Great clue, phillis! *giggle*
I hope you don’t really consider it cheating. The only clue I’m giving people is whereabouts in the text they should be looking…
Alright…@BA …will you send me a hint too eventhugh it´s pretty useless to know for me now
can´t stand it!
lol
Ahh ha ha. Had never seen that before.
Now I think the answer I have is right…
Not entering the comp, just NEED to know.
Someone email me what they think it is please:
sabinalucia@hotmail.com
@ Phillis – I hope that’ll perplex a few people. Hehe. But yes – I am more than 100% sure I got it then. I did very much enjoy finding it actually. I’ve been doing those http://deathball.net/notpron/ riddles lately, which meant I started off by looking far too deep into the whole thing.
But talking of that article – I got a straight razor for Christmas, and honestly, I’m never going back. It turned me from someone who despised shaving into someone who sets aside an hour every couple of days to enjoy a good shave. And that’s only in a couple of months. Derren may or may not appreciate this, but feel free to pass this on.
Phillis – don’t be bloody helping people, I needs the tickets!!!
xx
Katie I know that I’m out of any contest when I start my studies but thank you for the heads up anyway
. I also have a confession that I have a feeling that the answer is not what I thought it was. I still wish everyone good luck and slight eye strain.
Has more text been added to the previous lots? It seems quite confusing. Maybe there hasn’t and I’ve just been lying about with halved ping pong balls over my eyes for far too long.
Oh and Phillis will you let us know what the coded word is after the competition closes?
Yeah i’m convinced it’s been changed too … was BOTH always in capitals and has … “old fashioned beard-stroking” been added???
Ha ha yeah it’s been changed. Looks as though loads of people have the answer though now.
With hints, I think I know the word but still can’t find it. I may need that laser eye surgery after all.
Not me …
and “There really is a coded word in here – some people think we’re fibbing and just email us saying “Your lying, ooh baaaaaar, chinny chin chin!!!”.” added at the bottom~!
Is it one of the words in the text is is it hidden?
* Is it one of the words in the text OR is is it hidden?
Oh! Wait! Found it. Definitely would’ve thought “That’s too easy, that won’t be it.” All that effort searching the source code for a hint: wasted.
FOUND IT!
“Give the text on this page a good old fashioned beard-stroking look….”
If I had one, I would most definitely be stroking mine now….. but with a grin that screams self gratification…..
It was easy and it wasn;t…. took about half and hour of frustration and then once i remembered an article about ELS I read about, and confirming it with some other comments on the blog…..I was oh so easy….
I wonder -seeing this is so succesful and must be loats of fun for you guys too- whether you would consider making a contest, just for the non-uk people? For example for the show in Manchester (end of april, begin may) in that way, we have enough time -if we win- to make travel arrangments?
What say thee?
Good idea – but Manchester is still in the UK.
hmmmmmmmmmmmm, did I pretend it was not? *re-reading post*
But if you think it is a good idea, will you consider, making another competition for one of the other shows (f.e. Manchester) that non-UKers like me can join?
Pretty please with sugar on top and a big red cherry:-)
I dont believe itt…am actually happy that i found it finally after two days of headache…ohw ohw ohw
And Phillis i do agree with maud ib…you should make up a contest for non uk resisdents!
Aha now I see the possible confusion… I meant another competition to win ‘tickets’ for one of the other shows (f.e. Manchester).
Thank you Berber Anna – but I will just keep giving the text brief maundering looks and then being indifferent again. I don’t mind not seeing it (although it’s probably quite obvious – all the editors at a children’s publishers once missed the error “where where the duck swam” though luckily it was caught before publication).
Yep it’s changed – there used to be a floating the, but now it’s just a floating comma. There used to be poached eggs, but now there are beards.
I almost called up 4 innocent london citizens thanks to that weird puzzle…phonenumbersphonenumers ….rofl
Yeah phillis or maybe another competition for non uk residents in london or near there
that must be a magic trick drawing correct answers at the 8th and emailing the contestants the 1st about it ghehee…
Ouuu 150 comments! Blimey!
Phillis: I don’t think it matters too much whether it’s in the UK, most of us European people can just get there by train (or plane) anyway
Though I’m not sure why the Manchester show was suggested specifically. Personally, I still hope there’ll be London run like last year. Fave city, and all that.
Yes, I miss that it is not in Londen like last year. That would be so much easier on so many fronts and it is lovely to plan your weekend.
(@BA I only picked out Manchester, because I was planning to go to that show with my brother, because it is easy to reach by plane)
So maybe even a better plan: Competition for tickets to a show in Londen specifically for non-uk residents (or what the heck just for everyone, why divide it, give everybody a chance
12th February – fantastic, I can definately make then, and have 2 days off either side of it.
*crosses fingers*
xx
MD: As I’m planning a trip with friends to London this summer anyway, and a DB show would be a great way to spend one of our evenings, I’m crossing my fingers for it.
Then again, that would make entering a competition a slightly less than smart thing to do, as that would probably result (if I won, that is) in non-adjacent seating for my group.
Hm, dilemma…
If there was a show in London, I would probably just buy a ticket right away. I am always looking for excuses to visit London:)
Hmmmmmm ok probably not the best statement to motivate the crew to start another competition
I hate these sorts of puzzles, I’m useless at them. Having spent half of last night and today trying to work it out I am now going to renounce my love of the beardy one and sit in the corner and pout.
Well for a little bit any way.
I was convinced it had something to do with the text on the ticket, “Redeem at Crosstown Station”, until I googled for “golden ticket” and found that image had simply been pinched from another site!
Got it now, though – but don’t want to apply. I’d love to see the show, but I suspect (from the fact they need two email addresses etc.) that they’re selecting someone to be USED IN the show, rather than just to see it, and I (unlike everyone else in the country clammering to be on Big Brother and the like) I don’t want to be on telly.
Good luck to whomever wins, though. Would love to hear what happens!
Well all I can say is bollocksy bollocksy bollocks. I’m very not good at this.
Yeah I suppose whoever wins will let us know how it goes, I’m sure it’ll be great though. It’s on a date I can make too Sue (somehow uni tuition fees account for very little tuition) but I’m probably in with a slim chance of winning, so at least it’ll be on TV.
@mark The fact that it is being filmed is indeed the tricky part about it, I would hate that too, but I think getting the chance to see the show, would just win (although only just;))
I’m getting “herpe”, but I don’t think that’s it.
BF: No, it’s not
Oh thank Christ I’ve got it. I can get on with some work now. Vey good, Phillis and Coops. Vey good.
BellaFiga: I think I must off got the answer the same time as you. I had the same problem. Lots of problem solving at work and this at the back of my mind. I was starting to feel really stupid! But I know now and feel so sorry for those still frustrated – it’s hell, when you don’t know! But I’m so relieved now!
Hey, the UK requirement has disappeared from the main text. Given that I’d be perfectly able to get a train ticket to the UK — especially now that the date is known — does this mean I can enter anyway? No hard feelings if I can’t, of course. Just asking.
Because that would totally give me a reason to skip out on thesis-writing for a while and have an impromptu short holiday to the UK. Which would help me to not go crazy from all this writing and re-writing. So it’d be a good cause.
(Not that there’s much of a chance of winning in the first place, of course, but I like the idea).
Well, now we know the date I’ve provisionally booked the day off work… just in case!
I have to win now…
I never win anything but might book the day off just in case….I can always stay at home and sulk lol!
Well, while I’ve just found this competition and have started scratching my head to find a solution I did immediately take the lateral approach i.e. studio audience suggests, well, people, which is probably being organised by channel 4 or someone on their behalf.
Lo and behold the Ch4 website threw up their audience management list so you can apply for tickets.
Being unemployed at the mo because credit is so crunchy and not being able to afford tix for the upcoming tour the world suddenly seemed a better place but in the true spirit of the dark master it looks like you will only go on the waiting list which places your odds pretty much on a par with the competition i’d guess.
WOOOO! I got it…at last!
You know what…? Sod it.
I’ll watch it on TV, like the majority of people… who’s with me?
I’m with you Sheba
someone
Mark – damn I’d never considered that!
xx
Ah we’ll be alright Sue…we’ll not win
….and even if we did we’d be in seats right up the back and Derren will be the size of an ant…..with a set of 7ft tall people in front of us who’ll be shouting and screaming all night….
@Mark
I understand totally. The problem is not that you are ‘one of the thick ones’ the problem is that you are making it too difficult. I remember starting with fixed combinations and then with switching combinations (2 and 4 for B and D) and the increasing and decreasing combinations and so on. Even different directions, even working with the spaces, sigh truly the most crazy things I tried.
And only when I truly listened to all the people saying it is ‘easy’ and not just getting totally frustrated, but believing it, I found it. So don’t make the code you are applying too difficult. The only thing left is figuring out which part to look at.
The fun part is that by experimenting with this, I found other text hidden, but probably that is a coincidence:)
maybe I am making it too difficult but I still can’t figure it
aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@Marc
Don’t look at it for some time and then take all the clues in posted here.
Phillis mentioned the bible code (if you don’t know what it is, look it up), that is why I knew that I was on the right track (although I got my idea from E.A.Poe). Then just remember that it is something you can see, without re-ordering the text.
With the other clue that Phillis gave (http://derrenbrownart.com/blog/?p=119) I thought -looking at the picture- I had to work with the reversed shape V, so first ascending in a diagonal and then descending:) That didn’t work:)
Then because they changed the text to “old fashioned beard-stroking look” which rather indicated a V. I checked that pattern, still didn’t work. Then I thought maybe the interval was 5 (V in roman stands for 5).
But NO, NO, NO it isn’t that at all. That is again making things much too difficult, complicated and much too far fetched:)
So don’t go there, just focus on the first clue that Phillis gave, that is all you will need and then look at the text again. And remember keep it nice and easy.
I hope that helps?
Hurry up people – competition ending soon!!!
Hey Phillis, as I asked above, can we non-Brits enter if we promise to be there? It’s fine if we can’t, of course, but I’d like to know.
i think think i know it!
though i my pc will not let me enter
grrr
Ack I’m about to go blind and the fingers are about to fall off but I’m having fun
. I know I know I can’t win but I’ve also put myself on the waiting list for The Event so it’s another type of contest. Thank you Phills, Coops, and Derren for this contest.
Yes – non UK can enter now.
Cool! And how soon is soon? Because I kinda need to find a +1 and get them to send an email too.
I’ll be your plus one. He he, only joking, wouldn’t be fair on others to enter twice.
Just back from Edinburgh. Twas pretty cold up there – this has gotten so funny with all the clues – is the competition nearly over??
Thank you Phills for the update. Berber Anna I’ll be your plus one but have to figure out how to get in touch with each other.
Joyce: I appreciate the offer, but if I win (unlikely, I know, but I like to plan), I want to make the trip worth my while, so I’d stay in London for a couple days. Which I’d rather not do alone, so I’m still trying to see whether any of my friends would be able to come along.
If they can’t come, though, it’s good to know I have another option!
nivea: If you mean Joyce, why do you call her a fool for offering to enter with me? I thought that was rather nice.
If you mean me, uhm, again, why? I don’t think I’m obsessed, I just want to enter the contest.
Yes, I am posting late at night, but that’s more of a ‘can’t sleep’ thing than an obsession, really…
Ah. Well, if you didn’t mean Joyce or me, just forget I said that then.
Not to offend you or anything, but I think it’s probably best to just ignore posts that you find annoying, rather than call people out. That just gives rise to arguments and misunderstandings, really.
Are we going to hit the big 200?
I’ll tell you what!…Forget the show, as much as I like Derren’s performances the interior architecture and history of The Langdon Down Centre Trust is just stunning with beautiful Victorian, ornate fixtures and fittings and wonderful pictures on their website.
Take a look!
This is getting such a big response.
@Muad’Dib and others
ok another 2 hours of searching I now have 15 people in the office (yes we are supposed to be working) looking for this.
Even with the clues I am useless and can only make incoherent words using combinations of numbers etc diagonally etc
might give up and accept I am not a clever one
@Mark
The point that I was trying to bring across is that you did not have to go through my torture and as such don’t work diagonally nor work with combination of numbers? That is going overboard.
Trust me, I totally understand the frustration, been there, done that. But just try to keep it neat and clear. And remember that it is easy to see it, without counting and so on.
Just listen to Phillis and remember that it is based on the bible code.
You dont have to remember it is based on the Bible Code, you may get confused. Seriously, it’s a very simple thing… Just relax and stop thinking about it too much. If there are 15 of you you’ll get it… It’s not as hard as you may be thinking about it…
@Ba …if i didnt suspect they were going to film and involve a few, i´d enter with you…butbut ya know…
Anyway, i would still apreciate-want the next competitions to run for everyone rather then just a select group though graww…
@RM – That’s a disturbing thought, how silly of me not so be suspicious of Derren’s motives!
I still want to go, though… but I might regret it!
Haha yeah there could be some trickery to it – but I’d still be happy to go along with that happening!
Yeah 200! A new record!
@Mark
Poor you… seriously listen to the others here and don’t overcomplicate this for yourself, and think how pleased you will be when you work it out!
Just how many of us are going to shout “200″ at the same time in the hope of getting it?
200!!!!!!
Ha!… and I wasn’t even aiming for 200…
Aaarrrrrrrrgh! Dam the anti-spam!
I don’t see why people are scared about getting involved in the show. I’ve been on stage at the live show — I think quite a few people here have — and that was fun, so I’m not scared of participating. I just don’t think that Derren would do anything really unpleasant to people. Or, well, nothing that’s unpleasant when you look back on it (the kitten thing in ToT must’ve felt really bad in the moment itself, but the girl in that episode did take away a positive lesson).
Forget the kitten thing, what about the girl in the water in ToT! I’m sure it was rewarding in the long run but still pretty scary! (or at least scary to watch)
I don’t know, she seemed to get out pretty fast. It didn’t scare me too much. I think the kitten thing was scarier (still, pretty much my fave episode, helped me a lot with some issues I was coping with). She seemed far less scared herself than the kitten girl, too, iirc.
well yes it is a bit of a disturbing thought if you think of the velinqtroquist errm…the doll guy, in trick or treat or the invisible derren part with that media/student…..But i have to say the last episodes of trick or treat where only helpfull to all the participants….
Honestly though, if somebody played that doll trick on me and it actually worked, I’d be laughing my erm… socks (
) off.
The ventriloquist thing was a bit freakier, but hey, the guy was un-hypnotized again and honestly, I’d find that funny, too. If it didn’t last for too long, that is. It would get scary after a while, I agree.
But what I’d actually find scary in terms of hypnosis is more along the lines of what people like Peter Powers do. You know — making you believe you’re drowning, while people point and laugh because you’re in the middle of a busy street. Things like that. Which is why I’d never volunteer to be on that guy’s show. But that doesn’t seem like the kind of thing I’d expect on a DB show. I think.
Not really scared… I would totally trust Derren to mess with my mind, and I think it’s be fun. I’ve never been hypnotised so I’d love that experience.
Pick me, Derren! Pick meeee!!
Oh, just for clarification: By ‘doll trick’ I mean the invisibility thing, with the scary doll.
Just entered the contest, yay!
Now I, too, can have a minute chance of winning this thing! 
Oh, I loved that invisibility one! That was one of my favourites…
I really would love to have something like that done to me…
Claire, Berber Anna; Sorry to interrupt – but are you not forgetting one of the most terrifying tricks DB ever did? Unless of course you think witnessing your own death in a car crash a pleasant experience! And remember the zombie thing, actually that looks a bit fun, but still that’s not the point!
Oh and I re-watched ‘The System’ last night! And I just thought… If that was me, I would of garrotted Mr Brown there and than – amongest the crowds of clutching ticket holders! But of course I still think DB bought tickets for all six horses and just switched the ticket at the end of the race, when he knew the results. What is £18K to a production company these days!
Sorry… changing the subject!
No, you’re right, the car crash thing did not seem pleasant, though the way it was handled (explaining what was going on directly after, not letting the experience go on for too long) was, in my opinion, pretty sensitive/sensible. And she did learn from it. Though it was sort of on the edge, I agree…
The zombie thing was sort of scary in that it showed what people can be capable of when manipulated into it (almost like a prequel to The Heist, if you think about it), but the guy himself appeared to be OK with the experience once he woke up.
I don’t know, I know it’s a controversial bit, but I sort of liked it. It was so surreal — it would be kind of like being in a haunted house, I think.
Any word on when the announcements of winners will be Phillis??
I do agree with your point. It would seem all involved at least towards the end feel exhillerated and happy with the experience. But I always wonder – if it had been me, would I feel the same way! It’s such a rollercoaster of emotions! I know I’m such a scaredy cat! It’s the whole television thing that scares me the most….I don’t like the attention!
Oh!… The comment above is to Berber Anna.
Soon. Very soon. I can almost feel it! Now if I can just find my trousers – this dress is itchy as hell.
Sara – yes I agree that was scary, but as far as I know the participants seemed fine afterwards. Derren seems to have such a careful selection process, I think he’d spot someone who was likely to react badly.
Speaking of selection processes, call me paranoid but is anyone here feeling like a lab rat right now?
I have no particular desire to be on the telly but I would love to experience first hand some of the bizarre things I’ve seen in Derren’s shows.
Ok I quit, ive noted all the clues, wikipeded the bible code, read the paragraph hundreds of times (over 6 hours) and I cant find anything other than a word im sure cant be the code word since its quite insultive.
Guess I still get to see Derren in blackpool this may
No offence, but I think that those who entered after the clue was given, shoud not be chosen as winner of the competition. I think its highly unfair that some people had to work out the code word by themselves, whereas others were simply almost given the answer.
I believe this is a unfair advantage.
SM: From the comments on this entry, it seems to me that even after the clue was given, lots of people still didn’t manage to get the code word. I gave out some clues myself, just to help people get started. It’s not like anybody was given the answer, either by myself and other helpful people, or by the ‘official’ clue.
Would you not have entered if you needed a slight clue to get you started? If you wouldn’t, fair enough. But it’s not that much of an advantage anyway. It may lessen your chance of winning a bit, but everybody entering really wants to win those tickets, and I think it would be equally unfair to deny them a chance to do that.
Well, least it’s not the end of the world eh!
I recommend everyone who did(nt) receive a clue to list their names below so the official crew can draw from there….lol
@Ba and the others…i guess we all have our personal ways of liking things about tot or not or being scared of it for various reasons….I almost had my heart pounding out my chest only from watching some episodes! so i guess it would not be healthy for me to participate…though hypnoses etc. stays intruiging always
i have a headache!
i think i’m gonna cry…
OMG… how many extra replies today!
Am well excited for “anyone” that gets picked from this, as it’ll be great to hear about it, and to see it when it goes to air.
Am (like everyone else) crossing my fingers.. and the fact i’m not working that day and the days next to it is brilliant. And it would be fantastic to see my +1 again. ;o)
Am a little scared at the prospect of becoming involved in a trick… and part of me thinks it wouldn’t work on me any… but hey-ho, we’ll see.
Good luck to everyone.
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can someone help me please!
i jus wanna find it now…for the sake of my sanity
Argh! When are they picking/telling people?
shy: Got an email address? I’ll give you a small clue.
yh..
spicemonkey0501@hotmail.co.uk
thank you sooo much i’ve been on it for about 3 days!!! and my eyes hurt..lol
Where is Derren anyhows…. we haven’t heard from him since he went to Liverpool… did they kidnap him?
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I bet he wish they did!!!!
Why?
The objective thinker heeds each clue or new thought earnest, so through observational reasoning search daily or nightly to get into vigorous experience ultimately phantasmagorical!
@maud
Oh very clever!
“Go for groping riddle, complete through rechecking gimmicks.”
@Siobhan
Sad part is that because it is done quickly (and english isn’t my native language) it sounds too forced, but it is fun:-)
Everyone finally outta things to say?!:-D
We are all waiting with baited breathe for the results.
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Yep we’re all the same… Fingers crossed. I’d be delighted.
If you don’t have something nice to say don’t say anything…. that is all.
Why do people delete comments and then make my comments seem rather random and unnecessary?
Its a hard life!
Perhaps I should be “deleted” too lol!
Yeah now it looks like you were giving out to me! haha, but seriously that comment was a bit of a shitty one – cheers for deleting Phillis!
You defo don’t need deleted Rhian… as this is a Derren Brown site, and you like Derren Brown.
Its just certain pathetic people, who don’t really give a shite about Derren, but are intent on stalking fans all over the internet instead to give out their irrelevant comments.
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I meant my irrelevant comments should be deleted. Thankfully SGillen saw the other post before it was deleted or I would have looked like the one who was making stupid comments.
I think the people thing might only be a handful of people who log in with different names. I mean how many people are that sad?
Yeah I’d say it’s someone who was already logged in as someone else, why else would they have gone to this post in this blog randomly pretty late at night (UK time)? Haha ah well!
Rhian – “how many people are that sad?”.
Answer = 1.
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BOO!
-250
)
xx
If the contest is closed could someone please send a few clues or what the answer is to koa_maka@yahoo.com ? Thank you everyone.
Maybe instead of continuing the unnecessary arguing, we could get back to the topic of the contest? Just saying.
Phillis, do you happen to know when the winners will be announced?
) when The Event will be broadcast?
Oh, and (yes, I’m curious
Oh. Wait. I wish we could edit comments… I just saw on the competition page that the winners will be known 4 days in advance, so that would be the 8th, right? *feels dumb*
Joyce: Competition seems to still be open, but I can mail you a small clue if you want me to.
That would be great Berber Anna. Thanks
BA – we weren’t arguing. I simply felt the need to post something in response to the troll’s comments which have since been removed
I totally agree with you – we should be discussing the competition here instead of spamming.
I’m sure I heard somewhere that the winner would be picked on Monday? Hopefully the winner will be told on Monday too? Maybe the four days before thing was because they didn’t know which date the competition winners would be attending since Derren appears to have more than one Event filming.
Yeah – 256, a magic number!
Well what makes it any less special than 250?
Please would someone mail me a clue, I have been busting my brain over this for days!
Thank you so much!
adamxlaw@hotmail.com
Could someone please give me a hint? I do have a word I think it may be but after thinking I’d worked it out I wasn’t like ‘ohh yeah!!’ I was more ‘it can’t be that, surely..’ so I really don’t know.. anyway, eeejit@hotmail.co.uk if anyone is feeling generous =) thanks
Whens winner announced?
Here’s a hint.
The word is “GOATEE”….!
oh and did I mention the comp is closed?
*pmsl* at Phillis.
Whohoo, at least I got the answer right… although my first guess was Nobacherie.
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Phillis: When did it close? There’s nothing on the competition page saying so, so now I’m kind of wondering what the cut-off point for entries was (as a guy I know was still busy with the puzzle on Saturday).
Nobacherie??
Nobacherie?
Can I be enlightened please?
@ Claire & SGillen
Oh God, not this! Ok… I will explain, only ONCE! Because this blog will go on to 2500 comments – if we get onto this subject! Nobacherie is the name Coops gave himself on the credits for Trick of the Mind and the Specials over the past few years. I believe it was a prank. Others on the net had me in stitches over this, just trying to work it out! Was it a code, a nickname or a subliminal message? If you play it backwards, would it mean Derren was the evil one! I couldn’t stop laughing! It was a prank by Coopy and the crew, that was all! Don’t start it up again!
Oooh dear, I’ll back away from it then…!!!!
Although it would be funny to watch… no. Bad Claire.
I’ll go away…
Now I had to google that… *grins* Seems that was all before I’d ever heard of DB, but man… that was funny to read.
If you own any of DVBs’ DVD’s then check the credits for Coops! Coops, if you are reading this – Perhaps it’s time to explain yourself finally. Hold your hands up and admit you have been a bad boy!
Go now, sit in your corner! Otherwise we will have to BAN you from using your skateboard… Phillis, you will have to be our Law Enforcement Representative. Derren the Chief Defence Lawyer, Giant Alex…Well you get the idea anyway!
I know there was a big who-har about the Nobacherie… and if you actually hover over “Mr Coops” on the menu above left – you will see that it says “The Nobacherie talks”… and thus so it is still very much thee word!
I once heard that Derren had said it was a foreign word, or something, that was to do with Gorilla – thus he was calling Coopy a Gorilla… but again, I beleive this was just false information, a bit of misdirection you might say.
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Anyhooows, when do we find out who has won?
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Sue: One of the pages Google gave me when I looked up what you people were talking about said that Coops once convinced Derren that ‘nobacherie’ was French for ‘chimpanzee’, and that it originated there. Which is sort of cool — especially since it created a huge mystery, with so many internet pages talking about it. If a prank I pulled did that, I’d be much amused, to say the least!
Sara: Great, now I’m imagining a very sad-looking Coops in a schoolboy uniform and a ‘dunce’ hat…
And yeah, I am wondering whether the winner will be announced 4 days before the taping (as it says on the competition page), or earlier (now that the date is known).
I hope some of you mega keen guys won. I also hope you don’t end up covered in zombies. Am I really the only person who swore a lot then had nightmares after seeing that?
They don’t show these TV shows in Canada, so I won’t even get to see what happens. I bet it involves zombies.
(I hate zombies)
*fingers crossed* I feel like we should all be allowed to go:(
A fairy zombie? You’re possibly my new hero, either that or you’ve given me nightmares. I’ll keep you posted.
SGillen: at least you Brits and Euros will all get a chance to watch on TV. Pity us lot in our frozen wastelands and stuff.
The Brits will, but us mainlanders won’t — Channel 4 isn’t available here. All BBC channels are, but no UK commercial channels, for some reason. Ah well, there’s always ways around that while you wait for the DVDs to come out, right?
Oh that sucks. Hope you won, then, other than the threat of zombies.
@BA
“We will contact the winners via email before the 1st of Feb” So I guess that by the end of this week, we will know:-)
By the way, cool picture:-)
Where in the world are you Berber Anna??
I’m in Amsterdam, Holland
(why?)
three more days to go…:(
*Sigh*
Why is patience not a virtue of mine…?:)
Looks like people are selling tickets to The Event on Ebay. That doesn’t really seem fair — didn’t they get them for free? And isn’t there a waiting list for when people cancel? I’m not on any waiting list, mind you (if I win the tickets, well, yay! If not, then I figure I’ll see it when it airs), but I do think tickets should go to whoever is first in line, not to the highest bidder…
Berber – I’ve just checked ebay and can’t see any for The Event (unless they’ve been taken off?)… the only tickets for sale are for Derren’s normal touring show (Enigma) running April – June.
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They’re still there, just checked. Look for ‘Derren Brown’ in the tickets section, that’s how I found them. About halfway down the page.
That really is unfair. Surely someone should report them and make them take the tickets down. For fans who are on the waiting list too, like a few of us. Slim chances of winning the competition, but probably even slimmer chance of getting tickets from Lost in TV thanks to them.
Yeah, the listing states that there’s a long waiting list and this is your best bet at getting them — so they must know they’re duping others.
I could report them to Ebay, but I’m not sure whether what they’re doing is against Ebay rules. Also, they put an email address up, saying to contact them if the listing is taken down, so they’d still be doing the same thing… Do you think I should report them anyway?
Hmm not sure, yeah like you say I don’t know all the ebay rules so they might not be breaking them, just seems really unfair to us lot who really want to go. I bet the bidding price goes really high as well. Not sure really.
I just had a look at the Lost in TV website, to see if they allow resale of tickets. Doesn’t say anything on there, so I don’t think they’re going against Ebay rules. It just annoys me, because it seems such an unfair thing to do.
I think I’ll just leave a comment on the LiTV website, and let them deal with it however they see fit.
Yeah that’s probably the best thing to do, it’s up to them really to take any action if they feel the need to or not, I suppose.
when do we find out who has won?
I don’t really see what is unfair of putting tickets for sale on ebay? Not that I am one of them, but in my view it offers a larger group of people the chance to go? I am really thinking about this, but I can’t find a reason why it might be unfair? It would be equally unfair as to put yourself on the list, get the tickets and give it to your friends in stead of going yourself? And even that doesn’t seem unfair in my view?
MD: I think it’s unfair, because there is a waiting list in case people cancel. People who were just a bit too late to get tickets seem to have been put on that list and promised to get tickets if they become available.
Now, instead of giving the unused tickets back (or rather, informing the audience provider that their party will be two people less), this person is putting them online for the highest bidder.
The audience provider already offers a larger group a chance to go — the ones on the waiting list, who signed up for tickets. Now, instead of going to the people who have been waiting/hoping for them, they may just go to the person with the biggest wallet.
People could sign up for up to 4 ‘tickets’ (I think there’s no actual physical tickets though, just names on a list), so you could sign up for yourself and for friends. If you signed up in a friend’s name because they couldn’t (say, they don’t have an internet connection), I’d call that fair. If you signed up yourself, and it turns out you can’t go, then yes — I think you should give your ticket back, not give it to somebody else (much less SELL it to somebody else). Because that’s offering them an unfair advantage over the people that are waiting for tickets. To me, it feels like cutting in line.
Then again, maybe I just have a really weird sense of ethics, or something. :/
It looks as though the auction has been taken down now.
I can follow your reasoning, but in a sense the one selling the tickets got onto those tickets fair and square. In a sense it is there own choice what to do with it, seeing they put the effort in it: being it going themselves to the show, giving the tickets away for free, selling the tickets or in the best case giving them back to the organisation.
Although I understand if it is a patron of getting hold of tickets just for selling it that it can be quite irritating and can seem quite unfair for those just missing the tickets because of those people and having to pay much more just for the opportunity to still go.
What cutting in line reference is concerned, I would understand if the ones in line couldn’t also buy those other tickets, but they can, so they get the same chance. If you look at it, they even get more chance then the one trying to buy the ticket online, because they also have the waiting list as backup. Second, like you said the ticket will probably cost much more on e-bay, so those people are two times at a disadvantage. With as only motivation and advantage, being able to go to a show they like.
But at least now I do see the reasoning and understand it, thank you:)
I predict the results will be… Monday…
Sunday, bloody Sunday… Sorry I’ve been listening to U2!
Now I have Sunday, bloody Sunday stuck in my head…
I won I won! Being the suspicious girl i am… I’m wondering if anyone else also got a ‘Winner’ mail from Coops?
Well done you
Thanks!
ok no more comments – 300 is quite enough!
300 =]