Post by Host Ryan on Aug 18, 2010 23:57:05 GMT -5
Go here to download the demo:
tontine.20x.cc/play.html
Direct Link:
tontine.20x.cc/downloads/Tontine_LegDemo.exe.removeme
Getting Started
1. Once you download and run the program, login using the user identity "New Player's Team" and password "play"
2. After logging in, you can see your starting city. Now, in the box marked "Enter Access Code" type in "start" for your first task.
Air Transport
3. As you see the progress bar move, you'll also see a new tab open up, with an "Air Transport" Route Information. Click the button to open it.
4. The Route Info instructs you to find a flight from San Francisco to New York City and email it to tontine.flights@gmail.com
5. After sending the email, you should get an automated response telling you that your next Access Code is "drive".
Ground Transport
6. Typing "drive" into the box, you should now see a "Ground Transport" task, click the button to launch.
7. The task hints that you will need to start at Max Brenner's, a restaurant on Broadway acclaimed for its chocolate.
8. Using GoogleMaps: the next instructions tell you to go north on Broadway and make a left at the first intersection, onto 14th Street in the west direction.
9. Then, walk five (a handful) of blocks, and notice that Jackson Square is on your left. Per the instructions, make a right onto 8th Avenue.
10. Using GoogleMaps Then, one block down, on the right hand side, you should see the pizza place pictured, where the blocked out text is "Hot Heros".
11. Type in "Hot Heros" and you will unlock your next Access Code.
Detour
12. After completing the Ground Transport, you will see a new "Forum Password" displayed that says "showdetour"; type this in as your next Access Code.
13. In the first Detour option, match reality television hosts to their shows. The answers are below, going from left to right and then top to bottom.
Tyra Banks: America's Next Top Model (ANTM)
Jeff Probst: Survivor (S)
Gordon Ramsey: Hell's Kitchen (HK)
Anderson Cooper: The Mole (TM)
Julie Chen: Big Brother (BB)
Donald Trump: The Apprentice (TA)
Ryan Seacrest: American Idol (AI)
Phil Keoghan: The Amazing Race (TAR)
14. In the second Detour option, the answers to the Race-themed questions are below, from top to bottom and then left to right.
The Amazing Race 4
The Amazing Race 8
The Amazing Race 12
The Amazing Race 15
Rob / Brennan (TAR1)
Freddy / Kendra (TAR6)
Eric / Danielle (TAR11:AS)
Tammy / Victor (TAR14)
Yield
15. After completing the Detour, you'll get your next Access Code: "ciphertext".
16. Unlike a Yield on the television version of The Amazing Race, on Tontine, a Yield is a mandatory task that involves solving a cipher-like puzzle. For this demo-version, you simply needed to unscramble the question and answer it, as seen below.
WHAT IS THE FIRST NAME OF THE HOST OF THE AMERICAN VERSION OF THE AMAZING RACE?
Answer: Phil
Roadblock
17. Completing the cipher puzzle should give you the new Access Code "demoroadblock" to launch the task.
18. The challenge is a simple memory game, identify the 12 pairs in order to complete it.
19. After finishing the memory game, the progress bar will fill up to show you have completed the leg, and you will see a screen telling you "Congratulations!" along with a link to the application page of the main website.
Feel free to post any questions or technical difficulties that you may have encountered here. Thanks for playing the demo!
tontine.20x.cc/play.html
Direct Link:
tontine.20x.cc/downloads/Tontine_LegDemo.exe.removeme
Getting Started
1. Once you download and run the program, login using the user identity "New Player's Team" and password "play"
2. After logging in, you can see your starting city. Now, in the box marked "Enter Access Code" type in "start" for your first task.
Air Transport
3. As you see the progress bar move, you'll also see a new tab open up, with an "Air Transport" Route Information. Click the button to open it.
4. The Route Info instructs you to find a flight from San Francisco to New York City and email it to tontine.flights@gmail.com
5. After sending the email, you should get an automated response telling you that your next Access Code is "drive".
Ground Transport
6. Typing "drive" into the box, you should now see a "Ground Transport" task, click the button to launch.
7. The task hints that you will need to start at Max Brenner's, a restaurant on Broadway acclaimed for its chocolate.
8. Using GoogleMaps: the next instructions tell you to go north on Broadway and make a left at the first intersection, onto 14th Street in the west direction.
9. Then, walk five (a handful) of blocks, and notice that Jackson Square is on your left. Per the instructions, make a right onto 8th Avenue.
10. Using GoogleMaps Then, one block down, on the right hand side, you should see the pizza place pictured, where the blocked out text is "Hot Heros".
11. Type in "Hot Heros" and you will unlock your next Access Code.
Detour
12. After completing the Ground Transport, you will see a new "Forum Password" displayed that says "showdetour"; type this in as your next Access Code.
13. In the first Detour option, match reality television hosts to their shows. The answers are below, going from left to right and then top to bottom.
Tyra Banks: America's Next Top Model (ANTM)
Jeff Probst: Survivor (S)
Gordon Ramsey: Hell's Kitchen (HK)
Anderson Cooper: The Mole (TM)
Julie Chen: Big Brother (BB)
Donald Trump: The Apprentice (TA)
Ryan Seacrest: American Idol (AI)
Phil Keoghan: The Amazing Race (TAR)
14. In the second Detour option, the answers to the Race-themed questions are below, from top to bottom and then left to right.
The Amazing Race 4
The Amazing Race 8
The Amazing Race 12
The Amazing Race 15
Rob / Brennan (TAR1)
Freddy / Kendra (TAR6)
Eric / Danielle (TAR11:AS)
Tammy / Victor (TAR14)
Yield
15. After completing the Detour, you'll get your next Access Code: "ciphertext".
16. Unlike a Yield on the television version of The Amazing Race, on Tontine, a Yield is a mandatory task that involves solving a cipher-like puzzle. For this demo-version, you simply needed to unscramble the question and answer it, as seen below.
WHAT IS THE FIRST NAME OF THE HOST OF THE AMERICAN VERSION OF THE AMAZING RACE?
Answer: Phil
Roadblock
17. Completing the cipher puzzle should give you the new Access Code "demoroadblock" to launch the task.
18. The challenge is a simple memory game, identify the 12 pairs in order to complete it.
19. After finishing the memory game, the progress bar will fill up to show you have completed the leg, and you will see a screen telling you "Congratulations!" along with a link to the application page of the main website.
Feel free to post any questions or technical difficulties that you may have encountered here. Thanks for playing the demo!