Tor Books sent out the following notice about Week 4 of the Knife of Dreams Internet Hunt

Because of ongoing technical issues outside of Tor's control, we will be

postponing week #4's clue while we move KnifeofDreams.com to a new,

dedicated server that will be able to cope with the enormous popularity of

the hunt.

 

As you know, last week we were forced to postpone a question because of

technical difficulties, and therefore have decided to move KnifeofDreams.com

to a new server.

 

We hope that this delay will not be long. To prepare for the transition, we

will be shutting down registration and answer submissions effective 12:00 am

Eastern Time Monday, August 29th. As soon as KnifeofDreams.com is operable

again on the new server we will notify you by email and resume with the Hunt

by posting the question for week 4 at least two days after notification.

 

For week 3, though technical difficulties impaired the administration of The

Hunt, the winner for week 3's prize still stands and will be notified

accordingly. However, because of these technical difficulties, the Grand

Prize will be awarded based on the fastest response time for weeks 1, 2 and

4-12 only.

 

Thanks again to for your continued patience with these technical

difficulties. We are taking this step of moving to a new server to allow

everyone to play the Hunt in a more enjoyable and hopefully more efficient

way!

For more information about the KoD Internet Hunt, visit www.knifeofdreams.com.

For New Players

If this is your first week playing, that's just fine. Make sure you register with the Knife of Dreams website, and follow the directions in the email provided when you sign up.

Returning Players

You know the drill. Your starting point this week is the page you left off at last week. After you get the answer right this week, BOOKMARK that page so you can come back next week.

The winner each week is the person who manages to answer the question the quickest.

Some tips for being a successful "Hunter":

1. Make sure you are using a fast internet connection. The KoD website gets slammed when people try to answer at once.
   
2. When you refresh the page right at 3 PM EST, hold down the SHIFT key. On most browsers that will clear your temporary cache and fully reload the page. This will ensure that you get the latest version of the page and not an out-dated one that your computer has stored away for quicker loads times.
   
3. Have reference maternails handy. Have a copy of the books nearby, or a website like Dragonmount, wotmania.com, or Encyclopaedia-wot.org ready to be loaded.
   
4. As strange as this sounds, don't rush too much. Find your answer, make sure you're confident of the answer, double check spelling, and then submit. We've heard stories of people who rush to answer and realized they spelled it wrong. Or gave a full name when the question asked only for the first name.
   
5. Don't worry if you don't win first place each week. If you put in a consistant effort each week to answer as quickly as possible, you increase your chance of doing well in the overall competition.
   
6. Enjoy the ride.

Have more advice for people? Leave a comment below and let us know what it is.