Wired.com on Monday revealed the key to opening the door to the Ring of Dishonor induction ceremony. The gathering will be a challenging evening of activities designed to test the mettle of all potential inductees, and induct several as charter members.

Quite a few readers have made it to the door, but we felt like giving a bit of assistance to those still struggling to manipulate the key:

1. The key is a sepiatone collage of 21 photographs, each with a character on it. The characters you have seen before, and there were 21 of them there as well. They are in a specific order in their previous occurrence, and that will help you figure out the key.

2. You will not need all 21 photos. You won’t even need half of them. In fact, you’ve already been told how many you need.

3. The tests you’ve solved are crucial to using the key. Pictures and words in the magazine (print or iPad) is essential to knowing what parts of the tests you need.

4. Your goal is to find a member of the Ring of Dishonor to email at ???.?.????@wired.com (with the question marks replaced by his or her name). When you email that person, you will get an invitation. That will ask you to email another name at wired.com to get a password. The length of this second name might not be a coincidence.

Now, some protocol on the invitations:

1. First, if you can’t attend, do not despair. (Well, despair, as you’re in the underworld, and that’s what we do around these parts. Just don’t despair unnecessarily.) There will be an online test occurring at the same time as the gathering, right here on Decode. Only those who have found the door will be able to submit answers, however. There will be a prize given to someone in that group, equal to that given at the gathering.

2. Second, if you can’t attend, you can send someone in your place. You can send several someones. However, they must all email the address at wired.com, or they will not get in.

3. If you can attend, you can bring people. As above, they must all be on the guest list.

4. Everyone will be asked to give the password. Those without the password will be left outside.

5. Sadly, the event is limited to those of age 21 and above.

6. Finally, ability to get in does not guarantee admittance. The location only accommodates a certain number of people, and we will let qualified people in on a first come, first served basis. We apologize if this causes any inconvenience. We encourage potential inductees to get there early.

In the spirit of fairness, we feel compelled to point out that some people are solving in public, and have posted their progress on the Unfiction forum. Among other things, they’ve posted the city in which the gathering will take place. We’re fine with that, but we thought it only fair that everyone knew.

As a final note, many people have asked what one gets for being in the Ring of Dishonor. That we will reveal early next week. Good luck getting in the door.