http://www.datacraft.co.jp/takagism/html/escape_e.html
Yay!
"Dear Escapers:
Thank you very much for playing "CRIMSON ROOM."
I have received about 90,000 mail, 70,000 from overseas and 20,000 from Japan, reporting the escape since Feb 7, 2004, which is the day it went public.
The number of the access to the game is about 20 times as many as of the mail received, so the access counts to the game are probably about 1,800,000. The actual access counts are unknown because we no longer log the access to the site.
I didn't expect so many people play this game, so I had thought making the list of escapers would be fairly simple. Obviously, doing so is no longer possible manually, and I am looking for another way to make the list. Of course, all mail are kept and I read the mail as many as possible. Although I only reply in special occasions.
I am very excited to know that most escapers enjoyed the experience and are looking forward to play next room. Most of comments in the mail are very agreeable, but there are some I disagree, and they make me little perplexed.
Therefore, I decided to write this article to answer some of frequent questions and suggestions.
Although the following does not contain "spoilers," it is only the inside story. So I hope you would read this only if interested."