Disclaimer: I'll be using the gender-neutral pronoun "xe" for the singular third person.
After escaping from d'alar'cop's cellar, Doorknob♦ was understandably upset. After almost two months of planning, xe gathered some support and the revenge scheme was enacted...
d'alar'cop awoke in a darkened room on a hard surface. Xe was sore from lying there for some unknown time. As soon as xe shifted xyr weight to stand up, lights came on all around the room. Blinking in the sudden brightness, xe took in xyr surroundings. Xe was on a raised daïs in the middle of a round room. A soft glow emanated from underneath and illuminated most of the room. There were 31 other puzzlers in the room, each in their own alcove. The recesses were painted a variety of colors and even the daïs was painted blue. Each puzzler was either staring at d'alar'cop or facing directly away. In front of each puzzler was a set of two lights that was facing the daïs, facing the alcove, or turned off. (AJ Henderson was staring directly into two powerful lights blasting into xyr face. Ow.) Just as d'alar'cop had finished taking this all in, all 31 puzzlers began to chant in unison:
You've been naughty, kidnapper
Taking prisoners, doing wrong
Now it's time for you to learn
If you're mean, you will get burnedYou are trapped here in this room
From that daïs you may not move
You must solve our riddle soon
Or from our pack you will be hewnThe door at south is your escape
But it shan't open lest you say
The secret message known to us
Speaking quickly is a plusPoison daggers now descend
From ceiling to your flesh to pierce
They will slow your very breath
Bringing soon a painful deathIf you belong then you will see
An answer not quite seen by thee
Although mad we are not cruel
We shall grant a single toolYou have a laptop, internet
Seek the answer on the web
Careful, though, where you tread
There are tricks and traps ahead
d'alar'cop's eyes adjusted to the light during the chant and xe could see the laptop. Thankfully, it's already booted up and xyr favorite browser was open to a blank tab. With a quick glance upward at the glistening blades, xe set to work as the puzzlers started up their chant again.
How can d'alar'cop find the password?
Diagram of the room: (The diagram was made in Excel. Any minor errors in position or orientation are not part of the puzzle.)
Puzzler Positions:
1: Rainbolt
2: Andrea
3: RBerteig
4: zar
5: mau
6: SztupY
7: Hubble07
8: senshin
9: The Wobbuffet
10: Adele C
11: AJ Henderson
12: user88377
13: Doorknob♦
14: gsingh2011
15: bluefeet♦
16: Robert Cartaino♦
17: Raystafarian
18: vivekpoddar
19: glenneroo
20: James Jenkins
21: Young Guilo
22: CaffeinePwrdAl
23: DaG
24: crownjewel82
25: Piero Alberto
26: Michal
27: Danubian Sailor
28: Crispy
29: Gilles
30: strikers
31: igelkott
32: d'alar'cop
FOUND MESSAGES
Trap Level 1 found by Sebu (+1)
Trap Level 2 not yet found
Trap Level 3 not yet found
Password found by Shawn Holzworth (Tick after another day or two to keep it active so maybe people will try to find the remaining traps)
Answer
Well what do you know, it seems rand al'thor was on to something:
When you take the user id numbers for users 1-31 as ascii, you get a message:
JET Fuel_CAN't-m3l+~S┼Éé| Bèams
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