Well, then you're one step ahead of me, because I didn't post a clue yet.
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So far there are 4 solvers (excluding me), and 6 different solutions discussed in the GA (including mine). Since there are more solutions than solvers, I think this one isn't going to require hints :-)
Edit: Updated 2 and 4, to 4 and 6.
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Hint: Each line includes one letter or number from the GA code, and the lines are in the correct order.
Note to newcomers: The GA code is the XXXXX part here: https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/XXXXX/reflecting-fate
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One day left...
Another hint: The GA code character in each line is marked.
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Bruh, I am either stupid or retarded. My brain is not capable of solving this :(
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I have worse eyes than I thought. I don't see a mark there. I've given up and wait for the solution.
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I don't see a mark there.
That's intentional. And it's the last thing I'm going to say ;-)
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Stop begging for hints please. Some people have already solved it without hints and Yirg already gave some. It wouldn't be fair if Yirg tells more. Also if it is just important for you to solve the puzzle you can wait for the solution which will be posted after the GA ends.
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Solution: Each line contains a character from the giveaway code. It is marked with a Left-to-right mark (LRM), which is an invisible Unicode formatting character. In the solution below I replaced each LRM with an arrow ("→"). To the left of each LRM you can find the GA character, marked in bold.
Dolores R. Th→ompson
9L8Q7iEBIB→queT
B6D0→cZ2WLJTk
Regina Bergamasc→hi
Celeste L. Jarv→is
So how is one supposed to find an invisible character? There were at least 6 different methods that solvers used. You can read about them in the GA comments. The method that I expected people to use is:
- Copy the 5 lines of text to a text editor (e.g. Notepad)
- Use the arrow key to scan each line.
- Whenever the cursor doesn't move with a key press, it's a hidden character (in this case, LRM).
- Take note of the character to the left of the hidden mark.
- Append the 5 characters as described in the first hint above.
That's all :-)
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didn't even know this existed, thanks for that !
how does it look when you're typing this ?_?
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That's the whole point. It doesn't look like anything. LRM is invisible. There's one right there between the "invi" and "sible", but you won't see it.
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so i guess you do it in word or smthg like that and paste it ? (since you seem way more tech savvy than me there may be an easier way to do this ?)
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You mean how to type it? I think you need to have a right-to-left language installed (Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi or Urdu). If you do, then there are several options.
- Right click a plain text field (e.g. Notepad or the Start->Run menu, then select Insert Unicode Control Character menu -> LRM (Left-to-right Mark). Once it's there you can select it using Shift+LeftArrow, and copy & paste anywhere.
or - When the Windows keyboard language is is set to the right-to-left language, use the keyboard mapped combination that is mapped to LRM, if one is available. For more recent versions of Windows you can use AltGr+"(" - that's the right Alt key together with left parenthesis sign.
or - When the Windows keyboard language is is set to the right-to-left language, use an Alt + numpad combination to "type" the LRM. For Hebrew it's Alt+0,2,5,3. This should also work with older versions of Windows.
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Thanks for the solution. That's complete new to me. Even in source code of the page it isn't visible.
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Learned something atleast, thanks for explaining it!
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...is just a name of the bundle game given here.
Did you try the new Secret Sniffer script? It's really cool! It doesn't (yet) solve this kind of puzzle, but it's probably only a matter of time.
Dolores R. Thompson
9L8Q7iEBIBqueT
B6D0cZ2WLJTk
Regina Bergamaschi
Celeste L. Jarvis
As always, I'll post the solution after the GA ends.
Edit: Added a hint.
Update: Solution posted here.
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