Hey there.
Sucks to be dead, doesn't it. But hey, it could be worse. Purgatory is not the most beautiful place, but at least it's quite here. Used to be quite, that is. Since Lucifer is trying to take over heaven it's been one general after the other marching through here with his armies in tow. It's pretty much just hell's suburbs right now.

So, what will it be? You can either go on and fight off the whole army of hell or crawl back under the stone where you came from.
Now, now, get back here. What's the worse that can happen? You are already dead. So what if you get sliced and diced by the prince of hell? You go pling and will be back here good as new. Probably... I never tried it. Anyway, if you, against all odds, managed to do it and kill Lucifer the old man might just let you back up.

Now, of course we won't just send you to fight Lucifer without any training whatsoever. That would be just stupid. We'll just do a quick test, and if you're more clever than a flower pot you can proceed to Samael over there. He'll show you a thing or two and decides who will be send to fight.

  1. A high demon that wears a crown, and likes to transform into a leopard. (lower case)
  2. Hindu ghosts that possess corpses. (lower case)
  3. A demon that looks like a winged bull with a human head. (upper case)
  4. A demon with a taste for human flesh. Able to possess humans, especially cannibals. (upper case)
  5. A Scottish ghost (upper case)

Now, do your best, you've got till 11.11.2011 8pm, after that we got to start our assault, or it might be too late.

1 decade ago*

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A Scottish ghost? Hmmm

At least this one seems interesting.

1 decade ago
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UAHuAHUAHUAHUAUHA

1 decade ago
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For number 5, are you looking for a specific Scottish ghost, or a general term for ghosts in Scotland?

1 decade ago
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The second, though I've seen it used for specific ghosts as well.

1 decade ago
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Yea, there are quite a bit of named ghosts in Scottish folklore.

1 decade ago
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I tought i had the 5 answers, but it's not working... fuck!

1 decade ago
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Same. I thought I had it as well.

1 decade ago
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I made a mistake. Sorry. I edited the text, so you should be more successful now ;)

1 decade ago
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I'm in the hell and it's hot a little:P

1 decade ago
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Ok, my "read more about" topic of the month: "the supernatural". :-) Quite a change compared to the last month's "nuclear accidents". :-) (And of course, thanks!)

1 decade ago
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The last one is really making it hard

1 decade ago
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Wikipedia is your friend :D

1 decade ago
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I've got 5 names, but it's not working... it's the first one I'm not really sure about...

1 decade ago
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I'm in the same boat.
pretty sure I'm right on the latter four though

1 decade ago
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Wow, this is harder than it seemed at first. How many people entered yet?

1 decade ago
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Sakura, u r pretty sure this works with the case sensitivity u told us?
I tryied like 26 different combinations of some Names that could be alternate, but it didn't work.

How many entries do you have? lol

1 decade ago
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Yes, I'm certain it's correct now. There are 5 entries, so it's doable.

1 decade ago
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7 now

1 decade ago
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8 :D

1 decade ago
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Congratz :D

1 decade ago
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I look for said demons on Google and all I get is fictional unrelated videogame shit :<

1 decade ago
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You're looking for the first letter, right? Cause I swear I've got all 5 answers. ._.

1 decade ago
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First letters only, yes.

1 decade ago
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:D

1 decade ago
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Come on guys, 2 hours to go. Don't you want to go to heaven (after being sent through hell)?

1 decade ago
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I am having issues with #1. After this is over, would it be possible to see the answers with references (where possible) to the locations where you found the info?

1 decade ago
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I support this, I don't know which one I'm wrong with either the first or fourth question

1 decade ago
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Hmm. I'm having some problems with this puzzle. x_x Looks like it will end soon, so I guess i'll just give up. :3 I'm not feeling very well atm to burn my brain trying to figure the right answer. xD Let me us know the answer please. :3

1 decade ago
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How should the url looks like?
Something like that: http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/PUZZLEANSWERS ?

1 decade ago
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Yup: www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/XXXXX

1 decade ago
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is 4 from Algonquian mythology and 1 from Ars Goetia?

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Our fine champion was choose by rigorous trial and is send right now to fight the armies of hell. Now, for those unable to do the test, there is the solution:

  1. Ose
  2. Vetalas
  3. Shedu/Sedu
  4. Wendigo
  5. Wraith
1 decade ago
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Haha. I had them all except the Shedu. Was trying to use the more common name.

1 decade ago
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ahh, failed for 3. I kept thinking it was Lamassu but didn't know of the less frequently used name

1 decade ago
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I wound up getting it in time, but I could not find any reference on Ose wearing a crown (at least not on wikipedia). As I do not wish to be caught off-guard by hell's army, is there any chance you could enlighten me?

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It seems my information source might have been corrupt. It did state Ose is wearing a crown, not just seems to people to be wearing one, but it seems to have vanished. Perhaps a sabotage plot of Lucifer. I guess it would be wise to be wary of all leopards for a time.

1 decade ago
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Only Shedu/Sedu - Lamassu I had wrong.. :(

1 decade ago
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Missed Vetalas. Thanks for the puzzle.

1 decade ago
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Damn, i failed at Shedu/Sedu.
I thought it was Lamassu as well. :\

1 decade ago
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Answers I had.

A high demon that wears a crown, and likes to transform into a leopard. (lower case)

  • President Ose
  • Ose
  • Voso

Hindu ghosts that possess corpses. (lower case)

  • Vetala
  • Baital

A demon that looks like a winged bull with a human head. (upper case)

  • Lamassu
  • Alad
  • Shedu

A demon with a taste for human flesh. Able to possess humans, especially cannibals. (upper case)

  • Rakshasa
  • Pishacha
  • Manushya-Rakshasi
  • Asura

A Scottish ghost (upper case)

  • Bogie
  • Wraith

Would have had it if not for #4. :(

1 decade ago
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Well, you certainly get a cookie for absolute thoroughness :) . I promises to be less ambiguous next time.

1 decade ago
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Even though I didn't get in, just wanted to extend my thanks to Sakuko for doing this giveaway. It was fun, and I expanded my knowledge sphere a tad bit more.

1 decade ago
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Man, I'm really getting confused with giveaways lately.

Can I please extend my wishes to all people who giveaway on the forums to >please say if their time is EST, Mountain Time, Central, etc< because I was planning on cracking this code later after a failed attempt, it's 3 PM EST and the giveaway is over. Just please say what KIND of time the giveaway ends or else people will get very confused, like me.

1 decade ago
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I'm sorry. I have to admit, with DST I'm not even sure what timezone I'm currently in. :P But I promise to find out and add it next time.

1 decade ago
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What with all that globalization around, I've added at least a tiny EST clock to my desktop, though I live in GMT+1. :-) If I had to remember the shift between the zones, I would go (more) crazy, I'm afraid.

1 decade ago
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Thank you

1 decade ago
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I know how you feel. I managed to give it a try just because Sakuko said that there was 2 hours left.

1 decade ago
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Closed 1 decade ago by Sakuko.