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Alright I have something to admit...I think programmers are pretty cool.
while all the autojoin bots are annoying I can't bring myself to resent the people who made them. I still don't like all the script kiddes who use said scripts/extensions without a care in the world but the amount of work put into writing them impresses me slightly. On a more positive note all the people who go out of thire way to write utility scripts for the convenience of sg users diverse some recognition. And anyone tech savy enough to know how to code anything has my praise.

On to the actual event

I have two GA's running two weeks and a few different ways you can get to them.
no restrictions

Ashes of the Singularity Escalation (Strategy) Sunrider Liberation (Interactive VN)
Ashes of the Singularity Escalation Sunrider Liberation Day Captains Edition

Event Files

  • 1 Option 1 Figure out how to decodet the link from the hidden file. Its been encoded in a relatively simple way for those who know what thire doing.

  • 2 Option 2 Write a program/figure out how to parse the text file "SGEvent.txt" using these 3 rules

    1. for a line to be valid it has to start with a special character
    2. for a line to be valid it can't end with a number.
    3. for a line to be valid it needs to contain only 1 group of 5 letters/numbers (no special characters) and no group higher than that.
      ???abs1a??213? would work but not ???3a3a3a??? or asd11??asd2a

    The file has 300 lines each with 40 characters you can use whatever language you want to try and find the correct line and once you do the group of 5 characters you found is the correct code to go in the link /XXXXX/
    It would make me happy if someone figured out how to do this option however I'm only 95% sure it will work beacause I'm not as confidint in my own coding skills so while I got it to work I might have been doing something wrong.

    • 3 Option 3 link a code/script you wrote understanding that it should be somewhat advanced
      A "hello world" program or similar wont cut it. (basically all the people who wrote scripts for SG get a free pass

    For the third option you must prove somehow that you wrote it yourself and I'll message you the link.

    As for anyone else Id love for you to bump the thread with any computer related gifs/pictures/jokes to spread awareness
    and maybe share what you think of coding.
    !Apple uses automated schnapps IVs.](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ballmer_peak.png)

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What do you think of programmers?

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Meh I could do it if I tried they aren't that special.
return (Person.isProgrammer() ? "Nice" : "Not verry nice");
Yes...although I resent you including scripting as programming...
What is this wizardry how do they make the little magic imps hiding in my screen work for them!!!

Bump for the nice event and I've solved it both ways! :)

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You should put the specific date and time+timezone it ends.

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I made it really long so I wouldn't have too >_<

with the plan of saying "24 hrs left" near the end

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xD i've not learnt that far and your code is giving me serious headache xD

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on second thought it is not that mesmerizing xD all hail gamer's mind

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common you can get passed I believe in you!

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hmm for the 1st its not a Sha1 encryption i hope :D assuming as it says its easy i'l try brute force MD5 i hope im not going too far off, if any hints are possible but looks interesting

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  1. done
  2. will try if have any free time
  3. https://github.com/ozo2003/HelperBundle -> Symfony 2/3 bundle to implement a lot of features i need

I am a web developer specializing in back-end web development currently mostly using Symfony framework. I'm not really good at front-end stuff though :(

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1 - Option 1: Solved

2 - Option 2

  1. Easy
  2. Easy
  3. I don't know how to do this

3 - Made VanillaBot using Node js. Little proof clicky and click


bumP! :3

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My app ShareX have tool to solve option 1.
This also makes me pass option 3 I guess. So one stone two birds :P

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I'm guessing you get this question like a thousand times a day

Correct. This is why I was forced to make this page: https://getsharex.com/docs/faq

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Does this count?

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bump for solved (1st solution, not the good computer right now for the 2nd one XD)

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Thanks and bump. This is by far the fastest "puzzle giveaway" I've solved. All GA's should be like this one. Thanks OP.

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bump for option 1 newbs like me xD

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Bump for this great event! Giveaways are still open. :)

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I made this way too long tbh...not going above a week for an event ever again methinks

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So I finally got around to uploading my userscript. I have not made a thread for it yet.
Entered Giveaways Filter & Sorter

It filters and sorts the list of entered giveaways. It is still very much in the testing/beta phase. It does not work with endless scrolling, the timezone for date filtering needs to be fixed, and one more feature needs to be added.

To use it, go to https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/entered and click on a column header. An options box will pop up. This userscript can filter for letters, numbers, and dates(not currently accurate), and sort each column.

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Bump for 1 more day give or take a few hours >_<

I really need to learn how long to make these things

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