Sorry about that, guess I can't always give away the right games... :) Better luck next time... :)
Thank you! :)
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Ok, I'm throwing in the towel. I've been looking at this for FAR too long when I should be focusing on other things. I've been running around in circles and in the end, it all still looks like cryptic nonsense.
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Sorry to hear it, hope you didn't neglect anything important... :( Although you're probably right about the nonsense... :)
But just in case, take a look at the "BIG HINT" - maybe it will help...
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PE3BP-BMCDG-ⓉYIMR
Instead of bump, some worthless freebie
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Thank you! :) Wonder if someone's redeemed it yet, whatever it is... Usually some lurker taking all the loot...
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Oh well, good luck little cat... :) There's bound to be a new puzzle for you sooner or later... :)
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Cheers for the extra keys, managed to successfully activate about ten before Steam said I'd had enough for now... 😅
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Hmm, out of that new batch? Guess they didn't all go to waste, then... :)
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OK, now we need some BIIIIG HINT for your previous puzzle, lol
even though i somehow solved this, i still have no idea what to do there : (
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Oh, I'm planning a hint there, just don't have time to do it right now... Hopefully later today... :)
Thank you! :)
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Just a visit from the ghost of thanksbots past... :)
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If you're still curious, it's with the help of god, as in "thanks for the giveaway, hope I win wthog" 😏
Cos obviously if there really is a supreme being up there, they've got nothing better to do than to help people win Steam games 😆
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Aha, this reminds me I still need to make a hint for the other puzzle... Thank you! :)
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Wow, that The Miskatonic thingy is very nice, merci for recommendation :-P
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I hope it's nice, won't know for sure until I get one though... :) But it looks interesting! :)
Thank you! :)
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Oh, I doubt that. :) The puzzle is too dumb for you, maybe... :) I would even say it only looks complicated until you look at it... :)
Thank you! :)
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Well, maybe the reason is unreadable characters instead of disguised fragments (probably because of missed language pack when installing windows, same situation with hieroglyphs, Chinese, for example). But anyway, thank you for the unusual puzzles, maybe I'll come back to them later, I'm intrigued :)
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Hmm, I prefer to make puzzles with normal text instead of this unicode stuff, but when you dump a bunch of Steam keys in normal text some clown feeds the whole thing to their bots and never says a word... This way the humans have a fighting chance... :)
Since I'm too lazy to automate things it's a bit of a pain writing it too... I've been pasting this junk into old private giveaways for testing purposes, since sometimes you get garbage - and mobile's probably a lost cause... :(
If you don't find a way to read it, I'll try to work up something legible for the explanations, assuming I remember to write them... :)
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Thank you of course, but you don't need to worry, the problem is only on my side, since no one else had a similar problem.
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Well, it's possible a lot of people ignored the entire puzzle because they couldn't read it... :( Don't know a good solution, though...
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Aaaaaaaargh! That was so obvious. How could I miss it!? I can't not see it now. Curse you! :D
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Well, anything is easy once you know where to look... :) Sorry! :)
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If you look at the original Steam keys, you might notice IHATEREADINGSOGIVEMEGAMESINSTEAD
Can't see it. I guess it comes down to settings?
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Well, if you're trying on mobile all bets are off - apparently some of those funny characters don't seem to work properly. But read down, starting from the top line of keys with IFQDH-ACⓇNZ-LM5GN__6TH2I-ETⒽMF-LTVNJ__P244X-IWⓌJ2-YIBFN__0ZC75-VHⒼ8I-P78G4__JN549-T5ⒿKT-IFK69__GL7DZ-DAⓅNL-KX7MI. There should be at least five, maybe more that I can't remember...
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Ok, the short explanation is: go read the other explanation, it's the same thing. :)
But I should probably put something here too... Umm, the Greek stuff is just the Odyssey, it's nothing to do with the puzzle. Did it fool you? Sorry.
Did the 1 August key drop help? The one with the BIGHINTs in it? Oh, didn't notice that? Seriously? Umm...
LOOK AT THE KEYS!
If you look at the original Steam keys, you might notice IHATEREADINGSOGIVEMEGAMESINSTEAD which is the solution to the itstoohard thing, or I HATE READING SO GIVE ME GAMES INSTEAD if you like your spaces. :) That's the whole puzzle.
Simple, eh? So you get DARK SOULS: REMASTERED, DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin, DARK SOULS III Deluxe Edition, and finally, one more giveaway for The Miskatonic. Fun, eh?
Hope you enjoyed yourself, and hope I think of a better use for bundle keys next time! :) Thank you for playing! :)
Original message:
Oh, hey, you love to read, right? That's why you're checking the steamgifts forum!
You're not hoping to gobble up an entire key drop by yourself before those other people take everything! :) And certainly not looking to win every private giveaway you can find for the precious +1 wthog! :)
Unfortunately I'm lazy, so I made yet another dumb puzzle. Sorry about that. And you'll have to find the password to reach the giveaways, so be sure to read all this stuff carefully!
Yet another dumb puzzle? Yeah, if you turn out to hate whatever's being given away here, there's a different puzzle going on here instead. Possibly a bit of reading required there, too.
Once you've finished reading all this stuff carefully, go here for the treasure! It'll shimmer you blind!
Στην Λακεδαίμον' έφθασαν, μες τας σχισμένα όρη,
και 'ς το παλάτι ετράβιξαν του ενδόξου Μενελάου·
τον ηύραν 'που 'ς το σπίτι μου με πολλούς φίλους είχε
γάμων χαραίς για τον υιό και για την θυγατέρα.
του Αχιλληά προς τον υιό την κόρη του επροβόδα.
'ς την Τροία πρώτα υπόσχεσι και λόγο του 'χε δώσει,
και τώρα τέλος έβαζαν οι αθάνατοι 'ς τον γάμο.
με άλογα, με άμαξαις την έστελνε εις την πόλι
των Μυρμιδόνων την λαμπρήν, οπού 'ταν βασιλέας.
από την Σπάρτην έμπαζε τ' Αλέκτορα την κόρη
νύμφη του μεγαλόψυχου υιού του Μεγαπένθη,
'που υστερογένην έλαβε από δούλη· της Ελένης
τέκνα οι θεοί δεν έδωκαν, αφ' ότου είχε γεννήσει
την Ερμιόνη, 'πώλαμπε ωσάν την Αφροδίτη.
'Σ το μέγα δώμα το υψηλόν έτσι εσυντρώγαν όλοι,
οι γείτονες κ' οι συγγενείς του ενδόξου Μενελάου,
τερπόμενοι, και ανάμεσα κιθάριζεν ο θείος
ο αοιδός, και ως άρχιζεν εκείνος το τραγούδι,
δυο χορευταίς 'ς την μέση τους πηδούσαν κ' εγυρίζαν.
'Σ τα πρόθυρα ο Τηλέμαχος ο ήρωας ωστόσο,
και ο λαμπρός του Νέστορα υιός, τ' αμάξι εστήσαν.
εβγήκ' εμπρός κ' είδεν αυτούς ο μέγας Ετεωνέας,
ο επιμελής θεράποντας του ενδόξου Μενελάου,
και του ποιμένα των λαών εστράφη να το είπη.
σιμά του εστάθη κ' είπε του με λόγια πτερωμένα·
«Μενέλαε διόθρεπτε, μας ήλθαν δύο ξένοι,
'πού του μεγάλου του Διός το γένος ομοιάζουν.
ειπές αν θα τους λύσουμε τ' άλογ' από τ' αμάξι,
ή θα τους προβοδήσουμε 'ς άλλον να τους ξενίση».
Τότε ο ξανθός Μενέλαος εβάρυνε και του 'πε·
«Μωρός δεν ήσουν άλλοτε, Βοηθοίδη Ετεωνέα·
τώρα ως μωρόπαιδ' ομιλείς· και δεν θυμάσαι οι δυο μας
απ' άλλους πόσα εφάγαμε δώρα φιλοξενίας,
ως 'που να γύρουμεν εδώ και ο Δίας να μας δώση
τέλος εις τα παθήματα; αλλά τ' άλογα λύσε
των ξένων, και άμα μπάσε τους εδώ να γευματίσουν».
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p.p.s. In an unexpected display of honesty it was revealed that the claims in the previous postscript were actually true.
p.p.p.s In a final postscript a pity giveaway was disclosed, allowing those who were able to read but unable to solve the puzzle the opportunity to win something.
Good luck! :)
Edit 1 August:
Since so many people are stuck, let's try a BIG HINT... :) If it's not big enough, I'll try to find a bigger one tomorrow... :)
B9FZE-HVFKR-🅥🅝🅦🅝②I936V-QW35W-🅑⑤⑧⑤🅦GBHPQ-FDX90-🅙⑥⑨⑧🅔HJN4B-IM0YJ-🅝🅡🅠🅡⑧I9HEC-FYT4V-🅧④③⑨🅒N2XVN-QQXT0-🅙⑨⑦⑥🅑TQNC3-6A6GY-🅣🅣🅛🅨⑧BFYCJ-QA69R-⑨🅨🅖🅘⑨IB86V-BZIA2-⑨③🅚⑨⑨GDDJ7-325QD-⑥⑤🅣⑦⑧HWNEY-7GJJA-④②🅗⑧ⓄIHMJN-TYC5L-⑥③🅘⑧⑧NPTFI-DBPW0-⑧④🅕③ⓄT4GDI-HX663-⑤🅩🅑🅣⑤BQQRZ-Q8843-⑦🅦🅡🅥🅝IHFEG-LV92I-🅦⑨Ⓞ⑧⑦G0XL2-QQ8X3-🅗⑦⑨⑧②HDL6P-3VAY0-🅒⑤②③④I5MRC-3KHPC-🅖⑤③🅘🅟NTVWR-R6265-🅛Ⓞ③⑨🅥T6MGF-2VZNY-④🅩🅛🅝🅥BZR62-CXI0E-🅖⑦②④🅨I9ZJH-LVW68-🅟⑥⑤⑨🅗GHJXB-KBHFK-🅖③③③🅓H8YXJ-HKBP7-🅕🅩🅡🅝🅨IZXYP-E86W8-🅐④⑧④🅦NQ3MI-X7AYB-🅐④⑤⑤🅡TX68J-XK08N-🅑⑨⑨②🅗BMQK4-GTY9M-②🅣🅨🅩⑦IYMQ8-HNCHE-⑥⑨🅑Ⓞ③GXI2E-EYCFX-⑦⑧🅑⑨⑤H03EG-GZWQV-⑤⑤🅔④⑤I5T90-056G5-⑥⑨🅡②②N24N5-5JRRJ-⑤⑦🅔⑥ⓄTKPRZ-ITWBD-⑧🅘🅔🅧④BRDQ3-HF8LE-🅔⑥⑦⑨🅚IDM07-WN6FF-🅥③⑤⑥🅕G2EA7-8PQFN-🅓🅡④⑤🅠HW06E-IJDEH-🅜⑤🅕⑦🅓I5430-3IJVT-🅛⑨②🅘🅗NKBQE-A4HZL-🅠⑨Ⓞ⑦🅨T8K7D-IFQIJ-🅦⑨④③🅘B60AV-6TQ6P-🅠🅐🅓🅑🅚IVEN0-X8CR6-④②🅒③④GGTBJ-PH545-④Ⓞ🅘⑧③HXJ9D-0PAVV-⑥⑥🅥⑥④I8ZJZ-ZR8BH-③⑧🅥③ⓄNAEN9-XV553-④②🅔③③TMM05-3NY97-Ⓞ②🅛⑤③Edit 5 August:
Ok, yes, these giveaways are finished, but I'll have to wait a few days before writing a puzzle explanation, for no reason at all... :)
Thanks for playing, and remind me in a few days to explain everything, in case I forget or just get busy and blow it off... :)
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