One last edit:

Ok, so there was one new Near a Tomato giveaway hiding in this most recent batch of leftover bundle keys.

Also, just for fun there were Pink Floyd lyrics on the first and last characters, it didn't mean anything: thereisnodarksideofthemoonreallymatteroffactitsalldark and thetimeisgonethesongisoverthoVghtidsomethingmoretosay - there's no U in Steam keys, sorry about that.

But the double-struck i.e. funny-looking characters spelled out maybethesekeysarehidingonemoretomatogiveaway6541343134 --> "Maybe these keys are hiding one more tomato giveaway 6541343134" --> 65 41 34 41 34 -> eA414 --> One More Tomato Giveaway. The was no secret encoded in the position of those funny-looking characters, that's just where they ended up. If you have enough Steam keys you could certainly use that method for something in one of your own puzzles! :)

Thanks for playing, and good luck next time! :)


Yeah, I forgot to explain where the tomato giveaways were hiding. Sorry about that.

But first, for the people who don't care about explanations, here's some junk I was too lazy to make a puzzle with:

Bayonetta, Level 3
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Level 4
Gal*Gun: Double Peace, Level 5
House Party, Level 6

I had more stuff in my cart, but the Humble Store didn't want my money until after their Winter Sale had ended, so that's all you get. And you thought Steam support was a disappointment? Oh well...

Ok, time for the puzzle explanation? Hmm, yeah. But before that, since nobody reads explanations, why not race the bots to redeem this fresh batch of consolation bundle leftovers:

TGYVP-P𝕄Z82-LXA7T
HZYTP-FJDH𝔸-8X4BH
EE6TG-CKFQ6-𝕐QD4E
RCPRD-BLAJ0-𝔹2HFT
E𝔼GFF-KL2QB-B5N7I
IM𝕋J7-4WYAM-E3QLM
SℍRAX-G9JME-MFPQE
N3TNI-𝔼BKHM-C2ANI
OJYAB-8PATF-8Q7𝕊S
DJZN𝔼-DJBCN-VR2KG
A𝕂CAI-8BCWT-LJE3O
RJK𝔼J-22GR6-W8AZN
KRARJ-𝕐09T9-XCKEE
S2BKF-NCC𝕊K-34ABT
IR28R-PZXTJ-67L𝔸H
DPTV5-FTICL-FKℝJE
ERX6V-8MBL8-P𝔼J8S
OℍFDF-RDJVG-DIKTO
FPP8H-AHQ𝕀B-6KR2N
T498A-G6HRZ-VZV𝔻G
H5PN𝕀-PY5H5-0924I
E26AR-ℕ0NMH-8F4HS
M4PYL-CI𝔾NK-MGB9O
O8𝕆KM-DBN2Z-XX49V
O9W0Z-6YJI4-V7ℕ5E
NJIV3-9M2𝔼K-TCK5R
RFRBV-DB4Y2-𝕄N20T
E𝕆3PC-N7CKQ-KWG0H
AB3V8-CH0Q0-ℝ3VEO
LEQZ9-MXDE6-XLF𝔼V
L𝕋KYP-CW0RN-T4CNG
YARCJ-RE𝕆NK-VJWPH
M8𝕄97-0IRGM-93RPT
AKZB8-I𝔸I8I-7579I
TVF8A-27TA𝕋-ZF7ND
TRHR6-YXWI5-Z58𝕆S
E𝔾HK5-EHIEN-DP0KO
R4NCX-K𝕀AZ6-QCJNM
OXVY𝕍-MXFGJ-DT87E
F475M-0TC𝔼J-NATCT
FWTHT-LERRI-LV𝔸LH
A8IWE-HG2𝕎X-09M5I
C2𝔸9F-94YA0-Y3B5N
T𝕐B65-GZ39W-G3EIG
I4F04-𝟞DLBA-3L78M
TMN8G-𝟝AEFE-73GMO
SWHAB-QBCZ𝟜-D08XR
AG4ZL-47H𝟙G-ZJNZE
LHDRD-I0H8F-𝟛0RZT
L9P50-PDPET-𝟜Q7KO
DCPMG-VXC4A-𝟛074S
AG507-70V2Y-𝟙J5PA
RF𝟛L7-843RL-8WTYY
KP8Y3-4G2TC-𝟜LHRY

Ok, guess that's enough stalling. If you really want to know, I cleverly deleted my notes for this puzzle, so umm... Let's see if I can remember... Fortunately it's not a complicated one or I'd be screwed...

Hints and stuff were hiding in the keys. The first batch had 2B, then 9S, then A2, then NEARRA, then some ascii thing, then NEARRA, then some ascii thing again, then NEARRA, then NEARAA. Anyway, NEARRA / NEARAA were supposed to give you a hint to the itstoohard thing, i.e. Near A Tomato. Ha ha. If that didn't work, 2B, 9S and A2 are characters in the game, which means if you already owned the game you probably got it right away. And if not, umm, I dunno. So, http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/Vc7KnXax -> https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/e7TVU/nierautomata - hooray!

The ascii thing was hiding the second giveaway, i.e. 64 6f 6b 59 37 -> dokY7 -> https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/dokY7/nierautomata - dunno how you were supposed to notice that. Guess it was a dumb puzzle...

Good luck! :)


Original description:

What are you doing? Making another dumb puzzle? Guilty... :)

Turns out reaching "Level 10" on Steamgifts accomplished nothing. I couldn't find the secret clubhouse, the "Click here for a free pony, courtesy of cg" button, the cake, or well, anything. Guess I should have used that money to buy gift copies of removed games for profitz. Sigh...

Sooooo, since making giveaways would be pointless now, how about making a dumb poll instead. Everyone loves those! Screw giveaways! And don't forget all those memes and things. You can't go wrong with that crap.

And, to distract you from the puzzle, here's a pile of leftover bundle keys! Parentheses to slow down all those clowns with their thousands of bots...

Oh, and all of them are sure to be used before you notice this discussion, so don't waste your time looking at them!

5KHRE-N8(T)N6-W9D2B
7W5CE-3B(O)G7-4W2BK
2B6BN-FH(M)26-7QJQV
D2B06-7R(A)WE-Q9RMM
6HQ2B-PE(T)B2-ZMTH9
09A9G-7X(O)QV-52BEA

9SPMM-GN(T)KG-8DLHF
JE0WB-H0(O)FJ-AJ69S
39STL-8L(M)38-BZKIV
36ZZW-TR(A)4R-0Y9SR
VMALK-0L(T)K3-9SF9D
M3F9S-JH(O)JA-V4QMV

A24C6-0B(T)IQ-30708
6TFNT-JV(O)8W-482A2
ZQIMN-6N(M)J4-94A27
XA2WQ-VD(A)HX-00M79
AVMA2-Q9(T)F6-PKPAD
DBPCH-IH(O)64-VA2FG

9EMZA-MK50D-CCQN(T)
ZILVJ-8RZHQ-JVWE(O)
2A9QZ-B8XG8-7BNA(M)
PZKMK-3BQVP-69BR(A)
AKGPL-ZMXEQ-HCWR(T)
PDCE8-KN75L-L3TA(O)

37N2B-2QQQK-6479(T)
4LPE7-MQ99I-6FKI(O)
260DH-A2GW7-6BN0(M)
LZP8L-X305G-5966(A)
QBYHH-DLTIQ-37IC(T)
JJL2M-Z0RW8-21GZ(O)

(T)N8P3-48P2E-75722
(O)EMY9-T2W5C-3Q2KN
(M)AY33-N37KX-KGH5K
(A)RK03-XEMBP-LWIA8
(T)RX4F-39BG5-AT6QT
(O)AFEH-WCY5R-XKERH

(T)64H5-N8WHM-Z45H6
(O)6F7R-TJHF8-F24Y2
(M)6BJA-8L8H7-K56CR
(A)592C-BCMDD-JIL7H
(T)378T-H3W8V-EV8FZ
(O)3FZ2-DTIH8-YICVP

(T)(T)GYD-NJ28I-E50IN
(O)(O)WK3-Z6707-56W2E
(M)(M)T35-WEGDH-CRPMA
(A)(A)QFH-X7ZZB-XFJPR
(T)(T)DHM-ZAHKL-49TFR
(O)(O)PDR-XW9HB-65E9A

NP0ZL-AAB94-D0Z(T)(T)
EA6CG-26IM4-232(O)(O)
APFN7-4WIHF-PF9(M)(M)
RAYZ8-0Z9I9-T6X(A)(A)
A4YCA-GAJ6I-EPL(T)(T)
A0ZQL-R55TH-RP5(O)(O)

And, as a secret bonus for people who can read all the way to the end of the page, here's some bundle giveaways! Woohoo!

Tomato Jones, Level 1
Tomato Jones 2, Level 1
Tomato Way, Level 1
Something else... Hmm... Oh, you know, it's a puzzle... You have to figure it out...

Good luck! :)

p.s. Umm, don't tell anyone, but I've never actually played any of those Tomato Games. If you have, and want to talk about them, that will let me disguise bumps as replies to your comments, so that's cool. :) Just don't expect me to know anything about the games... :( Maybe I'll check them out over the weekend, though... :)

6 years ago*

Comment has been collapsed.

What's the best Tomato Game on Steam?

View Results
Tomato Jones
Tomato Jones 2
Tomato Way
A pony, made of tomatoes, or potatoes, or something [HEY, THIS DOESN'T MEAN THE SOLUTION IS BORDERLANDS, I'M NOT THAT LAZY]
Something else... Hmm... Oh, you know, it's a puzzle... You have to figure it out...

Wow, that actually worked. Bump.

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Aha, I see your puzzle-fu is strong... :) Or maybe with the kind of dumb puzzles I make, it was just obvious... :)

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Deleted

This comment was deleted 9 months ago.

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Aha, that sigh is because your favourite game, Tomato Jones 2, didn't receive a single vote? Sorry about that! I don't know what these people are thinking... :(

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Deleted

This comment was deleted 9 months ago.

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

That's ok, I don't bother trying to solve puzzles any more, for the same reason... :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Something is wrong, the answer isn't 100% Orange Juice with Nath & Tomato+Mimyuu Character Pack DLC. Please fix.

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Oh, if that hadn't been a dlc I would have included it... :) Searching Steam for "TOMATO" really doesn't turn up much...

But I'd feel dumb making a dlc giveaway for a game I've never even played... :( Sorry... :)

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Have a bump and a nice weekend, Fiftykyu! ^^

🍅

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you, hope you have a nice weekend also! :) But where do people keep getting all these tomato things? All I have are smileys... :(

:)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you, Fiftykyu! :-)

Courtesy of SG user Shirl

You can make them larger with one or two # in front of the emoticon(s).

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you too! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Bump! 🍅🙃

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you!

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thanks for the tomato giveaways! 🍅

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

No problem, but I suppose next time I'll need a lovely bunch of coconuts... :)

Thank you too! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Bamf

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

bump :3

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

This reminds me of the simpsons episode about tomacco

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Hmm, guess that must have been one of the older episodes since it sounds familiar... :)

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Where can I turn on the Easy mode? With a solution like "it's a puzzle". I'd totally solve that.
I'm probably only overthinking it. That should feel good then, but doesn't.

However, have a bump and nice weekend (or rest of it ..), fiftykyu!

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

If it's any consolation it's a pretty dumb puzzle. :) Looks like only 26 people have guessed it so far... I assume someone's writing a script to guess every Steam game until they get it... :) Don't know how itstoohard handles that sort of thing... :)

Thank you! :) It's disappearing fast, but there's still a bit left... :) Hope you have a nice weekend also! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Bump!

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

There have been too many recent activation attempts from this account or Internet address. Please wait and try your product code again later.

LOL

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Ahh, I should probably mention, unless it's a huge dump with, say, 10000 keys, don't waste your time trying to redeem anything that went up 24 hours ago - there are too many people around here with too many bots. Something like this, with only around 50 keys, I bet they were gone in 10 seconds... Oh well...

Hopefully the next time someone puts in a pile of keys you will see it sooner! :)

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Yeah, I saw the comment that said more keys had been added, so I wasn't 100% sure if there were any available. Dropped them in to notepad++, made links from them, and started from the back - figured maybe one or two hadn't been claimed if some were popular that lots of others already had... really didn't take that much effort/time (5 mins tops), just a fun process...

The comment was more that I haven't seen that message from steam before (but I was not surprised).

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Bump for puzzles and tomatos

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you! :) Can't have too many bumps... :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Tomato!!

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you! :) Hopefully you're not allergic to them... :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

I like tomatoes :D

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

I give up...

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Probably a good idea, not everyone likes Tomatoes anyway... :) Thank you for playing though! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

I like tomatoes.. But parents always teached me to not play with my food.

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

🍅😋

Delicious!

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Aha, thank you for the giant smiley things! :) I wonder if it's eating watermelon, though... Can't really tell from here... :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

didnt read or try any keys yet
guess the keys are gone by now anyway
but before i forget it i want to bump this thread :3

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Yes, by now the keys are all used, so it would be a waste of time trying to add any of them to your account... :(

I'm too lazy to put in a second batch right now, might add some more later but most likely that will have to wait for later in the week, unless I forget to do it... Sorry! :)

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Congratulations on reaching Level 10! D

(Remind me, later, to show you the secret handshake.)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you! :) I wonder if some part of me was trying to avoid it, so it wouldn't feel like I won, and can go home now. :)

Once upon a time I remember wanting to reach a certain level playing chess, didn't make it an official goal to myself with plans and notes and things but it was always floating around in my brain as something to think about... Unfortunately the goal was low enough that I actually reached it, and instead of making a new goal, my interest waned, and it felt like hmm, guess I'm done now... :(

Oho, secret handshake, that should be interesting, thank you again! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

I am missing something obvious here >.>

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Hmm... I'm tempted to agree, but... I guess this isn't one of those logical puzzles where you only need enough time to think your way to the finish line. It's more of a random brainwave type of puzzle, so don't waste too much time on it... Sorry! :)

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Hungry, hungry bump.

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

But how is it pronounced..?

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Good question, not sure! :) Let's Call The Whole Thing Off... :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Looks dangerous, thank you! :) Probably a solution in search of a problem... :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

No, I can't...and Bump!

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Don't give up, skeleton! :) And thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Tomato Bump or Potato

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Works either way, thank you! :)

6 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Sign in through Steam to add a comment.