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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! :)


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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... :)

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What's the best Tomato Game on Steam?

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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...

I don't understand it but I joined. Have this bump with hope and remorse

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There's a lot of that going around... :) Thank you! :)

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Scary, is that the new Assassin's Creed game? :)

Thank you! :)

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even with the explanation i don't get it ^^

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Sorry, it was a dumb puzzle, you're not missing anything... :) I "explained" it somewhere in one of these comments, but don't remember where... :(

Thank you! :)

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I would not say dumb :)
more like to clever for me

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I think if it were a clever puzzle it would make sense, and not need so much explaining... :)

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bump

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Thank you! :)

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Bump :)

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Thank you! :)

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Because I can!

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Unlimited power!

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More!

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Perfection!

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Thank you! :) Sorry I don't have any pictures or anything... :(

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Aha, I recognise one of those. Sigh...

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Thank you! :)

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never really play Nier although heard many great things about it but it just not my cup of tea
i prefer the last of us and waiting for part 2 right now.
not sure if we are still in the same topic though lol
anyway bump up n down

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Well, it's sorta the same topic I guess, although it's slightly less obvious than it will be tomorrow... Just in case anyone's overlooked something... :)

Thank you! :)

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Thank you! :)

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O_o Theres really games with tomatos!?!?!?
I will just leave this link here...
Tomatoes
and this
Return of the Tomatoes

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Yeah, there's a few... :)

Thank you! :)

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Aha, magic! :) Thank you! :)

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Aha, thank you! :) Looks like you won one of them, too... :)

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I've kept a lost tab open with this thread for weeks and completely forgot about it, but luckily I saw it a few minutes before the giveaways ended 😅

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One last evil bump for the final explanation, after the giveaways have ended... :)

Don't bother trying to solve anything people, it's finished... :)

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Ahh, it's ASCII. And you probably can't tell, but those numbers are in base 16, so in base 10 it would be "101 65 52 65 52" if that helps.

Anyway, since normal people haven't memorised the ASCII table, put those numbers into some tool like this one and see what it spits out. You'd put 65 41 34 41 34 in the Hexadecimal box, or 101 65 52 65 52 in the Decimal box. Either way, that should give you eA4A4. From there, hopefully you can find the treasure. :)

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"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.""

Yea, good to know .... now. I had so many stupid ideas concerning those keys. I thought you hide some giveaways in some other giveaway you made before or you won before. I looked at games like Darksiders in your history. Then I looked for the song titles which gave me "Eclipse Time". And then I thought maybe a giveaway that ended at the same time as a lunar or solar eclipse.
Finally I found the missing tow giveaways in your public one and could relax. You have the wonderful ability to make people paranoid.

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Sorry! :)

I created those two hidden giveaways first, then noticed the latest Sakura junkpile hadn't been added to the giveaway list yet, so I had to wait... :) So nothing was pointing to them for a couple days... Hope you didn't waste too much time on it...

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Yea, I thought it was something else as I watched that more and more people started to join them while the real hidden one stayed on the low side. Also, I think I got something great in return. So a bit more time invested is not to bad.

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