Good evening my dear adventurers, some of you might remember me, some of you might remember my puzzles, some of you might not remember...
ehrm sorry this was the script of the last thread...where the hell is it, oh darn, here you are!
As I was saying, come here my dear adventurers, and tell me: do ye dare to undertake the overwhelming and full of perils journey that I, the evil puzzler, have set just for you? Are you ready to crack your brain like an egg and cry like a baby among tricks and riddles? Just let me tell ye something before ye answer: do you know what awaits the ones that will prove their sharp mind and their brave hearts, passing all my tests? Oh my, my, you really didn't know of the 101 giveaways that lie there, at the end of my trials?
Well, now you know, go and prove yourself to me!
Just choose one of the five paths, and remember, the higher the number the harder the trial! huehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehue! >:3

  1. PUZZLE

  2. PUZZLE

  3. PUZZLE

  4. PUZZLE

  5. PUZZLE

Now just a little serious footnote:
Two years ago circa I've discovered this community and one of its characteristics that particularly astonished me is the activity in the puzzle section...when I first landed there I was totally disoriented and I understood nothing, but then I’ve gradually learnt to solve puzzles and even create them! I remember the braincrackers created by Nordhbane, Fnord, Mykalie, Ercalote, Keohookalani, JonothanKalo (that became an owly), Sexy(or evil)budgie, Dingbat, alamarjan, silentguy, ozo2003, Adelion, m3rc, Lugum, SuicidalSnowflake, Fnord, fiftykyu, Gracee, jbondguy007, jeffhowe, kerros, mecorx, mushclone, nellyneko, iflirtwithanyone, Oppenh4imer, Ronix, Student123, Tewam (YES), Revilheart, malabagaa, mecorx, treeB, wc terror, chronicdiscord, yukulele, zelghadis (whose guide also helped me and many other puzzlers), theZooZ, Server51(that also created gameofswords) and many, many, many others that I can't recall atm. What I mean to do is not simply putting down a list of puzzlers, but expressing my gratitude for this awesome community that gave me a lot and that (I hope) I'm contributing to a little. This has been an awesome journey up to now and I hope it will always go on like this. It doesn't matter if you are a puzzler, a solver, a lurker, a leecher, a charitable loser, a greedy winner, an admin, a newbie, CG, a super user, a touhouer, a bundler, a flamer, a troll, or a simple, average, normal user...Steamgifts will always give you a lot and feel a little like home <3 THANK YOU EVERYBODEEEY :’-)

And for the practical footnotes:
Of course, don't discuss the solution or share hints, in order not to waste my time spent on the puzzle and the fun of solvers (especially don’t share ANYTHING from what you find at the end of the puzzles)
There's no level restriction and no SGtools
There are 101 different GAs, some with multiple copies, some crappy, some good, some very good, some awesome (each of the puzzles has a different reward, and the toughest the puzzle the better the prize)
You'll have 14 days, meaning that the clock stops on January, 25 at midnight CET


Clues and hints

Hint#1
Many of you are concerned about how many people solved every puzzle. I can keep no track of who's solved each puzzle but thanks to this you, like me, will be able to know who has solved all of the 5 puzzles (and I assure you that I've kept the best for the final reward, or as the latins said, dulcis in fundo).
Also I cannot keep track of precise data, but according to entries and comments inside the trains I can tell you that, the order from the most to the least solved is:
1 - 2 - 4 - 3 - 5
Hint#2
Puzzles 1 and 2 are quite easy, for number 3 I often suggested the ones of you who asked me hints to look at it from any perspective, but I forgot to mention that by perspective I meant contrast, for puzzle 4 I've already dropped a huge hint in the comment section and about puzzle 5 someone of you asked me if it is about frequency, well it is not about frequency, but frequency is really a huge indicator of what you should be looking for.
Hint#3
Puzzle 3 and puzzle 5 have the same encryption method, which is a really simple one (namely if you've solved the easier questions of puzzle 4 you surely know it). Remember also that I use to drop tiny sneaky hints in comments.
Hint#4
The words in puzzle 5 are separated by commas and space for the sake of readability but I could write it like this: sophisticatedinstallationalthougheconomicsownershipactionaircraftcooperativeministerallowanceheroicincludeconfigurationunquestionableinflammationmathematicaldevelopedcomponentbreakthroughobliged
The only thing that must not be modified in order not to corrupt the solution is their order.
Hint#5
Puzzle 4: (just a piece of advice) when I first encountered the language of Q7, I've looked for and found a browser that could search symbols.
Puzzle 3: if you followed my previous hint you've probably found 5 "elements", each to be decoded into a single character. Each one of these elements has 8 "vertices"...does it ring the bell?
Puzzle 5: if you followed my previous hint about frequency you surely noticed the prevalence of two characters. Now, we're talking about decryption, ain't it? So, what do these two characters look like? What's the most obvious graphical association to them?


After-ending clues and hints

Hint#1
I think that for most of you the last one great obstacle it's puzzle 3, well so read my previous hints again but instead of vertices read angles.
Hint#2
For puzzle 4, question 7, this is the comment where I dropped the huge hint. Of course it's huge but it's not obvious, otherwise it would have meant to spoil the solution.

6 years ago*

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Reserved

6 years ago
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The puzzle has been updated so I suggest you to look again anything you think could be important.

6 years ago
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The puzzle has been updated again (and hopefully for the last time) so I suggest you to look again anything you think could be important..

6 years ago
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Bump for updating the list of evil puzzlers <3

6 years ago
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Hints and clues section added.

6 years ago
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Bump for MOAR hints.

6 years ago
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Bump for even MOAR hints.

6 years ago
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Bump for SOOPAH DOOPAH ULTIMATE HINT

6 years ago
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Thank you for your puzzles and giveaways, Samusx and have a great weekend! ^^

6 years ago
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Thank you, and you're welcome ^^

6 years ago
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Have a nice Sunday. ^^

6 years ago
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Ho noooo..have mercy....not a puzzle again....not an evil one.....

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6 years ago
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Happy Cake Day! This was fun :)

6 years ago
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I'm so happy to hear that! ^^

6 years ago
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Have a bump :) will have a look at it later ;)

6 years ago
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Solved the first one real quick, but that is all for now. I will return later for the others.
Thanks for more fun puzzles and of course lots of giveaways :)

6 years ago
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You're welcome! ;D

6 years ago
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Only managed to solve 3 of them. 3 and 5 apparently are new puzzles to me.

6 years ago
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Same here.

6 years ago
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The fun part is when you encounter a new puzzle, ain't it? ^^

6 years ago
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For a while. Until my interest is diminishing and eventually forget about it when I make zero progress for days.
That's my state with 3 and 5.

(Your previous puzzle kept me interested til the end)

6 years ago
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Have you really tried to look at puzzle 3 from any perspective?

6 years ago
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Solved. 5 left.
Had a similar idea but was overthinking it.

edit: Realized I forgot to say: Happy cake day!

6 years ago*
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Thank you btw <3

6 years ago
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Same here...

6 years ago
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Edit: Got #3; still pondering #5...

6 years ago
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I hope my whole wishlist is among the giveaways. Just kidding. Didn't have time (and knowledge) for the earlier made puzzles, hope to give it this time a try. Thanks for your time, giveaways and effort!

6 years ago
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You should be able to solve at least a couple of them ;D

6 years ago
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Managed to allocate some time for these, solved 1, 2, 4 and 5, not sure about 3 and how do I get to the same encoding as 5. Will try to solve it even if the giveaways ended. Checked the games you gave away, there was nothing I would have entered, but I still had fun with your puzzles. Thanks again Samuele!

6 years ago
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Thank you and also...Added hint if you're interested.

6 years ago
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Happy real cake day! I^v^I Happy to see I'm cosidered to be one of the evil mind-benders although you're much, much better than me at it I^v^I

6 years ago
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I'm so honored to hear that u.u

6 years ago
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Have a great cake day!

6 years ago
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Thank you! :3

6 years ago
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Bump for the mention. :) Going to look into the puzzle a bit later.

6 years ago
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Another bump for 4 down, 1 to go.

6 years ago
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Bumping for end reached (~3 hours ago).

6 years ago
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Bump for starting over with the new stuff added in. :P

6 years ago
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Real solved for bump.

6 years ago
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Happy cakeday, evil puzzler!

6 years ago
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Thank you Calibr3 ;)

6 years ago
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<3

6 years ago
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bump

6 years ago*
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2 can be done if you read the puzzle guide.

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thanks

6 years ago*
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Wax on, wax off man, wax on, wax off.

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Uh what?

6 years ago
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6 years ago
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Exactly this

6 years ago
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Done 1, 2 and all but one question in 4. Will surely return for more!

6 years ago
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Sounds like we're in the same place. I don't even know where to start w/ question 7.

6 years ago
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Ok, now solved the question 7. You need to search a bit, but it's definitely solvable even if initially you have no idea what to do with it ;)

6 years ago
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I thought taking a break and coming back to it a couple of days later would help. I was wrong. Fun puzzles, but it's frustrating to get 7 out of 8 and stall there. Oh well, will do some more googling later.

6 years ago
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Nah, waiting will not help with question 7. It's either something you know or need to google it out.

6 years ago
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I guess knowing what to google for is the trick. I'll keep trying.

6 years ago
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I'm missing only 5

6 years ago
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Bump for solved 1, 2 and 4 ;)
What kind of evil thing is the third one ? :o

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D:
Any hint for 3 and/or 5 ? :(

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You have two weeks, so plenty of time to crack your brains. Maybe there could be some hints, but not now.

6 years ago
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Fair enough :D
Well I've found something in the hex grid, but I have no idea what to do with it. xD

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2, 3, 4 and 5 are too hard for nme (for now)
Thank you

6 years ago
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<3

6 years ago
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Thank you! I'll be back for the last one!

6 years ago
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<3

6 years ago
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Thank you for the puzzles!

Bump~~

6 years ago
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<3

6 years ago
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Happy cake day!
And I stuck on 2. I dont know 2 letter. hmm :(

6 years ago
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Don't give up, man! ;3

6 years ago
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Happy (Real) Cake Day

6 years ago
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Thank you (for real) <3

6 years ago
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close to solving #3, ugh... :P

6 years ago
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Thanks and bump :D

6 years ago
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decoded second but can't proceed to gibs what am I doing wrong? ;-;

6 years ago
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Dunno, but if you've decoded it you're almost there man!

6 years ago
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Thanks and bumf! :D

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