Hmmm

I can't stop! (Mostly Puzzle GAs :) )

Not triple A title, probably bundled..Please don't expect Bioshock Infinite / Dishonored / Borderlands 2 etc. etc. Solve it more for the fun of it :)

As a thank you I'm making this puzzle giveaway.
I will release more hints if needed. Hints will be both for the ITH puzzle and for those who already solved the ITH but are stuck on the next step.

If you are stuck, do not be discouraged. Plenty of hints will be arriving. For games use the name on steam's store

Hint 1: Most, if not all, of those are somehow related to me. But how?
Hint 2: Kangaroo = Australia, Eagle = United States.
Hint 3: Ninjas will CONTROL YOU.

Last hints added to puzzle + the next step, so those who were stuck on the next step try again

1st solver confirmed :p It's not too hard
2 solvers now! surely the hints are helping

no sharing of answers please, the puzzle is not that hard and there are plenty of hints


Solution to Its Too Hard: Clicky

First step was simple. CTRL+U --> View Source --> Copy + Paste ITH link

The Puzzle was very tricky. Without the hints, it's very hard to solve.

1) Myanmar
If you saw Hint 2, you had to make the connection that Kangaroo is a national animal of Australia (I added Eagle = United States later as most people seemed to be stuck on this one)
Hence, country that has Peacock as its national animal = Myanmar

2) Sid Meier's Civilization V
If you have played Civ V, this should come to you pretty automatically.
If not, the hint that was given out:
"You have to be brave though, for you shall step into a new world. You shall face gods and kings. You shall vie for victory. Will you stand the test of time?"
will be pretty clear

3) Trouble in Terrorist Town
If you stalked my profile, you will see that I like to play Garry's Mod quite often.
"I swear, I'm innocent!"
"Quick, scan that body for the DNA!! The Detective's last words were: "The DNA has decayed..."."

Innocent and Detective are two classes of players in Trouble in Terrorist Town. A google search using "Innocent and Detective game mode" should bring you to the answer pretty easily.

4) Ride to Hell Retribution
Extremely buggy game that involves riding motorcyles pretty much. It's a Deep Silver game, so by browsing Deep Silver games and looking at the metacritic scores on steam, you should pretty much arrive at the answer.

5) Skyrim
My steam name is Jarl of Winterhold. Jarl of Winterhold is a character from the world of Skyrim. If you know Skyrim enough, you should get this easier than others. Otherwise, my hint of "Stalk my profile" should make it easier.

6) MouseHunt
Not easy. If you checked my steam profile, I purposely left my Facebook link on my steam profile description. If you stalked my Facebook hard enough, you will see that I play MouseHunt quite a lot. (I also intentionally highlighted my MouseHunt game post on my profile to make it even easier)

Otherwise, a google search using keywords "Catch mice using traps and bases game" should also lead you to the answer.

7) Seven
Pretty straightforward. The hint tells you to take a closer look, so just look at the question number :D

Next Step
You were given:

e425136485e485e4

Something seems a bit reversed.
Perhaps a bit of conversion helps.

Will this help?

Hidden in source code: http://gaminghorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Basement-Collection-Header.jpg

First, reverse the string. Gives you:

4e584e584631524e

Next, you had the picture of a "Hexagon". The string is encoded in Hex. Gives you:

NXNXF1RN

I had left on my steam profile a mysterious link. If you viewed it: Clicky. B64
Obvious hint really, base64. Decoding Base64:

5sWTM

Tada!

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/5sWTM

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this winning streak can even make Charlie Sheen jealous

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Such hard. So puzzle.

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very solve, much wow

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Now's your chance to win :)
I had 1300+ entries before my first win I believe

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1 decade ago
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I'll give moar hints as time passes by so watch this thread if you're stuck now

1 decade ago
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You haven't clicked "Yes" on the "The Whispered World"-box. I win.

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The creator didn't send me the game yet lol but nice try :p

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Hehe. ;)

1 decade ago
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You won them through private giveaways, just like this one?

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Yea, pretty much. They were mostly puzzle GAs, but one or two were ninja private GAs (only open for like 1 hour? can't really remember)

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Epic

Winning

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Wow

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What is fun?

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Fun

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u won all of these through a group maybe ??
or private
maybe both :P

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Guess the first game you won gave you all the luck :P

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It marked Day One of winning for me

1 decade ago
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You'll go blind if you don't stop.

1 decade ago
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that profile pic...

1 decade ago
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Most is Adventure and Indie games. You are adventurous. Maybe you like Indie games or another word for Indie is independent.

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wow that describes me quite well, I do like other genres games too, like RPGs I play on my old console :) but yea I tend to take interest in those a lot more

1 decade ago
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status report : first part solved. only had all but the last one (thought it was bruteforce) before hints added and it really helped.

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;)

1 decade ago
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Solved, but not sure what to do with what I got

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Same here.

1 decade ago
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Stop! Hammer time!

1 decade ago
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Well, it seems like no one's going to get the last step before this is over, oh well. And even if there's more hints the GA will be over before I wake up. =\

1 decade ago
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I added a new hint inside the ITH puzzle for those who solved it :)

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Unless you added it in the past few seconds, I saw it and it didn't help. :P

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check again ;)

1 decade ago
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Other hints came after I went to bed, but oh well, at least I already owned the game.

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bump! still at 1 solver, but I'm sure there will be more :) i mean, he will win the game for sure if there's no one else

added a hint? may be. look for it XD

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Bump for solved. Cheers!

1 decade ago
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that was fast :D hope you had fun

1 decade ago
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final hints added, 30 mins left

1 decade ago
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GA over :O 3 solvers, but it was only for 24 hours. I will be making another puzzle GA very soon.

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Closed 1 decade ago by linminhtoo.