NF2HG MFWGY ORZGC43I
f7nyh g8LMO KRUGK
seqXg AawG6 IFTHIZLS
USz63 E9fht KBQXE5DZ
gQm3n R6GVX K5UWY3A
Qvwj8 tSAUS IJSSA
DWcBn rKdYQ ONXSA
LPpLj bzpUC NRUXI
yLtpG JwYXH i7aDN
MLkWj NANHE s6IVb
KMD04 NUAxg I4vaW
cWhJJ a4wpF Z5UvS
rG18w 1tBDt eN8UN
msmDl 3b6fo 1R72J
2n6pX L5kaT GQjjS
2zs84 DkT7P cXQaD
m9yKY CL6o4 JFqWE
yIGgV uOW9t iCfhN
9hRI2 3mfy1 WmRVc
u1beh f8mgv This box has intentionally been left blank

Explanation:

For the most part, all these codes were the 5 letter/number code that you can find in each giveaway link. Example:

steamgifts.com/giveaway/Qw5Sm/bad-rats-the-rats-revenge

I think most everyone got that. There were no giveaways that were hidden in any way behind any puzzle. It was all laid out for you all. The codes that did NOT link to a giveaway were the headers for each individual column and there were several boxes in the right column with unknown codes. These codes were all in base32.

https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/base32_decode.html

Headers Translated:
NF2HG= its
MFWGY= all
ORZGC43I= trash

This was a subtle, but very well-hidden hint, that the giveaways within each of their respective columns were all trash. They all came from previous Humble monthlies. Now, the unknown codes in the right column actually hinted to something more substantial:

Translated:
KRUGK= The
IFTHIZLS= After
KBQXE5DZ= Party
K5UWY3A= Will
IJSSA= Be
ONXSA= So
NRUXI= Lit

Now, I didn’t expect anyone to understand this, as you’d have to be thinking fairly outside the box to make the connection, but it doesn’t matter in the end anyways. This leads us to the thread’s title: SGsAP

SGsAP is an acronym for a steam group I created for this event that stands for: “SG's After Party”. To get an invite all you had to do is bump the thread with a song. For those users that participated, I used the whitelist tools wishlist feature to figure out what the top two wishlisted games were and made giveaways for them. There'll be more giveaways down the line too. Feel free to decline the invite if you'd rather opt out of this part :) Oh, and the intentionally left blank box meant nothing, I was just making myself laugh.

Edit: I scrapped the group idea, now it's a temp whitelist thing :D

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Back 2 Good - Matchbox Twenty

Edit: Wait, how did you get away with repurposing a year old thread for this? 😅

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Don't have a favourite song or an album. There's just so much awesome music out there that trying to boil it down it to just one song, one album or one artist, even as a joke, feels a bit wrong.
But thank you very much for the giveaways! That upper part in right column was too hard for me to crack. Hopefully, you will reveal the answer once the giveaways are over.

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Derek Trucks Band - I'll Find My Way

I don't know that I can say it is my single favorite song, but it's definitely up there as one of my favorites, and since it's not one of the best-known songs out there, I'm more than happy to introduce others here to it! :)

Thanks for the gibs! Still trying to figure out if the invalid ones are puzzles, errors, or just red herrings...

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Bump

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Now I want to rewatch the Life of Brian. Heck, all of Monty Python!

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I feel something strange in the third row.🔮👀
Is it my favorite song for the last year or so?
Mad Mew Mew
I don't think there is anything in particular.😸
ZUTOMAYO - STUDY ME
No, really.

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Since their old hits where already listed by OP, I'll go with my favourite one from their latest album:
Tool - Descending

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Perhaps not my favorite song because I like a bit of everything, but I consider music to be like food... and sample what cultures around the world have to offer.

Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4xZUr0BEfE

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Bump and meow

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Don't know how to do those hyperlink stuff but here;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2XfVml6o24&list=RDI2XfVml6o24&start_radio=1

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You've forgot the ! before the link to the image to show, like
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Wow that is also an option ha, thanks!

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No problem :D

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👍

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Thanks for the lovely table, Fyantastic. :)

Saw lots of great songs on the giveaways. I can't pick a favorite so I'll just link what's playing on my Winamp right now:

Tara MacLean - Leaving on a Jet Plane

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Winamp? I thought I was the only one left on teh internets that still uses it. 😲

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It really whips the llama's ass! :D

As far as I know there still isn't a better music player; I can't do without Global Hotkeys and Jump to File for my 10,523 song playlist.

And I still use the Classic skin as well. :p

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Too bad Winamp 5.XX was a little buggy with AVS. Baddass plugin is still way better than Milkdrop. Fortunately 2.95 works great on Winblows 10! 😛

As far as I know there still isn't a better music player; I can't do without Global Hotkeys and Jump to File for my 10,523 song playlist.

And I still use the Classic skin as well. :p

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Third Movement of Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 "Pathétique"

It was love at first sight and it never lets me go. I like the other movements too, but this one is more "shareable".

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I can't decode NF2HG, MFWGY, ORZGC43I, KRUGK, IFTHIZLS, KBQXE5DZ, K5UWY3A, IJSSA, ONXSA and NRUXI, can you give me any hint?
If not, could you show me how to solve it after your GAs end? Much appreciated.
Interstella

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I feel too young to have an all time favourite, but here's something I like for almost two decades
Metallica - Of Wolf And Man

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i hardly listen to music so here's something that suddenly comes to mind.

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Closed 1 year ago by Fyantastic.