Enter a wrong answer. Clock will start ticking then
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Hey, it's the best hint ever! :)
Ok, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the puzzle, but that didn't stop people trying Burma-Shave slogans all day long... :)
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Ahh, I was going to say just type anything, but someone beat me to it... :) Never mind! :)
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Thanks for bringing this game up to my attention, I hope it turns out to be good :3
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Me too! :) And let's hope for a surprise bundle appearance so we don't have to win a giveaway for it! :)
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That's ok, most likely this game's worse than Bad Rats II: The Badening... :)
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bump for puzzle 4 is killing me
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Ouch, I thought that was the easy one... Sorry... :)
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Hey, where'd you find that π? Thought I confiscated all of those! :)
Thank you! :)
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for some reason (kinda obvious), I thought I should continue with ceasrean box, but no, to dumb for the moment, maybe later
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I'm sure when you solve it you will feel even dumber, this puzzle's pretty stupid... :) Sorry... :)
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have another bump
just need more time for last one (or maybe I'm just overthinking it...)
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Yeah, most likely... :) If you're doing a lot of thinking, you're in the wrong puzzle... :) This one's dumb... :)
Thank you! :)
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bump for level 1 !
Hi fiftykyu, it does seem like a nice game, thanks for the chance and puzzle, will get back to it tomorrow
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Thank you, that picture looks familiar but I can't remember why... Probably someone's posted it on here before, and I forgot... :(
And don't work too hard on the puzzle, it's pretty simple... :)
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btw, I am going to the museum for last time in longer while, cause new Miyazaki movie! yay! :D
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Wow, seems I am out of touch, didn't know there was a new Miyazaki movie... :( Hope you have fun! :)
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it is short movie shown only at Ghibli Museum AFAIK. Was quite cute (Boro the bug was the title, and I liked the previous one more) I like those shorts, I wish they would make dvd out of it ;/
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if you ever have a chance to visit there, I highly recommend! It is nice experience for both adults and kids :) (only kids are allowed to play in a plush cat bus tho hahhaha). ANd those shorts are 'simple' and short, but very heart warming and enjoyable (to main point of movie for kids to laugh was rain of poo made by small bugs, spoiler aler, oh wait, I should have written it in first place, sorry, kind of :D)
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Not terribly likely, but you never know... :) So thank you for the descriptions! :) The cat bus sounds like fun... :)
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sleepy me sends a bump and will try to work it out later
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Thank you! :) Good luck when you work on it later... :)
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to dumb today for this kind of mind stretching but game looks interesting indeed
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If you're feeling dumb, you might be on the right wavelength - the puzzle's dumb too... :) But good luck tomorrow... :)
And even if the puzzle's dumb, the game looks interesting... :)
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Bump ! I am even more confused now that I solved the first part.
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Sounds like you're on the right path, shouldn't take too long to get the whole thing... :)
Thank you! :)
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I found out what was about what but I don't have a slighest idea of what am I supposed to answer. Any dumb hints ? :D
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Hmmm, aside from the hints on the itstoohard things themselves, the only hints I have given are:
Hey, read this thing: https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/TLR8m/zelgh-magic-guide-to-basic-sg-puzzling-update-october-2017
and
Umm, search the forum for old puzzles, because I'm lazy and reuse puzzle ideas all the time.
Sorry if that's a bit vague, but I can't just type in the answers, can I? :)
Good luck... :)
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My. God. Solved, take a bump, don't think we could call it dumb though.
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Aha, good job! :)
Well, let's put it like this... The next puzzle that uses this method, how much time will you require to solve it? :)
Thank you! :)
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It was actually the next puzzle that brought me back on this one, it was a fun one :D
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Well, at least someone's enjoyed it, that's good news! :) Sounds like more than a few people got frustrated and gave up... :(
Thank you! :)
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Thanks for the level 0 GA! I've no idea how to solve the puzzles, but I'm a big fan of Cthulhu and even ran some of the tabletop RPG Call of Cthulhu.
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Hmm, for puzzles I generally tell people to read this guide, when I'm too lazy to give specific hints. :)
I mean, it's probably in there somewhere, whatever it is you're supposed to find... :)
Thank you! :)
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Sorry i have absolutly no clue...
... but wanted thank you for 1 of the keys and say that all others, that i don't have, are used.
Did you want me to post the keys that are used/maybe ok and the Names to the games ?
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Hmm, probably not necessary since at this point they are all used... :) But thank you! :)
And don't worry about what games the keys were for, since it's all cheap bundle leftovers people only buy for the +1 or the trading cards. The sort of games where you'd pay 5 cents for a key and still feel you overpaid... :)
Good luck if you find a clue... :)
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The one key i got was one of the 12 labours of Hercules Games. And on my Wishlist. So, at least for me, a good game :o)
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Wow, that's pretty lucky! It's rare for me to see any wishlisted game in a bundle, but maybe I'm wishlisting the wrong games... :)
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Nope, no idea how to solve these (that "guide to SG puzzles" thread doesn't help). No idea what the "verse by the road" have to do with any of that, either O.o
Entered the public giveaway though, so have a bump.
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Well, I could point to the exact place in that guide where you'd see the necessary hint to solve this, but then again I could just eliminate the middleman and post the answers directly... :) Or I could keep things vague and let people use their own brain... :)
Also, when I suggest people search for old forum threads for similar puzzles, I could do the search myself and post the direct links, but this way people have to put in a little effort themselves, or just stare at things until they get the brain wave... :)
Thank you! :) And good luck if you keep trying! :)
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bump for 1-3 solved, It seems I'm stuck on the final straight
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Better than being stuck on Part 1, which seems to be a common result around here... :) Good luck on #4! :)
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I'll reply a bit later, but have a bump! Not the most ideal, since it just got bumped... but it's always considerate, I feel.
Wish I got more on gibs, but heck, you know what they say about expectations and wants and whatnots...
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If I were clever I'd postpone replying in here, so I could save some replies to use as bumps... But I never think of it... :( And there's a good chance I'd forget to reply to someone that way... Safer to reply chronologically... :)
I tend to forget about making giveaways, it's easy to get busy and suddenly I see I haven't given away anything in a month... Must be a huge pile of overlooked boobie garbage I should have dumped out here...
Thank you! :)
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Aha, I remember buying that game, but don't remember why... :) Will probably forget buying it again in a few minutes... :(
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Turns out the best way to write a puzzle explanation is to sit down and write it. Ideally before you make the puzzle, but I never remember to do that... Usually I just start fooling around with numbers and bundle keys and see what turns up... :)
Yeah, numbers and bundle keys. I guess this will spoil any future puzzles, but my key drops with random leftover bundle keys are never random leftover bundle keys - there's always something hiding inside.
LOOK AT THE KEYS!
I'm not clever enough to save links to old puzzles, but poking around found some examples:
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition puzzle, or Little Witch Romanesque: Editio Perfecta puzzle :), or NieR:Automata puzzle, or, of course, Dark Souls 1+2+3 & The Miskatonic puzzle and The Miskatonic + Monster Hunter: World puzzle. :)
I suggest anyone working on puzzles read the puzzle guide first. For this specific puzzle, you have a pile of text (i.e. the bundle keys) meant to distract you from the secret message(s) hiding inside. Like this:
1xxxx-xx2xx-xxxx3
1xxxx-xx2xx-xxxx3
1xxxx-xx2xx-xxxx3
1xxxx-xx2xx-xxxx3
1xxxx-xx2xx-xxxx3
The first column in the keys gives THATISNOTDEADWHICHCANETERNALLIEANDWITHSTRANGEAEONS which Lovecraft fans might know as That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons... :)
The second column in the keys (yeah, ok it's not a column, it moves around because I don't own a million spare bundle keys...) gives 486F776D616E796167657368656E63655368616C6C74686973 which umm, it's a long string of gibberish? Don't worry, that is base 16 ASCII character codes, which you already knew or noticed in the puzzle guide. Turning that into text gives HowmanyageshenceShallthis which looks like Shakespeare if you spread it out a bit How many ages hence Shall this... :) Yeah, I wasted a lot of time trying to make some other Lovecraft quotes fit instead, but I didn't own enough bundle keys to pull it off. Oh well... :(
The third column gives ISAWTHEBODYSPREADONTHATDANKSTONEANDKNEWTHOSETHINGS which is also Lovecraft, but you'd probably need to google it to discover where I saw the body spread on that dank stone, And knew those things came from... :)
Incidentally, that should (?) explain the keys added in the 26 July edit, which didn't help with the puzzle but just gave you one more chance to notice something. The things you could notice were GALLIA EST OMNIS DIVISA IN PARTES TRES QVARVM VNAM INCOLVNT BELGAE ALIAM AQVITANI TERTIAM QVI IPSORVM LINGVA CELTAE NOSTRA GALLI APPELLANTVR and This is not a hint. This is not a hint. This is not....... and HI OMNES LINGVA INSTITVTIS LEGIBVS INTER SE DIFFERVNT GALLOS AB AQVITANIS GARVMNA FLVMEN A BELGIS MATRONA ET SEQVANA DIVIDIT FREE KEYS WOOHOO which google could explain for you. :) There's no U in Steam keys, sorry. :)
The 4 August edit was the same idea - ?HINT? and HINTHINT in the keys were trying to get everyone to look at the keys. That's it. :)
Anyway, the solution to these puzzles comes about by guessing you need to finish the quote. Otherwise you're screwed. Hence the Burma-Shave "hint" in the itstoohard things. Blah blah blah blah, and googling tells you the missing part is BURMA-SHAVE. The part in the keys is "blah blah blah blah" so you just type in the rest of the line, i.e. the "Burma-Shave" part. Yeah, it's not a very good hint. Sorry! :)
Anyway, solving those first three itstoohard puzzles led to the Miskatonic giveaways 1 2 3, each of which contained a number.
For the fourth itstoohard thing, you only needed to add the numbers: 2247371907021798609437 + 3673622262609912460805 + 2490417963119497539938 = 8411412132751208610180. Which leads to... ?
For everyone who tried to do something with that number, umm, sorry. A lot of people noticed what's going on, but more than a few didn't... :( Check the puzzle guide one last time. It's simply more ASCII characters. Would 084 114 121 032 075 120 086 101 080 have helped? Yeah, definitely. I guess if you're familiar with ASCII you noticed, and if not, you didn't. Anyway, turning that ASCII stuff back into text gives Try KxVeP which was the Monster Hunter: World giveaway.
Sorry it took so long to write the explanation, and sorry the puzzle was dumb. Hmm, seems I'm always writing this...
I could say I'll try to do better next time, but most likely next time I'll be just as lazy and make the same dumb things again. So thank you for playing, and good luck next time! :)
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Umm, nope, same here. Maybe when it's in a bundle?
You know, it doesn't really say "Humble Monthly" to me, and frankly it looks too good for Indie Gala or (current) Groupees... But you never know...
The store page https://store.steampowered.com/app/870290/The_Miskatonic/ looks interesting, but it sounds like they ran out of money or the programmer left or something? I dunno. In other words, typical kickstarter? The art looks cool though.
Anyway, maybe if you solve one of these puzzles, you won't have to buy it:
Level 0 puzzle, i.e. public giveaway Can you solve the puzzle of the people who try to win a visual novel but can't read? One of the enduring Steamgifts mysteries...
Level 1 puzzle
Level 2 puzzle
Level 3 puzzle
Level 4 puzzle
And the obligatory puzzle pieces disguised as a bundle leftover key dump in 3... 2... 1...
TZM3N-CBπB2-MN6QIH9YC9-CA73π -0A5LSALIEX-4VπE3-7PBKAT5WAC-GC8π½7-NXPMWIN4YK-GBDZπ-C7JYTS20IL-MCZπE-Y3ECHNTFEX-πZCYW-Y44AEO2DZE-FGπ»AH-LDHHBTAYBX-πQWBE-GZKTOD5WZ0-JYπPV-5GVLDEA9EA-QWπPR-KEBAYANCR8-FYπΌIW-WVV5SD5W3P-AC0π9-2AH4PW4CB5-K0π‘HK-GC4PRHYBX9-π3A0T-LNGCEI087L-F2KπV-F6EXAC62Q5-VC7π2-82JPDHGWNC-YWVπ4-AFCPOCF035-K0πYD-EINZNA5IJM-KVπLY-GBZMTNDBZL-π5DQT-4EDZHEJPTY-0YGXπ-LL57ATR7HB-IWEπG-KRFRTETFE0-Dπ QNE-VXRXDRECEP-QπKAR-J79PAN5FK2-L2π99-D9GMNA74RZ-πEGDT-XAHWKLQGMZ-YVπΌ5I-VBRGSL8R7K-πB4A8-0JFCTIF3T3-MBπI2-CYR0OEE9R8-πZH3E-MQBYNAL3AW-29πBV-XFRBENH5ZV-Mπ3T4-VZ20ADQKNX-πXZ8K-AZ8CNWVCQK-JNπM9-V26QDIJVYM-8Bπ 7N-AGJDKT6M88-4XπKN-N4W7NH0FZ0-π7YQN-XK46ES5Q5E-π3QH3-JVGVWTC2EA-MπPL3-IK7LTRIR3K-π2YPV-4AN4HAGACG-WJIZπ-WZNQON6YLN-H8Gπ0-YKJ3SGWF9Z-Tπ2XY-WR2ZEEI8J0-YKWπT-WY28TAZA87-0Pπ R2-IZZQHEXM6X-FπQXW-QEYMIOG2T8-π‘6CJN-JCA2NNWLLB-AGDπ7-0YV4GSDAVV-P64π7-8Q6XSGood luck! :)
Edit 26 July:
Hey, I couldn't think of any new hints, but I did find some more leftover bundle keys... :) Someone's got to feed those starving bots... :)
GKEWA-79π6P-Q6QZHA5G89-8IπMT-5Q80IL82IV-F0NVπ-L5L8OLN6VR-27π TB-2YNQMI3CXG-ERJπK-83GENANXEB-5π‘VM3-6MMGEE7DHY-95EVπ-80PHSSRYI8-πJGX6-AMCHLTVDVA-D0π03-HNICIOGKWH-YAπEM-9K6HNMP8YT-I9πKZ-D8Q3GNVEAA-KFπ‘VX-QD7TVIT5E3-WπE68-EIWAASZ7ZW-X9πDM-C8VYIDNHLE-VJπBB-2JVENIR47G-DQLπE-PNJESVX48N-8XZπI-6I2BTIAN5V-8EπΌPV-W404ISZBXW-πEPL0-84KHTAMKZC-4VKZπ½-BPWWVIW5Q6-WZπKX-CPE5TNM0NM-FWπN6-K0JKIPV4XJ-RM83π-4TVESA9Q2F-FMπNG-KI3TLR8BK2-H05πJ-TXG4ET47W6-IMCπE-AE2VGE53VQ-BWπGE-KLKJISMHKY-7Rπ57-4CJZBTPG4R-WXπIG-P9FXVR3RGL-74π IT-ICCWSEIL69-95TπP-GTI4ISTL7R-H2π‘TR-X2XQNQ6T6M-MGπPB-KGFHTV54G9-8MπΌCK-LFWLEAN9RV-MFQ2π-PLRNRR9247-πDQZC-BQIPSVZQAC-3AGπJ-EXAAEMW040-JVπΌV3-33Y6DVPQ0I-πKFZL-47MFINZ4CK-JπAVQ-X3C9FAEIKT-09π4E-TR64FMCYAC-44πZ9-YFKCEI62TA-πNFIP-CB7RRN4EM8-πX0TH-XDM3VC2HDL-R0GVπ-EKFXNOARQ0-3Dπ CM-ANDBTLCDHV-Kπ8VV-5GC0GVIZCN-Kπ‘6F4-462WANH5RK-FDYπQ-NNH2LTVQHM-X88πR-N3ZXLBC386-NEπMY-70JFOENB4Y-YWπ0P-4I3PSL6WEK-πF5FD-RX6BAGACNE-6Bπ‘V4-7NA5BAA479-YPπEN-VBWIAEA3Y5-JXπZM-5NILQAHZAW-XFJKπ-RMZDVLEZV4-AZ77π-9ZNAIIV3CI-MJπ49-9QQCTA0F3I-πΌDNTJ-MNJBAMEY9M-π8VN5-QE94NA0CVJ-LDπ½P6-98PKIQCAXA-9GLWπ-39R9SVGDCC-84WπW-EHG0GITN05-0Lπ75-7L2CAT69H7-052πE-2KQJRA0MLQ-πHMN6-80NLVNIY4V-ARDπM-Y6Z4MI5MXJ-GYπBF-Y6A9NTKJGK-EπP3N-0CADAEE3N8-2R2Pπ-LNR0FRTV0P-W5Eπ G-7D2JLTPG4R-WXπIG-P9FXVIE5MC-QCπ‘CV-PH67MAVX8Y-PCπRF-2TQWEMCB4I-DπΌL9I-6XA8NQ2BNV-AQ3πT-6LFAAV0A5L-ZPπ8K-AGPEBIV2LJ-π64AX-DFXGEIPMB4-W3πΌIC-JDXRLP582X-πP77T-7EFMGSMWZA-YZ9Jπ-EA6HIONL5T-L4π2F-2ZC9SR2T5J-πJMPW-CAP9MV89B7-GIπ2J-R64XAMJLDR-πCTAW-CWLYTLTAKR-EWQπV-9MTNRI8ZJZ-ZRπ BH-38V3ONW0Y9-4π2YW-I5CNNGECRQ-H8π‘K0-WXIRAVNAF2-TYπDF-KD6VEA60ME-FWYRπ-BNPLTCYA2A-TXπN5-4W6GSEPHR9-Z32πY-AL9WEL37TI-DIPπ3-W5IAQTHGMB-74π‘Y9-2RZVVAA479-YPπEN-VBWIAEH8HA-AYπ7V-E80ZNNVEKT-P9Y0π-W9XVAONKQD-P5π79-MWHJDSVPY0-2XπPZ-VWFRIT42BT-πΌBGMC-THYBVR8F24-HWXπ6-5CW9IAWMTL-Dπ½R5Y-AL57DGFKAV-54YπT-A4Z2IA0VZ3-AR7πZ-J3Z3TL97DM-FALπ8-JIKDFL8FHY-πΌATFX-ACVYRI9PFY-RπY35-D6YLEAJA56-RXπΌ8X-FDEEEP5IE0-Q9πXB-Y695KPEDQL-4πΌG45-CK9LEEN8LW-IGπIZ-BV3QYLWNKA-FπΌC3Y-VFW7SLB7JY-BHπ0K-57X3WADLWM-6W3XπΌ-EB97ONRCM2-JMF3π-4KLWOTDEYE-Y7K9πΌ-W0YKHVQ4JK-8KPπH-H383ORPBXV-7BπΌGH-2LYIOEdit 28 July:
So you thought this puzzle sucked? You're in luck, there's a completely different puzzle here! :)
Edit 4 August:
Hey, it's your last day to solve this, so have one last hint:
H4I7M-βΎπ βββΏ-RXYF2I3LNI-ββΈβΆβΈπ -TGYNDND249-βββΉββ-MJIZITBPDG-βββββΈ-47E7JHJLNM-ββΆβββΊ-3KHNQIF8I5-ββΆβΈββ-IKZQJN8M0E-βΌβπ ββΉ-P6EQ5TK5WW-βΏβΈββΏβ -GZ54JHCBEW-ββ ββΎπ -9WLGZIJVCC-ββΉβ ββ-WM5BPNDQ9D-π ββΏββ-GP097T0MV6-βββββ-PQKJWH9XAD-βββΊββ-AG434IYC2L-βββββ-TC8BPN3ZRE-ββΎβ½ββ-9MXNLTANMV-β·βΎβ½ββΈ-V6B02HRYBY-βΉββββΎ-2WXFDIHDWK-βΈβΈβββ·-PHVBWNXHV6-ββΉββΏβΎ-BCMZ7T8W77-β»β½ββΌβ -KRT48HFTYP-β βΏββΌβ-62JCVIWJR7-βΎβΏββ»β-G56CWNQJEX-β»ββπ βΉ-KBD32TY9R9-βΆβ»ββΌβ-YIYHDHNLEW-ββββ»β-XNAHGIIBCL-βββΊβΏβ-TD6YWNY8D5-βββ βΈβ-RWMFPTGQ6C-ββ·βββ-49TDDHHJRT-βββΈββ-PDQ6BIG4BV-ββΊβββ-A8CQNNZPLX-π βΈβββ-2RZZ7TFK5F-βΉβ»βββΌ-NLT9NH0BY4-ββπ ββ-BCCDWI04G7-βΌβπ βΈβ-J7M6ANYXLB-βββββ-GPG33TLT3Y-βΆβπ ββ»-QWRP8HQJV2-ββββΎβ-GPPBXIHEBB-ββ·βββ»-TZ5Z7NB9XV-ββπ β β-Q3FF0TQ396-ββΊβΊββ½-T2E89HF5TI-βββββ-5NK4QI09AZ-ββ·βΏβΊβ-6G3Z5NZ7MX-βΆβΏβββΏ-QE7ACT43Q0-ββΈββΎβ-3BKVDHY4B5-βββββΎ-9P4JPIE6AW-ββΆβββ-9HQD4NXF86-βΌβ ββΊβΊ-YF7ZZT30NZ-βΆβΆββΎβ-CQ2EXEdit 5 August:
So you're wondering where the solution might be hiding? Ahh, it's not written yet - for some mysterious reason the Level 4 giveaway is still running... :) So you still have three days to work it out, or maybe just forget about this nonsense and go play something you already own... :)
Good luck... :)
p.s. I say "for some mysterious reason" but it's not actually mysterious - although I managed to forget it... :) Fortunately I put off writing the explanation so long that I noticed it's too early to write it. Sorry about that! :)
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