Nonograms are back!

In this multi-stage puzzle you'll have to:

  1. Find a country name in a given string.
  2. Eight remaining characters will give you an ITH link: http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/xxxxxxx.
  3. Solve the nonogram to get five characters for a giveaway link: http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/xxxxx/.
  4. Recognize a country from the nonogram to get a string to the next stage.

After six stages you'll have to sort out your answers and use some puzzle solving skills to answer final three questions.

Good luck!

First string is:
FFBIJMNLO7ANQFD

Edit: Fifth nonogram is fixed now (some numbers were missing).
Edit2: Fifth nonogram fixed again (corrected the ga code - first letter should be upper-case).

Hint: If you're stuck at the final three questions, try googling what you have and haven't already used. Good way to start is Q3, cause it's sometimes better to do things backwards. Also, read comments in the thread, there are many hints there.

Giveaway has ended. Solution is posted below

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Bump for original puzzle idea

7 years ago
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Nonograms are cool! :)

7 years ago
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Can I add you for a question? Possible error in puzzle?

7 years ago
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Sure.

7 years ago
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Bump for almost solved. I seem to be struggling with format issues with the final question.

edit: All solved!

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Congrats! Nice job.
And thanks for your input. I reworked the last question in the final puzzle to a be less confusing.

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Can't recognize 2nd country :(

7 years ago
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I can give you a small hint for now: this country name is also a name of a heist co-op game.

7 years ago
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Got it. But actually... I'm not interested in those games, only Atonement. But thanks for opportunity and hint.

7 years ago
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Seems there is a problem with the 5th nonogram. Column 21 is not compatible with row 7 8 and 9 for me.

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I'll check it in few hours.

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I got the same problem.
But seems it is solvable

7 years ago
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Fixed now.

7 years ago
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Fixed it. Thanks for spotting an error :)

7 years ago
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Got everything except for the first question on the last part.

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Think whether there's anything in your solutions that you haven't used yet?

7 years ago
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Almost sure what letters I should use, but it's doesn't fit for some reason. Should I do some actions with required letters or just fill in?

7 years ago
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Q2 and Q3 are some quite good hints about what to do to find Q1.

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Bump for solved.

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BUMP

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Possible spoiler. Please remove last sentence.

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removed

7 years ago
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Half the way. Arghh too many nonos

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One nono a day is an optimal dosage ;)

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Bump for solved :)

7 years ago
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Bump for an excellent puzzle!

Just Q1 left in the last puzzle.
I feel I'm really near, but really far at the same time >_<
I know what I need to use, but not how =S
(Is ITH answers case-sentitive?)

Will try again if a hint is add =P

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ITH answers are not case-sensitive.
Just to make sure you're on the right track - there are two different sets of letters in Q1 and Q3,

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Yes, I have the different set of letters and the numbers. I'm just not using them right. >_<

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Focus on your answers and their corresponding numbers.

7 years ago
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Wow, just got it. I knew I was really near >_<
I was just missing the last step.

Thanks a lot for this awesome puzzle ;)

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Not really interested in the games, (thanks for letting us know beforehand) but your puzzles are moslty well made and fun. So i will give it a try! :)

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what the bump

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now i got it all. bump again

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Bump for solved.

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Bump for solved.

An impressive puzzle

7 years ago
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Bump for "I'll continue later because it's pretty late and I need to sleep at some point.". ^_^'

7 years ago
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What is this "sleep" everyone keeps talking about?

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I'm not sure actually- I vaguely remember my mom calling the state I go into when I faint from exhaustion that way, so I just ran with it.

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Random bump because I can! :D

7 years ago
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Solved for bump

7 years ago
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6th is too big T_T This morning I'm already bored, I will continue later

7 years ago
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Size does matter ;P

7 years ago
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It doesn't fit in my screen without being too small to operate with it and it is already the 3rd time I have to restart it >_<

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I'm so evil :>

7 years ago
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I found the country which was quite easy but about nonogram, it's a bit hard, thanks anyway and have a bump

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Never said it's easy :)

7 years ago
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Well, I was able to solve the first of them but they're pictures. I used excel to solve it which was hard. Do you have any other suggestion?

7 years ago
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Some people use MS Paint. You can assign two colors to left and right mouse button and paint with bucket-fill tool.

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Okay, thanks! 3rd is done by the way :D

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I solved the first, but i can't recognize the country and find no country in google maps that looks like it. Also i can't decipher the capitalization of the 5-Digit Code

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Okay, found the country, but I tried many capitalization combinations and none worked

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Caps are not really important. You must have found it wrong.

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I just forgot the slash after the code, but the first giveaway leads to the sg home page instead of a giveaway or an 404 error. the 2nd and third work

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Oh you're talking about the GAs, I thought countries etc. I still couldn't find the Q1 on the last part

7 years ago
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It's so hard.
Any hints for Q1, Q3 in final step?

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Same. I really need help on Q1

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Did you find anything along the way solving the nonograms and entering the giveaways? If you did, try to sort it all out.

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I tried a lot of things but I couldn't find anything with 6 letters. I used countries from strings, answers, the whole strings, toohardpuzzle digits... Everything

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There are some things on the way you didn't mention here. Don't give up.

7 years ago
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Another hour was spent. I think I've lost my mind and gave up. Thanks for the chance.

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The first giveaway code leads to the homepage of sg, the capitalization is very unclear

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If you get to the main sg page, it means the code isn't right. Dont forget the slash at the end of the link.

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