Bump for bringing my own snacks to the break room. :)
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Completion bump! :)
Thank you for your hard work! It was a challenge to not lost myself in this huge Ziggurat. ;)
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Of course I did! ;)
How many times have I told you that already?! :P
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i forgot yesterday
but i will give you my finished the ziggurat bump now :3
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Thank you! :) Slowly catching up to comments... :)
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Instant Disappointment Bump 😹
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Late to the party, but I've reached the break room, so have a bump! 😁
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Aha, good news, you're almost there! getting close to the finish now! The true Demon's Souls starts here. - oh never mind, you're doomed. :) Good luck in the next part! :)
Thank you! :)
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Ouch, it shouldn't take that long... :( Were you distracted by all the dancing girls or something? *
Good luck... :)
*: Sorry, that was a lie. There are no dancing girls. It's the ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, you know? :)
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Don't listen to him!
There is a whole pile of naughty stuff hidden there.... maybe that's the reason why that previous person went back into that hallway 5 months later again?
Of course I didn't look - it could still be a disappointment.
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Bump for completing both endings! Only recommend to those with a lot of time and enjoy banging their head against walls
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Thank you! :) Hope at least some of it was fun! :)
Ahh, yes, looks like the first 350 are ending in two days, so anyone wanting to enter those should probably hurry up... :)
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I did it...I got normal ending! I'll try more later on but for now have a bump! :D
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Thank you! All the later giveaways run the whole month, so there's no rush on them...
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i'm lost inside THE SADISTICALLY OVERSIZED MAZE-LIKE FORGOTTEN UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA OF DISAPPOINTMENT™.
i guess forever...
reported for disappointment bump
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Ouch! Don't give up, you still have two weeks to find your way out of there... :) Hopefully it won't take that long, though... :(
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The-Cake-Factory-is-almost-over,-but-I'm-stuck-in-The-SOMLFUSAOD™ bump! Wait, where am I?
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I really should have made that spell something, but maybe it's for the best that I didn't... :)
Thank you! :) And I hope you're not going to be suffering too much in 3 hours... :)
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It seems that this is not just a ziggurat, but a real tower of Babel. I'm too late, but thank you for the puzzle.
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Ahh, most likely you 're only too late for the first part - some fool decided those giveaways should be ending today... But then they realised a pile of disappointment this large should last the whole month. :)
If you can get past the WAREHOUSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ you still have two weeks for the last 650 or so giveaways... :)
Thank you! :)
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Oh, it's alright. Nevertheless, I got to the end of Cubicle Farm, but was already too sleepy (besides, from that moment it seems I really need a map). Let's see where this path leads...
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Yeah, make a map. Really make a map. You'll be saving yourself a lot of frustration... :)
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Looks like the first 70 finished one hour ago, but the warehouse giveaways only just ended... So check again, maybe you picked up something in there... Cross your fingers! :)
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Managed to get to the Oversized Mazed with the help of ESGST, check the comment, and facepalm.
I guess I will have to do the mapping next weekend...
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Oh, does it have an automatic train-following thing? That would save a lot of time! :) Unless you want to solve final puzzle, I guess... :)
Good luck with the map! :)
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It has Train Extractor, which gets all the giveaways in a properly linked train.
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Ahh, thank you! :)
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess none of mine are properly linked trains... :) Sorry... :)
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Bump for finally reaching the end! It was tough and disappointing but worth it! :)
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Thank you! :) Glad you had fun, hope you win something worth playing, assuming such a thing exists... :)
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Bump - does the storage area need to be mapped or did you mean the previous parts?
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Ahh, I mean you'll want to map out all three big areas, even the two where all the giveaways have ended. Can't say why, but you may be unhappy if you don't... :)
So, that's the 8x8 CUBICLE FARM OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, the 17x17 WAREHOUSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, and also the 24x24 SADISTICALLY OVERSIZED MAZE-LIKE FORGOTTEN UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - not going to be fun, but hopefully you'll discover the reason... :)
Thank you! :)
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Have an early weekend bump! ;)
I have vacation now, yay! :D
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Thank you! :)
Ohh, that's nice! :) I suppose the only thing better than a three-day weekend is a four-day weekend... :) Have fun! :)
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Thanks, sure thing! ;)
And its more like nine-day weekend for me! ;D
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Wow, long time! Hope you have a lot of fun doing whatever... :)
Oh, I suggest doing whatever unpleasant obligations you may have first, so you can forget about them... :)
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Thank you! I will try to enjoy myself. :D
Good advice, I need to clean my home a little tomorrow and then I am free I hope! ;)
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Nine days of freedom sounds very nice! :) Hope the cleaning doesn't take too long... :) And hope nothing unexpected happens to spoil the fun... :)
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Right? ;) Well, I cleaned a little.... so I need some break now! XD
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Hope the break is going well, whatever you're doing... :) Or not doing, I suppose... :) With a whole week it would be fun either way... :)
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I am trying to do something about my backlog - games, movies, music.... O_O
Too much. XD
Can't think about how the time is passing quickly by..... \O.O/
Hope you had great weekend! still have! ;D
And about my duties... its not really that hot as I am terrible at cleaning. XD
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Somehow, every Friday I think woohoo, here comes the weekend! :) But then I blink and it's already Sunday night... :(
Oh, backlog, that sounds like a good idea! How does a music backlog work, though? If I like something I'll want to listen to it again. :) So are you "done" when you've heard it one time, or maybe when you're sick of it and turn it off? :) Let me know when you're sick of some random Queen song... :)
Sometimes I've thought ok, I have 20 games half-finished sitting here, why not finish one of them this weekend? But oh, wait a minute, what about that other game I bought, heard it was great! But I haven't even installed it yet.... :( I should take a quick look before I forget about it... Then (of course) at the end of the weekend I have 21 games half-finished sitting here... :)
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Tell me about that! X)
Of course you would listen to it, but what if you want to listen to (for example) 10 different albums? You need to choose one and that way the backlog comes around XD And then there is my Youtube collection... o_o
Thanks for the Queen! And really fateful choice... yesterday I was all day playing Gods will be watching! O_O Really ominous. XD
I have completed it by the way. ;) But there are still achievements to open....
Hahaha, I am so happy I am not the only one. :D I have it the same way. I just love to start new games! \O.O/ So the backlog is growing steadily. ;)
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Ahh, somehow I got the impression that game was creepy or evil or whatever, I didn't try it... Sigh... :)
Sometimes I feel guilty listening to something I already know I like, when there's great music I've never heard, because there's just so much of it... Oh well... :)
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Bump for being 2/3rds of the way to the true end... and another voice to tell people to make a map early.
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Woohoo! :) Good luck, hope you don't get lost in there... It's SADISTICALLY OVERSIZED...
Thank you! :)
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30 SEPTEMBER EDIT:
Ok, I finally finished sending all the keys, and added everyone who won a gift copy. So maybe accept if you want to get your game... :)
IF YOU GET A BAD KEY, TELL ME! :)
Seriously, a lot of these games were from dodgy developers, the sort of people who revoke unused keys on a whim, just because they can... What to do? Well, if you get a bad key, tell me and I'll send you some of my spares... If none of those work, I'll buy it from the Steam store. Yay.
DON'T WORRY, YOU WILL GET YOUR SHOVELWARE! :)
So this ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ was a huge pile of bundle leftovers, with some non-bundle games hiding behind mazes or puzzles or whatever. Now, purely by accident some of those bundle leftovers were actually good games, but most were, umm, not. It was the sort of stuff I'd use in other puzzles for key dumps that hide messages. This time, they became a bunch of giveaways instead. No special reason.
To save time:
TUTORIAL, IN THE CAR PARK OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - 4 bundle leftovers.
TUTORIAL, IN THE QUEUE OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - super ultra removed game! Woohoo! :)
TUTORIAL, IN THE QUEUE OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - first itstoohard puzzle!
THE CUBICLE FARM OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - 8x8 = 64 bundle leftovers.
LEAVING THE CUBICLE FARM OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - Call of Cthulhu® preorder! Woohoo! :)
LEAVING THE CUBICLE FARM OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - second itstoohard puzzle!
ASCENDING IN THE ELEVATOR OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - Assassin's Creed® Odyssey preorder! Woohoo! :)
THE WAREHOUSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - 17x17 = 289 bundle leftovers.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE WAREHOUSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - third itstoohard puzzle!
AT THE BREAK ROOM OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - Metro Exodus preorder! Woohoo! :)
INSIDE THE SADISTICALLY OVERSIZED MAZE-LIKE FORGOTTEN UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA OF DISAPPOINTMENT™ - 24x24 = 576 bundle leftovers.
Also some boobie games in a pity wormhole, because I felt sorry for all those boobie hounds:
ChronoClock! Dunno what it is, but Boobies! Woohoo! :)
Club Naughty! It's garbage! And Boobies! Woohoo! :)
Fate/EXTELLA! No idea what it is, but Boobies?!?! Hopefully! Woohoo! :)
Foto Flash! No clue what this is either, but Boobies! Woohoo! :)
Hentai University! It looks like a pile of crap! And Boobies! Woohoo! :)
Ladykiller in a Bind! It's awesome! And
Christmas SweatersBoobies! Woohoo! :)Porno Studio Tycoon! I ain't paying 20 bucks to find out, but probably Boobies! Woohoo! :)
Treasure Hunter Claire! Over 50 people entered, but nobody said a word! Probably because everyone hates RPGMaker but loves Boobies! Woohoo! :)
Back to the puzzle:
So very close to the ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, NORMAL END - fourth itstoohard puzzle!
THE ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, NORMAL END - Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - preorder! Woohoo! :)
THE ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, BRIEF INTERLUDE - final itstoohard puzzle!
THE ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™, TRUE END, starting with
DARK SOULS™: Can't Purchase This™ Edition - My last gift copy! Woohoo! :)
Passing through some other things, some great, some good, some ok, some ehh, I dunno... Spoiler: games I won on Steamgifts.
And finally, one more chance for:
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - preorder! Yes, another one! Because I don't care about Total War, and you can't buy Cyberpunk 2077 yet! Woohoo! :)
Lazy puzzle explanation:
The giveaways are arranged in a square, two boring areas and two mazes. You walk north, south, east or west, making a map and looking for the exit.
Additionally, in some of the areas you see an extra thing. When you have walked through the entire area you should notice they are all the same sort of thing, part of a set, but one is missing. The first four itstoohard puzzles are "Here are a bunch of things, with one missing. What is the missing thing?"
Spoiler: the maps were important, not only to avoid getting lost, but also to mark the location of the "extra things" for the final part of the puzzle.
So, because I'm lazy, here's the solution links:
A 2x2 square, http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/cVkdZYdA/7RmCTKtD
A 8x8 square maze http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/h7EAeXNT/VLaDcshb
A 17x17 square, http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/NS2454GN/LkQIEWeg
A 24x24 square maze, http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/gDnG4CMu/MLoPF4zt
Finally you reached the last itstoohard puzzle, where you had to look at your maps. If you made a note on your maps every time you found an "extra thing" you probably noticed they were pixels, drawing something. If you didn't do that, you were screwed, sorry!
By the way, the last time I did one of these it was a bit difficult to read, so this one was in a different font "Shaston 8" which was also difficult to read, but hopefully not as difficult... :)
The final puzzle, drawing dots on your maps, http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/R22Aq9Ky/i31WVkHg
I should probably say this was fun, but it turns out making 1000 giveaways is a massive pain. And giveaway mazes really suck. :) So let's just pretend we had a great time, ok? :)
Thank you for playing, everyone! :)
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Road trip, woohoo! To visit the ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™. It's sure to be fun. What's inside? I dunno.
Oh, right, I do know. It's a steaming pile of bundle leftovers. And some dumb puzzle crap, hiding who knows what?
It's hardly worth the trouble, but if you insist... Bring along some of this, this, and maybe even one of these.
And seriously, everyone: MAKE A MAP. Just ask any of the people who didn't make a map, and had to walk through the whole thing all over again...
ENTER HERE.
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