Just gonna copy/paste what I think is a very applicable post made in another 'puzzle' thread.
"First of all, despite what I'm about to say, I'd like to thank Mike and everyone who does giveaways. It's their money, and we should be grateful they chose to give us anything at all. So, honestly, and without any trace of sarcasm, thank you. You're the reason this website even exists.
That said, I really wish people would stop calling these "puzzles". They aren't puzzles. A puzzles is supposed to be solvable through the careful analysis of often subtle contextual clues. They are exercises in logical deductive (and less often inductive) reasoning.
Most of the "puzzles" I see on these forums are exercises in moon logic. There's no information to "piece together". There's usually very little or no information at all. The only way to solve these is to accidentally stumble upon whatever arbitrary train of thought the creator decided to use - a la early 90's adventure game: "Use fish on moon to open door". "I'm thinking of a number between one and one hundred. Guess!". It's like piecing together a puzzle when all but one of the pieces are missing... There isn't enough contextual information for people to be able to make a logical deductive or inductive leap, so it's little more than random guessing.
Sorry, old pet peeves of mine. Again, I'm honestly grateful you do these at all."
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Not quite. For your information, this is solvable by a careful analysis of the subtle contextual clues. It is an exercise in both deductive and inductive reasoning. Moon logic is not a requirement, just piece together the provided information. All the pieces you will need are there. Then you will be able to make the the deductive and inductive leaps that will solve this. No actual guessing is involved but you will definitely not succeed unless you try.
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Here is a real skyrim. http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/wIria/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim
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I thought that I had prepared my anus. My anus was not ready.
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I'm not really good at puzzles like these ;_; But I'm gonna try since I've been expected then D;
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So how did you do? A few people added me but there were hardly any who commented here so it is difficult for me to know how it played out. I used the little feedback I got to adjust the hints but without more comments there was not a lot I could do. If I knew what part exactly troubled someone I would have offered more hints.
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Stare blankly at wall of texts
The solution is far more complicated than I thought.
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lol @ solution page. Just as I said, this isn't a puzzle. It is a random "guess my thinking" game that uses no sort of internal logic.
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lol @ your comment. Just because you failed to solve it doesn't make it bad. Using the hints I gave along with Google (which I also hinted) != "guess my thinking". Although, in retrospect, 2 was rather far fetched. I don't understand what you mean by "internal logic" but I mentioned that the hints will not make any sense without the theme. Alas, my puzzle must have been really something since it managed to get not one but two comments out of you.
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Travathian didn't say it was bad, just that it's not a puzzle.
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I guess it does. Seriously now, you've posted in this thread. No one who sees "Edit: Only one minute left! Click here for Skyrim right NOW!' can resist clicking on "here". That and you didn't solve the puzzle. I can understand why though, messing with that pussy examining device must have been a time sink.
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So, it turns out there are several reasons for me to celebrate (hit F5 NOW) and what better way to do it than a Skyrim giveaway. Sometime (how about within an hour, F5 please) I will post what you want but I am not sure if you will make it in time so I suggest you hit F5 right now! Why am I celebrating you ask? Well, the (F)5 reasons to celebrate are: for winning Skyrim, in a public giveaway no less, for somehow managing to reach 1000 comments before (again F5 please) reaching 1000 giveaways, for recently (F5 right now!) winninng several giveaways, for being proposed to by Hichigo and for finally defeating Wormy. So start hitting F5 and keep at it until I update this post. I love you ninjas :) Oh, and in case you actually succeed in causing a DOS and get banned for it then I will reward your valiant efforts by making another Skyrim giveaway just for you!
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for your (possibly phenomenal) stupidity and can not be held liable for any actions (rightfully) taken against you by the administration of this site. By opening this thread you automatically agree to these conditions.
Edit: Only one minute left! Click here for Skyrim right NOW!
If you happen to be insatiable then here is a little extra puzzle for another Skyrim. Only contributors may enter. The text above has nothing to do with the puzzle.
There is no need to go deep in spoilerific sites. If you do, know you are just wasting your time. Now go and may the cross (+) watch over your dangerous journey, some bits of it will be very risky. The giveaway will last for 4 days.
Hints
This puzzle is themed. All the answers but the last are from this theme. The theme is not F5. You will first need to find the theme, nothing will make sense without it.
Solution
I decided to post the solution in a seperate thread. I am not doing it in the same thread as the puzzle because I heard there is a weirdo who goes around and solves old puzzles and I wouldn’t want to spoil it for him (yes, I mean you chour). If you wish to discuss the solution then do it here.
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