So, here's the solution to this puzzle.

This puzzle involved 4 Tiers, and it led to a giveaway.

Note: 3 of the solvers in Tier 2 and 4 were by me.

Tier 1:

"Two days to go" --> Giveaway ends in two days after this thread is posted.

"Non-contributor" --> Non-contributor.

"It's hidden in plain sight". --> Source code of this giveaway, and this. My comment had a hidden link to Tier 2.

*Note: I also had several other clues hidden in the thread through the source code. Such as "Google is (not) a douche", and the biggest one "Usethefirstletter" hidden in the comment "Talk to me sometime." (referring to Q5 of Tier 4).

Tier 2:

Quiz

Final stats: 200 guesses, 20 players, 18 solvers.

• 1) Axe; easily Google-able.

• 2) m; obvious enough. I put it in the thread.

• 3) h; say it out loud. Or use google translate.

• 4) 9; I used this in a previous puzzle, except with 4s, I believe.

• 5) b; Don't over-think it. When I say "b" I mean the answer is "b".

Put those first letters into an imgur link, and BAM!

Tier 3:

Final stats: 33 views.

Squint, and you'll see the Tier 4 link. Or use MPaint or something to fill it in.

Tier 4:

Final stats: 864 guesses, 16 players, 11 solvers.

• 1) Energon; this can be easily googled.

• 2) I; when you Google it, you'll notice that I replaced the capital "i"s with lowercase "L"s. However, I didn't change the lowercase "i" in the sentence. Therefore, the answer is I.

• 3) epithelial; one of the first Google results you get when you search up "SQUAMOUS" should be "Squamous epithelial cell", and therefore, epithelial is this answer.

• 4) trill; "two standing waves" --> "two notes".

• 5) o; the video was meant to make you think "baby talk". A baby can't pronounce words, and often makes sounds like "ooh". Therefore, the answer is o.

Once again, provided you answered the quizzes with the above capital letters (important; as itstoohard isn't case sensitive); take the first letter of each answer, and you get EIeto.

Which led you to the giveaway.

Enjoy the headaches? Yeah, I enjoyed sharing it. My exams are over now, so... :)