This is my fourth forum puzzle event. I hope you guys have fun! :D

It's Too Haaard!

Standard rules: No cheating, no hinting, no sharing, no leaking, no barking and no crashing of other people's parties!

No contributor value required. Please bump when you solve it.

Timer (Coincidentally, this also ends on my birthday! Yay! XD)

Good luck! :D


Bonus! Finish this puzzle during my birthday and get a chance to win XCOM: Enemy Unknown!

For more birthday goodies, visit this thread!


SOLUTIONS

Fantasy Puzzle

  1. Barbarian
  2. Lizard
  3. Orc
  4. Ogre
  5. Dwarf

American Sports Team Puzzle

  1. Bears
  2. Orioles
  3. Wizards
  4. Lightning

Football Puzzle

  1. Chelsea
  2. Halftime
  3. Association
  4. Offside
  5. Stoppage Time

Final Part

Solution A: Look at the first letters of the answers. Blood Bowl Chaos.
Solution B: Look at the first word of the puzzles. Fantasy American Football. That would be either Blood Bowl or Dungeonbowl. Just need to be specific.
Solution C: Brute Force. Good luck.
Solution D: After the giveaway ended, check out my profile. Yes, I didn't think that far ahead. lol

Hope you all had fun! :D

11 years ago*

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Any clues for Question 1. I've solved all the others, they were nice and easy, but what should be the logical answer for #1 doesn't work.

Edit: Nvm, I spelt it incorrectly :p Why does it link me to another puzzle? Now on the third puzzle

Edit 2: How are we supposed to know what the last puzzle's answer is? :D Guess I'd better wait 127 hours...

11 years ago
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I don't know.. :D lol But I encourage you to really try and think what it could be. :D

11 years ago
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Bump for solved!

11 years ago
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i gave up T.T

11 years ago
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Why? T.T XD

11 years ago
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the last one starts to freak me out... can't think of anything that is connected to the puzzle, the thread or anything, and I didn't try it. Too many possibilities

EDIT: nvm, got it, and it was easy :D silly me. bumps for solved :)

11 years ago
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my brain gonna blow up T.T

11 years ago
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Stuck on Q3 >.<

11 years ago
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The last question 0.0 :S.

11 years ago
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Is puzzle 1 question 1 that easy? I find it too misleading

11 years ago
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I give up
and
woof woof woof

11 years ago
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Meow... xD

11 years ago
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Thinking.exe is not responding.

The last question is killing me. I tried:

  • Thinking
  • Not thinking
  • Brute-forcing
  • Not forcing at all
  • Fortix
  • Skyrim

None worked. Give another damn hint, 123 hours is too much.

Edit: Also tried

  • Not Skyrim
  • Not Fortix
11 years ago
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LOL

11 years ago
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Also "obviously a steam game" doesn't really narrow it down to anything. There are about 1980 games, and I'm sure I can't get access to about 500 more due to regional things.

11 years ago
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Done trying 200 games name on steam :|

11 years ago
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I'm starting to think the answer is not even a game's name. Hopefully I'm heading in the right direction...

11 years ago
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Yeah I'm stuck on the last one too... I tried genre and all sorts of stuff... but meh.. No games released on the 17th either.

11 years ago
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Have you tried turning it off and on again? XD

11 years ago
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"Puzzle: Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of."

DIFFICULT is the key word. Last question isn't difficult, it's impossible.

EDIT: Reason the question is impposible is the fact that there's simply no access to the information, whereas a puzzle's answer should be able to be accessed using standart, non-cheating methods, such as Googling, and definitely not bruteforcing (which's a wrong term) and asking people who solved it.

11 years ago
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+1

11 years ago
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There is an average guess of 70 tries per solved. That's pretty insane.

11 years ago
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And I feel bad for those who are still brute-forcing it instead of actually thinking of the answer.

11 years ago
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There are at least 15 people who can verify that they did not need to guess the answer to that one. :p

11 years ago
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Of course they didn't need to guess. They probably "bruteforced".

11 years ago
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If you say so! (looks at the clouds)

11 years ago
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Is it a game name, at least?

11 years ago
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Why wouldn't it be? Could the question be interpreted any differently?

11 years ago
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Could be interpreted to be an adjective describing the giveaway, such as private, hidden, bibboorton's, puzzle, etc.

11 years ago
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I guess, but the hint already says it's obviously a Steam game..

11 years ago
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If you're curious, "obviously a steam game" isn't the answer. I tried that, too.

11 years ago
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"i don't know" also isn't the answer :D

11 years ago
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Neither is "something on steam"...

Can we at least get the number of words for this? Does it have (in)definite articles? Punctuation? Can it have multiple answers?

11 years ago
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There are 12 accepted answers.

11 years ago
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That makes me feel even worse...

11 years ago
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a game with 12 different name? Will that be a hint?

EDIT: OK, that is a hint, manage to brute-force it.

11 years ago
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I got it right after entering "skyrim", "giveaway" and some other nonsense. I can't spoil the answer, but it certainly isn't impossible nor does it require brute force.

11 years ago
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With more than 2100 guesses and 25 solvers, it obvously does require brute force.

11 years ago
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I wanna say it's because people don't like to think, but that might be hurtful. XD

11 years ago
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I still think your puzzle doesn't fit the definition of "puzzle" because a puzzle isn't supposed to make you think unless it's a mathematical question.

11 years ago
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Jigsaw puzzle, sliding picture puzzle, the puzzles they do on Survivor.. XD

11 years ago
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Jigsaw and Sliding puzzles have guides. Survivor puzzles have hints that narrow things down to something less than 1980 options.

11 years ago
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The instructions for those are "put the pieces together," "slide the pieces to form a picture," and "build a staircase using these specially-cut wooden pieces". The instruction for this one is "find the right answer." :p XD

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I didn't use the word "instructions". I used "guides". With every jigsaw or sliding puzzle comes a picture of the completed thing. And the survivor puzzles aren't really puzzles then, because those are called "tasks", or "games" in TV shows' case.

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11 years ago
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MAJOR EDIT:

The game has been found, it has been entered. The new puzzle for bibboorton(OP) is in the giveaway.

11 years ago
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People think in different ways. What's obvious for you, makes no sense to others. The fact that just 25 people have solved this, proves that its not because people aren't thinking.

11 years ago
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That's why I hesitated in saying it. XD

Also, from what I'm seeing, only those that are brute-forcing it are taking more than 20 guesses.

11 years ago
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Not really. Al you have to do is think. But most people aren't using the proper thought process, otherwise we'd be seeing a lot more entries.
no brute-force needed. It took me like 4/5 tries.

11 years ago
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Wow, I feel stupid that I didn't figure out #1

11 years ago
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I can not get the last one lol

11 years ago
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I cant get Q3
0_o

11 years ago
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Is the last question a real game, or just some kind of trickery?

11 years ago
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That's what I'm wondering, I bet it's a trickery!

11 years ago
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It's magic :)

11 years ago
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1 & 5 easy, 2 - no idea, 3 - tbh there are lot of fantasy races that are like those ones, 4 - weird...big, tough, strong GREEN and ugly but not orcs...wtf

11 years ago
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You have some right answers, you just have them in the wrong question. Also question's 4 hint makes it very easy. There's only one character that fits the description, and its very popular. How are you struggling with Q3, it's ridiculously easy.

11 years ago
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Yea, right. Now when I look at hint for #4...easy, but for me those species are not usually green xd. #3 - still no idea. There are a lot of fantasy races that are violent, barbaric and attack in packs :|

11 years ago
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Try googling a list of imaginary races (Or something like that) lists are very helpful.

11 years ago
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They're not helpfull at all :P At least for me, digging through loooong list of weird names is not smth that will help me :)

ATM I've tried smth like 10 races for #3 but none of em worked

11 years ago
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You've already answered your own question. That's all I can say without actually giving you the answer. Re-read my first reply, then read your original post.

11 years ago
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Yea, got it. And the #3 is the most stupid and inaccurate description of this race that I've ever seen XD. + I used it at the beggining but it was wrong.. Then I saw that #1 answer is singular

11 years ago
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I cant get Q3
0_o

11 years ago
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I've been on the last puzzle for about 27 minutes. I just can't figure it out o.O. Guess I'll go back to studying and come back in 121 hours

11 years ago
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Stuck on the very last question... Probably tried like 50 different games now.

11 years ago
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Ugh I give up. Such a troll question at the end. I Hate that kind.

11 years ago
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It's not, though. XD

11 years ago
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It is T.T

11 years ago
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"What is the giveaway?" - at least you could tell if the answer is one word...if not..well, kthxbye :P

EDIT: So far tried: gift, present, giveaway, promotion, tool, gifting, contribution, game, puzzle, gambling, gamble, lottery, chance, opportunity.

Trying answers that are made from 2+ words and games is pointless

11 years ago
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Bai! :D Sorry you're not able enough to join the giveaway! :D

11 years ago
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First thing I though after your previous (now deleted) comment was "Oblivion"....still, that's not the answer xd

[Digging through list of steam games]

11 years ago
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There are too many layers

11 years ago
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stuck on the final question better wait 120 h

11 years ago
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dude i generally don't comment, but i gotta do on this one because being not able to find the game is killing me :D
can't you give just an itty-bitty-tiny advice on the last question?
running out of ideas here, y'know.. :D

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Well a lot of people are saying how it's ridiculously easy. So it's an actual game name right? Not something like "a steam game?"

11 years ago
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Copy&paste screwes the link so: google "list of steam games" and check wikipedia link. GL & HF :)

11 years ago
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well i tried "obviously a steam game", yet it did not work..

11 years ago
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I know I've gone stalker when I decided to use this: http://steamcommunity.com/id/bibboorton/games?tab=all

11 years ago
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yeah good luck digging up a single game out of nearly 350

11 years ago
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Says over 500 for me.

11 years ago
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Hahahaha! Again, I stress that no brute force is required.

11 years ago
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i have done with 475 title of games till now :|

11 years ago
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hey please let us know if not a single game in steam works :D

11 years ago
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meh

11 years ago
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I feel dumb. ;_; Everyone is caught up on this mystery question and I can't think of any more names for water/reptile people. D:

11 years ago
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use google

11 years ago
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I did, I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.

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It's actually not that obvious if you haven't played a specific game. I don't think it has anything to do with real folklore.

11 years ago
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Ah, I tried a few of those out of desperation (wow, skyrim, etc) but I figured it wouldn't be that specific since the rest are all pretty widely known. Guess I'll try a few more.

11 years ago
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Solved, cool idea.

11 years ago
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Well, I also give up. I can ask you question that is same as the last one

What is my keyboard model ?

It's not a question that you can answer thanks to your knowledge or by googling it. So it's the same.

Anyway, good luck with this :)

11 years ago
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I think I actually know the answer to that...

11 years ago
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It's already successful, even with just 18 entries so far. :D

11 years ago
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Model M keyboard :s ?

11 years ago
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By "model" i meant smth like Logitech G510 or Razer Deathstalker

11 years ago
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ooo i see.. the "Brands" one :s

11 years ago
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Closed 11 years ago by SpankyPie.