Hello everyone I haven't been here in years. Wonder if anyone remembers me.

Mass Effect is by far my favorite video game series, so I'm very happy to be able to give it away as a pack. It is an origin key. Please post in the thread once you solve all the steps and unlock it, so that others do not waste their time doing so.

The key is:

1234-5678-90AB-CDEF-GHIJ

Except of course, it is not that simple. Each dash category will have increasingly hard puzzles to solve to get every letter

Section I: Science Fiction Subgenres, solve by substitution
1 = Cy1erpunk
2 = Har2 science fiction
3 = 3ystopian fiction
4 = 4oyages extraordinaire

Section II: I'm not a robot
56 = This
78 = What does this say?

Section III: Questions/Riddles
9 = A carton of eggs with X eggs in it is placed in a room. 3 people enter the room and come out with 1 egg each. There is one egg left in the carton at the end. How many eggs were in the carton initially? (The answer is not as obvious as it appears!)
0 = R and C are two famous programming languages, with many advantages and disadvantages for each. Let us say that I have a company and I want to perform statistical analysis on my customers' data. Which language should I use?
A = Full steam ahead!
B = The symbol that this symbol is hiding is the symbol that was hiding the previous symbol

Section IV: Jigidi, a classic
CD = Please solve very simple jigsaw puzzle
EF = Another one but even simpler I promise

Section V: Actually will make this section kinda easier, your reward if you made it this far :)
GHIJ = The North American Ajiation G-H1 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 19I0 by North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission.

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How many eggs in a carton?

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The carton is filled with potatoes, not eggs, dummy!
Em actually what on earth does #78 say?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnCr3czDNEs
^ that one is not a hint, no sir, nothing to see there, just good music, not every answer has to be a hint
https://xkcd.com/1105/
PS Mods if I have broken any rules that were added only after I left please be nice tell me I will fix it

My decoder ring says "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"

Did I win?

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No, not this time, but you've given me ideas :D

5 years ago
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Offcourse i am too stupid to solve it.

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You're not stupid Lugum! I remember you :D Hope you've been having a good time around here

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Well, I’m pretty sure I got section 1,2 and 4 (and III.4), and wow, those puzzles aren’t easy! It was fun to try though!

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So close... I'm glad you had fun! :)

5 years ago
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Solved and redeemed. thanks for a fun puzzle!

(should I post the answer?)

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Since you already got it. Was it BDDV-N7EM-4CVA-DM9X-19I0?

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Bah, Congrats on beating me to it! Solid puzzle.

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Whoa that was fast! Congrats! And yeah sure, it's fine to share now :)

5 years ago
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thanks :)

BDDV-N7EM-3RWA-DM9X-P54V

Confession: On that egg riddle, I actually tried 4 first ;)

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three people left the room, two of them carrying an egg each and the third carrying the last egg while still inside the carton.

So the answer is 3.

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My second-most favorite plane after the Corsair. )

View attached image.
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It really is a beauty

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I would have made a run for it but I found out last week that I could use my Steam keys to activate the ME games on Origin. A really cool puzzle though.

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awesome way to gift a key :)

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yup, let's close this thread already instead of bumping it.

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