The Great Puzzle! WITH A SOLUTION! AND SUPRISE!!! IT'S STILL OPEN!!

I thought it was empire total war but its not accepting that

No idea... ;|

how is it some people can get this? it's just so odd... dammit.

finally, after about an hour I sussed it :-)

God dammit! I've tried and failed on loads of SteamGifts puzzles and I'll be damned if I let this one escape my success too! stuck-up, smug Garfield staring at me like I'm stupid... :(

This was the first meta-puzzle I solved. Google helps if one does not know the context.

i don't understand this?

I don't understand how you can google it...

Polish,Polish Everywhere ! :D

thanks a lot XD solved it, sadly i have no contributions yet, ill have to wait for my contribution to end so i can apply for the giveaway, or not, im not sure how this contribution thing works XD

So apparently it is neither Cossacks: European Wars nor Risen, nor Counter-Strike.
Thats all I could get from your SG page, maybe try it again tomorrow.

It was really easy!Thank you

Ha, nice. Bump for solved.

Edit: The thread is still open, the giveaway of course is not. :P

Ok, short FAQ.

Q: So what was the solution?!?

A: 'EXECUTE'. However, I doubt anyone actually wrote that. So I made it also accept 'LOST' as an answer.

Q: Lost? You mean the TV show?

A: Yep. Exactly.

Q: Oh, fuck you, I haven't watched it.

A: And? So did a quite lot of people who solved my puzzle - you didn't need any source material, with a hint posted below it was quite easy to notice the pattern. Since "'42' was not the only relevant number", then logically the other contribution numbers meant something as well. Google -> "4 8 15 16 23 42" or "42 23 16 15 8 4" -> shitload of results.

Q: And where's the surprise you promised in the thread?

A: I didn't promise any surprise. I promised suprise.