FLOWERS are people TOO!!

Actually have you ever thought how people are so much like flowers? There is such a variety of flowers around the world that you could spend many lifetimes just in the study of flowers and even then there will be more that you haven't encountered. PEOPLE are found in such a variety of colors, races, nationalities and personalities. Taking time to stop and get to know them is even more fascinating!!

Some flowers are overlooked... in fact, some call little tiny flowers in a field-- wildflowers... and many times they are even called weeds. What makes the difference between when a tiny flower is called a weed or if it is called a flower? Who is the judge of that?? What some may want to collect and decorate their homes with -- other people will want to mow down as to them they are nothing but weeds.

People look at other people in this same way. But, who is the judge of who is a flower and who is a weed?

This puzzle is to help you take the time to stop and smell the flowers. It has about 700 flowers in it presented in 9 collages. It is large enough that you can take time solving it and really appreciating the unique beauty of each and every one of them. (It lasts till May 2nd!)

Here are the steps to solve:

  1. Open up a collage from the table below and use the 2 GA puzzle pictures to find the coordinate location of each of the circular puzzle pieces.
  2. Write down both sets of 5 part coordinates... an example of a set of coordinates: K2, B3, C2, D3, J1
  3. Use the key FOR THAT COLLAGE to find what each coordinate equals to that will be one of the characters in a 5 character GA code.
  4. Find 2 hidden GAs in each collage making a total of 16 GAs to find. (Each GA gives you access to 3 more GAs!)
  5. Collect the circular puzzle pieces from each of the 16 GAs. BLUE pieces are to find a hidden itstoohard puzzle and YELLOW pieces are to find a hidden JIGIDI puzzle. (HINT helper: the pieces can be found on any of the 8 collages but there is only 1 ITH and 1 Jigidi piece to find on each collage.)
  6. You will have to solve LOGICALLY a way to rearrange them in the right order. (Both Jigidi pieces and ITH pieces follow the same logic to order them.)
  7. Solve the ITH and JIGIDI you find and both the ITH and the JIGIDI together after solving will give you what you need to find the FINAL hidden ITH!!

Have fun!! And take time with this puzzle-- the goal is to really enjoy the experience and to reflect on how PEOPLE are flowers too!!

COLLAGE Hidden GAs Key
Collage1 GA 1 Puzzle <-------> GA 2 Puzzle KEY1
Collage2 GA 1 Puzzle <-------> GA 2 Puzzle KEY2
Collage3 GA 1 Puzzle <-------> GA 2 Puzzle KEY3
Collage4 GA 1 Puzzle <-------> GA 2 Puzzle KEY4
Collage5 GA 1 Puzzle <-------> GA 2 Puzzle KEY5
Collage6 GA 1 Puzzle <-------> GA 2 Puzzle KEY6
Collage7 GA 1 Puzzle <-------> GA 2 Puzzle KEY7
Collage8 GA 1 Puzzle <-------> GA 2 Puzzle KEY8
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What is your favorite way to take time to smell the roses?

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Give personal attention and care to my family and friends.
Respond to people even strangers who are in need.
Listen attentively to people when they are talking.
Express my love and affection freely.
Find beauty in diversity of people, i.e cultures, languages, varieties of food etc...
Think very highly and respectfully of people-- finding the good in them all the time.
Call, write, send texts, and stay in contact with others.
Give gifts to others i.e. cards, flowers, presents

Still working on the meta Bump :D

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bump

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So I'm brand new to puzzles on SG, solved my first 2 today, but i'm confused about how to find the GA's (I'm assuming that means giveaways). I have the 5 characters from the collage and believe I have them in the right order, but how do I use those characters to find the GA on SG? In other puzzles I've known the games that i'm solving for, so I've just used the 5 characters in the url along with the name of the game, bit since this puzzle doesn't list the games for each code I don't know how to do it. Any help?

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You don't need to put the game name in the address for the GA to come up.

BUT you do need to add the last backslash after the GA code... for example:

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/jV6CK/pixeljunk-nom-nom-galaxy

you would put

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/jV6CK/

and it will still come up.

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Thanks, that's what I was missing. Apparently I have the order wrong still though. Back to work on it!

6 years ago
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The order is the same as given for GA codes.

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CONGRATS on beating the event!! Great job! Now you need to get your rest as you stayed up all night!!!

You need your energy to celebrate your victory! ;)

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Thanks! It was a night well spent.

6 years ago
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Bump for solved!

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bump :)

6 years ago
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Thanks for the event, just solved it! Have a flower bump! Flowers are people too indeed :)

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6 years ago
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Wow amazing pictures! So happy you had a chance to solve!

6 years ago
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That second picture, the flowers look like ballerina dancers 😮

6 years ago
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They are actually called Dancing Girl Impatiens

6 years ago
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Actually, I just learned this.

6 years ago
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All solved. very nice puzzle chain.

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Thanks! Congrats for conquering!

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Bump!

6 years ago
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Ends May 2nd? Maybe it's time for me to start solving then 😏

6 years ago
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Bump! :D

6 years ago
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Bumping for solved.
Thanks for another nice and enjoyable puzzle event, Jeff!

6 years ago
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Bump for 1 day left!

6 years ago
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Bump for finally finding the time or mood to solve it. Was another fun event. Thanks again for that.😁

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Thanks!

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Bump for solved ;)

6 years ago
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Bump. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. I have the correct order. I don't have blue and yellow mixed up. I double checked the coordinates/resolved to make sure. My only issue I thought was I didn't know which key to use to get the ITH and jidigi pieces but I wrote out and tried all 3 ideas... (I tried the key based off which stage the piece was given, which collage the piece was in, and even the key designated to its order) but for some reason none of those 3 possibilities work for me... @.@ One of those should be right.

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Since only 13 hours, i hope jeff don't mind: In the first page of the comments, jeff gave a order hint (middle-lower half, he posted it 3 times)

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I'm not having an issue with the order. I'm having an issue figuring out which key to use since the ITH and jigidi parts are all from different collages. =/

Even when trying the 3 possible methods I could think of... None of the results are working for me. I'll make a made up example for emphasis. Say that part 4-1 gives a "green" piece and the piece is found in collage 8 and the order number is 3 based off the visual hint. In the method I used in that situation as an example I have tried using the key for 4,8, and 3 to make 3 different codes to try as I solved all the parts with 3 keys just in case. I don't know why none of them work. =/ I'm unsure of where the issue is.

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one of you ideas is correct, but i am not allowed to say which one ... You might have made a little slip of the pen or there is a mistake in your order (probably this). Add jeff on steam and show him your answers, he will probably help u out.

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I solved them on mobile so I think I can guess what happened... I'll add him. Thank you.

6 years ago
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Finished with just a few hours left. Thanks for another great puzzle!

6 years ago
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Bump

6 years ago
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I'm so happy this is still going!

Bump and hope you are well Jeff <3

6 years ago
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Bump :)

6 years ago
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I finished it just in time. Although most giveaways still have some hours left.

Thanks for the puzzle! It was nice to have another puzzle that wasn't too difficult, but with a very neat design.

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Bump for last minute solved. Took me 6 hours from beginning to end, with around 2-3 hours of interruption in between.

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