Welcome.

You have been selected to recover sensible data of an undisclosed nature. However, before you can even think about overcoming the obstacles placed in your way, you will need to contact one of our field agents, fs_cb_au (name secured), who will supply you with the coordinates. Contact him under [giveaway over, address removed] and greet him with code word 46, which can of course be derived from information package 46, which in turn reads

Call the European's name
Carys knew him
Breer then slew him
They played the damnation game

fs_cb_au (name secured) will be available until and including thursday, since he will be on another assignment on friday.

Good luck, agent.

(Out of character hint: THE European. Not A European. We're talking about a really old guy here. No other hints, google is not that hard to use ;))

13 years ago*

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All I saw is who posted this...

You are a kind man, but I doubt I will solve this :)

I'll let you know if I do though.

13 years ago
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Damn You are creative : p

13 years ago
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Ha?

13 years ago
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Just a little out of character note: I will only reply if the answer is correct. Also, you have one try. Please do NOT send a buttload of mails with random words or the giveaway will be aborted. I mean it. The second I get another flood of what I consider spam, everyone loses.

13 years ago
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So it's best not to attempt the puzzle because we cannot control what other people (and forum lurkers) will e-mail you?

Not that I stand a chance... but I'm gonna try.

13 years ago
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Nope, feel free to send me your best guess. That's absolutely OK. However, please refrain from sending me 10 or more mails each containing a single word only.

13 years ago
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Do the answer lies in that novel named the damation game?
If it is will have to read the book,

13 years ago
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Added a hint to the first post.

13 years ago
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can't you give another hint?

13 years ago
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no need I think ^^

13 years ago
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I don't think I understood completely what you want here. I'm afraid to send an e-mail with the wrong "answer" and be disqualified. :P
Do you want the guy's name, am I right? :x

13 years ago
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Think about it: If you send an answer, it might be the wrong answer, in which case you lose. If you send the right answer, you may win. If you send no answer at all, you will have no chance of winning at all.
Also, if it's close enough to the answer, I might send you a hint and give you another try ;)

13 years ago
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good luck to the riddlers, I have no clue.

13 years ago
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Solved it. Gracies again, and good luck to everyone else.

13 years ago
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This giveaway will finish in thursday, right?

13 years ago
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The giveaway actually ends on friday, but I'm not sure if I will be available to answer more emails by then (university and whatnot). You're free to email me on friday, too, but I'm not sure if I can send the link before the giveaway is over.

13 years ago
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Right, i will send the e-mail at thursday.

13 years ago
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DAMMIT I'M SO CLOSE. WORK WITH ME HERE GOOGLE.

Very clever, Mr. OGrady, very clever...

13 years ago
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By the way, how long does it usually take you to reply (if we got it right)? If I got it wrong, I don't wanna keep checking my email if it can be helped =P

13 years ago
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I got your mail at 3am - I was fast asleep at that time ;)

I'll try to reply in a timely fashion, but I can't guarantee a reply within a few hours (I seem to have a life besides Steamgifts, or so I'm told). I'll check mails at least twice a day, though.

13 years ago
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Solved! (-:

13 years ago
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I have no idea how people are solving this... and I usually consider myself an expert Googler.

No idea on this one.

13 years ago
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I found everything on one page.

13 years ago
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I am so dumb, I have no idea how this riddle works.

13 years ago
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I think i solved it :)

13 years ago
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I received the coordinates and I'm on my mission.

Thank you!

13 years ago
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You have one day left to retrieve the data. If you have not done so, establish contact within the next 8 hours. A response can not be guaranteed after this time.

13 years ago
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When it's over can you please update this with the solution :) I have no idea here!

13 years ago
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I think I figured it out. Your Google-fu is weak :)

13 years ago
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They played <<<<<<<<<<<<the damnation game>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's right there guys.... i already have the game though.

13 years ago
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You shouldn't give any hints.

13 years ago
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I was just highlighting a part of the OP :/.

13 years ago
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"fscbau" -> "Contact him under fsau@gmx.de"

Notice the missing "cb" in the second statement.

Edit: I still can't figure this out.

13 years ago
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In one hour, at 18:30, I will answer mails one last time. If you still want to get in, this is your last chance.

13 years ago
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Oh you're clever OGrady. Thanks for the help.

13 years ago
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Damn, that was probably the best chance I had of actually winning a giveaway... lol.

Thanks a lot Ogrady... and congrats to whomever won! :)

13 years ago
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And the giveaway is over. Thank you for taking part, everyone.
Now, who were you supposed to contact? About two thirds of all answers were correct, so it seems this one was harder than I anticipated.
I was asking for the European's name. I dropped two names that would allow you to immideatly make the connection if you have read the book: Breer and Carys. 46 is also the page that my copy mentions him first (admittedly that hint was quite esoteric). If you have not read the book, here's how I expected you to google:

  1. You know you're looking for the European, and he has something to do with a "damnation game". Putting those two phrases into google will tell you that "The Damnation Game" is a book by Clive Barker (whose initials are, incidentally, cb, FusionX ;)).
  2. Check the Amazon page or any other site and read a synopsis of the book. Three names are dropped: Joseph Whitehead, Marty Strauss and Mamoulian.
  3. I now expected you to figure that the code word would be just that: One single word. Since Marty and Joseph are usually referred to with both first and last name, I expected you to deduce that I was looking for Mamoulian. I realized that this was a little out there (also, Joseph Whitehead was often called by his last name alone) and added the hint about "the old dude". Mamoulian has lived for hundreds of years, so I thought you now had a fair chance to guess ;)
    By the way: I got exactly 46 e-mails. Coincidence? :D
    Don't worry if you're not too good with puzzles and hate my guts for impeding your way to a giveaway with few entrants: Next week there will be no thinking involved at all. None at all. Just a miniscule task that every one of you can accomplish...
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Bah didn't win.... even with so few entries. :(

Next time I guess

13 years ago
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I hope someone else with no wins won. :)

13 years ago
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Yep.

13 years ago
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I wish i could won this giveaway

13 years ago
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You said you'll make another riddled giveaway! Please do it!

13 years ago
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Closed 13 years ago by OGrady.