Well, hello people of SteamGifts, you seem to have found yourselves in the middle of a rather puzzling puzzle, or at least I hope it is!

Now there are 3 reason why I have done this:

  1. I'm going off to college and this is my last hoorah before I have no money left to speak of.
  2. I am here to help promote my friend's website: Indie Game Bundles (and even if you don't go to it I'll be forcing you to sometime later ;P)
  3. Because I felt like it. (I swear I had a better third reason, maybe I'll remember it later) I changed my mind, my 3rd reason is that I don't have a reason. I don't need a reason to give. Cliche ftw!

So, without further ado, here is the puzzle!

EDIT: Almost forgot this most appropriate giveaway!

EDIT: Have a few more (these end in 2 days)! 1 2 ENDED!

EDIT: And here's another one! ;D Click


The instructions are rather simple. All you have to do is search for three things!

  1. How are you going to find the message.
  2. What this message is.
  3. Where to put it.

If you do everything right, you will go on my whitelist!

You get one week (August 31, Noon CST)!

Geniuses: 22

Genius Train!


Hints! (I'll probably release one every day!)

  1. Seems I wasn't very clear on where to start, so I've edited it a bit to make that part easier!
  2. New hint ... somewhere!
  3. The story is not what you think it is!

Prizes!

To come:

Well that's all of the giveaways! Still got some time to get on my whitelist and enter them though!


I made this fairly difficult because I put a lot of work into this puzzle and a lot more work into getting the prizes, so please don't let me down!

All of the giveaways start on August 26th, Noon CST and end on September 2nd, Noon CST; because reasons. They're also all level 2+!

Hmm ... what else ... ahh! I will help out from time to time (yes I do like CV so I will be trying to get at least 5 people into each of the GAs!)

Also not all of the GAs have been created yet as I ran out of slots, so hopefully more to come! (Maybe support will help me out?)

Oh yes, one last thing! Good luck!


P.S. I did kind've "borrow" some other person's ideas for this, but he said he was totally cool with it!

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Are you going to solve this?

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Yes
Maybe
No
Antidisestablishmentarianism!

Not solved, but here's a bump!

9 years ago
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946 guesses
22 players
16 solvers (Yep: that's me!)

9 years ago
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Welcome to the club. :)

9 years ago
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thank you so much. it was all well worth it :)

9 years ago
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Have a bump!

9 years ago
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mecorx

9 years ago
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We're sorry, the number you have dialed is no longer in service. Please go away forever. ;D

9 years ago
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Well ... we're over halfway through the event. To those of you who haven't finished yet, you're running out of time! ;D

9 years ago
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I'm going to shamelessly bump my own thread! ;D

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9 years ago
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Don't give up hope! There's still 2 and a half days left!

9 years ago
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New game added!

9 years ago
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thanks for adding a new game to this already nice thread!!!

aka have a bump!

9 years ago
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is bumped off a cliff into an active volcano

God damnit ... not again! D:

9 years ago
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Did everyone give up?

9 years ago
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Maybe new would-be-tryers won't even try since the poll says 69 'NO' vs 24 'YES'. I'm one of the sixtyniners (oh that sounds wrong), maybe I should change my vote since I did solve the puzzle :/

9 years ago
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Maybe, but there's also 69 people going for Antidisestablishmentarianism!

But even so ... there haven't been enough solvers to make up for those 24 Yes's ... so come on people! Get moving! ;D

9 years ago
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Yeah, thought that there would be more than 16 but I really though that I could solve this. Maybe I should encourage everyone to try! :) Shame that I don't have any active friends here :(

9 years ago
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I was expecting more people as well. I was hoping to get somewhere between 20 and 25 solvers. Everyone that solved Mecorx's puzzle isn't even here. But, oh well, there's still 2 days left. And, in retrospect, I didn't solve Mecorx's puzzle til the last minute.

9 years ago
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The thread is dying. LIVE, DAMMIT, LIVE!

9 years ago
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2 milligrams of epinephrine IV!
Start chest compressions!
Damnit we're losing him!

9 years ago
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Paging Dr House?

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[Dr. House looks at Numeron and then insults his mother, way of life, and then his dog. He then proceeds to break dozens of patient's rights laws (as well as many other types of laws), in order to save the patient's life.]

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I think you might want to hit the train ... there's some good stuff on it!

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I believe in you! I need more kittens in my train!

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Need a nudge?

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State your question!

9 years ago
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Time for another bump.
For everyone out there. Don't even think of giving up. We're feeling lonely on the train. I can assure you it's hard to get on it, but it's worth the effort. Imagine how will you fill after overcoming so many obstacles and reaching the final stop.

9 years ago
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Kind've a boring day for the puzzle today. I will be off to work in a bit. So leave any questions you have for me here. I'll be back in about 6-ish hours.

9 years ago
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Decided to take it up and now am pretty stuck at How's Q2. :(

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Oh well ... if you pass it there'll be some pie afterwards! ;D

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:)

9 years ago
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Why? :|

9 years ago
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Why indeed?

That question has been asked many times before, so the answer is out there.

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:)

9 years ago
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+1, that subject ain't my thing so I'm not gonna bother ;p

9 years ago
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Bump, there is still time guys and girls! Don't be afraid to try solving the puzzle even if it is your first one. It was my first and oh boy, it really got me hooked. The feeling after solving the last puzzle piece is amazing!

9 years ago
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I still need some help with my homework but I'm so bad at these kind of questions. Our teacher said we could work together. Is there anyone willing to help me out?

9 years ago
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Night, meet me after class and I'll help you study.

Now what questions do you have for me?

9 years ago
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Well you see ever since i was a little kid I always had problems with this subject in school. I mean literally if I was a superhero this subject would be my ultimate weakness. This subject to me is like kryptonite to superman. Also I added you on steam.

9 years ago
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Sadly I don't think I will figure this out in time. I was hoping for more hints, but it seems you aren't posting anymore. I don't know what to do with the clues I have and I'm getting stressed out trying everything I can think of.

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I can't give hints if I don't know what you need to know.

9 years ago
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I solved How, but don't know what to do with the new info. No idea on what or where. I feel like I've tried everything that makes sense.

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Hmm ... How to find the What is the only thing I'm not helping with.

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How about the where then?

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maybe we can work together?

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What do you need to know?

9 years ago
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Actually, I solved it!
EDIT: BTW the Indie Game Bundles site has been down for the last few hours.

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Not quite, you forgot something. :P

EDIT: Yeah, I know, sorry about that, nothing I can do. They've been having a problem with that recently. (But I understand that one question can still be found just by the magic of Google!)

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Hmm ... maybe the answer isn't Google-able. I just posted the answer in the question itself, it was very hard to find anyway.

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Just looking at this gives me a headache. Not even trying. No clue where I would even start.
Nice to see you changed your ways completely tho, mush :)

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What's that supposed to mean. D:

9 years ago
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Aw, I think I started too late!

9 years ago
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Nah, the pressure should make you work faster! However, I won't be able to help much as I have to work all day tomorrow.

9 years ago
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I've solved the How and all of the Where except Q5.

One quick question: I see that one GA ends in 12 hours but many go on for a few more days - can I still get in on those even if I miss the 12 hour deadline?

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The GAs that end in 12 hours are in the OP.

When those GAs end (Noon, CST) is when the puzzle ends and my whitelist is locked forever (or until I do a new event). But I will apply a 15 minute grace period in which I will still accept people as long as they solve the puzzle.

Once you are on my whitelist, you have until the whitelist GAs end to enter them.

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Wait for me, I'm almost there! (I solved the Where.)

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Well, I have to go in a bit and I won't be back until after the entrance period ends.

Surprised I didn't see some of the regular puzzlers try this, maybe they'll get it while I'm away though.

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NO~~~~that's too diffcult!!!
There is no time, i even can't found the link to the Puzzle ;{
By the way the Indie Game Bundles, i can't go into.

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I know, they're having some server troubles. Only one question involves the site and I edited the puzzle to include the answer anyway. (Besides, it was an easy question.)

9 years ago
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Is there have a site like http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/XXXXXXXX this one?
OwO? I need found out the XXXXXXXX?
Or i need found somewhere and leave some message?

or put it ? :D

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Bump with a Mood Music!

9 years ago
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mushclone298: I would also like to point out that you can help each other! I'm not disallowing it, I encourage it in fact!

Someone please help me WHY D:

9 years ago
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BUMP for maybe solved!

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Tell me if I passed ;_;

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Closed 9 years ago by mushclone298.