First of all, thanks to everyone for the kind words you've posted on all the giveaways, I didn't answer but I've read them all.

I'm very happy that 5 out of 6 giveaways have been won by those that solved the whole puzzle, their hard work has been rewarded. But now, let's go on to the

SOLUTION:

  • each of the giveaways linked down here had in its description a link to a song on Souncloud. Each song had a one-character title. Sorting the titles in the order I specified on each description gives you the first link ( lFG8S - Hitman Blood Money );
  • the second step was a itstoohard quiz in which you had to say the title of the songs linked for the previous step, or the show they were featured in. The solutions were:

    1. Tank/Cowboy bebop
    2. Sorairo Days/Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
    3. Tell me why/Berserk
    4. Zankoku na tenshi no these/Evangelion (Here I forgot to put the full title of the show, sorry to those that were slowed down by my mistake)
    5. The world/Death note
  • anyway the quiz was a red herring. It rewarded with five Dota 2 keys -- I'd really like to know if somebody took them, just one of those who got there gave me any kind of feedback about them. The link was hidden in the source of the itstoohard puzzle. ( hsvEa - Just Cause 2 );
  • 30 trollfaces, numbered from 1 to 29, with the last one having 42 as its title instead of 30. The hint was in the giveaway description, referencing LOST. On the cheek of every face there were some pixels added by me. Those on the faces numbered 4, 8, 15, 16 and 23 spelled out, in Braille, the last step of the puzzle ( nXIBF - Deus Ex: Human Revolution Augmented Edition ). The 42 image? It was just me trolling a little :P
  • as a consolation prize for those that already had DX I put on the last step a giveaway for The Missing Link;
  • the hidden giveaways were buried in the comments of Hitman ( 3nTZp - Metro 2033 ) and Just Cause 2 ( Gk7Iz - Warhammer 40k: Space Marine )

I hope you had fun with this puzzle :) Congratulations to the winners, and happy birthday to me! :P

Hint #1: the links down here? Totally relevant.
Hint #2: the first step is as easy as doing 1+1+1+1+1
Hint #3: for the newcomers stuck at the quiz: you may want to check the giveaway you came from, I've put the hints for the quiz in there.
Hint #4: modified something to help you with the last puzzle.

Solvers:

bobofatt (also got both secrets)
dehill
Cymbaline
snake49
Ishmaeel (also got both secrets)
pamput (also got both secrets)
ErnisDy (also got both secrets)

I'll leave
these links
right here.
Maybe
you'll need them

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Another bump

If you're stuck, don't be afraid to ask for help. I'll try to be as cryptic as possible :P

11 years ago
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Shame this isn't getting more effort'!

11 years ago
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I don't even know where to start. I suck at this things.
Happy birthday in advance anyways!

11 years ago
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Compleeted, happy birthday!

11 years ago
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Did you find everything? There are a couple of hidden giveaways in there, you know?

11 years ago
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I don't think you finished ;)

11 years ago
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Happy early birthday! I SUCK AT PUZZLES BUT LOVE YOU STILL [in a MANLY WAY.]!

11 years ago
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I'm only missing the 2nd song. Have no idea what it's from.

11 years ago
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Well, you can say it's something HUGE .

Do you already have the hints? they're really helpful!

11 years ago
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Ok got the hint and solved it. Funny thing is I had already bruteforced that one. Must have spelled it wrong lol.

11 years ago
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Usually I mess up the double letters...

11 years ago
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I've put in a couple of hints. Still more than 3 days to go, I'll put more in the next days.

11 years ago
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im so confused about this puzzle D:

11 years ago
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What are you having problems with?

11 years ago
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all these songs dont know any of em D:

11 years ago
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3 of them sounds like intros for an anime or something like that the other 2 sounds just like normal songs

11 years ago
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Actually all 5 are anime intros. Did you notice their titles?

11 years ago
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Finally got all the songs.... and now i'm stuck

11 years ago
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I'm in the same position. What to do, what to do?

11 years ago
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Try looking everywhere!

11 years ago
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All these animes...
Don't know any of them... XD
I suck at all this puzzle thingy too :P, happy birthday anyway :)

11 years ago
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Happy Birthday! Is the 1+1+1+1+1 thing _____ ?

11 years ago
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11 years ago
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Please, if you need confirmations or have to ask spoilery questions don't put them here, add me on Steam. I've been a little busy in the last hours, but I'll try to answer you as soon as I can.

11 years ago
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I've finished step two, and while I get your dad's "advice" I don't really know what I'm looking for so that might be as far as I can go.

Also the fourth answer in the quiz needs to be corrected, or should I say expanded.

P.S.
Happy Kappei Day in advance!

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Are you sure you're looking in the right place?

Also, another user made me notice the fourth question. The problem is, itstoohard doesn't let you modify the puzzles once they're published. I could rewrite it all, but there's still the risk of messing something else. If anyone has a problem anyway he can always pm me on Steam, when I'm online I'm available to help.

11 years ago
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

11 years ago
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Bump for solved! :)
Good puzzle, thanks! And Happy Birthday (though a bit early) :)

P.S. I'm off to search for the secrets :D

11 years ago
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Happy hunting :)

Nice to see two new solvers, bobofatt and dehill were starting to feel lonely :P

11 years ago
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New day bump.

Later today I'll post the hints for the quiz on the appropriate step, so that newcomers can still solve it if they're stuck.

11 years ago
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Hints added.

We have another solver, Ishmaeel. Congratulations!

In about 4 hours I'll put the last hint, for the last step of the puzzle.

16 hours left!

11 years ago
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Any chance to get a hint for the third puzzle? ^^ Thanks anyway :)

11 years ago
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Posted another (probably the last) hint. It may help you. Or maybe not. Only time will tell!

11 years ago
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Done U__U

Thanks and happy birthday in advance :D

11 years ago
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Congratulations for (FINALLY) solving the puzzle :P

11 years ago
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Yay! Everything's done.
I loved the last puzzle. :)

11 years ago
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Glad to hear that :)

Congratulations!

For everyone else: time's running out!

Only 7 hours remainig!

11 years ago
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Happy Birthday in advence!
I'm stuck at your father's advice :/

11 years ago
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Try looking everywhere!

3 hours left, last chances to get in!

11 years ago
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Puzzle's over! The solution has been posted and I'm trying to send the gifts out ASAP! Congratulations to the winner!

11 years ago
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Wow, now I'm really wondering how did I miss che link hidden in the quiz... I looked in the source code al least 20 times and still didn't see it. Well better luck next time.
This was fun, thanks for the giveaway!

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Well, I counted on the fact that it was barely visible in the middle of the source code... Glad you enjoyed it :)

11 years ago
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ctrl+f and "<a href=" it's easy that way ;)

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ctrl+f and "<a href=" it's easy that way ;)

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Closed 11 years ago by Kappei.