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You may discuss with your peers :3.

Giveaway: Saints Row IV
Ends Sunday, September 13 at 11pm (PST) ツ

Hint1: Just symbols, not Japanese.
Hint2: ツ is not a smileyface, but we use it as one anyway...
Hint3: Well, I guess it could be a good idea to learn how to write these symbols...
Hint4: Oh for crying out loud, try writing them on a piece of paper ಠ_ಠ....
Hint5: Yes, it's a giveaway url. Therefore, it can only be letters/numbers.
Hint6: letter number letter number letter
Hint7: Did you try rotating #1?
Hint8: Not really a hint, but... see the picture for fun?

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9 years ago*

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Seriously dude, either put the GA link up or make the puzzle easier. This puzzle is way too hard, even if I spent 30 minutes on it already.

9 years ago
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Welcome to SteamGifts :3.

9 years ago
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Really? Every single puzzle I've ever done took at most 5 minutes. This one is unsolvable, except for one person with exceptional skills. lol.

9 years ago
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Greater risk = greater reward. Complaining to the puzzle maker isn't going to help you \o/.

PS: Might I suggest you try this puzzle instead?

9 years ago
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you must be very good at finding easy puzzles then :)
This one is definitely solvable, taking all the hints into account, and maybe a tiny bit of bruteforcing ;)

Also, yes, please try student's puzzle (link above), though you might need 15 minutes for that one...

Edit: I just checked, it took me about 2 and a half hours, with trying to solve student's puzzle in between (and not getting anywhere) and waiting for hints here, so you might have to invest some more time if you want a 1:2 chance to win this game ;D

9 years ago*
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dat entitlement...

9 years ago
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lol

9 years ago
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らロしひモワ !

9 years ago
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^This one is easier..

9 years ago
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The hardest one of mecorx's is the first letter (and the third too, maybe), so if you know the others you can bruteforce it. ツ

9 years ago
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The first letter. The third too, maybe. The fifth also. And the first and second numbers :P
Congrats!

9 years ago
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I think I got every letter except the first one. In my opinion the first one could be so many different things >_<

9 years ago
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Actually, I had only three letters in mind for the first symbol. Very few letters have that round thing.

9 years ago
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Well, for me this could be p, P, D, Q and maybe o or a it's just not clear at all imo.

9 years ago*
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Yeah, it's not very clear, but it can be easily bruteforced if you have the others.
The p was one of the letters I thought of, anyway. :\

9 years ago
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Yeah, well that's true. I own the game anyway so I was trying to solve it just for the fun of it but bruteforcing? Nah, not interested :D

9 years ago
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Can i discuss it with my apples instead?

9 years ago
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The first one looks like kb... :/

9 years ago
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Hey mecorx, Picasso here.
Consider it solved =)

9 years ago*
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Bump for solved!

9 years ago
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Can you post the url after giveaway is over so we can see what the answer was?

9 years ago
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Mmm, if I post the answer then I won't be able to make the same kind of puzzle again...

9 years ago
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Sure you can. You just can't use the same symbols. Which you wouldn't do anyways right?

9 years ago
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There are only so many letters, though :x....
I'll think about it.

9 years ago
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I'm sure you'll figure out another way to make people suffer. :P

9 years ago
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Thinking is so :effort:...
PS: I have another game I can give away after this :D.

9 years ago
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I was trying to solve this then I read further and thankfully I already have the game. YAAAAAS.

BUMP!

9 years ago
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MOAR HINT...

9 years ago
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Ok, this is the only puzzle left for me. Now I will dedicate all my energies to solv....Nah I better watch some video on Youtube :)

9 years ago
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That's the right thing to do anyway! :D

9 years ago*
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I rotated the symbols and found something interesting in #5, but it doesn't make sense with the letter-number-letter-number-letter hint.

9 years ago
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It is a perfect 4, right? xd

9 years ago
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Yep, it's confusing me. xD

9 years ago
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That is the mission of mecorx on Earth

9 years ago
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yu tsu inu mi ya

9 years ago
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Okay, I know that I know the numbers. And I know the last one, except I'm not sure whether it's capitalized or not. That leaves me with...

26x2x26x2x2=5408 possibilities. At the speed of around 1 possibility per 3 seconds that's... 16224 seconds, or 4 and a half hours.

Well, good thing I wasn't planning on going out tonight :D

9 years ago
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~1 hour and 400 guesses later...

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We need a Steam group against mecorx

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We could offer whatever games he was giving away but without puzzles. I could get behind that.

Just kidding, we love you mecorx!

9 years ago
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Actually I was trying to solve this even if I already own the game. I'm a bit masochist...

9 years ago
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I lived my life like a masochist.

9 years ago
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mecorxist.

9 years ago
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Actually, I just noticed you never entered my GA either even after solving the puzzle! Heh.

9 years ago
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A hunter enjoy the hunting, no need to trophies :)

9 years ago
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Well that's a mindset I can respect :)

9 years ago
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Wait, you changed the description! :O
Funny story hehe :) Poor Spain

9 years ago
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I need my own Cards Against Humanity pack :3.

9 years ago
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I can offer you my monitor as well.

9 years ago
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I'd probably just break it too :p

9 years ago
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That's exactly what I want you to do with it. :P

9 years ago
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Ohhh. Hehe, you should do it yourself, I'm sure you need to vent frustration too!

Unless you're one of the traitors people I'm jealous of members that solved it

9 years ago
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Solved it? Lol no.

9 years ago
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Solved. Faaaak youuuuuu mecorx!!!! Mwaayahahahahahhahahaaaa.
I'm gonna tell you it in Steam too. I solved a mecorx puzzle yay!!! :D

9 years ago
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Bump for solved!

9 years ago
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Bump for too few Picassos around here.

9 years ago
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Only 3 more hours \o/

9 years ago
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Yay! One less puzzle then to annoy me :D

9 years ago
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I guess I'll just have to make more :3.

9 years ago
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Something less bruteforcy would be nice :P
3 puzzles I "cant" finish require lots of guessing :/
(yes, I know it can be solved without, but the majority of solvers seem to force the issue...)

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I was going to make an itstoohard page so that people could check their answers... but that would encourage brute forcing :3

I think the hardest one is the ゅ... The other ones were easy

PS: Perroperro's shared his hard work :3

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Haha, yea, that's what my brain looks like, plus random crap from Addict123 and the Queen question. I'm skipping all that now, I like a puzzle, I don't like modern art cluttering my brain.

9 years ago
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+1

9 years ago
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bump for reason

9 years ago
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Argh, it feels like im just 1 step away from getting the correct code, gonna have to wait until the next hint, or stare at the paper while working and hope that something pops up

9 years ago
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Noooo! Work on puzzle #2! This one is over D:.

9 years ago
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It's over? Gonna go try your puzzle #2 then!

9 years ago
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If I ever play XCOM EW again, I'll name one of my MEC units Orx... Anyway I'm trying to solve this puzzle. Guess which one of the previous 2 will occur sooner :D :D :D

9 years ago
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Loool. That unit is going to die on the first mission :v.

9 years ago
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Nah, I love them MECs, and always save 'em. And they also have so high health it is hard to kill them +_+
But it took me 2 months - ahem even with cheating many missions because I got bored ahem - to finish the game with Long War, so I won't start it again any soon. So for now, the MEC-you will not die :P

9 years ago
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\o/. I watched a letsplay of the Long War. Quite enjoyable :3.

9 years ago
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Indeed it is! Brings back old (i.e.: genuine) X-Com (mind the dash) gameplay. Best thing that could have happened to XCOM (mind the...lack-of-dash LOL ) is this mod. It also teaches you not to hunt every UFO, some can be ignored/damaged only. And actually there is a config setting called 'dynamic war', which can make (Too) Long War a bit shorter for impatient folks like me.

9 years ago
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I hate the flying discs :x

9 years ago
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I know that feeling :) Good thing that their accuracy is somewhat low.
For me it was the Seekers I hated the most for their 3-4-turn-cloaking. Didn't have many soldiers with Bioelectric Skin graft to detect them skulking around :P
But the "best" was when you met a mechanic alien unit (esp the Sectopod) with 50-60 Health (prob'ly the Long War improved their HP so high), along with "some" other units, like Muton Elite :)
But after you get Mind Control for your Psionics, it's easier (I think LW modified Psi too, because MC was not the final Psi skill)

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I've only played the original campaign. The game ended so soon after I got all those special abilities :x

9 years ago
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Exactly. That is why it needed EW and the LW mod. The original campaign was waaaay too short. I was surprised - and very disappointed - when I first played the game and it had like less-than-20 hours of gameplay.
But now, it's perfect ^_^
Try it once when you'll have time. :) With LW mod :P Just make sure to enable some options in Second Wave settings then.

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Honestly, I felt the normal mode was challenging enough, so I'm not sure if I'm ready to embark on such a journey. Strategy games are really my forte. I much preferred watching someone more skilled play on Youtube, haha. :P

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