My difficulty rating of this puzzle: 2/5. (Of course, you guys might feel it to be higher. =^_^= )

http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/HW2RmBsS

This is a 'puzzle' to obtain the URL for the 'private' giveaway made on SteamGifts!

Please do not share hints or answers. Consider also that the more entries there are, the lower your chances of winning the prize. :P

All answers are a single word or number or format.

Good luck!

Deadline: ~1 hour

Current Entries: 87 (Suspected Remaining Cheater Entries: 10 - strongly suspected, if not more)

(Future puzzles will be harder!)

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If anyone is wondering why I am monitoring this puzzle solving giveaway so closely for suspected cheaters is to protect those who solved it fairly and honourably. I am also doing this to gauge how difficult I need to make a future puzzle giveaway or whether it is worthwhile to make another at all.

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[Archived Notes of Suspected Cheaters - Moved to personal storage, including screenshots of websites and profiles]

What is however interesting to note is where the majority of the suspects originate from, globally. When will people learn that when you have 2+ friends (other than yourself) that happen to solve a puzzle nearly simultaneously where hundreds of other people have been unable to solve on their own, it makes you stand-out a lot. The chances of it happening are very low.

Isn't it sad that >10% are suspected cheaters? Statistical analysis is useful and depressing at times.

12 years ago*

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Clicky

(After trying again and again and checking my math) Q1: No dollar sign.

Edit: Oh man, Q5 might be my favorite question ever. I'm a huge word nerd, haha.

12 years ago
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Ow, Q6. My brain, ow.

12 years ago
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I'm afraid that question 6 will eventually drive me insane... Hurts my brain too :<

12 years ago
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I did it! You can do it too!

12 years ago
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Honestly, the greatest and hardest puzzle so far. In my opinion ofcourse.

12 years ago
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Bill? Is that you?

12 years ago
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I'm so confused right now!

12 years ago
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Ah! Bill! Long time no see!

12 years ago
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Oh I can see Q6 taking a while O.O

12 years ago
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Done! Sadly, I took longer on the 4 anagrams than on the logic puzzle.

12 years ago
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Goddamn (but bravo). I hate logic questions.

12 years ago
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Q1 seems like it should be easy but somehow I can't get it right =\

Q6... I think I'll save that for when I'm more awake, haha

12 years ago
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Very complex, interesting

12 years ago
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GODDAM!!! nice ones lol but my brain got dead by exams sadly i will not be trying this one :(

12 years ago
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bump for solving

12 years ago
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Dat question 4 o.O

12 years ago
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Q1,Q3,Q4 down

Q2,Q5,Q6 to go

12 years ago
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Q5 and Q6 are the toughest in my opinion

12 years ago
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I feel as though I'm over thinking Q2. =/

12 years ago
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got Q1-4 (2 took me a little while, I had very close to the right answer but it was looking for a specific word)

now to try 5 and 6

12 years ago
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Solved! So much thinking...

12 years ago
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Q2 seems like it has a very obvious answer, but I am just not coming up with the exact word it wants. Does capitalization matter on this thing?

12 years ago
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It doesn't matter

12 years ago
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Bump for a nice puzzle.

12 years ago
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I have a question about Q6. If you agree with a statement, do you agree with a statement after truth/false of person or just a pure statement not depending if it's true or false.

12 years ago
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In Q6, Midroreans are alternately truthful? Like TFTF or FTFT? Or they can make statements like FFTT too?

12 years ago
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I think both

12 years ago
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I got 3 of them but my English isn't good enough to find the correct word for Q1 or guessing the anagram in Q5...

So Good luck with this but I guess I won't be joining :D gave it a try

12 years ago
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wonderful puzzles and WONDERFUL GAMES! Thank you so much for both<33
dat question 6 (excell spreadsheet for breaking it down might help you guys trying to think through it)

12 years ago
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Awesome puzzle!! I've already solved questions 1-4, but it looks like 5 and 6 are going to take some time. Luckily there's still time to solve this. I could try to bruteforce my way through question 6, but I want to try to solve it using logic first. I really enjoy these kind of puzzles that really force you to think and use logic, they make me feel I'm smart :).

12 years ago
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Got question 5 (really surprising considering english isn't my native language and my vocabulary is pretty limited), only 6th left. I'm starting to think I might even have a chance of solving this whole thing :)

12 years ago
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がんばって =^_^=

12 years ago
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Good puzzle, thank you.

12 years ago
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Strangely enough I'm struggling more with supposedly simple questions like the first two than with the others, which i already solved.

Can i at least ask if decimal numbers are written with the comma (i.e. 3,02) or with the point (3.02) and if the dollar sign is required/accepted?
Having to check any tentative answer in multiple formats can be a bit annoying and time consuming.

12 years ago
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I'm wondering the same. Q1 is the only one I don't have.

12 years ago
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Missing 1,5,6. 6 looks like it can be solved given time but 1 and 5 just seems to ellude me

12 years ago
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my problem with 1 is that I don't know how to write it right (with or without $ and . or , as separator)^^

12 years ago
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Bump for solved! Rating: A

As for the cheaters, making it harder isn't going to stop them. If instead you make your giveaways group-sponsored, the cheaters can be kicked out of the group. Then you know they aren't going to enter. The drawback is of course fewer players.

Speaking of groups, there is one specifically for puzzles.

12 years ago
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How can I enter this group? It needs an invitation. Can you send me one?

12 years ago
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I would also like an invite.. :)

12 years ago
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Puzzle group would be a good idea OP.

12 years ago
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It's fine. I have ideas in the planning stages at the moment that will drastically lower the amount of entries in theory but at the same time, gives a better chance to those who can solve (maybe even one entry only? :D). I dislike having giveaways limited to one group - feels elitist to me. That and partially because I'm not very sociable to begin with, heh.

12 years ago
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it would be fun to be in a puzzle group! theres not enough of these raffles on forums

12 years ago
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I'll think about it. I'm mostly a very introverted loner, heh. I don't even have a Facebook account. :P

12 years ago
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Damn Joseph!

12 years ago
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I wanted to contact you about cheater but you didn't accept.

12 years ago
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Closed 12 years ago by CWolfCW.