What's your favourite fruit(s)?

For me, it's the cherries. My new habit includes tossing them in a dollop of greek yoghurt after pitting.

Solution to the puzzle is as follows:

  • Translate the third line, V2VsbCwgbm93IHlvdSBnZXQgdG8gd29yayBmb3IgaXQuIGMvcCBaQlV3c3ppVw== and remove colourful commentary.

This leaves you with

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From there, use the hint, "c/p", go to Pastebin and paste the key where link-appropriate in your browser's address bar. Final link should go here, which leads directly to the Spec Ops: The Line giveaway.

I thank those of you who left feedback on the mini-puzzle, and I do apologize to teurmug for being obtuse since I didn't know how else to help without simply leaking the site itself and pointing (with a giant foam finger) to the address bar.

Original puzzle as follows:

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Watermelon > Orranges >> Most other fruits >>>> Most everything else.

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Oh yes, watermelons definitely. Perfect for quenching thirst.

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Where's your Strawberries and green apples? They deserve a special mention!

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Mangos/Mangoes?(Go-Man-go?), Apples and Watermelons are probably the most delicious for me.

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Mangoes, I think? Both are legit spellings iirc.

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Spacebar

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I thought that was clever and funny.. :(

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Well, it's funny now.

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Passion fruit.

Always and every ways, except artificial cause that's the worst. Passion fruit juice, mousse, ice cream, yogurt, strained into warm milk, soda, mixed with coconut candy, or just straight out of the fruit with a spoon seeds and all.
Sweet sour tangy beauty with the bonus that if I eat enough of it I pass right out.

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Artificial passion-fruit "flavouring" is always inedible, yes. I haven't had enough of the real thing to hold an opinion on it. It's on my shopping list now :D

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Passion fruit is the bomb. I've got two new vines in the backyard of a new variety called 'Sunshine Special'. It supposedly fruits all year round and loves the hot weather (which is a good thing when you live in Western Australia).

We just had a solid week of 40-42 degrees centigrade and not a single leaf on it was burnt. It also grew about a foot and a half during that time.

38 degrees now and 40 tomorrow. Sigh... when will this end?

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It's supposed to be 37 tomorrow here in Sydney (highest since summer started). I can't wait to spend most of my time in air conditioning.

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Sydney is a lot more of a temperate climate than Perth is so I would be surprised if you got a 40 degree day in summer at all.

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Oh, we get them every year if we're unfortunate. Usually at least one day gets 40 degrees (maybe two?) *during either Dec or Jan. The record was 45C a few years back... 2005? Christmas Day. I think.

It also depends on where you live, since the western suburbs are often a few degrees (up to 5-7) higher than the east/north (closer to coast). I moved out of the western suburbs over a decade back, so it's slightly better for me.

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Appla! And pineappla! :D

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Banana is god tier fruit, no question about that. Other than bananas I like almost every fruit. Mango, tangerine, pineapple are the ones that come to mind.

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Mandarins, not tangerines!

(We get both kinds here and I love them because of their portability.)

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Sorry, not a native speaker, I don't really know the difference between them. Here they are called 'mandarinas' though.

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I think it's down to a very slight difference in their DNA since they come from different trees. My grandma used to grow a tangerine tree, and she would emphasize the difference whilst admitting they taste very similar. Something about skins being thin/thicker? I forget.

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How about clementines and satsumas, are they different too?

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I've never had satsumas, but looking at wiki they seem to be of different varieties as well.

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Avocado, banana, orange, pineapple, papaya... and I think I missed some. Oh well!

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Apples and bananas.

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Tomato.

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It begs the question; raw or cooked?

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That depends on what dish they will be enhancing.

If it's a sandwich, then raw.

If it's spaghetti, then cooked.

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Raw on sandwich?

You're missing out mate. Try roasted.

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I've had roasted tomato's on a cold sandwich, I still prefer raw.

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Fruit of the loom. My new habit includes folding them up and cutting snowflakes out of them before use.

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Apple

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Guess there's someone with a common taste for fruits. I prefer the yellow-flesh variety, but the red-flesh ones are also good.

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Cherries, blueberries, grapes and watermelons. :D

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melons

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I think you're looking for rock melons and yellow melons.

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i like most fruits but ripe peaches during the summer has to be the best

mmm

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Those look tasty

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I hit ctrl-F and typed "raspberry" but got nothing.

You people have horrible taste.

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Maybe it's the raspberry's that have horrible taste.

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I tried loving them, I really did, but raspberries taste ever so sour in my mouth and have very little texture. I've been thinking of tossing a berry salad and putting raspberry stage center, but the prices are absolutely prohibitive.

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Nannerz.

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All them berries (except blue and cran, though the juice is ok), especially strawberries, raspberries and mulberries, mangoes, mangosteen, lychees, pomegranate, figs, kiwi, pineapples, melons (most types of melons; canteloupes, musk melons... Etc but not watermelons).

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Apples!

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Despite them being one of the most versatile ingredients in cooking, I don't enjoy eating them raw unless I require waking up.

I don't know how you guys do it.

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I enjoy eating cold raw apples ^__^
I slightly dislike apples that aren't cold though.Weird,I know!

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I find non-refrigerated apples less edible than ones that have been chilled, due to the temperature hiding some of the sour bite (makes the fruit seem sweeter).

Cooking them has the effect of bringing out the sugars, although some variants are better than others (and here is where I get lost, since I can't tell all these various names apart).

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You have a good point :)
Thought I think the only form of cooked apples that I'll enjoy is apple pies hahah

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I really only care about chilled and sour apples. When cooked, the apple's taste changes completely. They become so soft and mellow, they almost remind me of ripe bananas. And I don't like bananas :<

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Most pastries that use apple as a main ingredient are supposed to keep the apples crisp yet mellow. Otherwise, it's apple jam (which is also delicious in its own way, but normally shouldn't be in any pastry).

I don't know about main dishes, but chances is if it's been in a pan or pot it's likely the apple will go mushy. If baked, it should technically keep its texture, but you have to be careful about it. I think there's some tips regarding keeping apples crisp under heat, including one that involves sprinkling lime juice on top of them? Not sure.

I don't like raw bananas either (unless they're in cereal with milk), but when they're (over)ripe, they make for great milkshakes.

edit: varieties mean a lot when you're cooking with apples. Some keep their textures and flavours much better than others.

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I like all kinds of fruits!! My favorites are (not necessarily in this order): kiwi, mango, watermelon, strawberries and pineapple.

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Do you enjoy pineapple on pizza? (Also known to some as Hawaiian pizza)

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I always want pineapple on my pizza!! I doesn't matter to me what else is there on the pizza, as long as there are pineapples, I'm going to eat it :D

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Peaches or strawberries.

P.S. The puzzle code doesn't work for me

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There's an external site involved that links to the giveaway (non-referral, no link shorteners). If you can't figure it out (it's a very popular site, so you must've heard of it), do tell.

ETA: I'm not using the normal puzzle site used by everyone *else. There's no quiz involved. It's just one code that's the key to a link, and that link gives you the key to the giveaway. The trick is with figuring out what site it is (and possibly being able to decode the jumble into readable text, which should be easy enough).

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I have to admit that i can't figure it out, maybe i'm overlooking some sites but i really have no idea.

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Here's the definition you will want to use. If you need more hints, remove one of the two keywords in Google search and try again.

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Google gives me some result in polish if i search the code lol i must be doing something wrong <.<

Thanks for the hints, i'll see if i can figure it out, if not i would appreciate if you post the solution when it's over.

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It's unlisted, so searching the code will not help. Use the definition instead. You just need to know which site you want and then use the key in order to access the page for the link. Quite similar to how you would access a SGifts page in the first place.

V2hhdCB3b3VsZCBJIGRvIGlmIEkgd2FudGVkIHRvIHRyYW5zZmVyIGEgbGluaz8=
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TGV0IG1lIHNlZSBpZiBJIHVuZGVyc3Rvb2Qgb3Igbm90LiBJIGhhdmUgdG8gZ29vZ2xlICJzaG9y
dCBmb3IgY29weS9wYXN0ZSIgYW5kIEkgc2hvdWxkIGdldCBhIHdlYnNpdGUgdGhhdCBvZmZlciBs
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bnN3ZXIgbWUu

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Discard everything but the actual term, then refine search.

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I've posted the solution. I'll be closing the topic now. Sorry about all that.

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  1. MANGO! 2. Papaya 3. Peaches 4. Fresh Pineapple 5: Grapes 6. Apples 7. The berry category - raspberry red or black are really amazing though
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Mango and banana iced shake. It's the stuff gods drink. Alternatively, papaya and banana shake (which I made over the weekend, also delicious). You did hear the rumours on papaya's special enhancing abilities, didn't you?

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strawberries.

with whipped cream :D

(but I like almost every kind of fruit)

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All berries are enhanced with whipped cream. It's a must.

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Apples + Orange = made my day. :)

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That's what happens when you name a fruit after an animal. Not our fault, surely.

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Closed 11 years ago by wotgamer.