Paraphrasing a certain video game character:

There is much information to process in this world, so it no longer surprises me to learn how many people don't really notice finer details.

Even on SG, there are some features that aren't actually known to be there. Anyone can see them of course, but nobody takes note of their existence. Or at least they aren't talked about anywhere I could see. Here comes this thread, I suppose.
Oh well, here's a train. Check it out,and try to find out if you know why I called it a blue train.

And if you exited the train, or are an impatient cookie, here's an explanation. It's really quite simple.
From what I see, Steamgifts extracts a dominant color from game's miniature, and makes a nickname of giveaway's creator take that color on giveaway page.
And I made a train where giveaways are meant to give me a blue colour. Simple as that
With 30

Do you know of other "hidden" features on SG? Care to share?


Afterthoughts

With 300+ entries in some of the giveaways, and just over 200 poll answers, I come to a sad conclusion, that even in discussions, there is about a third of people who either don't read the thread, or are too busy pressing "enter giveaway" button to press a thread poll "vote" button.

Also, despite the thread bringing attention to "finer details", surprisingly few people found hidden train carts. Very disappointing, but oh well, it's the risk associated with puzzle making. Congrats to those who made it though. :)

I'll keep the topic open for some more time.

3 years ago*

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Well, did you know about this feature before?

View Results
Yup.
No.

Thanks for the knowledge & the train.

3 years ago
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Another secret reveiled and a little less randomness in the world..
except for XCom ; p

Thank you for the great train & thread and RNGesus be with us !

https://youtu.be/LI8Zx_QvNVU

3 years ago
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Oooh, took me a while to reread your comment, and finally realise you mean the nigh legendary XCOM randomness xD
Yeah, that one's horrible.
As RNGesus once said - "We all carry our dice", so good luck!

3 years ago
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Bump! Thanks a lot for the awesome giveaways. :) And no, actually I'm pretty slow and I just recently discovered the puzzles section on SG. lol

3 years ago
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Better late then never, though puzzle section can be a bit unforgiving at times. Especially by making you feel like the dumbest person to browse the web :(

3 years ago
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Well colour me surprised, when I first saw this thread crop up I thought it was surely about blue hearts train and that there's no way I could even look at it so I paid it no further mind XD

3 years ago
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For what it's worth, you're probably not the only one :p
However, for my defense, I only said blue train, not a blue heart train

3 years ago
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Reminder

This looks like a good moment to post a reminder, that this thread is in puzzles / events discussion section. As such, there are some somewhat hidden train compartments out there.
There are ways to find out how many.
For obvious reasons, you're looking for a 5-letter code.
And finally, they're not really hidden, so pay attention to finer details.
Good luck - 8h remaining

3 years ago
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6h remaining bump

3 years ago
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<4h remaining bump

3 years ago
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2h remaining bump

3 years ago
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Interesting, I wonder how they get dominant color, is it just the mode of the hexcode thats used the most?

3 years ago
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I'm not so certain that's the case.
If game miniature & user profile picture color deciding function are the same, then I've seen a user with 3rd most "dominant" colour being set as the chosen one. And it's the case even with your profile ^^
Perhaps there's even a bit of randomness or colour mixing to it.

3 years ago
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Blue train bump

3 years ago
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bump

3 years ago
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Thanks for the knowledge & the train.
Also bump.

3 years ago
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Bump!

3 years ago
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I'm genuinly curious...
Why bump after event ended, and not before? o.O

3 years ago
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My bad, I've Thought some ga was still running ;)

3 years ago
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Please enlighten us on how to reach Deus Ex without a Deus Ex Machina!

3 years ago
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Every cart has it's number represented in number of I's, with every 5 of them separate (if applies).
When you find hidden characters in some giveaways, you can either brute force their order to get into giveaway directly, or notice what I pointed out above, and put a character found in giveaway with I I (so 2) in 2nd place, and so on with every other character.

3 years ago
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Bump bump!

3 years ago
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Similar question to one above, why bump after event ended, and not before? :o

3 years ago
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Another GA creator wants me to bump, so i bump :)

3 years ago
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Closed 3 years ago by sallachim.