Despite being a member of this sweet site for 4 years, I only really was around through the beginning of 2014 because life decided to throw quite a few monkey wrenches at me. I mean, might've been the one who threw them in the first place, but that's irrelevant.
My depression has taken some really hard swings at me lately and, having stumbled upon the SG group when I was looking back through my Steam groups, I remembered how good this site and the people on it made me feel. Solving puzzles, polite exchanges, my crazy luck at the beginning (I'd won two games within three days of each other!), the strong desire to give back and make others just as happy as they made me.
Kindness is so powerful and I can't ever give enough thanks for the amazing strangers I've encountered through SG. You guys save me - not with your giveaways, but just with the pure kindnesses and care you show to those around you. Even when it's not directed at me. Just seeing people being good to each other makes me think, "Well, it's not all bad at least."
So thank you. You guys are all so special and wonderful and you really make the world brighter.

Uh so this kind of got away from me, but now on to the goodies!
I figured since it's such a special occasion I would not only make my first train, but a puzzle as well. It was inspired by a similar one that someone else made a couple weeks back that I enjoyed a lot. It was really fun to make, so thank you very much for the idea! I reeeeeaaally wish I could remember who it was - Sorry! D:
Enjoy~
Also, I realize some of these (well, one in particular) might be a bit obscure for a lot of people, so feel free to ask about what you're having trouble with and I'll try to give a decent hint.
Or just have a freebie.

The GAs will run until 8AM PST on Nov.1st.
Good luck! <3

EDIT: Tweaked a question a little bit to make it slightly more informative. Also took one of the giveaways out of the train and moved it straight to this post since it realistically should have been here to begin with. ^^;

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Bumped for solved. Q3 was really hard!

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Good job solving it! :D
And sorry it was so hard. ^^; Honestly I expected Q6 to be the one people were having trouble with, but I guess I forgot to take into account silly google, lol.

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Bumpotato and happy cakeday!

7 years ago
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Thank you, Zio! <3
Potato, you say?

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I apparently don't know any of these games, but I've never had an older console (GameCube, PSX, Xbox360) except for the 3DO.

Bump for happy cake day, and a positive thread! Welcome back! :D

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Aww, sorry you didn't know any of them. I have the opposite problem, I don't have any post-Xbox360 consoles, so I don't know of the newer games unless they come to PC, lol. ^^;

Thank you very much for the kind words! <3

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Happy cakeday.
Bump , great RPG games , most public for me , thank for puzzle. :)

7 years ago
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Thank you, Jimmy! I'm glad you liked them. ^^

7 years ago
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Happy Cakeday.
Bump. \o/

7 years ago
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Thank you, Bleyck! <3

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bump ^-^ that puzzle was fun

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Thank you, Diana! It makes me very happy to hear or read? that. I'm glad you had fun. <3

7 years ago
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Bump for Q6! I don't need a hint, I'm just showing my appreciation that somebody used that game for a question. I love it. <3

Happy cakeday!

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I'm really happy to see quite a few people actually know that game. I was initially hesitant to include it since I was afraid many people wouldn't get it, (though it turns out google was on our side for that one) but I'm glad I did. :)

Thank you, Syssareth! <3

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Happy Cake Day!

7 years ago
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Thank you, Luke! :D

7 years ago
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Bump for solved 😀
Happy 🏭 day 😉

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Good job! Glad you were able to solve it. Thank you again, Nick! <3

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Thanks for the puzzles, and the hints for Q3 - a game that I own, and even played a bit of, but never beat and clearly never got to that location.

Happy Cake Day!

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Aww, you should try to get back to it some time. It's an excellent game with themes of the morally gray variety which I really love. And costumes! This was actually a big driving point for me when playing and I still can't quite explain why, lmao.

Thank you, Timobkg! <3

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🍰 Happy Cake Day :)

7 years ago
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Thank you, PapaSmok! <3

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Happy cakeday!!!

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Thank you, Elgrandiosord! :D

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I'm glad you got them all! Sorry about Q3; that one has been...quite something. >_>
And yeah! I'm so excited to see it come to Steam. It's such a beautiful game, I feel like I can't ever throw enough love at it.
Thank you, Heilurmes! <3

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Couldn't figure out 3 and 7, but nonetheless thanks for the interesting puzzle. Happy Cake Day (again)! :)

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For Q3, did you look at all the all the hints yet?
For Q7...Hmm. A big feature of this game was the drawing aspect integrated into not only the battles, but the gameplay in general. Very fun to play around with.
Hopefully that helps. Thank you (again), Myrsan! <3

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Oh, I figured out the names of the games, but both have plenty locations. And even when trying to describe the locations, Google didn't help. Thank you though! :)

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Oh! Sorry about that.
If you figured out the name of Q3, I'm not sure what other hints I could give without just giving the answer away. Maybe if you just google [game name] + the simplest of terms (just a couple words should do it), you'll be able to find where we are.
For Q7: This is one of the first places you find. Make sure you're taking into account the little blurb under the picture as well.
Hopefully those are more helpful! :)

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Happy cake day!
And a bump for solved.

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Thank you, Loket! :D

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Had to consult master Google a bit, to be honest, but my Google-Fu is kinda up to date.
My reaction when eventually solving it;

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Oh my god, thank you! QuQ I'm honored that you think so. I've actually been really struggling with even just getting anything down on paper in recent months, but I will keep trying at it. Thank you so so much, really!
Also, glad Master Google could be of assistance today. :D

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I'm sure you'll overcome your "drawer's block" eventually 🙂
I'm glad I didn't come off as a stalker or creep, LOL. You can never be sure with surprises like that.
Edit: Lilies is actually one of my favorite flowers, although I mainly prefer the white ones.

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I appreciate that. <3 I know I just have to work through it. Just a matter of really pushing myself, I think.
Lol, I might be more worried if I didn't have a link on my Steam profile (though I always forget I do, so like this instance it comes as a surprise). I still find it more flattering than anything that you took the time to go look at my drawings. ^^
I'm always torn between white lilies and the lily of the valley as far as favorites go. They're both so pretty.

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It's also my cakeday! :D

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Oho! Hope you have an excellent one, my cake day twin! <3

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thank you <3

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happy cake day! ^^

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Thank you, Karm! <3

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bump

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Happy cake day! I was pleasantly surprised to see Q2, the game is often overlooked for other games in the series and thought of as one of the weakest. I agree it's flawed in many aspects but it's still such a great game and hold a special place in my heart.

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Thank you, Msboring! <3
Oh, great to see another who likes that one! o/ I know it's not really the greatest (and definitely not the most appreciated), but it'll always be one of my favorites since it's one of the first games I really got into and enjoyed and that made me think, "Wow, video games are awesome."

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It was my first experience with video games too, I didn't play it myself but I watched my sister played it. This one and the next installment will always be my most favourite games. The world and the characters are so charming and personally I really enjoy the gameplay, and the soundtrack is phenomenal.

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Yeah, the characters and soundtrack are wonderful. I haven't yet had the chance to play the next one in the series, but it's definitely on the list of games I really would like to get. A while back I watched a friend play a bit of the beginning particularly the play bit and I've been wanting to play it myself ever since.

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Bump for solved!
Happy cake day!

7 years ago
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Good job! :D
And thank you! <3

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Haven't even heard of any of these games. Long live google image search. Bump for Odallus.

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Yooo, can you please edit the game name to Q5? ^^;
And sorry to hear that you didn't know any of the others. Most of them are console games, so maybe that's why? They're all really good if you're into RPGs/JRPGs.

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Sorry, my bad.

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No worries! Thank you for changing it. :)

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Happy Cake Day!

Thanks for the train.

I haven't played any of the games in the ITH but thanks to Google and your hints on Q3 I actually managed to solve it. :)

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Thank you, Corran! And good job solving it! Glad my hints were helpful. :)

Also, that second picture is amazing lol. I love it. Thank you!

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Last hour bump!

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