The last key for July (update: won, no more emails)

Will go to emailer #31.  Send one email only, with your steam name/id, subject #31. If you happen to be #31 in our inbox then you win the last free key for July.

The spy behind you has won the last free key for July.  He was the 31st person to send us an email correctly.  Congratulations to The spy behind you!

With regards to our freebies its been a nice run wouldn't you say?  Well we're not finished yet.  We've got some more to give away but are going to take a couple days to regroup and decide on how best to distribute them to our faithful visitors.  We also have site news as well.  So give us a little bit and we'll have an announcement on both very soon.  In other words, no more free stuff until further notice.

By the way we're giving away a key today..(update: won, no more emails)

to emailer #37.  Put #37 in the subject, email only once, and include your steam name/id.

JetpackBill was emailer #37, included his steam name, had #37 as the subject and emailed us once. Congratulations to JetpackBill and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

Sunday key hoopla (update: won - no more emails)

Today's key can be yours if you are emailer #29.  Send one email only, with your steam name/id, subject #29.  If you happen to be #29 in our inbox then you win a free key.

=AOG= Bowser was today's winner.  His was the 29th email in our inbox after the code was activated.  Congratulations to =AOG= Bowser and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

Sheet slowness issues (update: fixed)

As you are probably aware, the spreadsheet is very slow at times or not loading at all.  We are working on this and hope to have a fix done sometime today, Sunday.  Until then it is possible that the sheet will take up to a minute to load when you hit the page.  Let the page load, if you see the refresh button available in your browser then it didn't load and just refresh and repeat until it does.  When it does load up, keep it open in a window and don't refresh the page.  We are aware of the frustration and are getting a resolution in place.

Thanks for your patience.

*update: the sheet should be much faster now.  We set up several mirror images of the data.  While the site itself is on many of Google's servers all over the world, the sheet comes from one location.  That bottleneck looks to be the culprit.  We ran through most everything from removing rows to eliminating unnecessary formulas to getting rid of the Unusuals tab (which should have been done long ago).  But the fact that everyone is hitting the same sheet seems to be the issue.  From now on we'll have to turn off the sheet for a few minutes when we update everything but this approach should be much better on speed.

Saturday late night key (update: won, no more emails)

To emailer #65.  One email per person, send your steam name with 65 as the subject. 

GamerCat was emailer #65, included his steam name, had #65 as the subject and emailed us once. Congratulations to GamerCat and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

Friday's key is up for grabs (update: won, no more emails)

to emailer #21. Put #21 as the subject, only email once and include your steam name/id #. If we get your email and it's the 21st one in our inbox, you win today's free key.


Chenboy3 was emailer #21, included his steam name, had #21 as the subject and emailed us once. Congratulations to Chenboy3 and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

Thursdays are free key days too (update: won, no more emails)

Especially for the person who happens to be emailer #40.  Put #40 as the subject, only email once and include your steam name/id #. If we get your email and it's the 40th one in our inbox, you win a free key.

Picardman was emailer #40, included his steam name, had #40 as the subject and emailed us once. Congratulations to Picardman and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

A key for a Wednesday (update: won)

Email us here, put #27 as the subject, only email once and include your steam name/id #. If we get your email and it's the 27th one in our inbox, you win a free key.

Trollzor was emailer #27, included his steam name, had #27 as the subject and emailed us once. Congratulations to Trollzor and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

Spreadsheet loading issues (updated)

We are aware that since around 1pm EST yesterday that the spreadsheet has been loading slowly or not at all.  There is a heavy volume of users and there appears to be a Google Docs slowdown.    Until this is fixed the sheet may not appear immediately or at all when you load the site.  In that case refresh your browser until you see "waiting for spreadsheets.google.com" in your status bar.  It is slower than normal and we apologize for the inconvenience.

* Update: we are working with Google to get the availability issues fixed.  In the meantime, we've embedded the raw sheet in a framed window below (was above) the usual spreadsheet as a temporary measure.  If it is blank, click on the "key" tab and then switch back to the "Master Sheet" tab and it should render.  Use Control-F to search.

Slow sheet means key giveaway time! (update: won)

Ok so the internets are nutty today, we apologize for the delays.  In the meantime, email us here and be #58 and you'll win a free key.  Subject should be #58, include your steam name/#.  One email per person, we check.

The winner of today's key is Andypanda. He was emailer #58, included his steam name, had #58 as the subject and emailed us once. Congratulations to Andypanda and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

The key to winning is (update: won, no more emails)

just happening to be #31.  Email us here, put #31 as the subject, only email once and include your steam name/id #.  If we get your email and it's the 31st one in our inbox, you win a free key.


The winner of today's key is "It's OK, I'm here for you". He was emailer #31, and included his steam name and had #31 as the subject. Most importantly, he emailed us only once. Congratulations to "It's OK, I'm here for you" and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

There once was a key named (update: won)

Sleepy and he went to emailer #45 (that's tf2spreadsheet at gmail dot com for all you who can't figure out links).  Subject should be #45, include your steam name, email only once. Anything other than that and if you happen to be #45 you won't win.  Seriously.

Today's key was won by Forbiddenwar. They were the 45th person to send us one email with "#45" in the subject and steam name in the body. Congratulations to Forbiddenwar and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

The key to winning a key (update: won)

is being emailer #59 by sending it to us here.  Subject should be #59, include your steam name, email only once. Anything other than that and if you happen to be #59 you won't win.

Today's key was won by Vacuum. He was the 59th person to send us one email with "#59" in the subject and his steam name in the body. Congratulations to Vacuum and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

Friday's key goes to the one and only (update: won)

emailer #31. Subject should be #31, include your steam name, email only once. Anything other than that and if you happen to be #31 you won't win.

Ribbonly sent us email #31 tonight and won the key.   Congratulations to Ribbonly and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

Here a key, there a key...(update: won)

And a key can be there in your backpack if you are emailer #52 to us.  Subject should be #52, include your steam name, email only once. Anything other than that and if you happen to be #52 you won't win.

Today's key was won by Jerrinho11. He was the 52nd person to send us one email with "#52" in the subject and his steam name in the body. Congratulations to Jerrinho11 and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

July 18th key can be yours (updated: won)

...if you email us and are #41.  Subject should be #41, include your steam name, email only once.  Anything other than that and if you happen to be #41 you won't win.



Today's key was won by StrongJoshua. He was the 41st person to send us one email with "#41" in the subject and his steam name in the body. Congratulations to StrongJoshua and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

This little key, that little key...(update: won)

Will be all yours if you email us and are #38.  Subject should be #38, include your steam name, email only once.  Anything else and if you happen to be #38 you won't win.



Today's key was won by Iceydude168.  He was the 38th person to send us one email with "#38" in the subject and his steam name in the body.  Congratulations to Iceydude168 and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

Today's key can be yours.. (update: won)

..if you are emailer #32, you send your steam name, and you only email once (we check).  If you are #32 in our inbox and you don't include a steam name, or email us more than once, you will not win.


Liusgustavsson was today's winner of a free key. He was the 32nd person to email us with his steam name. Congratulations to Liusgustavsson and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

Today's key can be yours if (update: won)

You are emailer #51, you send your steam name, and you only email once (we check).  If you are #51 in our inbox and you don't include a steam name, or email us more than once, you will not win.



Matthewhiu was today's winner of a free key. He was the 51st person to email us with his steam name. Congratulations to Matthewhiu and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key (details here).

A free key for you and me (update: won)

Will go to emailer #45.  Send your Steam name.  Do not send more than one email.


Today's free key was won by Knightofthecolossus.  He was the 45th emailer to send us his steam name, and only send 1 email.  Congratulations to Knightofthecolossus and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free key.  Details here.

Today's key (7/13) has been won

Gfg has won today's key.  He sent us the 49th email as stated in the previous blog post. Congratulations to Gfg for winning today's free key and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's (details here).

I clarified the rules, hopefully this isn't fudge-able:

1. Do not email us at random times during the day when there is no code, you will be blocked and disqualified.
2. When a code is active, do not send more than one email.  We check and anyone sending multiple emails is disqualified.
3. When a code is active, do not send an email without your steam name/id.  No steam name/id = you will not win.

A key for your thoughts

That is, if you are emailer #49.

The final Robot Chicken Hat code has been won.

Cal Gore 2222 was today's second, and our final, Robot Chicken hat code winner.  He was the 30th person to email us when the chicken appeared.  Congratulations to Cal Gore 2222 and good luck to everyone else for our free-key-every-day contest running until July 31st.

Thanks again to my pricers as well as Jasper A, and Mpogoda for donating all those extra hat codes.  In all we gave away 16 Robot Chicken hats.  I know that many people didn't get one from Adult Swim for whatever reason so I am happy to have been able to give a few out.

Today's first (1/2) Robot Chicken Hat has been won

Rey-jected has won the today's first Robot Chicken Hat code. He was the 27th person to email us with his steam name when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to Rey-jected and good luck to everyone else for the final free hat code key, to be given out sometime before midnight EST. Details on the Robot Chicken hat giveaway are here and here.

We also still have a key to give away today free-key-every-day contest. Keep checking back for the "code active" signal in the message-of-the-day.

Today's free key (7/12) has been won

Mr Insanity 96 has won today's free key. He sent us the 18th email as stated in the previous blog post. Congratulations to Mr Insanity 96 for winning today's free key and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's (details here).

Also for tomorrow, there's still 2 Robot Chicken code keys to win as well, the last ones!

Today's free key

Goes to emailer #18. Send us an email here, along with your steam name.

** Key has been won.  updating.

Robot Chicken Hat (2/2 for today) has been won.

Bob (yes, just Bob) has won the today's second Robot Chicken Hat code. He was the 31st person to email us with his steam name when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to Bob and good luck to everyone else for tomorrow's last 2 free hat code keys. Details on the Robot Chicken hat giveaway are here and here.

We also still have a key to give away today in our  free-key-every-day contest. Keep checking back for the "code active" signal in the message-of-the-day.

Robot Chicken Hat (1/2 for today) has been won.

Tsmuji has won the today's first Robot Chicken Hat code. He was the 24th person to email us with his steam name when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to Tsmuji and good luck to everyone else for today's remaining free hat code key. Details on the Robot Chicken hat giveaway are here and here.

We also still have a key to give away today  free-key-every-day contest.  Keep checking back for the "code active" signal in the message-of-the-day.

Free-key-every-day contest revisited

Free-key-every-day contest rules and how it works:

1. Do not email us at random times during the day when there is no code, you will be blocked and disqualified.  Only email us when the MOTD says "code active".
2. When a code is active, do not send more than one email.  We check and anyone sending multiple emails is disqualified.
3. When a code is active, do not send an email without your steam name/id.  No steam name/id = you will not win.
4. We will give away one key each day until July 31. Each day starts at 12:00 AM and ends at 11:59 PM that night. Days go by US Eastern Standard Time, see clock on right side of page for local time here. 
5. Each day at a random time there will be a code somewhere on the main page but not on older posts or comments that aren't on the main page. Blog posts on the main page are fair game. 
6. When the code is active each day it will be announced "code active" in the site message text below the main banner (the same line that currently reads "The Original TF2...").
7. There are 2 types of codes: 
• Blog posts: the code can be as simple as emailing us the "# email" in a blog post, or it might be a puzzle or scavenger hunt off-site. If it is a "# email" that means to email us and that whatever that # email in our inbox in order wins. Puzzles and scavenger hunts: follow the directions. 
• Hidden: If there is no blog post then it can be in a picture, it can be text. It will be obvious but not labeled "code" so searching for that word will do you no good. There will be indication of something important or it will be the only obvious change on the page so something is there and you need to look closer. It can be alphanumeric and of any length. 
8. When the code is posted, the person who emails us here with the code and their steam id wins. If it is a "# email", then if you are the correct # in our inbox you win. Anything else not specifically stated it will be the first person to respond. 
9. Winner will be notified via email and can collect the key anytime we are both on Steam. Your steam name will be published after each key is won in a blog post 
10. You can win multiple keys (this rule subject to change at any time if we detect cheating). 

Codes are not:

• "Nasdaq", the stock ticker #'s on the logo banner or "Vintage Vintage", nor is it "Atom", anything written in the message-of-the-day, or typos or any bad grammar. 
• It will never be placed in the "Followers" section. 
• It will never be an acronym or other alternate names for items (ie. Brainslug, GRU, SMG, KGB).

The good news and the bad news.....

Bad news first (except for 4 of you), let's get this out of the way:  all 4 keys from this round (6 altogether today) are spoken for.  We had four winners of 1 key each tonight.  They were without further ado:

#7 - Branabus
#28 - Reiny
#45 - Hodski
#60 - Charlez

Congratulations to all 4 key winners tonight.  If you were before email #60 we responded with which # you came in at.

The good news is that we are going to continue our free-key-every-day prize for July (at least).  We'll do this same numbered-email format mostly which seems to give everyone a chance who is checking in to the sheet every so often (elaborate puzzles that I put 20 minutes into creating that are promptly solved by you brainiacs in 5 are on hold).

Also, we still have 4 more Robot Chicken hat codes to give away, 2 each day for the next 2 days.  Keep looking for that chicken!  Details here and here.

Free Scorched keys are now Free Regular keys (4 of 'em)

Ok Valve decided to do things early tonight and take away all the scorched crates and ash items.  Sooooooo....scorched keys are not really all that special anymore.  I know, come down off the ledge.  We are going to make up for it to a certain extent and give away 2 keys in place of each of the scorched keys that were remaining this evening.

So, 4 regular keys total to 4 different winners who email us with their steam name:

Email #7

Email #28

Email #45

Email #60

Same drill as last time, whatever order the emails flow in is the number you get.  If you happen to be one of the lucky #'s above you get 1 free key.  One email per person (we're going to check every winner's email and steam id/name).

Robot Chicken Hat (2/2 for today) has been won.

PyromaniacXr has won today's second Robot Chicken Hat code. He was the 19th person to email us with his steam name when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to PyromaniacXr and good luck to everyone else for tomorrow's free hat codes. Details here and here.

We also still have 2 more free scorched keys to give away today. Keep checking back for "code active" in the message-of-the-day.

Today's second free scorched key (2/4) has been won...

The_mx777 has won today's second free Scorched key (of 4 total). He sent us the 59th email and didn't add us to get his free loot for a while but all turned out good in the end. Congratulations to The_mx777 for winning today's second free Scorched key and good luck to everyone for the final 2 scorched keys (if you're new look here and here).

Also for today, there's still 1 Robot Chicken code key to win as well sometime before midnight EST...so keep checking back for that chicken!

Free Scorched Key #2 (of 4) for 7/11...

Those scorched crates still calling your name?  Be emailer #59 and a free scorched key is yours!  (just for the cheap seats: that means in order of emails we get, if yours is the 59th, you win).

One email per person, responses must include your steam name.

Robot Chicken Hat (1/2 for today) has been won.

Jacobmatrix18 has won the today's first Robot Chicken Hat code. He was the 26th person to email us with his steam name when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to Jacobmatrix18 and good luck to everyone else for today's remaining free hat code key. Details here and here.

We also still have 3 more free scorched keys to give away today.  Keep checking back for the "code active" signal in the message-of-the-day.

Today's First free scorched key (1/4) has been won

SuperShadow271 has won today's first (of 4 total) free Scorched key. He sent us the 50th email (in retrospect this late at night 50 took a while!) and his email initially went in the spam folder which we constantly monitor so all is good. Congratulations to SuperShadow271 for winning today's first free Scorched key and good luck to everyone for the final 3 scorched keys (if you're new look here and here). 

Also for today, there's still 2 Robot Chicken codes key to win as well sometime before midnight EST...so keep checking back for that chicken!  Busy day here!

Final day for Free scorched keyS

Today is the final day of our free-scorched-key-every-day giveaway.  To kick it up a notch, we're going to give out not one, but 4 free scorched keys.  They will all be given out individually and with the same rules and guidelines as before.

So, to kick it off let's give away one scorched key now.  To emailer #50.  One email each, steam name must be in your email.

Today's Scorched Key (July 10th) has been won.

Noob|Philbert has won today's free Scorched key. He was the 49th to send us an email as requested in the previous blog post.  Nothing hidden, no puzzles, no thinking, just emailing (once!) to us and you had a chance.  Congratulations to Noob|Philbert for winning today's free Scorched key and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's last, final scorched key giveaway (if you're new look here and here).

Also following today, 6 more robot chicken hat codes to give away.

Today's scorched key can be yours if.....

If you are emailer # 49.

Remember: include your steam id, one email each.

new patch, new (toy?) promos

Team Fortress 2

• Added the ESL Season VI and Season VII medals
• Fixed a client/server crash when re-connecting to the item server
• Fixed The Business Casual tie not being blue for the Blue team
• Fixed body groups not hiding correctly on ragdolls

Undocumented Changes

• Added Sandvich Promo
• Added Companion Square Promo

Robot Chicken Hat (2/2 for today) has been won.

Bonfire has won the today's second Robot Chicken Hat code. He was the 12th person to email us with his steam name when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to Bonfire and good luck to everyone else for tomorrow's. Six more hats to go. Details here and here.

Scorched key is still up for grabs sometime before midnight!  Keep your eyes peeled for "code active" in the MOTD text.

Robot Chicken Hat (1/2 for today) has been won.

Theboxisalie has won the today's first Robot Chicken Hat code. He was the 22nd person to email us with his steam name when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to  Theboxisalie and good luck to everyone else for today's remaining free hat code key. Details here and here.

We also still have 2 free scorched keys to give away, one today and one tomorrow.

Robot Chicken Hat (2/2 for today) has been won.

Mxmlucas has won the today's second Robot Chicken Hat code. He was the 30th person to email us with his steam name when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to Mxmlucas and good luck to everyone else for today's remaining free hat code. Eight more hats to go.  Details here and here.

Reminder: do not send multiple emails - we check.

Today's (July 9th) scorched key has been won.

Chocsplosion has won today's free Scorched key. He was the first to send us the code for today which was "backburner".   It was hidden in the spreadsheet in the notes section of said item of vintage quality and read: "The word for this day is the name of the item to the left."  Congratulations to Chocsplosion for winning today's free Scorched key and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's (if you're new look here and here). There's still a Robot Chicken code key to win for today...so keep checking back for that chicken!  Following today, 8 more chickens and 2 more keys to go.

Robot Chicken Hat (1/2 for today) has been won.

Darkrevenge has won the today's first Robot Chicken Hat code. He was the 15th person to email us with his steam name when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to Darkrevenge and good luck to everyone else for today's remaining free hat code.  Details here and here.

Robot Chicken Hat (5/5) has been won...and....

Korerat has won today's final Robot Chicken key code.   He was the 21st person to email us when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to Korerat.  It's not over though...

Update: Jasper A. has been generous enough to donate 10 additional Robot Chicken key codes! So starting tomorrow, we will continue the same process giving out 2 hat codes per day until they are gone (the separate scorched key giveaway will continue until the 11th as planned). Good luck to everyone else for the remaining 10 free robot chicken hat code keys. Details here.

(btw: Mpogoda also generously gave us an extra code key which we gave out this weekend.)

Today's Scorched Key (July 8th) has been won.

Squilliam Fancyson has won today's free Scorched key. He was the first to send us the code for today which was 10 words and a final code name. Congratulations to Squilliam Fancyson for winning today's free Scorched key and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's (if you're new look here and here). There's still 1 Robot Chicken code key to win as well sometime before midnight EST...so keep checking back for that chicken!

Today's 10 scrambled words and final code name were:

cornwell

rocket

australium

keep

this

doorway

clear

public

notice

closed

the memento  (hint was "photograph")

Scorched key scavenger hunt

Are you familiar with the new Doomsday map?  If you want to win today's free scorched key you should either recall from your photographic memory OR get there fast.

To win the free scorched key you will need to go to the Doomsday map and look around.  Just outside one of the two bases spawn exit door there are signs (or just written on objects) with 10 words that are scrambled below.  It is one of the two bases, not both - you need to figure out which one.  The only words that count are the ones easily read (tiny words don't matter).

Unscramble those 10 words to get the final, scrambled name.  This name is a pyro-only item from the Steam Workshop.  There is a word in the second sentence of this post (from the top, not counting the title) that is a hint.

Send all 10 individual words from the Doomsday map and the final Steam Workshop item name unscrambled to us here first (along with your steam name/id) and you win today's free scorched key.

Robot Chicken Hat (4/5) has been won...

SquirrelsGod has won the fourth Robot Chicken Hat code key. He was the 19th person to email us when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to SquirrelsGod and good luck to everyone else for the remaining last free code key. Details here.

Robot Chicken Hat (3/5) has been won...

JetpackBill has won the third Robot Chicken Hat code key. He was the 8th person to email us when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to  JetpackBill and good luck to everyone else for the remaining 2 free code keys. Details here.

Today's Scorched Key (July 7th) has been won.

Nameless (that's his name) has won today's free Scorched key.  He was the first to send us the code for today which was 10 words and a final code phrase.  Congratulations to Nameless for winning today's free Scorched key and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's (if you're new look here and here).  There's still 3 Robot Chicken code keys to win as well...so keep checking back for that chicken!

Today's 10 scrambled words and final code phrase were:

gorilla
fridays
homeless
helmet
wearing
dumpsters
spytech
bestralium
monkeynaut
program

sharpened volcano fragment

Today's free scorched key

The free scorched key goes to the 1st person to email us here with the correct answers to the 10 scrambled words from the Doomsday map as well as the final pyro-inspired scrambled code phrase.  These 10 words all come from the following phrases which are found on the new Doomsday map on the bulletin boards in the spawn rooms of both the red and blue team.  You'll need to go there to find out the missing words to unscramble them and then to unscramble the final pyro-inspired code phrase.  Hints follow.  Difficulty level: hard.

Hints to all 10 words (not in order) found on the bulletin boards in the Doomsday map are:

• __________  A Bust.
• TF Industries Lands  __________    ___________.
• __________  Bankrupt?
• __________  Wrestling  __________   Sign-up!
• Do Not Feed the  __________   __________ -  ___________ Man Living In Our __________.

Robot Chicken Hat (2/5) has been won...

Littlepwn has won the second Robot Chicken Hat code key. He was the 34th person to email us when the chicken picture was posted. Congratulations to Littlepwn and good luck to everyone else for the remaining 3 free code keys. Details here.

Remember: one email per person, put your steam id in the email.

Robot Chicken Hat (1/5) has been won...

Rainbow Dash the 1st has won the first Robot Chicken Hat code key.  He was the 14th person to email us when the chicken picture was posted.  Congratulations to him and good luck to everyone else for the remaining 4 free code keys.  Details here.

It's a Robot Chicken Hat weekend!

As we talked about earlier, this weekend we will be giving away 5 free Robot Chicken Hat codes.  Don't have a clue what they are?  Adult Swim was doing a promotion where if you signed up for their email list and subscribed to any newsletter before 7/4/11 they would give you a free code for a Robot Chicken Hat (wiki here).

Here's how it works.  We are giving away 5 of these codes this weekend, a completely seperate thing from our free-scorched-key-every-day event.

• Sometime each day we will be posting a picture of a chicken on the main site page with a number on it.  
• You are to send us an email here, with that number as the subject of the email along with your steam id in the body.
• If your email is that # in order in our inbox, you win one Robot Chicken Hat code which we will email you along with instructions on how to claim it.
• One email per person per round (we will check and violators will be disqualified), you can only win one hat total.
• No random emails during the day, only send when a chicken picture is on the page.
• There won't be any indication that a chicken is active other than the picture when it is posted.  There will be a short blog post for each one that is won, however.
• Weekend is Eastern Standard Time, 12AM Saturday to 11:59PM Sunday evening.

Today's Scorched Key(s) (July 6th) have been won.

We gave out 2 scorched keys tonight.  Someone sent in two emails with the same steam id after we had notified who we thought was #25, actually 24 not counting a certain someone twice.   To his credit, the offender did admit his error, however to be extra fair we gave one to both Vanshiznit and Renegadeanon, the actual 25th email we received correctly.  Not all that bad in the end, no?

Anyways, congratulations to both Vanshiznit and Renegadeanon for winning today's free scorched keys.  Good luck to everyone for tomorrow's one (no, really this time) free scorched key.  Also, good luck to everyone for this weekend's free Robot Chicken codes (5 total, thanks to our contributors - you know who you are).  More details on the Robot Chicken codes coming after this post.  If you are new to the whole "free-scorched-key-every-day" event look here and here.

Your Scorched key mission tonight

Is simply to email us here with the code: "am I #25?" as the subject and your steam id in the body of the email.  The 25th person to do so wins today's free scorched key.

1. Being first will NOT win you the key, only the 25th email we get correctly put together is the winner.
2. You may not email us with the same email or steam id more than once for this Scorched key, if you do you are disqualified from this and future contests (we are going to check).
3. Go!

Today's Scorched Key (July 5th) has been won.

Tap_out has won today's free Scorched key. He was the first to send us the code for today which was "Robot Chicken". It was found in a picture in the bottom of the blog posts and read: "The code for today is 'Robot Chicken'".  Congratulations to Tap_out for winning today's free Scorched key and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's (if you're new look here and here).

Also, today's code is kind of a prelude to this weekend.  We will have a handful of free Robot Chicken hat codes to give away (in addition to the daily free Scorched key).  Keep checking back and more details will follow.

Today's Scorched Key (July 4th) has been won.

Vguy555 has won today's free Scorched key. He was the first to send us the code for today which was the 9 words or phrases below as well as the unscrambled final code word(s) which was "Hotties Hoodie". Congratulations to Vguy555 for winning today's free Scorched key and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free Scorched key (if you're new look here and here).

All 9 words/phrases and code word(s) were:

lollichop

handymans handle

rubber glove

sore eyes

steel toe

cremators conscience

fosters facade

homewrecker

nappers respite

hotties hoodie

More pyro scrambles!

Today's puzzle is pyro-inspired. Below are 9 pyro-related words or phrases. All letters that form each word/phrase are included but you will need to unscramble them. You will need to solve all 9 to get today's code which is also pyro-inspired and is the last word or phrase that is scrambled from the letters of the previous 9 words. No hints! First one to send us the correct 9 word(s) as well as the code word(s) scrambled from their letters (and their steam id) wins today's free Scorched Key. Do not send us a jpg or picture of the completed puzzle, just an email with all 9 words plus the unscrambled code is enough. Email us here. Difficulty level: medium.

*update: free scorched key has been won.

Today's Scorched Key (July 3rd) has been won.

CS* WaR has won today's free Scorched key.  He was the first to send us the code for today which was "Phlogistinator".  It was found in a picture file on the bottom of the page with text stating "The code for today is: "Phlogistinator".  Congratulations to CS* WaR for winning today's free Scorched key and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's (yes even we are working on the US holiday) free Scorched key (if you're new look here and here).

Today's Scorched Key (July 2nd) has been won.

Wantwon has won today's free Scorched key. He was the first to send us the code which was 4 item or game names in total:

1) Tiny and Big: Granpa's Leftovers
2) Risen 2: Dark Waters
3) Team Fortress 2 Inflatable Ballonicorn
4) Team Fortress 2 Dispenser T-Shirt

The code was asked for in the previous blog post here. Congratulations to Wantwon and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free Scorched key (if you have no idea what this is about look here and here).

Naming game

So this is a naming game, to win today's scorched key you must send us the exact names of the items asked for and be the first to do it correctly!  Also send your steam id.

1) Name of the Steam Store game by Black Pants Game Studio.
2) Name of the Steam Store game whose demo when played starts with the voiceover saying "Our land was dying, we had little defense against their might."
3) Name of the Valve Store physical toy that when purchased gives a coupon code that unlocks an item of Genuine quality in TF2.
4) Name of the Valve Store shirt that has the word "Provisions" on it.

(note: we get no cut for any items bought at either Steam or Valve stores.  Just a different idea for a scavenger hunt.)

*update: scorched key has been won

Today's Scorched Key (July 1st) has been won.

JT has won today's free Scorched key.  He was the first to send us the code which was "scorch shot".  It was hidden in the spreadsheet in the notes section of moonman backpack and read: "c o d e i s { s c o r c h s h o t }".  Congratulations to JT and good luck to everyone for tomorrow's free Scorched key (details here and here).