Really? You're letting in people of the kind that gave away exploited Ubisoft keys? -_-.
With policies like that, enjoy the leechers / moochers / bundle game spam / eventual death of your group. Much better to be WAY more strenuous on what kind of character you let in, and look for decent people that actually chat a bit, and are good, genuine people, instead of letting types like this - obviously only on the site for one thing; their own leechy gain - in. You'll never be able to trust a word any of your members says like this. Fun times!
That is way more important than any "required" monthly giveaway. If you have decent people in your group, they will WANT to give away games, instead of being forced to do so begrudgingly. And you'll have what you want - some giveaway activity, ALONG with actual good times! You should shift the focus to ASKING members to try and keep giveaways going, and keep the quality of said giveaways semi-decent.
I've seen enough groups like this fail and fall to leechy leecherdom. Leechy people kissing mods' asses (so you never know when they're being genuine and all conversation feels fake, useless, just off), less and less giveaways, more and more people kicked, and you'll end up with an empty chat / a disillusioned mentality.
Anyway, all that said, I'd love an invite, and state upfront that I cannot promise to do regular giveaways due to, indeed, financial difficulty. Keep in mind; right now, to me, 50 euros a week to LIVE off - as in, buy food / sundries with - is about normal, and I've spent around 60 or 70 euros on giveaways the past few months ANYWAY, scrounging up enough so I could do so. If you look at the giveaways I made, I actually put thought in to trying to find something people actually WANT, and maybe games not given away so much before. My Iron Brigade was, I think, even a first on the site. And people LOVED me for it! I also gave away 2x Dead Space pack, as I knew a number of german people in the groups I gave em away in only had access to the cut version in their country. Aside from that, I'm active in some of the finer, more well known groups often spammed by "INVIT PLES CAN I HAV ADMIN? GIB INVIT PLES HUE HUE" types due to their giveaways, and high regard. And I can list a fucktonne of people that can vouch for me being a decent, HELPFUL (I'm good at spotting bad types / I get around / know a lot about a lot of people on here and help inform admins of bad shit over various groups, including the official sgifts one and its' mods) and lastly very grateful member..
Whatever you decide, remember what I said: KEEP PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY ONLY GIVING A SHIT ABOUT THEIR CONTRIB. VALUE OR HOW MANY GROUPS THEY GET IN OUT. Trust me on this.
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I appreciate your concerns. We will be watching what people do in the group and how much they participate in the community. I don't want the whole thing to be about just giving away games. I would love to see us become a group of friends who play games together and enjoy being part of the group. We can talk more on Steam when I get home if you'd like.
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oops missed one spelling error. lol
Sent an invite.
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Sadly you really do have to have a lot of rules to run an online group of any kind. Ive tried it before without rules and as the group gets more popular to many "different" styles of people jump in a clash together creating some strange outcomes. Just causing stress all around.
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Thanks. Maybe one day we will cross paths again old friend. ;p
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Oh I forgot to tell you Mark of the Ninja was awesome. Thanks again. Working on my New Game Plus playthrough now.
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You gave away a game you don't even own and actually want to play?
O_o too generous!
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Right now I'm only adding 75. Would you like to join.
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Huh, interesting how there are no haters in this thread yet.
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Oh, thanks for the invite, but I will have to decline for now. I'm already in two monthly giveaway groups, don't really have the money to be in the third.
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I understand. It can get overwhelming sometimes too.
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These types of threads always attract people who are like "forced giveaways? Ewww, take your crap group off of steamgifts"
What can I say :/
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Usually because its done by people that have given little and it looks super fishy.
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Key word is "usually"
The two groups that I'm in had tons of problems with this in their recruitment threads even though the OPs had hundreds of dollars in legit contributions. They just weren't forum regulars like Daze here.
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That's why I could care less about the haters/complainers. There are plenty of people who love this site and do a lot for it and they are known.
It amazes me how many people complain on here when they are getting a chance to get games for free.
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Probably cause the creator has actually made some giveaways :d
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Indeed there are many of these topic which look a bit suspicious at the less.
Anyway, I don't like this kind of groups because when I giveaway I like to do it because I feel like it, not because I'm somewhat forced for. Having said that, I understand why they can appeal to people.
Have the best luck with your group :-)
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Forced giveaways! WTF! rawr hate rawr That's socialism/communism/somethingism! How dare you!
(ok I will join)
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Sounds interesting...
Pst...why is rule 4 blank? Was that the updated rule? Or you just like surprises? LOL
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How is it a group for a leecher? I buy a crap load of games and have given away a lot so don't see your logic there.
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I myself don't like the rule, I prefer to making giveaways randomly. But I'm really glad to see so many people join.
Thanks all, thank you contributors!
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Thanks for all the inquiries but we have fill the group at this time. If you didn't make it in this time I'm sorry but there is always the future.
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