Luck, love, and a few gamers

The coincidence! I honestly just thought about this group the other day. I have fond memories of it and it has been my most favourite group I have ever been in of all my time on SG. That and the Simultaneous Giveaway Group events who died alongside Steam's new regional restriction and inventory storing rules.
I remember the original group having a setup of the gift having to be an unbundled game. You don't seem to want to pick up that one. Any reasons why? To make the group more accessible?
Anyways, consider me interested!

The only thing I can say is that I love the concept and would gladly join - if don't mind having me, that is :)

Edit: gave it a bit of thinking and decided it's not for me after all because of combo of regional locks and having very niche taste: it would be too depressing to buy an expensive ROW key and then watch nobody entering your GA.

Pretty nice idea, but my problem would be that games "I really enjoyed" sets the bar quite high. I'd be gifting a limited number of games all the time. Games many people would already own too.
So that's why I'll pass. I'm too German (critical) for this! ;D

They will have to giveaway a game they played and really enjoyed.

As Golwar mentioned, it really sets the bar high, but other than that, sounds good.

That sounds like a really great giveaway group concept! Steamgifts is good to get rid of leftover keys but I LOVE steamgifts because I get to share games and experiences with other gamers while also receiving the same. My latest ga, FATE, is a dungeon crawler that I loved as a kid and I had to make a giveaway for nostalgia (I also had in a playing appreciated group giveaway, so that the winner will hopefully play it). As long as the group members stick to the guidelines, then I think a group like you described would be a really positive thing and I'd love to join!

It seems like an interesting concept, resembling the premise for Playing Appreciated but with more quality involved.
I'd be interested in joining such a group, specially since I like recommending the games I really enjoy.
EDIT: Btw, if this group ends happening and I join it, would you be ok if I either add people from my white list to the group's ga or make multi-groups ga?

I really like the sound of this so far and would be very interested in joining! The idea seems to be a bit like Playing Appreciated, but a little more relaxed for the winners and with a bit more curation from the gifters. Could be a lot of fun.

Just my opinions on a couple of the points other people have brought up so far:

"Only non-bundled games": I would be against this for multiple reasons. Like some of the others have mentioned, restricting GAs to only games you have played and truly enjoyed could be a bit of a hurdle for some people as it is. Adding the further restriction of only non-bundled titles could be setting the bar way too high, especially for a new group. Also, if the focus of the group is to share games that you loved with people you expect to play them, then the "value" for the winner should be in the quality of the game, not how much the gifter paid for them. XCOM 2, Hellblade, and Beat Hazard 2 are all "must play" recommendations from me - the fact that they have all appeared in bundles doesn't change that.

"Shared with WL/other groups": I would be in favor of this, especially for a brand new group. It would reduce people's concern of not hitting the 5 entries needed to receive CV. That would both make the group attractive to more people, and hopefully encourage people to giveaway some games that might be a little more niche.

Looking forward to seeing how this shapes up!

That’s a great idea for a group :) I love when people contact me about a game they won months ago and share their thoughts. So it would be great to be part of a group where people talk about their gaming experience on a regular basis.
I’m personally not a fan of giveaways that are shared with other groups/wl, because I feel like it can be easily abused when there are mandatory giveaways involved, but at the same time I understand that people want to get 5 entries.
Only way around that is having enough members in the first place, I guess. I'm looking forward to seeing how you'll set this group up :)

Sounds interesting. How you filter the people? Do you let everybody in, or are you trying to get a certain kind?

I was also in Unlucky Gifters of the Dice and really enjoyed it a lot. The broadcast/recorded reveals of who would need to make giveaways were a lot of fun :). It helped you feel more involved in the group rather than just posting games once a month. The concept sounds good and I'd be interested in the group if you do set it up.

There's one potential problem I'd have with the additional rule you outlined though. I have a relatively small library of 277 games that I've built up over 9 years and I don't buy many as I'm working on my backlog. If the rule is to only give away games you've played and enjoyed it would limit what I can give away by quite a lot and might mean most people already have the games I can give away. As a suggestion, could the rule be a game you played and enjoyed or one that over 50% of members have wishlisted or something like that? That would expand the number of games I could give away and would ensure that people were interested in them.

I think the original group had a rule that if you were picked to make a giveaway one month, you couldn't get picked again next month. Keeping that would be good, or even extending it to two months.

Sounds like a lot of fun. Especially liking the sharing games you've played and loved yourself and the feedback from the winner! Count me in if you'd have me!

Great idea, but I don't like writing too much in my language, let alone in English XD

Neat idea, requested to join if that's okay.

Looks fun, requested to join

I requested and got denied. I could make giveaways of mostly good but non-premium (I mean non AAA games) games that I have played hundreds of hours. AAA games can cost alot sometimes and I am looking for work at the moment.

Edit: Ok. I got it now. Just checked OP's giveaway history. The group is for massive givers and dedicated gamers. My mistake. I am well past that era.

I've been thinking about this group for a while and it really is a concept I love. Sometimes I make GAs for games I really want my winners to give their opinions on and I've tried using Playing Matters for that, but my winners haven't given me any feedback there :(

But that being said, I'm going to just observe this group and see what it becomes for a while. I think it's the sometimes mandatory GAs and the (probably going to be) bundled games that make me unsure here. I don't enter for that many bundled games anymore, most bundled games I do enter for are from old bundles, and combining that with having to make giveaways make me think that maybe I'm not going to gain so much from being a member here. If the group was more flexible and I could just throw in GAs I wanted opinions for when it suits me or if the group encouraged more rare GAs I'd join straight away.

I am actually very interested on the concept, but will choose to wait a little bit more before joining. I want to see how things go with the group. :D

Have a beautiful week.

The concept seems really interesting, and I'll be glad to join and provide some (at least by me) enjoyed games!
The problem it's the same as always, it's my ratio enough? Please let me know.

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The concept sounds really nice and its a different kind of group, so count me in, if there is a place.

The concept certainly sounds interesting. I'd be interested in joining, although I'm not sure if I qualify for your requirements. :c