Hello again community!
Some of you may already know what this thread is for, so if you do please skip the introduction part, but read the rest:


Group Introduction

First of all you should know that this is not a new group, it was first created during Chrismas 2012 and since then we've had eight successful events:

The group's stats page can give you a glimpse of that success.

So it is obvious by the repetition pattern, that we operate close and during big Steam Sales. The goal of this group is to gather a certain amount of members that will create unique quality giveaways and share them with the rest. The tricky part is that ALL of those giveaways will end at exactly the same time, regardless of the time zone.

For that to work there are some rules to follow:

  • Members must comply to SteamGifts rules.
  • Every member must create at least one giveaway that fulfills as "primary" (explained below).
  • Primary giveaways must not be bundled or exploited games and should at least get 1/5 of the group size in entries. They should also have no contribution requirement.
  • Created giveaways must end at a specific time and date and for this event it is on 1st of January 2017 16:00 UTC. Giveaways should be created and valid at least 48 hours before that time.
  • There should be no giveaways for the same game (so that people can't win the same game twice, but multiple copies cause no problems).
  • All giveaways must be region free.

It's simpler than it looks, the hardest part is for me and the mods to organize and make sure people follow the rules.

For those that need more details, you should check on the group's profile here.

Also take a look at our Group Rules in Detail and our FAQ.


How to enter the group

  • You must ask for an invitation on this topic, but first read the rest of the bullets.
  • I will not reply to you in this thread nor if you are accepted or rejected. You will either get an invite, or be contacted in person by me.
  • To avoid having untrustworthy people that could ruin the event for others, there is a restriction of level 4 or higher required for me to consider your application, as well as being a member of this site for at least 3 months.
  • Even if you are eligible due to above requirements, you are not guaranteed an entry, those are just a way to avoid random invitation requests.
  • You should NOT add me on Steam to ask an invite.

What you should also know

  • If you haven't read the rules don't apply for this group.
  • Like it or not, there are already people that have had a great course through our last events that will be on priority line. People I know personally and that I trust that they will fullfil the requirements of this group will be prioritized too.
  • People that have been in past events, are not automatically reinvited upon their request.
  • The maximum member cap is 70, but this could be lowered if not enough applicants meet the group's standards.
  • The invitation process is an one man's job, so be patient... (probably no invites until tomorrow)

What's the group's timeline

(read this if you get to be a member of this group)

This time around I created Steam group calendar events (which still needs to be updated) but the general idea is as follows:

  • [Cleaning group phase] All previous members are asked to leave the group. Those who fail to do so are kicked. This is done so that only those re-interested apply here and probably get reinvited.
  • [Recruitment phase I] First there is the recruitement phase where I put up a forum topic and gather applications and send out invites. Minimum duration a week.
  • [Recruitment phase II] When we reach 65 members the last 5 will be picked from a list of 20 remaining applicants by votes of those 65 members.
  • [Reservation phase I] A giveaways topic will be created were you can only reserve one giveaway you plan to make. This phase lasts for 72 hours.
  • [Reservation phase II] You are now allowed to reserve as many giveaways as you want.
  • [Giveaways creation phase] You can start creating your giveaways ending at the specified time. This phase probably overlaps with previous two.
  • [No more giveaways phase] 48 hours before the giveaways ending time, the giveaways topic will be locked and I will check if members fullfilled the rules. If needed there will be kicks (hasn't happened so far).
  • [Happy winners phase] Giveaways have ended and most of us feel happy with their wins.

Group Site

Since we started this group I've been using Steam Groups and Spreadsheet to handle the proceedings. One of our members TheTimmaeh is kind enough to trying to take us to the next level of having a site to handle our event. We do our best to have it ready for this event but nothing is certain. If we do, some of our procedures might change but the mods and I will be around to guide you. Participating in our events is considered easy regarding the procedures on your behalf, but hopefully with the new site coming up, it will be made even easier.


Few last words

Our last event had 65 members and 1743 unique giveaways (average of 27 giveaways per member, which means also an average of 27 wins per member). Everyone who entered at least one giveaway won something. Almost everything went smoothly except the fact that a member was kicked for not complying with the rules, but as always I will do my best for things to go as best as possible.


tl;dr

This group is not for you

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I'd like to join again if you'll have me.

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Already in! \o/

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Here we go AGAIN!
Bad rats are ready for this! I want to join!

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Already in! \o/

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Hey there, I'm interested again :D
Would love to give this another go around...

I had a lot of fun the first time last summer :D

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+1 <3

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I'm definitely interested in joining this again!

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+1 for The Big Z

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+1 ;)

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I would love to participate again if you'll have me Tragikos! :)

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+1 for The Hustle

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early new years ferret bump

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\o/ I would love to participate again! :3

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+1 for emma!

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Already in! \o/

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The fact that I was broke during Summer's event really put a damper on my performance. My finances are in much better shape, however, so I feel confident I can score a pink, this time around. I heretofore submit my application for inclusion.

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+1 for everyone's favorite QR code.

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Already in! \o/

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I enjoyed the last two, but the lack of trading profits for the last few months means I'll have nothing to contribute for this event.

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Awwwww ;___;

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Think how I feel, I haven't had money worth speaking of since my birthday, and that took selling more than 2000 trading cards, which I can no longer repeat. No more buying games regularly for me, either for myself or giveaways.

I have mentioned to Trag that I might join in with a single guest giveaway even with the lack of trading lately, and he is fine with that. You will still have a chance to enter a give of mine. :D

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;_; will miss you

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XD no delta...

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<sad face>

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Nice! I would enjoy joining in again, it was fun last time. I think I did a pretty decent contribution last time, and I think could do even better this year.

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+1 for One More Time

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+1 for fallout man.

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Already in! \o/

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Love you guys, love the event, but unfortunately I won't be participating. Best of luck to everyone!

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Say it ain't so! (

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Aw, didnt read it. Will miss bobo ;_;

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you are to blame!

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XD well.. maybe next time bobo

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Great event! Hopefully one day when i get to certain specified level , i will get in .

GL

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I was not going to apply this time around on the account that I was unemployed since may, but I'm working again starting next Monday so if you will have me, then I'm down for another event.

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Good luck money making zomby. I say skip this event and wait for next one when your situation improve!

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Too late to run away now...

But I have $200 in Steam wallet from selling unused profile backgrounds and emoticons. (I had over 2000 of each just taking up inventory space.) I think I'll be okay.

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Congratulations on the new job, hopefully it's fun at least some of the time... :)

Great idea selling all that useless junk, did you use one of those browser addon things, or did you have to do each one manually? I'm just imagining every trade offer not freezing the browser for 60 seconds... :)

p.s. Seems like you get badges regularly, don't like waiting for the big sales? Just curious... :) I can't resist all the bonus sale cards, since coupons are usually 25% discounts on bundle stuff... :)

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The "new" job is actually my old one. I was laid off back in may because business was slow for what should have been a couple of months at most. In September I was told that business was still not picking up and they did not want to keep me on the hook too long for fear that I'd end up passing up other opportunities, so they let me go. Fast forward to last week and they called me back to see if I was still available because new contracts were finally getting signed and they had enough job to employ me again.

With Enhanced Steam and Steam Inventory Helper is was a lot less painful going through all those items to sell them (or convert them to gem when that was more profitable, and selling those by the bags). I think I would have given up if I had to everything manually.

I trade my extra keys from bundle for cards, and pretty much craft badges all year long. I've got myself a few nice games with the occasional 90% off coupons. I will often change my strategy a bit when we get close to large sales so I can maximize what I get from my cards.

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Aha, in that case congratulations on the old job! :)

Think I only got $50 selling leftover cards during one sale before I gave up, and even that was a lot of clicking... :( Now I keep all my "leftover" cards, since I never know what booster packs or bundles will appear in the future... :) As long as I'm already buying the bundles, it's cheaper to get the cards from idling a second account than from the market...

Oh yeah, trading bundle leftovers for cards, completely forgot about doing that... :) Do you try to make complete sets for the badges, or just take whatever random cards based on their selling price? I used to know some Indie Gala chat people who would buy my extra bundle keys, but it was a lot of effort for not much reward so I stopped. :)

Hmm, maybe I was too lazy, since it looks like you made a lot of badges that way... :) Think I should be catching up next month though, unless you have a big stash of new badges ready... :) Hopefully we get a fun game or auction or something to do in the Winter Sale, something besides "buy more stuff!" :)

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I usually take random cards and trade them on steamcardexchange.net to complete the sets I have. (Or to get duplicates on the sets I have and trade those duplicates for the ones I need on steamtradematcher.com)

It IS a bit time consuming though.

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I thought I wouldn't join this time, but somehow I just have to XD
I haven't played many of my wins from last time yet, BUT I should have a lot more time to do that in the coming weeks, and being in the Christmas round would certainly motivate me even more :)

So yeah, if you'll have me again, I'd love to join :)

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+1 for nelly!

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Already in! \o/

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I would like to join!

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+1 for vet

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Already in! \o/

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+1 for cat always!

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alright, i apply again this time too

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+1 good to see u again!

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i would like to join :)

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i would like to join too :D

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Quality giveaways, yay!
Definitely want to be a part of that.
Didn't make the cut the last event, hoping for better luck this time.
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The number given during the last SimGives event was completely absurd, so I don't think we'll be breaking the record, this time around. Of course, that is exactly what I said before the previous event, and we ended up breaking the record, anyway.

The bare-minimum is a single giveaway with at least eleven entries, but I set my own bar higher than that. Consider the last SimGives, where most people gave about 10-20 games away and a well-received giveaway garnered around 25 entries. If I could manage to gather 25 entries in at least 10 of my giveaways, I'd consider myself to have put up a respectable showing. I believe I can accomplish this, so I've reapplied.

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Well, steffke dropped out this event, so there will be no competition between her and student D: But last 2 events were completely nuts tbh, I honestly doubt those can be reached this time, but I can't wait to get blown away once again!

With my lists I tried to make the most out of every giveaway, let's hope this time it'll be even more advanced so everything gets noticed by the majority of the participants.

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No Steffke and no Student123. That's going to put a damper on things. P

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Oh, student dropped out either? :[

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Student took a break from SG a while ago now and haven't returned yet :(

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I don't think we'll be breaking the record, this time around

You poor, naive QR-code.

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I think this time I probably have the funds needed, so I'm applying... Can't do major things, but something is very much in reach!

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Tristea is right. Look at the list of "pinks" (titles with high participation) and you will see that many of them are inexpensive.

Of course, having money to spend doesn't hurt. )

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Reminds me of updating all those 0P giveaways thehe

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Have fun all the peeps that join!

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+1 :)

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Sorry people for not sending any invite for the past 24 hours but I had some real life things holding me back. I did a quick pass through your messages, sent out some invites (40 actually), added many in my to-check list, which will have to wait since like I mentioned in the original post:

Like it or not, there are already people that have had a great course through our last events that will be on priority line. People I know personally and that I trust that they will fullfil the requirements of this group will be prioritized too.

I really check all your posts and try to find out as much as I can for your digital self, so it takes some time. Even if I know you I have to check your past events' performance. I apologize if it gives you the feeling of not being selected when others get invited, just keep in mind that you can safely say that you won't be picked only after the last 5 members have been voted by the rest of the members.

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I hope I am not too late, I would gladly participate again.

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I hope i am not too late either...

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Already in! \o/

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Yessssssss!

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