This is an archived Event, nothing is going on here anymore.

Introduction
June 10th is my birthday, until then: it's time to celebrate!

Generally don't celebrate anything birthday-related, other than getting myself a chocolate cake (if at all) and that's about it. So this makes for a nice change. Even tho it costs me a lot more than a chocolate cake...

A honorable mention goes to SteamGifts support team who have to put up with quite some incidents and accidents over time, thanks for the extra slots to make this work as well!

Planned
Planned were a giveaway of 30+ games (if everything works out fine).
In the first round 63 copies and 13 unique games were given away already!
Second round had 12 copies and 11 unique games being given away (10 unique games if you factor in unique games of 1st round)!
In the third round there were 59 copies and 10 unique games (8 unique games if you factor in unique games of 1st round and 2nd round)!
Fourth round had 59 copies and 6 unique games (5 unique games if you factor in unique games from 1st to 3rd round)!
That is a total of 193 copies and 36 unique games so far!
As planned at least 30 unique games have been given away and a whooping 193 copies total!

Timetable
The dates aren't set in stone, but let me try laying it down for general understanding:

  • Round 1 - 12th to 17th May: 1st batch of 5 public giveaways & 5 invite-only giveaways.
  • Round 2 - 17th to 28th May: 2nd batch of public/invite-only giveaways.
  • Round 3 - 28th May to 2nd June: 3rd batch of public/invite-only giveaways.
  • Round 4 - 2nd June to 10th June: The grand prize everyone has been waiting for will be added! 4th batch of public/invite-only giveaways.
    After everyone received their prizes thread will be closed after 10th June... at some point.

All times and dates are germany-based, see this for reference: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/germany
Giveaways end mid day (12:00 on a 24h clock) and it takes about 1 hour to process everything, if i'm around my computer at time of end date. Grand Prizes take longer due to the nature of how they are being aquired.

Rules
How to participate in each of these giveaways?

  1. Follow the general 2 rules of SteamGifts:
    • no multiple wins
    • all wins have to be activated on your own account
    • these will be checked via sgtools.info for every winner prior to giving a prize.
  2. Otherwise it depends on the specific giveaway, these are planned:
    • Public: Meet level requirement, that's it.
    • Invite-only/through sgtools.info: No level requirement, just follow a link from this thread (don't leak it outside!) and meet "1." (first) rule to enter.
    • Group-only: Playing Appreciated group (for most of the grand prizes), with level requirement. See this for more info: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/playing-appreciated (link to apply is found on the right side).
    • Whitelist: For those who i have won games from. (for another grand prize). Additional people might be added to whitelist in case the 5 minimum entries weren't fulfilled around end of giveaway.
  3. Concerning the grand prize(s):
    • 3 of the 5 winners will have to be in my friend list to receive their reward. If you win add me as friend or wait for my friend request on Steam. Declining (hitting "Ignore" or "Block") this friend request 3 times (1 time for block or combination thereof) will be handled as if the winner is giving up their prize.

Additional Notes
Level requirement will be Lv.2-4 for each bundled game giveaway that was intended with one. Grand Prize inside group will be Lv.4, without level requirement on whitelist.
The quality of games given away will start from worst and gradually become better with each batch, peaking in the grand prize which is the highest quality game and also the most expensive of all of them (and no it was never bundled before). Level requirement will increase accordingly.

While i don't expect it, everyone is free to contribute and do their own giveaways pointing back to this thread.
I will try to include all giveaways active & past that were dedicated to this thread in a table (after mention & link in your giveaway, leave a comment with link to giveaway, to be added in table).

Active Giveaways

Giveaways for this event are over, thanks for everyone who wished me happy birthday, bumped the thread, participated in the giveaways, made their own giveaways in dedication to this event, gave me birthday presents of their own and most importantly, partying with me. ^^

Past Giveaways

Giveaway Level Type User Notes
Project Druid - 2D Labyrinth Explorer- 2 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Joana's Life 2 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Huntsman: The Orphanage (Halloween Edition) 2 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Neon Hardcorps 2 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Fantastic Checkers 2 2 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Escape Machines 3 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Lup 3 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Calcu-Late 3 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Kivi, Toilet and Shotgun 3 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Cosmic Dust & Rust 3 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Hyposphere 3 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Neon Hardcorps 3 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Star Chronicles: Delta Quadrant 3 Public JohnXenoSmith -
ABC Coloring Town 4 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Flesh Eaters 4 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Zombillie 4 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Millie 4 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Frederic: Evil Strikes Back 4 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Surfingers 4 Public JohnXenoSmith -
Super Mega Neo Pug 4 Public JohnXenoSmith -
The Dreamlord 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Ampersand 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
OR 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
So Many Cubes 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Stellar 2D 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Neon Hardcorps 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
New kind of adventure 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Drayt Empire 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Super Space Pug 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Pepe Porcupine 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Final Quest 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
The Tower Of Elements 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Scrap Garden 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Payday 2 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Kitty Cat: Jigsaw Puzzles 0 Invite-only JohnXenoSmith via SGtools
Factorio (4 copies) 4 Group-only JohnXenoSmith Playing Appreciated The grand prize (4 times!)
Factorio 0 Whitelist-only JohnXenoSmith The grand prize (1 time!)
Road to Ballhalla 0 Invite-only Reforced -
Punch Club 0 Invite-only Reforced -
Castle of no Escape 2 (50 copies) 0 Public Xitilon -
Castle of no Escape 2 (50 copies) 0 Public Xitilon -
Castle of no Escape 2 (50 copies) 0 Public Xitilon -

Too Long Didn't Read (TL:DR)
Look at the "Active Giveaways" table, check back often.
Good luck to everyone and have fun!

Updates/Edits
Will write here whenever i updated this post (forum only shows a star when a post was edited, so you won't know if something changes after first edit).

12th May: 1st batch of Giveaways was added, enjoy!
13th May: 2 giveaways by Reforced added, user names changed to name + link to profile. A big giveaway added by Xitilon.
17th May #1: Every winner was checked with SGTools, all eligible winners were provided with a key, none-eligible will be checked in with support and likely receive their keys with a delay. Tables updated, as soon as winners provided feedback on their win, the next games from 2nd batch will be added.
17th May #2: Last keys for 1st batch send out. So far 11 giveaways are in 2nd batch, more are planned.
18th May: Another giveaway added to 2nd batch (total of 12), 1 more was planned, but didnt make it in time. "Planned giveaways"-text updated a bit.
28th May #1: Every winner was checked with SGTools (where necessary), all winners were provided with a key.
28th May #2: Timetable updated - doing another batch of giveaways before grand prize. "Actual giveaways" under "Planned" updated with round 2 stats. Another batch of games by Xitilion added.
28th May #3: 9 giveaways added for round 3, more were planned but were since removed from the game list, with a lot of luck at least one of them will be back for round 4.... just don't count on it.
2nd June #1: Every winner was checked with SGTools (where necessary), all eligible winners were provided with a key (one will get it later... due to some difficulties), none-eligible were re-rolled and re-checked until an eligible winner was found.
2nd June #2: Planned, Active Giveaways and Past Giveaways updated. A third Rule(s) concerning the grand prize added. Grand Prize revealed, let the last round begin!
2nd June #3: Another 50 copies giveaway by Xitilon added.
10th June #1: Winners checked and Prizes send for 'none grand prizes', winners of grand prizes send friend requests on Steam.
10th June #2: Updated Planned, Timetable, Active Giveaways, thread title with "(2017 Edition)", thread will now stay open for as long as winners take time to get their prizes.
12th June: Archive Message added on first line of thread.

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Happy pre-birthday to you as well then? ^^'
Thanks.

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Have a bump!

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Thanks ^^

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Such a nice guy, thanks for the shots to win and i hope you are enjoying your pre birthday!

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Bump for Birthday getting closer! :)

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Thanks ^^

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(>❤️️o❤️️)>Thanks to CowOfDarkness for some nice birthday presents. <(❤️️o❤️️<)

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It's the 10th of June on my country so... Happy Birthday, John! :)

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Thanks ^^

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Every winner has been checked with SGtools and via support (where needed). None grand prizes send out, grand prize winners send friend requests on steam. 3 of you will receive a steam gift (which req. friending now, since steam changed it) and 2 will receive the usual key (waiting for friend req. to. distribute keys to none-friends, if necessary).

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I guess it's today - Happy Birthday! :)

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Yep it is... 29min of it left now. :P
Thanks ^^

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Thanks heilurmes.

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Happy Birthday John!
Thanks nice event (^_^)

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Thank you. ^^

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All winners claimed their gifts and such we are at an end of my birthday celebration event this year.

I hope everyone enjoyed the ride, because i did.

What happened that wasn't part of the opening post:
Hit 500 none-free steam games on 9th June.

After missing to get one purchased as was normal so far... i made my own.
This year's chocolate cake: http://imgur.com/a/9M0T8
with writing: http://imgur.com/a/bmn4S
Don't fret as it looks much better inside than outside.
Already had a piece of it and it tastes great, if i may say so myself.

My SteamGifts level went from 1 to 4, over the course of this event. ~ Now you know why the highest level i did was 4... was thinking of getting it myself through this event, heh.

Congrats to all the winners in this event:
imweirdo, lin01, GEASSDESTINY, Repress, junoandavos, XeDoS, loegarie, beda1002, mcheavenxxx, Charlsteon, 7J, Raskolnikow, Ibanker, Jesus20281, 0ver5lept, Lunaticmage, TLDRGLUE, pplppl, jibaigao, Metalhead8489, Biologe, todgal, Goneiross, Axlii, pr1zrak, MARK0, Amiroff, Blyatman, Ctouw, Notil78, GintokiSakata, GottaRollWithIt, teimurazz, Reatrdy, Golwar, hauakaevaja09, MrBron99, Ozpicious, Morshock and the 152 winners of the giveaways others did.

Thanks again to Reforced and Xitilon for supporting my event. ^^

Also thanks to the 8 people who added me to their whitelist over the course of this event. - It apparently pays off to do them.

Copy & Paste from a comment earlier with note: "(>❤️️o❤️️)>Thanks to CowOfDarkness for some nice birthday presents. <(❤️️o❤️️<)" Seriously sweet to get something for your birthday, must have been 13 years since i last received something on that day. ^^'

Copy & Paste from opening post: "Giveaways for this event are over, thanks for everyone who wished me happy birthday, bumped the thread, participated in the giveaways, made their own giveaways in dedication to this event, gave me birthday presents of their own and most importantly, partying with me. ^^"

See ya next year, if life, finances, Steam and Steamgifts permit.

With this the thread is closed.

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Closed 7 years ago by JohnXenoSmith.