Archi: !9ball 2hu recruitment?
ArchiBoT: ⑨: As I see it, yes
Archi: !ai pick a number between 5 and 15
ArchiBoT: 8

Due to our recent mass extermination progress we're once again seeking for fresh weebs blood capable of filling our giveaways addiction awesome community :3.

Don't worry, we have you covered!

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What is Touhou Giveaways?

The Touhou Giveaways group was founded by Archi on February 18th 2015. We're small, ratio-based group, sharing the spirit of giving away and winning games on SteamGifts. You might already recognize us from awesome events that we organize from time to time.

We have implemented many unique features into the simple concept of a private giveaway group, and today we are probably the most "technologically advanced" group that exists on SG. The objective is simple: the group should be a nice addition to the SteamGifts community and should require no extra effort from the member. Therefore, apart from the group on Steam we have a bot, chat, website, userscript, mumble server, 2hu radio, and dozen of other things that can be considered useful and practical.

All group giveaways are tracked by our bot, which automatically handles everything - adding new giveaways to the database, tracking winners, calculating points and ratio, detecting current/finished giveaways, statistics, and more. We even reward members with our very own touhou achievements! Our group is fully automated, and thanks to that, our members can focus on creating and winning giveaways, instead of being forced to manually add them through the website or post links in a group thread. This way everybody is happy to make giveaways the same way as public or private ones, and ArchiBoT does everything else. We even created our own userscript which enhances further SG experience. All 2hus love it :3.

Basically you could say that the entire group is run by ArchiBoT, he even kicks people out of the group sometimes...

To make the precious data gathered by the bot available for the members, we also coded our very own Touhou Giveaways website, which acts as a "frontend" to the data gathered by the bot. Members can check their stats, ongoing giveaways, giveaways won and many other useful information we provide in a nice, fancy and modern way. Hell, we even have a shop with some extra neat features. Make your profile look great!

We're always actively working on improving our group even further. Many things are being added and improved as the time goes.


Group goals

Touhou Giveaways is not a typical giveaway group that can be found on SG - we're more like our own small community of people that like spending time with each other, be it by chatting, playing or discussing SG rants threads. We actively focus on the community aspect of the group - everybody knows each other, we chat together, play together and win giveaways together. If you treat SG group as a source of games only, or how I like to call it - "anonymous gifters", most likely this group is not for you.

I highly recommend joining us on the chat if you want to get more info, ask a question, or simply talk with us. Doing so will greatly increase your chances of joining, while at the same time finding out if you like our companionship or not :3. We don't force any member or candidate to stay on our chat for the entire time, but no interaction with group members apart from SG is rather discouraged and decreases your overall member potential. Show us that you care and you're really determined to join, and most likely you'll get rewarded for your effort.

Chat is always open for everybody, including our members, people interested in joining, as well as lurkers, eternal guests and those who simply like our companionship. Don't be afraid of joining if you'd like to, regardless if you want to join the group or not - everybody is welcome.


Members

We're looking for members who:

  • Fulfill all of our requirements (rules), that can be found on the website
  • Like our group concept, especially community-focus
  • Enjoy winning and giving away games in a nice, small group of friends
  • Being active in our Touhou group chat will be a great plus
  • Being "recognized" in SG discussions will be a plus
  • Having a good ratio on SG will be a plus
  • A recommendation from our member will be a plus

Please notice that those are only recommendations who we're looking for, you don't need to fill them all, as the only "real" requirement is having 2+ level on steamgifts, but due to the fact that there are always massive amount of people applying, the more you fit our concept of the member, the bigger the chance of you making it in. "Normies" are also accepted, you don't need to have any interest in Touhou to be eligible for joining.

If you consider yourself a good addition, do not wait any longer and try your luck. Tell us why you would like to join the group, and why you consider yourself as a good candidate. We accept applications in this thread, which doesn't have to be super-long or CV-like, but telling a few words about yourself is greatly appreciated.

After the deadline, all applications that meet initial requirements (rules) will be reviewed by our staff - candidates who get most points in our private staff voting will get an invite to the marvelous world of Gensokyo, together with introduction done by one of our staff members.

If you're still confused, check out how previous recruitment looked like. You can also read our introduction for new and interested members, which explains further group and various details, although if you make it in, you'll get more familiar with how things work. If you have some additional questions, it would be best if you joined our chat and asked - somebody for sure will be happy to answer, and explain in details particular subject you're interested in.

Useful links:
Website | Members | Rules | Introduction | Steam chat | Steam group | SG stats


This recruitment

Currently we're looking for up to 8 new members.

Mandatory giveaway for lurkers

We'll vote and choose lucky winners after finish of the giveaway above (deadline). Until then we're accepting applications. Giveaway is open for everybody of course.

If you decide to apply, please state it clearly so we won't have any doubts if you're interested in joining or just casually posting - we can't read people's minds yet. If you miss being considered as a candidate due to non-obvious comment, it'll be your own fault :3.

Good luck!


Candidates

In chronological order, updated from time to time.


Voting finished!

Congratulations to:

oblueknighto - 68
stehan1003 - 57
i2apier - 52
Sazz - 48
FallenKal - 38
oclaymoreo - 34
DeltaFelix309 - 32
Ruge99 - 30
steamergary - 29
GintheMayo - 25
kiokizz - 21
EggShen - 21

Better luck next time:

Wintermute75 - 16
JulianLikesGaming - 16
GodFeelling - 14
Fatality92 - 13
Drevorn - 12
PipTheCuteDemo - 10
Crossbourne - 9
harikaerif - 8
niceguyjon - 5
edwintan23 - 4
Erer08 - 3

(Not listed candidates didn't get any points)

Our staff will contact with lucky winners and proceed with introduction :3. Thanks for your interest!

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+1 for rune

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I helped

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you are fake :3

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-1 for faku

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+1 for help

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Where is the train?

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+1 for the train

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TODOKETE!

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SETSUNA SA NI WA

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NAMAE O

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TSUKEYOU KA SNOW HALATION

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help me

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it's over, we're doomed

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But, you're the law ;_;

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I am the Law :3

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+1

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wow, very interested

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Since you guys have Zinnerz I'm not joining :P

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That's a reasonable position to have.

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irl is leaking again ;_;
or is it 2hus leaking? ;_;
I never know ;_;

Leaks are leaking? ;_;

I mean..
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I'm interested.

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I quite like this group but I am not sure if it works well because there are not too much members and it seems people won't get any exp on SG because of it. For example, I can see that there is a GA Far Cry 3, 4 hours remaining and it has 0 entries. Another game Tales of Zestiria, 5 hours remaining, 1 entry. It's a pity there are not more members so that they could get also exp here.

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We have a custom value system called "Totalitarian Capitalism" that makes it possible for every member to set up whatever value he wishes for giveaway, which makes it possible to focus more either on touhou points, or CV. Judging from entries and titles alone is not really a good idea, because every member decides himself how much giveaway is worth, which also affects total entries.

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It's sounds interesting. Thank you for explaining.

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"Totalitarian Capitalism"...

I'm not sure if I'd love it or hate it... probably a bit of both.

every member decides himself

Shouldn't that be called "regulated anarchy" then?

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lemme say it so
we can do whatever we want until someone pisses off Archi or breaks smth

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But if I piss Archi off while not a group member, would that be fine? Or is it true that he never gets pissed?
Also, who is the real "boss": Archi, or ArchiBoT?

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Or is it true that he never gets pissed?

The old quote is still relevant:

Should have voted for me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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What Dosh said the only time Archi got really pissed

Also until Bot goes sentinent, it's Archi

and now go join chat, we all socially ankward

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weeb :3

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It's not always about CV, however let me fill this...

  1. You get an achievement for entering and bumping something to 5 entries.
  2. Touhou points system can sometimes make or break a GA, perhaps users don't have or want to spend 40+ points on Far Cry 3.
  3. The smaller number of people increases the chance you have of winning top games.
  4. Weeby things like Zestria quite probably are owned by the majority of the group hence low enteries.
  5. ArchiBot checks how many people have things on wishlists and stuff.
  6. Touhou is more a community than a GA group, think of GA's as an additional bonus to a very active chat(which i need to get back into), friendly weeb banter and events!
  7. As a group, it is incredibly well run. An external website, achievements, events and a very fair points system.
  8. A lot of big gifters are in the group so there's a good chance they don't even want to enter for things like Zestria and Far Cry 3.

I could go on but yeah, basically see it as a community with good GA's rather than a place to farm CV. :)

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Thank you, I understand now. It sounds great.

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Thanks for excellent explanation :3. This should be like Touhou Giveaways in a nutshell.

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Thanks for the incredibly well run group! :3

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Just a couple month on SG and you are already level 5.. that's pretty nice.

You only offer small bundled game though all your GA without a single none-bundled.

I however like people who ask questions and details for things before rushing in.. So...

+1

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You said the same when you insisted on joining my RPG GA group while we were not recruiting.
I kindly let you in, and you left a few days later without making any GAs and letting anybody know why.
If you're going to do the same with 2hu, don't waste your time (and ours).

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I left about one hour later. I am very sorry this however I don't think it's fair of you that you write it here. I had my reasons for leaving the group and now I can see the reasons were right. Thumb down.

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If you were not satisfied, I wished you had taken it with me instead of just leaving without a word.
I spend 20+ minutes talking you through how the group works and you leave after one hour?
Whether you make it into 2hu or not, I hope you'll someday take the time to explain this to me: "now I can see the reasons were right".
Best of luck for this recruitment though.

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I am very sorry. I did a mistake when I joined the group. I am just a man and people do mistakes. I didn't go to any guild GA or anything.

Maybe you will be disappointed but I didn't write here to join now. I was just interested about some things because I saw the webpages of this guild and I liked it.

So if you wanted a revenge, I am sorry. It didn't work.

BTW: the problem was not your guild but you yourself. Think about it.

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Apology accepted. Peace.

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Am I interested? Yup, will I get accepted? Nope

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:(

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Why the sad face?

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0.0

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Good luck hazing the newbies bois

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Hilarious video, really, but i was interested in joining the group but i think i'm not the right person =w=

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Definitely, L2+ is a requirement. Consider applying when you meet initial criteria.

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I mean, things you do and like, not other requirements =I

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Oh crap! Didn't know about this until just now!

Good luck! Hope to see friendly faces around to +1 :)

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I'm interested too

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I'm level 3, fine ratio i believe, spare time to group-up, enjoy winning :P, and im getting somewhat active here!
I really did enjoy your musical even (the only one i participated), and im able to contribute with GA's to future one's obviously.
Plus i like anime but never played a visual novel game on steam although i have many, don't even know what to start with
Last but not the least i don't think anyone knows me here!
Do I get any points for saying ASF is master race? (It is anyway)

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i'm interested :3

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I was wondering if I could apply for a trial application to see what the group is about? I won't enter any of the group's GA's, I just kind of want to see what the group is about and have the ability to opt-out if it doesn't work out or stay if I do like the group. I hope that's not too confusing, basically a normal application with you not being mad at me if I leave :p Assuming I even stand a chance. My biggest fear is that you guys are really into anime, while I don't even know what Touhou is, I do watch some anime's but only really mainstream ones. And I'm not sure my weird humor would fit with you guys.

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Anime is lyf.

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Anime is luv?

Don't +1 yourself :p

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It's best to join us on chat during following 2-3 days to see if you like our companionship or not, even if you don't want to talk much (and just lurk). Joining chat doesn't require being a member, and you can get pretty nice view of how things work during that time.

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So the chat will stay open for 2-3 days then? I will check it out when I've had a little more sleep.

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It's always open.

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oo might drop in then, no need to be recruited it seems to possibly join in on your guys fun

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Oh, I didn't know that.

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while I don't even know what Touhou is

Long running bullet hell game series

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Hired! :3

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Wait it isn't anime?

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It has branched off into printed media since it started, but it was introduced in 1996 as a game for the PC-98.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project

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Nah, that comments was a inside joke of the group... ;D

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Ah. As someone who has nothing to do with you nut jobs, I was unaware.

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Sticks and stones, Delta.
By the way, BackAttack chat feels pretty empty these days.

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it was actually an inside joke of the 2hu fandom, you baka ferry boat :3

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You should probably hang out in chat and see how it goes, you don't need to be a fan of anime or anything, I'm in the same boat as you :3

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That's good to know at least, I do like (popular) animes but I don't know much about the whole anime culture.

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i'm with you there, im more interested in seeing how the chats/people are rather than the giveaways
i dont think im meme/weeb enough tho.

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Yeah we're on the same page I think.

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Go away normie :D

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HERETIC!

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Join the Nep side!

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so i should say v**** boi now :bite:

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THANK YOU PERFECT HEART :D

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nep would need like a million "thank you perfect heart" messages to even get off the bed :doubt:

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And pudding. Don't forget the pudding :bite:

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"Plot" progression...

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F*** the normies :3

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wierd humor

no one can beat Fake in that

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A friend in need! If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have joined!

+1

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Haha, I remember, so how's the group treating you? Do you like it?

Now I just have to find the time to join the chat :D

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Yep! Probably the last group I'll ever join, since I kind of reached a pinnacle in my budget! xD

Don't worry if you don't manage to enter, I've failed to enter several times (due to level :( ).

So, just make yourself more notorious :)

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Hmm notorious, bring on the blacklists!

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Would definitely +1 you Pete! :3

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Not applying but just a warning to the potential candidates to follow the rules or else you may anger ArchiBoT...

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Nice application, +1

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:3

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I love the anime style.
I wish SG can be as cute as yours!

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freash bloood :D

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-1 not an actual cat

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I wouldn't mind being a candidate. How much time does a typical member spend in chat?

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Varies from member to member. We usually have a total of ~40 people on chat daily, with 20-30 people at max. Most people are sitting there 24/7.

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Just been looking at the chat. Quite fast paced. Interesting to read, not sure what or when I would talk.

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Everybody starts socially awkward at first, you don't have to talk much either, participating in chat is truly optional as stated in OP and rules. But people enjoy it a lot, and we can call out SG users there! :3

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I'll give it a try then.

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I suggest calling everyone a weeb, it works for me...

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And it is easy to know what to talk about there, I'm sure

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Hey we have a command for that. And now it doesn't return furry stuff all the time...

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It doesn't? Cj must be really disappointed.

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;_;

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Only Japanese? That sounds kinda racist...

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But then we should all answer...

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!say chat ded

That's it, that's the chat <.<

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I think ArchiBot would reboot the chat too quickly.

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