It's way older than that anime; it's the classic Konami Code (brought up the debug menu for Konami NES games)
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Their is no Friend feature, like you would find on Steam or other sites. Here, you make friends by getting to know people on the forum, chatting to them, and eventually moving over to Steam so you can do some nasty nasty PMs.
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See someone on the SG forums very often
You both often share the same opinion
You play/like the same games
He/she seems nice
You take balls to add him/her
He/she's ok with it
You start talking to each other
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FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC
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@GREATEST EDIT: I completely agree with that statement. See it happening around me all the time. It is just like real life. When people see you have something to offer they are really "fake" friendly. These are not real friends or even sincere friendly people. But at some point the truth will come out, don't worry. People like that are crowned leechers on SG :D They can't keep it up for long.
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"i'm really pissed that you theoretically have to earn some random guy's trust so you can join his giveaway group, and i think that's a total nonsense because i bet that none of the guys in that group are actually his friends...they're just some other guys that make giveaways and pretend they care about the group."
Translation: "I'm pissed I can't get in any groups and I don't think it's fair because I don't have any friends here to invite me into their groups."
What you fail to understand is that in most of the cases you're talking about, the people were friends before the group was even formed.
Also, getting to know each other in groups is the way friendships are mostly formed around here in the first place. That's where the real heart of the community is. It's not something a lot of other users understand if they haven't been a part of it. Most of the people around here who are recognizable and who are pillars of the community, for lack of any better phrase, are in one or more of these groups.
People who aren't interested in actively participating in and being a part of the community are pretty much stuck on the outside looking in and won't ever understand the friendships we share in these sorts of groups, and that's kind of sad, because I've met a lot of really wonderful people that way. Unfortunately . . .
"i personally only use this website to enter the giveaways and the forum for when i need an explanation, not to make friends"
. . . it sounds like that includes you, as well.
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Listen wbarton...i'm not saying you can't get a friend on a forum or in a group or in any other "virtual" way. I've checked your steam profile and tell me honestly...is let's say Shobo or Elvis Prime a real friend of yours? Can you count on any of them when you'll be in trouble? Or are they just some guys that you might play some multiplayer games together and you don't know them at all...Have you ever met any of them? Because i bet you didn't...they're just virtual friends and you have to understand that...that's why i am pissed about their groups...because they act like you're not good enough to join them and so on...
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My 'real' friends visit when they want something. My Steam friends are nothing like that.
Instead, I chat to them when I want something. :P
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actually...... "someone who you play with" ....it may work. It simple, clear, and easy to understand. Or "playmate" will do
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My real 'friends' hit me up for drug money and try to con me into doing shit for them. My Steam friends have helped me cope with depression, quitting smoking, and a host of other things, never mind everything else they've done for me and given to me, and in some cases we have extended our friendships outside the bounds of Steam--well outside in a few cases--and some of those people I am very close with. I count some of them amongst the people I am closest with in the entire world, in fact, not even discounting relatives.
And as far as 'they act like you're not good enough to join them,' that's either in your head, or you're dealing with the wrong people (there are some assholes around here, after all), or you maybe said or did something to make them act that way, which is possible, especially considering this community has its own special set of rules of etiquette that aren't always immediately apparent to someone not already familiar with them.
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+1.
I met my best friend in SG forums, he lives thousands of kilometers away but he's the best.
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Maybe you're the one who's dealing with the wrong people...i didn't said that internet friendships are not possible, especially if you "extended our friendships outside the bounds of Steam", but the reality is...and you can't argue about that...is that your best friends are the one that you really know in person...the ones that you see everyday and know who they are and what's in their minds...you should get new "real" friends and you'll see what i'm talking about.
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Lemme guess, you're about 16-20? Something like that? You really think you have some special insight into friendship that I somehow lack? I'm wagering I'm closer to your father's age than yours. And no, your best friends aren't the ones you 'really know in person.' The friends who really matter are the ones who care about you and treat you right and who are there for you even when you have nothing to offer them. Those are your real best friends.
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Apparently my fiancée is not a real friend. After all, she lives 5000 miles away and I don't see her every day and talk to her via Steam. Ergo, my fiancée is not a real friend. That's good to know, I guess.
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That's okay. It's good to know who's a fake friend. :D
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As wbarton said, I too have met people I now speak to daily, also over voice chat on our groups' own mumble server, in the same fashion I'd speak to with my real world buds. I've often vented frustrations about quite personal things on them, as they have done on me, and we've all helped each other through some depressing / rough times. When one of us misbehaves a bit (maybe gets a bit too rage-y in a chat somewhere or so) we also give honest feedback and try to keep each other on the straight and narrow (which to me, is a big part of real friendship). Giveaways in the group are truly done amongst friends, and we know each other quite well (also from crazy early morning G+ sessions :P). We've even had our own Christmas "Secret Santa" events for just us guys :3
The group got formed as a stream group, and we run our own weekly game streams where we stream everything from indie games, to just released AAA titles (sometimes we have release streams on non-regular stream days for highly anticipated games), sometimes the occasional dev stream where we get game devs in to hang out with and chat with us. We've had American McGee (from the "Alice" games) come in recently, Dennis Dyack before (dev for Eternal Darkness on the Gamecube and the upcoming sequel Shadows of the Eternals), which was all quite fun :). When you're interacting with each other like this, it's not strange you become actual buds. Everything grew organically over time, and personalities just clicked.
As for specifically SG groups - yes, there's a lot of ass-kissers, or manipulative types who pretend to give a damn. True. But again, stuff grows organically over time. A significant amount of people who are now "known community members" or people that I often chat with and are genuine and upfront people now, also began sceptical about it all, but over time realised some people were really being themselves and honest, genuine people, so they followed suit.
A lot of people I know from SG, I know from earlier groups where we chatted some, then we see each other in another group, too, and chat in PMs or maybe even Skype or something. I would say that most of the people who I truly become mates with, I did once we've actually voice chatted at the least, if only during playing games together.
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Btw, if you want to also maybe watch our streams (they're quite funny often, we are having a special 24 hour Saints' Row stream the 17th of Aug. where we play all games in the series, maybe even a little of IV ;D) or wanna see what group it is I'm talking about, maybe even chat some (although usually that kicks up around night time, US timezones) take a look at my profile. You'll instantly see it.
And I just saw when you registered.. Seriously dude, 2 whole weeks ago and you're already commenting on how you use the site, how you think about social interaction here, etc? Come on, hang out a little bit longer, get to know how things go around here.
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"the thing is that i'm really pissed that you theoretically have to earn some random guy's trust so you can join his giveaway group"
Steam groups have all kinds of entry requirements (i.e. liking similar film genres), it isn't only friendship/trust. These groups keep out the leechers, or help the unlucky,
I wouldn't say I've made a single friend from SG, but I have made a few from other forums. Who are you to define how bonds are formed between individuals?
Either way, you are here on SG with the chance to win plenty of free games on $0 CV public giveaways. I don't see what you could possibly have to complain about.
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GREATEST EDIT: You people don't get it...i'm not asking how to make friends...i have plenty...thanks anyway...the thing is that i'm really pissed that you theoretically have to earn some random guy's trust so you can join his giveaway group, and i think that's a total nonsense because i bet that none of the guys in that group are actually his friends...they're just some other guys that make giveaways and pretend they care about the group.
This only applies if you want to enter a 1:1 group. And why would you want to?
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This has been a bumper week for dispiriting forum threads.
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the heat of Summer frustrates people? or was my light too shiny?
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no, but I have [this shirt](no, but I have this shirt ...does it count?
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I did add couples of people on SG when I found out we have sth major in common
And to earn a stranger's trust does not sound silly at all. here's a video about a guy handing free money to random stranger in Boston, and almost everyone ignored him. In this case, almost everyone here in SG is stranger to one another. Giving and receiving could be awkward at times. And so began the birth of private groups and people seeking other people with the same hobby or traits like nationality or specific interest.
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I think he means being active in the community so you will be known better.
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About your edit. I have two private giveaway groups, for people I've gotten to know on a GameFAQs board over the last four years, and people I've gotten to know on this site over the last year. They get my best giveaways, because I like them. So HA!
DeltaGifts and DeltaBladeX shall never have you as a member.
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Yeah. Fortunately, I've only feed two people to it.
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If I get a buck each time you use 'shall never have you as a member'. Oh well, people can't be that rich.
Makes you feel l33t?
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I've done it twice. If those people are going to ***** about how they can't reap the rewards of being in a private group while being the kind of person that no group would accept, it is no less than they deserve.
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Yes, I am. Your responses make it enjoyable. You seem to think that it makes someone a bad person.
I and others have spent money gifting games to people. Some of us will prefer to do it to a group with people we trust. Want to know why? Because when giving away public, there will be jerks breaking the rules. I've seen people with multiple accounts, people who regift or trade their wins and people who will enter and win a game multiple times. With a group, it is rather easy to limit that behavior.
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I give away games to nice people. You insult people who choose to do that.
I think you got that backwards.
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if you want to be my friend you will have to gift me bad rats
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I honestly don't understand what you're pissed about... Maybe they are not "i would die for you" friends but what's wrong with sharing games with people whom you enjoy the company? In my opinion it's a lot healthier than the all "give or you get out" groups.
No need to get all defensive, because you're not invited in those groups doesn't mean these people are judging you in any way.
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I must say, I can't preserve a friendship, I met awesome guys here(one I met in ST but he is also active here) and we had a great time chatting each other(I mean, at least me yes :P) but I don't know how to, even in real life(outside the computer)
But is it not the same process do make friends here the same that is in the streets, school, bars, offices, etc?
I'm not the best person to give tips or explain how it works(maybe I'm the worse guy) but yeah, that's all I have to say right now.
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How exactly do people get to become friends on steamgifts...because i have checked a lot of groups that had posted in the description things like: "Don't bother asking for an invite...i only invite people i know or friends from SG" and things like that. That made me really curious because i personally only use this website to enter the giveaways and the forum for when i need an explanation, not to make friends. This isn't a social network...you never know who's in front of that screen so...how can you trust somebody in here?
GREATEST EDIT: You people don't get it...i'm not asking how to make friends...i have plenty...thanks anyway...the thing is that i'm really pissed that you theoretically have to earn some random guy's trust so you can join his giveaway group, and i think that's a total nonsense because i bet that none of the guys in that group are actually his friends...they're just some other guys that make giveaways and pretend they care about the group.
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