Introduction


Playing Appreciated is a group for members that like to play games they win and for giveaway creators that like to see their games getting played. This sounds simple, yet requires committent and dedication from members by filtering out games they like to play from all group giveaways and when won playing those within one month. In return members will get higher chances of winning games they want and creators will know their giveaways have a high chance of getting played. The group has more than 1000 members and over 25000 historical giveaways.

Group rules


  • You need to set and keep your Steam privacy settings for My profile and Game details public (example);
  • You will play all giveaways you win via this group within one month;
  • When creating a giveaway it is recommended to include a small group rule reminder in your giveaway, something like: "This is a Playing Appreciated giveaway, by joining you commit to playing this game within a month when won.".

How to join


  1. Make sure you did not violate any SteamGifts rules in the last month;
  2. Comment one of the two options to enter the group in this discussion:
    • Option 1: Showing your commitment by playing a previous won game on SteamGifts that you did not yet play. The game shouldn't be very short and must have achievements. Comment with the name of the game before you start playing it and comment again when you finished playing it. Please upload some screenshots to Steam as well.
    • Option 2: Supporting the cause by creating a group giveaway of a game that you would like to see getting played by other group members within a month as soon as your membership request was approved. The game should not have been given away free before (marked by ** when creating a giveaway on SteamGifts).
  3. Press "Request To Join" on our group page;
  4. Wait for us to approve your request, we'll always reply on the comment you have made in this topic.

Final notes


More information and a FAQ is available via the Steam group. Current group giveaways can be found here on SteamGifts. Feel free to comment below if you have any questions!

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Since I only join what I intend to play in the first place I´d love to join :D
Can I join by playing Darkout?

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7 years ago
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Thank you! Its my happiest day of the year! :D

7 years ago
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Hi Tim888881! You're welcome to join by playing Darkout. Please comment again once you've finished the game. :)
And happy cake day! ^^

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7 years ago
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As much as I wanted to like the game, I cant get myself to continue playing it :(
Could I instead go with option 2?

6 years ago
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Sure :) I'm curious what you'll give away, membership request approved!

6 years ago
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and the silence is an Answer, thank you.

7 years ago
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no longer relevant

7 years ago*
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I've answered you now above. :) I get more notifications, I'll handle them all in order sooner or later, don't worry. ;)

7 years ago
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I thought you were ignoring me, I'm sorry.

7 years ago
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Hello, I would like to join this group using option number 2. I will try to make my first GA as soon as possible. :)

7 years ago
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Hi Jellymeister! You're welcome to join by creating a giveaway, membership request approved. I'm curious to see what it will be! :)

7 years ago
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Thanks, Reforced. I'm curious too, still thinking about my first GA.

7 years ago
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Hello guys, another giveaway for the group: https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/NjEx5/borderlands-game-of-the-year

bump!

7 years ago
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Thanks for another group giveaway. :)

7 years ago
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Thanks to you, i ve won a lot of nices games here and wanted to return the favor, have a good night :)

7 years ago
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I won New Star Soccer 5 a few years ago. Got 12 hours in it.

7 years ago
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Hi Staticwolf! That's great to hear. You're also welcome to join, but having played one of your winnings before isn't enough. How about playing your winning Prisoner? I see that next to Castle of no Escape these are your only winnings, playing the latter will do fine for this reason as well, given you snap a few screenshots of your progress. Let me know. :)

7 years ago
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Hi Staticwolf, we are currently in the process of clearing out all our old join requests on Steam and I came across yours. I would like to know if you would still be interested to join the group and if yes, with which option?
If I won't get a reply in a week I will simply decline the request, but you would still be welcome to join at a later time.

5 years ago
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Given I'm never going to play Castle of No Escape or Prisoner, I'll pass.

5 years ago
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Ok, I will decline your join request then.

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7 years ago
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Hi OneShotKO! Seeing you have used some achievement unlock tool (like SAM) on that game you are not welcome in this group.

7 years ago
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I really wish to join the group I would to see the games that i giveaway here being played. Is it still possible to join in?

7 years ago
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Hi Pitelzinho123! You're welcome to join, seeing you didn't win anything yet, feel free to pick a game from your Steam library instead (that you didn't play before and has achievements). Please comment that here before you start playing it. :)

7 years ago
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Just won my first game as soon as I receive the key I'll be playing it. It will be Puzzle Agent.

7 years ago
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Yeey, congratulations! :) Have fun in advance and please check back here when you have finished playing Puzzle Agent.

7 years ago
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Finished

Edit: I don't that game aged really well if wasn't for group i think i would not played it but know I wanna know the rest of the story,

7 years ago
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Congratulations, membership request approved. Welcome to the group. :)

7 years ago
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Thanks :)

7 years ago
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<3

7 years ago
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:3

7 years ago
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Hi, i want try to join your group.

I want to start sinister city i have few hours on it, but 0 achievements.

I hope it's ok. Bye!

7 years ago
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Hi Vincenzo77! You're welcome to join, playing Sinister City will do fine. Just as a note: you have 2.4 hours playtime already. Please comment again once you have finished playing the game. :)

7 years ago
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Hi, games completed, 100% achievements :)

7 years ago
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Congratulations on finishing it 100%! Membership request approved, welcome to the group. :)

7 years ago
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Thank you. In the last period i try to achiev the 100% on every game i play, but isn't always possible. :P

7 years ago
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I already requested to join to the group. Currently playing offworld trading company which i won 1 week ago. Hope u approve my request :)

7 years ago
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Hi zeroblack! You're welcome to join, but please pick a game with achievements from you winnings that you didn't play before and comment that here. You get invited once you've completed that game then, not before.

7 years ago
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Hi zeroblack, we are currently in the process of clearing out all our old join requests on Steam and I came across yours. I would like to know if you would still be interested to join the group and if yes, with which option?
If I won't get a reply in a week I will simply decline the request, but you would still be welcome to join at a later time.

5 years ago
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Yes I would like to join :)

5 years ago
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With which option? 1 or 2?

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1

5 years ago
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And the game would be?

5 years ago
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Hey,

this is a great idea and would absolutely like to join the good cause of this group.
I actually rejoined some days ago and have not won anything that has achievements in it. But I never played Portal I won some years ago (only 21 minutes on record). I would to catch up to that and play it :)

7 years ago
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Hi schmutz! You're welcome to join, playing Portal will do fine. Just as a note, you indeed have 0.4 hours on record. Please comment again once you have finished playing the game. :)

7 years ago
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I finished it just now :)

7 years ago
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Nice, your progress is looking fine. :) You did it fast, but you having played Portal 2 before, makes sense. Membership request approved, welcome to the group!

7 years ago
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Hehe that's true, it was pretty easy after playing Portal 2. But it was worth it, really good first game!
Thanks for the invitation! :)

7 years ago
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Hello, I'd like to join. My target is Kathy Rain

7 years ago
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Hi Wissaul! You're welcome to join, playing Kathy Rain is fine. Just as a note: you have 1.8 hours on record already. Please comment again once you have finished the game. :)

7 years ago
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Done :)

7 years ago
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Oh, great, even as completionist I see. ^^ Please request to join here (click on a button) and I'll approve it as soon as I see it. :) Welcome to the group in advance!

Edit: Approved.

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Thank you :)

7 years ago
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I wanna join the group via Option 1.
Game to play: Machinarium

7 years ago
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Hi PirateAARG! You're welcome to join by playing Machinarium. Just as a note, you have 2.5 hours on record already. Please comment again once you have finished the game. :)

7 years ago
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Finished. 100% achievements :)

7 years ago
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That's quick and all achievements, very nice. :) Membership request approved, welcome to the group! ^^

7 years ago
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Thanks a lot :D

7 years ago
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Method of Applying: Option 1
Game: TIS-100
Note: I already did play it a bit a while back and have 35mins but I guess I can hit the included guidebook again and try to do more of it. Hope I don't have to completely finish this, this game really tests your patience and problem solving skills. :v

7 years ago
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Hi ProHunter! You're welcome to join, however please pick a game you didn't play yet. Looking at your winnings only Supraball would qualify, so you can pick that or feel free to pick one from your Steam library instead that has achievements.

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I played Supraball quite a bit back when it didn't have any achievements or proper matchmaking systems.

Also I'll take up on your option of selecting a second game and I would like to pick "Back to Bed" as the game, since I haven't touched it yet but was planning on playing it and it has achievements, hope it qualifies. :)

7 years ago
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Ah, sorry didn't know so. Playing Back to Bed will do fine, please check in again once you've finished it. :)

7 years ago
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All done except the elitist achievement.

7 years ago
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Congratulations :) Your progress is looking fine. Please request to join here (it's a click on a button) and I'll approve it as soon as I'll see it. Welcome to the group in advance! :)

Edit: Approved!

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Thanks a lot mate. :)

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Nice again, thanks for sharing! :)

7 years ago
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Hey,
I would like to apply for entry.
I will be playing Brothers a tale of Two Sons I seem to have about 60 minutes playtime, not really sure about that.
I am not sure if the achivements for that is related to the main story but I guess I will have to document my journey through the game upto the end.

7 years ago
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Hi kleidophoros! You're welcome to join, playing Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons will do fine, as you don't have any unlocked achievements on it yet. Just as a note: you have 1.1 hrs on record already. Please comment again once you have finished the game.

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Yeah, no idea about the playtime, I didn't play it before; shame!

7 years ago
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It should take you about 3 hours to finish. :)

7 years ago
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If only I could find a couch coop friend.

7 years ago
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I guess about a 3rd done, I don't think I will get any achivements though, they are all missable it seems, using screenshots instead.

7 years ago
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You should get some achievements though, at least some of the more populair one's. Otherwise please pick another game that you didn't play yet; if you already played it 1/3 before commenting here, you shouldn't have picked this game anyway.

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Just finished, documented it all along. Got half the achivements too, turns out I didn't have to go too much out of my way to get them.
Well if you are not comfortable with this, sure; no biggie, am not in a hurry. But as I said, I have no memory of playing this game before and I started from the beginning this time around.
Will click that Apply button now, feel free to reject if you are not comfortable as I said.

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Congratulations on finishing it and I see that next to the achievements you've made 27 screenshots, that's a record. :P Membership request approved, welcome to the group. :)

7 years ago
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Deleted about 20 of them too :P
Cheers, see you around.

7 years ago
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Hi! I'd like to join if it's okay. I've been saving Dark Arcana: The Carnival to play for Halloween this year (I'm weird like that). So I thought that might be a good one to use for this.

7 years ago
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Hi SaphSiren! Of course it's okay, you're welcome to join. :) Playing Dark Arcana: The Carnival will do fine. Please comment again when you've finished playing it (on or after Halloween?). ^^

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7 years ago
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BOO! Finished it: ^̮^

7 years ago
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Scare! :) Your progress is looking fine, membership request approved, welcome to the group. :)

7 years ago
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I just started playing Dex, with the intention of beating it. I would like to join, once I'm done with it (How Long to Beat says that it's about 12,5h)

7 years ago
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Hi Fnord! Nice to see you joining, you're very welcome. :) However, could you please pick a game that you didn't play before? We'd like to see no achievement unlocked before the commenting date. Please let me know.

7 years ago
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Even though I like public giveaways, I would like to have an option to gift some specific games worthing to be played to people who will actually do it, so:
Option 2: Supporting the cause by creating a group giveaway of a game that you would like to see getting played.

Edit: By the way is it necessary for the game to have achievements, so the the winner can prove playing it?

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Hi EndlessHorizon! You're welcome to join by giving something away you like to see getting played, please press the button "request to join" here and I'll approve it when I see it. As for your question, if the game only has playtime available we approve it based on that (unless it look idled); in the long run members win both games with and without achievements. You are always free to ask for some screenshots in the OP however.

Edit: Approved.

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Also I suppose that someone should be already in charge of checking the winners instead of the giveaway creators themselves.
First 5 giveaways created!

7 years ago
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Mostly games without achievements are proved by screenshots of end credits if the winner played the games or some screenshots of games various level to show that the winner put substantial time to play it but didn't like the game to play to its fullest because sometimes games look good in trailer even in some gameplay but when you play it it may not what you hoped for.It happened to me in Homefront 2.Hope this clarifies your question

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That was very clarifying, thanks. And that makes sense to me, e.g. I wouldn't like to force myself to finish a game by all means while not having fun, gaming supposed to be an entertaining and pleasant experience.

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Combat Raccoon: I won this game a few weeks ago. I never got around to playing this but I think joining this group would give me a good excuse to play this game!

One of the reasons I don't create public giveaways is because most of the entries are bots. But I think this group with its requirements would be a great opportunity for sharing games.

So I think option 1 and 2 both work for me.

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Hi amossong! You're very welcome to join, playing Combat Raccoon will do fine, please check back when you've finished it. If you want to giveaway something, that is fine too, I could approve your invitation directly then. Just let me know. :)

7 years ago
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Hi amossong, we are currently in the process of clearing out all our old join requests on Steam and I came across yours. I would like to know if you would still be interested to join the group? Sadly since Combat Raccoon has been removed from the store since then, I am unable to confirm if your game progress is enough or not to join, but if you would be still interested we can figure something out.
If I won't get a reply in a week I will simply decline the request, but you would still be welcome to join at a later time.

5 years ago
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I would be happy to join your group! Thanks for the offer :)

5 years ago
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Option 1 or 2? Also I have accepted your friend request on Steam as well, so if you have any questions feel free to ask there as well :)

5 years ago
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id like to join

7 years ago
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Hi linkharden! As spoken via Steam chat you're welcome to join, but please read the main post first and comment your choice here.

7 years ago
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Hi linkharden, we are currently in the process of clearing out all our old join requests on Steam and I came across yours. I would like to know if you would still be interested to join the group and if yes, with which option?
If I won't get a reply in a week I will simply decline the request, but you would still be welcome to join at a later time.

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id like to join

7 years ago
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Hi rmark8! Sorry for the late reply. You can join, but please read the topic first on how to join.

7 years ago
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Bump for an awesome group.

7 years ago
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Thanks Andrewski :3

7 years ago
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Hi, i would like to join by playing Quantum Break
P.S. No problem if i started first act yesterday?

7 years ago
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Hi GoDDuSS! Sorry for the late reply. You're welcome to join, but please pick a game you didn't start yet that has achievements. There is no time limit, so just pick a game you are planning to play after Quantum Break orso. :) I hope to hear from you.

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7 years ago
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Yes, Dishonored will do fine! :) Please comment again once you've finished it.

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Congratulations! I hope you've enjoyed the game. Membership request approved, welcome to the group. :)

7 years ago
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I would like to join!
I haven't won any SteamGifts drawings yet, but I would offer up PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate as a drawing. I can't start it right away, but only be able to start it after Sunday night, since I have 4 drawings underway until then.

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Hi kevlarsen! Sorry for the late reply. How things have changed for you I see, you won three games already now. ^^ Congratulations. Perhaps you can consider changing your introduction game to one of them. Playing PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate will do fine too, just let me know when you have finished that game or if you want to change it to a winning. :)

7 years ago
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I would like to give away PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate. It's from a bundle I bought before. Yes, I have won 3 games, but I'd still like to do option 2, give away a game.

7 years ago
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I'm sorry, I misunderstood "drawing", pardon my Dunglish. ;) You're welcome to join by giving away PixelJunk, membership request approved. :)

7 years ago
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Thanks very much.

7 years ago
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Closed 2 years ago by Reforced.