Happy cake day. The site did change, that's for sure. For the better or worse? I can't say. I'm just happy I got to be here for the time being, happy to win some nice games and meet cool people.
Anyway, thanks for giving away the Japanese Lifestyle Simulator.
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Happy 5th Cake Day, AmanoTC! Hopefully not all people are so bad like you described it. :-)
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Thank you :)
No, not all people are like this. There still many good peeps around :)
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I'm not salty at all and thanks for your wishes ;)
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puddle of mudd
Those darn Mudds! Always ruining everything.
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ahhh oddlama... for nostalgic reasons I'm still part of his 'oddllama's new kind of llama group' :)
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I don't have answers... but anyway, happy cakeday!
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It is the way of life. Five years ago I was healthy and had a decent job, now I'm sick and retired. Happy 5th cakeday!
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Thank you :)
I'm very sorry to hear that :( I can relate to it much better than you think, believe you me..
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Leveling up felt like an achievment.
True, true... that said, I wouldn't mind if Monthly games were only counted as bundled games and not full-priced stuff. I'm saying this because it seems some people are giving away monthlies only to get delicious cv. is it any worse than buying "games" for a few cents on Russian sites? No, probably not... at least they're giving something
Leveling up means nothing anymore because there are hardly any games left for me to enter.
Dude... you have over 12k games. Are you really surprised there aren't many GA's for you to enter? :p
Anyone still around who still remembers the OddLama and his giving sprees?
I do. I even won a... I think it was a $20 Steam wallet code from him. He had discovered a site where you could create a superhero and he challenged people to do so... that was my entry. I was only a runner-runner-up and won because someone failed to claim their victory in the 15 mandatory minutes but still... that win made my entire week. But the guy though... I didn't speak much with him but he kinda... scared me? He was kinda blunt.
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I am not surprised that there are hardly any giveaways left for me to enter. Not at all. And I'm pretty sure I didn't say so ;)
Your superhero scares me...
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You're right, that's not what you said. But that's what I thought you meant? shrugs
So what did you mean by there are not many games for you to enter then?
And what's wrong with tail-or man? ;) I thought he was pretty cool. ^_^
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heyhey... what a coincidence..... 5 years ago I registered.... yep, cakeday today. (check image attached in case you check this next day ;) )
Same feeling... not as bad as you though. Yep, lot has changed but I met some nice people here. Some irl (well.. just 2...) .
And ofcourse I remember Oddlama ;)
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Thank you :)
And a very happy belated cakeday to you, too
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Happy cake day and I understand what you're saying...
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You're so damn right, even if I've been here for half of the time you did, I have noticed some of the things you mentioned but SG is still awesome because, even if as you say the "gems" are harder to find, they are still there.
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I really appreciate this thread. I have been away from SG for a couple years, and in the meantime it's changed quite a bit. I also first got here 5 years ago. I LOVED the sense of community I got from the site. I also appreciate you saying there are still users who are jewels - gives me some hope that I can still find what I want to get out of this site. <3
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With a little effort you will be able to pick out the raisins.. :) Welcome back!
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Edit: I am not in a bad mood, I am really not :D I even bought Yakuza 0 as a giveaway to celebrate my half decade :)
So, today is my 5th cakeday. I registered on this site on August 15th, 2013. 5 years ago. Time flies.
At first, i was totally overwhelmed and it did take some time to figure out how this site works. I had way less money then, didn't know about bundles and it took really long to climb the ranks. Leveling up felt like an achievment.
Oh boy, how did that all change!
Now I am earning a decent wage, am an expert deal and bundle hunter, my library exploded and collecting games has become a habit. A kinda meta-game in itself.
Leveling up means nothing anymore because there are hardly any games left for me to enter.
My experience with SG in those years? Well.. Meh. The site changed. Shovelware or however you want to call it floods the site. It's logical, because in this SG is a mirror of the current state of PC gaming in general and Steam in particular.
Quality of SG users has also declined. There are still a lot of jewels around but it is harder to find them in the puddle of mudd. There, I said it. And this saddens me. Anyone still around who still remembers the OddLama and his giving sprees?
Well, here is an obligatory giveaway which is very likely to end up in the hands of a leecher with many not activated games who only does region locked giveaways, can't say Thank you and will insult me when I don't send the key within minutes after his win and who will resell the key and claim I never send it.
Public giveaways nowadays. Only for masochistic people.
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SG community never ceases to amaze me, not even on my cakeday ;) (Pictured comment was posted on my Steam profile mere minutes after this thread went live. Must be an alt account)
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I wanted to give feedback if the winner was of the category I cynically described, but I can't give this feedback without calling him out, sooo...
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Unfortunately I had to delete the giveaway :( I bought the key from Voidu and the store page didn't mention a region lock because I bought the key with a european IP-address. But if you visit the page from outside of the EU, you get a warning regarding region lock. Which I could not see. Duh. So my key is EU only and I only found out about this after the original and the re-rolled winner both could not activate the key :(
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Here is a new giveaway for all your troubles with the old one, this time it should really be a ROW version.
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