good to see some people invalidate this gif
there's still hope T_T
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Liked the idea, Maybe I would join in the future when my 25% is 50% or more (now its 42%)
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Good luck on working on your backlog! Looking forward to hearing from you :)
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I have one question do you mean with "<25% of completed achievements" the Avg. Achievement Percentage shown by the Tappermonkey script? Or how many games I have more than 25%?
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How many games you have with more than 25% achievements. And this amount needs to be at least 50%.
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Applying to the group 🙂
I have a bad habit (going all the way back to PS1 and PS2 😅) of starting games and then abandoning them and moving on to another one, and my Steam backlog has only made that worse 😳
Since joining Playing Appreciated here I've been trying to at least play all my wins (not just PA ones) but in quite a few I'd only got one or two achievements.
Since I saw this topic I've gone back to a few of my wins and played them some more, and my "≥25% complete" stat has gone up to 52.0% (26/50) 56.9% (29/51) [Edit: I think it was 46% before, so I didn't have that far to go]
Favourite SG win is a hard one, either Quantum Break or Minecraft Story Mode. The latter was a very pleasant surprise, I'd avoided buying it because I really don't like the whole Minecraft aesthetic, that blocky look just put me right off. But the story made up for it, and I even went on to buy the season Adventure pass, and I'll most likely get Season 2 at some point 😁
My BLAEO profile
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Heya OldNick,
sorry for coming this late back to you. Although it's nice to see you playing your wins (not PA only), we have a few trouble with stuff. We checked out your profile and only really saw around 30% or your wins beaten. I know, I know, we say 50% of your wins should be at least with 25% cheevos. But we really want games to be beaten, to be played through once (or more)! So although on the outside it looks like it fits, it really doesn't - and not only your games with cheevos count into that. I hope you can understand that.
But man! You are so right about Minecraft Story Mode! I totally never wanted to play it since... the blocks and all that. But I am a huge Telltale fan, so I just... gave it a go! And man! It was brilliant! I even thought about starting to play Minecraft... and then remembered that the game really is not what Telltale tells us. Duh. So yeah. Season 2! One day, we'll come!
Hope to see you back once a few more games have been played!
Nin
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No problem 🙂
Can you give me a rough idea of what proportion of completed (or at least beaten) games you're looking for, just to prevent me from keeping checking in every couple of games 😅 Edit: Answered by Lilith's post below 🙂
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I'm back 😀
Beat Blade Kitten today* which means I've beaten half my wins! 😃
EDIT: ...and I just beat Kingsway as a Rogue. Warrior class next! 😁
It's been fun, Mafia 2 was an especially nice surprise after seeing the bashing Mafia 3 has gotten 😅 & Samorost 3 was delightful 😍
The first Samantha Swift game was alright, a bit basic compared to today's HOGs, but it was decent enough to make me think it was worth playing the next one, but unfortunately Samantha Swift and the Golden Touch just does not want to run on Windows 10... 😒
I'm not stopping there though, I've just returned to Gray Matter, and Leashed Soul is a nice little puzzle game I keep going back to.
I'll probably give Castlevania a proper go next and maybe Trillion. I really want to return to Deadly Premonition but although I've run it a few times it now also refuses to run on Windows 10 😠
So I'd like to reapply to join please! 😊
*(strictly speaking I only beat Episode 1 of BK as beating the whole game requires buying the Ep2 DLC)
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I would apply for the group. :)
I really like those kinds of groups. Hence I'm also in the group "Playing Appreciated" and through that group I won my favorite SG Win. Get Even. When it comes to horror games I can't really play them, when the first scary scene comes I mostly quit the game and won't play it again. But because I was "forced" to play the game I did it. And the game turned out to be one of my favorite games. The story was something different, confusing but still understandable and great.
And as I saw that there is another group like PA I wanted to join. So I spent the whole day trying to get the <25% achievements to at least 50% of my games. And thanks to that rule I discovered another game I won but never really played it but now I might play more of it.
I would love to be in the group to discover more games I would normally not buy or play :D
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Hey Yoshi01010,
I like very much how your numbers are looking nicer every time I look. Sadly I have to ask you, to play a bit more of your games until you fit into the group. We also take the games into consideration, that have no achievements and therefore don't show up in the script. But I am super duper sure, you can get there! Because, honestly, you have a few faboulus games, that over lots and lots of playtime (and cheevos!)! Like Witcher 2 - did you play the first? Because, man, the second was way better! happy Which totally reminds me, how I wanna play the third game :(
Maybe you could come back, once you played a few more games? I would very much like that! :)
Have a great time!
Nin
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I'm already on it :) Since I've posted the apply I've already finished four more games. At the time I'm playing through Mafia II (way better than I expected it to be) and after that, I'm finally playing Witcher 2.
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Sounds awesome! I hope you have tons of fun with both games!
Never played any Mafia game, but I heard nice enough things about them :)
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Okay, now I have played through over 50% of my SG Wins. :) I have also a BLAEO account but it's still WIP.
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Should I reapply now? And I had fun with Witcher 2, probably play it a second time for the other main path. And now I'm more hyped to play Witcher 3 than before. But sadly my PC is not the best and I want to wait till I get a better GPU, I would like to play Witcher 3 the best possible way. ;)
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I took the liberty to throw you in for voting already ;)
Yeah, I am pretty much the same with Witcher. I'm really looking forward to three! Even more so, since I started listening to the book! I wanna play it! And although my PC will probably manage... ugh, I'm still waiting for a nice discount :D
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Researching the available information, our team didn't find enough bases to accredit your approach to playing the wins as one close to the group spirit. Let this not discourage you from appreciating past and future wins on SG!
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Can i join to your group?
I'm in group "PA" and i won there 2 really good games.I can't decide which one in my wins is the best but i can tell that Hitman win was the worst.I was happy then when i won game from hitman series but it was worst hitman of all of time in my opinion.It was just other game with name hitman on it.i finished this with killing almost everyone beacause game don't allow to play really good stealth like earlier games.Even if you are stealthy you will get detected in the end of mission anyway.I got games with 0 hours on it but it's beacuse i had exams in last month and no time for playing.Also need to finish other games in my account to start playing my wins from SG(with 0 hours).i take only games from giveaways which one i want to play or at least try them.I think i don't spam every giveway to have after +1 to steam library.Because of PA group i played my group wins even on exams time.
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Hello Welinos,
thank you for applying to our group! Sadly I have to tell you, that you don't fit yet into our group. Although you have 50% on the script, taking the other games without achievements into account, your numbers are not high enough yet. Maybe you could play a bit more and then... come back? Like the Basement Collection, unless it's a totally horrible game I bet you could totally play a bit more of it!
I hope you are not too dissapointed and will give us a second chance once you played a bit more :)
I'd very much like that!
Have fun gaming!
Nin
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Thank you for response.I don't think "The Basement Collection" is a bad game ,but didn't have time to finish them(only started with one hour playing Super meat boy and trying rest in other one) For sure i will try to play more my wins ,because i won some of them recently when i tried to get 100% in vermintide.I will be back.
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I'm a big fan of the concept, and I am in a similar group (Playing Appreciated). I'd love to be a member of Playing Matters if there's still room.
My last win was actually on January 1st this year - what a fantastic start to the new year! I was lucky enough to win Cuphead, which has been on my wishlist ever since they announced it. I played it and loved every minute. It's tough, for sure, but incredibly fun and addictive. Managed to complete it, and went through most levels again to get the A rating on all stages. I didn't have the patience or skill to do expert mode, sadly. But an absolute masterpiece of a game!
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It's a Threepw00d!!!!!
(Yes, that was basically the FIRST game I ever played, although I was to small to get anywhere. Even with logging in with saves from parents and stuff. BUT IT WAS THE FIRST! :] )
But now. Dear, Mr Threepw00d. I really like to see you here and applying for membership, this ship only accepts p(irates) who have beaten more games! Sooooo... I can't make any off the nice Pirate-duell comments, since I only ever played it in german really D:
Would you care to play a bit more and come back to the P!M! ship for membership? (Can you say that? I wanted to say Crewmenship, but I feel like I'm loosing focus here :D )
Have a great day! goes plundering some bounty
Nin
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My ≥25% complete ratio is 64.3% now so I am applying for the group :)
My favorite win is definitely TES -5 Skyrim since I am a sucker for big open wold RPGs. I finished TES-3 Morrowind which is my favorite TES game but couldn't beat TES-4 Oblivion after this happened to me. I always try to do all siide quests find all places and do all kinds of useless stuf in these games before doing main questline so I probably won't finish Skyrim before putting some 400 hours into it.
Second one will be Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for similar reasons (it is shamefull that I didn't finish this game yet) I tried to achieve 100% with Deus Ex: Human Revolution but gave up because of some broken achievements.
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Hi!
I am curious about you plans on Risen 3, Dawn of War 3 and Supreme Commander 2. This is my personal question.
Love RPGs, my favourite genre <3 but from TES series have finished only Oblivion.
I enjoyed Deus Ex: Human Revolution too, but original Deus Ex was for me way more interesting, creating much more feelings, hence more artsy;3 HR is delivering a great pleasure to cyberpunk-loving eyes though.
Your application looks good, 11/15 wins given a good care, you will be contacted after all verifications are carried out and discussed by us.
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I realised I havent finished Owlboy. I didn't realise this since there wasn't an achievement for it. That's been taken care of now. I am currently trying to finish Shadow Warrior. After that I think I will finish Call of Duty: Ghosts since it is not a really long game.
After reading your post below I have to say I have only beaten 4 games (Saint's Row IV, Deadlight, Sleeping Dogs, Owlboy) so I may not be elligble for the group. I also consider Kingdom: New Lands beaten since it is kind of a sandbox game that I come back to kill time.
For your personal question:
I am kinda afraid to play Risen 3 now since I think it will take a lot of time to finish. But I will get to it sometime in the future. I loved Gothic 2-3 so I probably like this one too. I also have Skyrim and Witcher 3 in same genre to finish first.
Dawn of War 3 is on my playlist since I love strategy games. I also played some Dawn of War 2 and liked it. Supreme Commander 2's dumb AI made me quit it in frustration in first or second mission. I really didn't want to play it since.
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Look around for DoW 3 mods - vanilla game is said to be very stupid and lacking, but the mods seems like kinda saving it, making a proper RTS.
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I am not really into mods that change gameplay but it won't hurt to look I guess. Thanks for the info :)
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Hey, I'm applying to the group. My favourite win is Dustforce, because the movement mechanics are really good, and it's so satisfying to execute perfect combos of moves to get all the dust.
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As a member of Playing Matters moderator team, I'd like to emphasize that our group is oriented into beating all the possible wins. Not just trying/starting won games and dropping them. Beating games is totally not just about getting 25% of achievements either. Majority of games unlocks 25% of achievements way before being beaten and these dropped wins are not what we are looking for with our requirements. We have to look into each applying user personally.
While for members of PM the maintenance rule will be checked using Kelnage's scripts plus by periodically looking into playing statistics (to counter cheating etc.), when we are checking accounts of a person who applies to the group, we wish to see more than 50% of wins beaten. If account has less than half of wins taken a good care or if this percentage is unclear for us, we will prefer the future member of PM to play more of their wins first before entering our small community, where mostly everyone exceeds our minimal requirements by a decent margin and deserves similarly responsible and passionate winners.
We are totally not in hurry to make our group bigger.
I'd like to emphasize also, that entering our group and winning games outside of the group, which will not be played, will not be taken lightly. A decent and honest person should learn to control own appetites and possibilities. While we don't have specific formal rules regarding members' wins outside of PM, our group is created for people who believe that playing SG wins is the only correct approach to received gifts and who acts correspondingly and consistently to it (with the only relaxation regarding very old wins, which are still encouraged to be given a decent try). Our group's formal rules are a projection of our ideas/ideals, not the other way around, so everyone who wants to join, please seriously consider if you are up to our standards and course.
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While we don't have specific formal rules regarding members' wins outside of PM
The group's rules include "Maintain our minimum requirements of 50% of played wins with 25% of completed achievements." - in this case you already have the stated consequences meant under "not be taken lightly", don't you? :)
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This is correct. But users who like to look for loopholes may think that it is perfectly fine to play only half of wins in the future, which is certainly not an image of our welcomed group member. Acting in an ill manner and covering by "this is not prohibited by rules" is not something we consider reasonable in our group. We tried to create a short and understandable basic rule list. We have a distributed system for decision making for complex and questionable cases, not covered by basic rule digest. This tries to create an honest mechanics with attention to all the details, which hopefully will be dependable and credible for all our group members.
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Ah, I see :D Sometimes I'm a bit more obsessed about the wording and various parts of the rules than I should be - in this case because I also enter for only games that I think I'll enjoy and be able to finish sometimes, so if eventually I'll get into the group, it's highly unlikely that my completion rate will move downwards considerably :D
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So answer is no to my reply,because there is no single message under my response to this post.
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Reply on Steamgifts doesn't reply to the person at the root of the comment-tree (in this case Lilith), but to the person on whose comment you pressed reply - in this case that's me :) Reply to her for guaranteed answer, as I can't do that for you :P
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There are many applications with no answer yet, older than yours, mostly because mods can't verify that the persons in question indeed have already enough wins beaten / extensively played. All of these applications most probably will be temporarily rejected until we can see more clearly the consistent playing approach to the wins, satisfying our group members' standards.
No worries, just enjoy your wins meanwhile.
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Thank you very much for response.I will be more patient.
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Not looking to join (though I do do my best to play my wins as time allows)...
Just wanted to comment that all I can see when I notice your thread title is PIM which in hockey is the acronym for the "penalties in minutes" stat.
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Nooooooooooooooooooo! We are not on penalty break! shock
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Hi, i would be glad if i get accepted to join this group.
From all the wins i played its easy to say that my first win was also the best. Costume Quest 2, is just to adorable!
Followed by Kathy Rain because the puzzles are solved by logic unlike most adventure games where the puzzles are often to far-fetched.
The third place is taken by Zarya-1: Mystery on the Moon, the story is presented in a way that gives you as a player a very good immersion in the role of mission command.
By far the worst win is My name is addiction. Was interested in it cause of the premise but this thing does nothing then throwing meaningless sentences at you without any consistent story beeing told. Or maybe i am just to stupid.
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Hey Matwyn,
we are currently looking into your profile and gaming. So we are on it ;)
Have a great time! Talk to you soon :)
Nin
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Hello again Matwyn,
first of all, sorry for the long wait. With all the sunshine happening, the system slowed down a lot ;)
Although you have a few games played through completly, we are a bit reluctant, since you never even touched a few others (like Sims. SIMS! O.O). Yeah, could we ask you to play a few of the so far not touched games? That would be very much appreciated and seen as a sign of your willingness to beat those wins! ;)
Have a great time and lots of fun playing!
I hope to see you back here at some point ;)
Nin
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Should I apply, should I not apply?
Dunno cause I will leave soon for 3 weeks of Sweden \o/
One thing for sure you guys deserve a bump
Talking about best win is difficult, my first win was Bastion, which is a incredibly good game.
Somewhere in the middle were Rocket League and Killer is Dead loved those too.
Or one of the more recent one Snake Pass really was fun.....
I think I would still pick Bastion.
bumpy bump
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Hey Nariel,
guess that is totally up to you! You could always come back after your stay in sweden and we'll then have a look at things. Or we look at it now. Just tell us how you'd like to handle things ;)
Have a great time in Sweden!
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what does the magic script say about me? i guess it won't be enough. ever since the year started i was pretty busy with too much real life shit.
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magic script - release
Avg. Achievement Percentage 76.2%
Games with ≥1 Achievement 35.6% (36/101)
≥25% complete: 30.7% (31/101)
completed: 18.8% (19/101)
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Hello, i was invited to the group before some weeks, but i won some games and my ratio drops at 45% and i get kicked. Right now my ratio is 75% 9/12 and soon i will finish and the Warhammer: Vermintide. Maybe can i join again ;)? I will care to never drop less than 50% and thats why i will try to have a high ratio.
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Heya! I'd love to join!
Out of my 17 wins on SG, 9 were through Playing Appreciated - a like-minded group that requires playing games within 30 days of winning them (so I guess that's 50% already?) I have also played the majority of my other wins as well!
My favourite win: has to be my most recent one, Dungeon of the Endless. Was very hard at first, but I think that's the point of the game. I started making progress, and while I've only played about 3.5 hours, I've cleared the first 6-7 floors and am really looking forward to playing this game a lot more!
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I had nothing to do currently, so here are your stats :D
Avg. Achievement Percentage 31.9%
Games with ≥1 Achievement 90.0% (9/10)
≥25% complete: 30.0% (3/10)
completed: 0.00% (0/10)
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Wow, thanks man!!
Are those stats good...?
Also how did you get a hold of them? Is there a tool?
Unfortunately though, I don't think they are fully accurate - I know that more than 10 of my wins actually have achievements :P
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Nope they are not, according to these stats you only got 30% of the cheevos.
It depends on the game but for most, it is far away from beieng a completed game.
And yep there is a grease/tampermonkey script, but I have no link right now sorry.
Did not look at it, just copy pasted the stats
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Right I see... however this group only requires like 50% of the games to have 25% achievements, so having 30% isn't too far off? Combined with the fact that (as I mentioned) I have more than 10 games with achievements, and some of the missing ones would have >25%
Plus "completing" the majority of these games would require getting multiple achievements that "0.1-0.5% of players have earned" So IMO, I'm not doing too badly.
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I am not even in the group myself ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
I guess they will look into it, just wanted to post your stats
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Haha, I see. Well cheers anyway!
I had a look at your profile - 98% is very impressive! So I guess literally anyone's achievement stats wouldn't be impressive to you :P
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My played wins are not that impressive though.
I only played around 60% of my wins
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Hey yfilc,
as Nariel already pointed out, your stats are too low for joining us atm. You should really give more of your games a go! For example you haven't even touched Endless Space yet and hardly any playtime/achievements with BOOKS. But yeah, there are a few games you could still play ;)
I hope you'll have hours of fun with Dungeon of the Endless though! Sounds like you still have a journey with that one too ;)
Hope to hear from you, once you played more ;)
Have a great time!
Nin
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Definitely going to play Endless Space in the future! Might also re-download some of my previous wins to get a few more achievements.
FYI BOOKS is one of those trashy achievement spam games that I regret entering. It has 4500 achievements that can be earned by simply running the game for a few minutes and clicking around. I could easily "complete" it by earning all the achievements, but I decided against it otherwise it would inflate my overall achievement counter to a ridiculous number that doesn't accurately represent what I've earned. Surely it wouldn't be counted.
And yes, I am really enjoying Dungeon of the Endless. Look forward to playing to more in the future and bringing the achievement counter over 25% :)
Quick update: Just got a couple more achievements on The Wizards Lair (which only has 10) which bumped it up to 30%. If you exclude BOOKS on the basis that "I could do it if I wanted to, it will just mess up my stats," then I would be at 50% :D
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Well, guess you should think twice in the future of joining trashy achievement games for achievements sake :] :D
I also guess, I'm kinda lucky of never having won one of those. It might have turned into madness! o.O
Mhm, maybe instead of just reinstalling and gaining more cheevos... how about beating the game? Because playing a game from start to finish is the most awesome thing to do really!
And yes, Endless Space! Gotta play that one too! Oh man! So many games, so little time! cry
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I wasn't aware BOOKS was a trashy achievement game :P I got it confused with a reading simulator thing that I had seen... However I am being more careful with the giveaways I enter :P
If you look at The Wizards Lair - or any game in general really - you'll notice it's not really one you "beat." This one is more of an endless dungeon crawler I think. It got quite boring anyway.
Besides, there are very few games that you can actually "beat" - success is more defined by the player IMO. Besides, with a backlog of somewhere between 80-100 games (which isn't even that large, compared to what other people have!) I can't be 100%ing every game...
I do strive to at least complete the campaign, earn a bunch of achievements, or keep playing until I get bored, etc. Besides, playing different games should be fun and something that you enjoy, not a chore that you dread doing :P
The endless struggle of games > time D:
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If you look at The Wizards Lair - or any game in general really - you'll notice it's not really one you "beat." This one is more of an endless dungeon crawler I think. It got quite boring anyway.
Just by looking at the store description of "Take on 30 floors of devious traps, deadly monsters and destructive weapons!" one can tell that it's not endless :)
Vast majority of games have a defined ending - finish campaign, reach last location, do each level / puzzle - nobody is asked you to 100% every game of yours.
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Ahh, ok, my mistake.
Quite a few of my won games do not have a defined ending - Town of Salem, Goat Simulator, Insurgency, and Endless Space for example.
But really, just look at The Wizards Lair - $3 game, 3 user reviews, doesn't look like much effort went into creating it. Why should I have to spend hours 'beating' a bad game that I don't enjoy? I'd much rather play a game that I actually want to.
Why do I have to explain myself to you?
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Why should I have to spend hours 'beating' a bad game that I don't enjoy?
Well this is a recruitment topic for a group where the whole point is to play and beat the games you win on SteamGifts 🤔
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But the requirement is 50% of games with at least 25% achievement wins, not beating every game?
I do not have anything against beating games in general - I think it's great!
Playing wins from this site is also a great concept for a group - Playing Appreciate is my favourite group currently.
However, I should not be forced to play a trashy game for multiple hours, especially when I already have 30% achievements and could spend my time beating other games :P
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That's just the absolute lowest criteria, it's what gets you kicked if you fall below it.
If you read some of their replies in this thread the people who run the group are looking for people who want to beat their SG wins.
And nobody's forcing you to do anything, unless you want to join the group.
If you really don't want to play your trashy wins (and I can totally understand that as someone who regrets entering for a few myself), then don't. If you win some good games and stop entering for games you'll never finish, eventually those trashy ones you've already won will be a much smaller proportion of your total and won't drag down your stats
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Thank you! You've explained this quite well.
I'll definitely be working towards entering better games that I will actually be able to complete, as well as still working on some games that I've won & still enjoy playing.
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You don't need to explain yourself to me, but for the group's staff. If everyone can just say " but I don't like that game let's ignore that" then the goal to complete your games as an entry requirement is totally pointless. And trust me, I won Daikatana and Uriel's Chasm and some roguelikes, so I know what it's like to have bad (or challenging and endlessly replayable) games that I should play :D
Just an idea - instead of making up excuses why you don't want to play your won game for a group that's about playing won games, why not just set up a goal that you can actually achieve? Get half of the achievements (Wizard-game sounds like having milestone-achievements) / finish the game / play 5 more hours or something like that.
For Insurgency I think there are single player content - you can aim to finish that. With ToS having a set number of wins or played games is a great goal, as the individual games are really fun so while it requires time, it's easy, entertaining and it feels good when you can 'close its case', and then just casually return to it later. I don't know about Endless Space much, but as far as I care about my strategy games, finishing a campaign (for example with Age of Mythology), playing long enough if you're not too good at the game or just winning an idk, 10+ hour long game is more than enough in my book to say that you cared enough about the game to actually play it.
For example recently "finished" the roguelite Ziggurat. I aimed at at least 10 hours of gameplay with it (I had like 1-2), but I got lucky and could beat the final boss on my 8th try whatsoever with barely any health remaining. Yay! So I played some 6-7 hours afterwards because with some focus it turned way better :D .
Or I marked Rocket League 'beaten" on BLAEO (as done, but not completed) after playing 19 hours with it that was fun but my laptop is not exactly great for that, but I know I like it and will play it more if it's more suitable. I got to know the game, had a lot of fun and I don't feel it was a waste, that I won it.
TLDR: I think players do have a word in when a game is beaten, but to cop-out with minimum effort doesn't really send the same message
as setting up a 100% reachable goal, especially if you try to 'barter' with a group about what counts as done.
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I'm not making up excuses. I'm literally stating "I've tried the game, and I do not wish to continue playing it."
I got the game marked off as "played" on the group that I won it from. Check.
I've gotten greater than 25% achievements on it, adding to the requirement for entry to this group. Check.
I have no need for "excuses," or whatever. I'm done. Complete. I don't need to beat the entire game. I don't need people here to tell me to either. I already set up a goal and achieved it. We can all move on with our lives. Don't know why every person on this thread wants me to play that game so much.
Town of Salem is a great game - one that I will come back to every now and again (just haven't gotten to it in a little while unfortunately). Earning a 25% achievement score is difficult as there are over 350 of them, some requiring DLCs and/or LOTS of playtime, but it's not impossible. I look forward to earning them in the near future.
As of my current achievement rate, it's 5/10 over 25%. I am one achievement away from 25% on Dungeon of the Endless. On top of that, my playtime has doubled since the last time we met, count. (~cheeky SW reference). Again, I don't intend to hit 25% and then drop it, I have more long term goals :P
I also remembered that one of my first wins - Frontline Tactics - was removed from Steam not that long after I won it. I earned 21/23 achievements on it (the last 2 not actually being achievable). This isn't visible on my profile, but I could provide a screenshot of the game from my library page that shows them, if required.
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It's been a bit since I posted my application, and there was no reply, so I just wanted to check if you missed it or not.
I'm at 80% wins with >25% achievements now, and also 80% wins beaten. (Haven't beaten Devil Daggers, Hand of Fate, Doom, Getting Over It, and Snake Pass)
Also, I can't play Doom right now because my GPU is trash. I ordered a new one from Amazon, but they're taking a million years to get it. I'll play it when they deliver it.
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Not forgotten! I was away for the last couple of days and the others seem to have had a lot going on too. I'll hope we get that all sorted out quickly ;)
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You have to put a bit more work into applying for us to take you serious ;)
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\o/
I wanted to post you a reply vid, but then I feel like 500 miles with the Doctor Who crew doesn't fit. But... the Doctor always fits in, right? So there you go:
Doctor Who - Entire Cast & Crew 500 Miles Special
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Hi! You might remember me from Backlog Assassins (though I haven't been as active lately :( )! I really like the idea of a group where people like to chat in giveaways. I always kind of want to but I'm shy so I need that extra push to actually feel like I can jump in, lol.
Annnyways. My favorite SG win is probably definitely maybe Epistory - Typing Chronicles. Games set in fantasy worlds where I can just let my imagination run wild are one of my favorite things. Epistory was definitely that. I'd never played a typing game before .... (except maybe when I was in grade school???), and I'm not sure I'd do it again, but I just loved everything about the setting in the game. The ending was like an unexpected punch in the feels HQ too. I cried! And I guess also because I became friends with the person I won that game from, even if we've gotten out of touch now.
If I was going to pick a second, it'd be Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris because I've been a big Tomb Raider fan for years (games, movies, comics, ROCK CANDY FIGURES, etc).
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Hey SaphSiren,
your name does seem familiar!
We will look into you and let you know. It might just take a bit longer atm, because of the nice weather everything is moving a bit slow(er) atm ;)
So long!
Nin
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You won Sweet Fantasy! I'm kinda... erm.... envious? ;)
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lmbo! Yes, that one was interesting to say the least. It wasn't a literary masterpiece like Cinders/Solstice or even Highway Blossoms, but it was still a fun little VN.
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I tried getting it, never managed to. I'm not that much interested though to buy it o.o But I would LIKE to play it! Meow :]
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Yeah I totally know what you mean. I don't think I'd BUY it either, but it's one of those things that's like.. but I still want! Great game for entering SG giveaways lolol. When I saw it had a mermaid, I just HAD to get it somehow.
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Just for fun: can you test me?
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Serious question: There are already similar groups like "Playing Appreciated" and "Actually Playing Games", how is your group different from them? What added value does your group bring to the table beyond what's available in the existing groups?
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Your stats:
Average and Total Playtime: 4.0 hours per win, 6.8 hours per played win, 129 hours total
Games with any Playtime: 59.4% (19/32)
Games with Playtime... ≥5 hours: 37.5% (12/32), ≥10 hours: 12.5% (4/32)
Compared to HLTB Estimates: 8 below (5.9 hours avg.), 3 between, 3 above (4.7 minutes avg.)
Avg. Achievement Percentage: 55.6%
Games with ≥1 Achievement: 41.7% (10/24)
Achievement Rates: ≥25% complete: 29.2% (7/24), completed: 8.33% (2/24)
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Hey! Gonna answer the best as I can as a SG user and not as a mod of this group. As far as I know, SG groups are not selling anything, the "added values" is truly painful to read. I joined this group because I like the ideas and the people in it. I had the chance to meet even more nice people since it all started - the kind of people who won't piss off Mullins. And that's pretty much it, I'm having fun, I give away games I really like to people who intend to play them.
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You can find most of differences by reading the aforementioned groups' publicly available information. It is easy as that.
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This discussion is closed for personal reasons - don't worry there will be a new one ;)
Playing Matters is a group that values playing wins from SteamGifts. We hope to create a respectable and dependable platform to unite friendly and passionate gamers.
Our group is not so much about making giveaways, but about enjoying what we already have and sharing fun with like-minded people. We aim to create a friendly and enjoyable atmosphere in our group.
We fully encourage fun little chats to take place in our group giveaways. Additionally we have our own Discord server for our members to make new friends and enjoy each other’s company while also enjoying our wins.
Before applying to join our group, please make sure that:
How to apply:
If you meet the requirements mentioned above and want to join, reply to this topic stating that you are applying to the group and tell us a bit about your favourite SG win. It doesn’t have to be much - maybe a sentence or two.
Creating a BLAEO account is not required but we’d still like you to post the link to your profile if you have it, whether you use it actively or not.
We will have a look at your profile(s) and contact you in due time.
We hope to see you among us. Have fun winning games and playing them!
Please don’t send friend requests to mods or admins.
If your application is rejected please don’t allow this to break your spirit. Instead use it as a motivation to discover and enjoy new games among your SG wins. Who knows maybe your next favourite game is right around the corner.
Additional Info:
As a member of Playing Matters moderator team, I'd like to emphasize that our group is oriented into beating all the possible wins. Not just trying/starting won games and dropping them. Beating games is totally not just about getting 25% of achievements either. Majority of games unlocks 25% of achievements way before being beaten and these dropped wins are not what we are looking for with our requirements. We have to look into each applying user personally.
While for members of PM the maintenance rule will be checked using Kelnage's scripts plus by periodically looking into playing statistics (to counter cheating etc.), when we are checking accounts of a person who applies to the group, we wish to see more than 50% of wins beaten. If account has less than half of wins taken a good care or if this percentage is unclear for us, we will prefer the future member of PM to play more of their wins first before entering our small community, where mostly everyone exceeds our minimal requirements by a decent margin and deserves similarly responsible and passionate winners.
We are totally not in hurry to make our group bigger.
I'd like to emphasize also, that entering our group and winning games outside of the group, which will not be played, will not be taken lightly. A decent and honest person should learn to control own appetites and possibilities. While we don't have specific formal rules regarding members' wins outside of PM, our group is created for people who believe that playing SG wins is the only correct approach to received gifts and who acts correspondingly and consistently to it (with the only relaxation regarding very old wins, which are still encouraged to be given a decent try). Our group's formal rules are a projection of our ideas/ideals, not the other way around, so everyone who wants to join, please seriously consider if you are up to our standards and course.
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