Friendly Warning:
Public Service Announcement
If you're thinking you might create some giveaways for this train from the Jingle Jam... be aware that those keys are supposed to be redeemed by December 31, and this train doesn't end until December 31 (and then winners have 7 days to redeem).

Hi,

Thank you again for another great year of Steam Gifts

From all the awesome mods to the great people behind the new magazine and beyond

This place keeps growing from strength to strength and while not prefect it is still a place
to come and feel safe and enjoy gaming and friendship

This is where I come in again with my 3rd annual x-mas community train
(we know problems around using the word X-MAS have come up because not everybody has Christmas
but i chose to keep it the same as not to confuse people - if there is strong objection i'll change it)

Here for reference is links to the first to trains I ran:

Train 1 - https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/IIini/community-xmas-train-feel-free-to-join-we-need-more-giveaways-to-be-able-to-continue-thanks
Train 2 - https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/GFu5J/xmas-community-thread-train-2-happy-holidays-enjoy-the-spirit-of-giving

I show these not to brag about what happened before but to inspire and show what kind of games/dlc people included before

Now as i say this you might have seen others do trains and they show the rules of the train and carts (each giveaway linked)
and while this is more of a very super relaxed train there are still rules:

The Rules:

Rule 1 - Must be a Steam key (obvious but i thought i'd say it anyway)
Rule 2 - Level 3 maximum (to allow more people to enter but feel safe in their items going to real accounts)
Rule 3 - Must be invite only (so only people who see this thread can enter the giveaways)
Rule 4 - Important to not start you cart before the 1st of December and ends on 31st of December (anytime that day is fine) but it needs to last the month

Now that I have said this all what do I allow to be part of this train:

Everything and yes everything like the rules say as long as it is a Steam key

That means:
Free games (games given away at places like gleem)
DLC (of any kind it does not matter if you or anyone is giving away the base game)
Games currently in bundles
Games un-bundled
Your own games (as kinda a promotion)
games costing 1p to enter or 50p to enter (or even the rare 0p) or anything in-between
it doesn't matter if it gives full CV, part CV or no CV at all

Also I should say it doesn't matter for two points (which i had brought up to me in the former years trains)

1 - No it doesn't matter if someone is already giving away the game in the train - it doesn't matter if it's already given 1 time or 101 time it is ok to post
And
2 - If you have multi - copies of the same game they can be in the same giveaway or different giveaways (both are ok)

Here is the code for easy cart linking:

Cart #xxx
<<< [Previous]( "previous link" ) ||| BUMP ||| [Next]( "next link" ) >>>
"optional text by creator"

If you need help with linking just ask - also please put the number of the cart because like other years I am going to try
to do them A.S.A.P in blocks of 10 carts

oh and I didn't know where to say this but yes you can make as many carts in one go as you want or spread them out over the month (like I will be doing)

I do also know many of you participate in other Christmas events included CG'S wonderful box/present event (i also add to that) so feel free to save your best for those events and send me the junk carts (joke nothing is truly junk if somebody wants it)

I am posting this early this time so it might be included in to the SG magazine and to let people know to save up giveaways to be able to take part

Thanks and please ask any questions you might have

I will be taking the first cart and any that start before December 1st or end before 31st December (of course i ll take in to count time zones) or are high than level 3 will NOT be allowed (sorry)

All are welcome to join and please remember to have fun and if you can't or don't want to add any carts a bump is also needed to let more people know about this and (I know this is a lol coming from myself) please, please, please enter some giveaways this only works if carts get people ride on them

Thanks again and let's make the train and 2024 - even better

Please and this is important do NOT make fun or bully anyone for the carts they choose to add/donate to the train (if this is found I will de -link your carts and black list you)
This is to be friendly event for the season of giving

Here is cart 1 - https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Fi53g/

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7 months ago*

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jingle bumps!

6 months ago
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bump for making the newest giveaway - thanks again for everyone who has joined so far

6 months ago
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bump.

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6 months ago
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bump for newest giveaway added

6 months ago
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moving on ;)

6 months ago
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bump for newest giveaway

6 months ago
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6 months ago
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Almost to 500!

Also, the table's last row is off by one.

6 months ago
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thanks table fixed

6 months ago
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Bump!

6 months ago
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bumping again as we are very close to 500 giveaways and have hit a patch of no giveaways for a while

6 months ago
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BUMP

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Bump.

6 months ago
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Bump for 50 more, surpassing the 500 mark.
I'll try to add my remaining 46 this evening.

6 months ago
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wow thanks

6 months ago
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Don't be surprised. I said I would contribute with 146 wagons. Friday's stack was also 50 (421-470). So yes exactly 46 remaining. I just need some patience.

6 months ago
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Amazing, thank you all and happy holidays.:)

6 months ago
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Added one more cart.

6 months ago
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Bump for my last 46 carts added. I might add a couple more before end of year, but mostly that's it for now.

Some stats that hopefully might inspire others to contribute:

146 carts in total, 143 games, 2 bundles (game+DLC) and 1 DLC.

I spent approx. €125 on them, 87 cents on average (quite high for what I usually spend on bundles), from October 2021 to December 2023; tho almost all are from year 2023.

Expected CV: approx $250, on average $1,73 per game. There are 13 games with 0 CV. One might change to 0CV soon too.

Ratings go from 48% to 100%; average is 84,15%, median is 87%. Not bad.

Expected people to blacklist after even finishes: 30 to 40 based on previous experiences.

Keys left in my bag after contributing to this event: 8.

Utilities used: LibreOffice Calc and TurboTop.

I hope the train reaches at least 1000 before the year ends. Come on, people!

6 months ago
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The rating is Steam rating, isn't it?
I'm curious about those 100% rating games, please share some of them.

6 months ago
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Well, the games aren't "real" 100%. It's just the rating posted by SensualShakti in her tables. At the same times it's the rating shown by Steam, since it doesn't count certain reviews to calculate it. So a game with not many reviews and some luck can be 100% tho it really is 94%, for example. Also, I only put it when I add the key to my list. It ofc changes with time.

It is easy for a small indie game having 100%. I've added recently one to my wishlist having 70some reviews, all positive. I'm not counting the ones with ~10 reviews and each reviewer having 1-4 review each. I think with some search you can find games with perfect rating with 200 reviews. But the more reviews, the more chances you'll find negative reviews like "It doesn't support three monitors".

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And you're 1 gift away from 1000. :o
Congrats!

6 months ago
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Thanks for making me notice! Too bad I don't have a good game to make a special gib before all the ones ending on xmas day or new year end.

If I still had my job, I'd buy a special one. But since it's not the case, it's just a round number in decimal. In octal is 1750, for example. Curiously, in base 23 is 1KB. 1000 bytes = 1 kiloByte (in SI).

6 months ago
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You are welcome!

Uh, sorry to hear? Not sure if that is an appropriate response.
But, cool way to get around it!

6 months ago
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nice contributions :o

6 months ago
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I absolutely love these statistics! Thank you, JMM72!

6 months ago
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wow thank you we beat last years amount already

6 months ago
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bump for newest giveaway added

6 months ago
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Just to be sure, the giveaways have to end on December 31st, 2023, correct?
The OP says that but since the giveaways say "1 week remaining" I'm a bit confused.

6 months ago
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Yep, must end December 31st, 2023 - if the giveways say "1 week remaining", that because 13 days remaining, so 1.9 week remaining, so go down to 1 week remaining.
If you go you're mouse into the 1 week remaining, you can see the true end time, and there are all at December 31st, 2023

6 months ago
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Okay, what I thought, thanks!
Yeah I tried to hover a couple times but website said no. Tried it again now, worked. :D Weird "hover hitbox", I suppose.

6 months ago
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yes any time on the 31st is ok - my giveaways end at all times though out the day because it makes it more fun to countdown the giveaways at different times and i usually just add 1 hour to the time it was set so if i made one at say 7am it would most likely be ending on December 31 at 8am

oh and thanks in advance for joining

6 months ago
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Alright, thanks!

And, you're welcome! Was getting late, and I am currently busy; but my cart(s) should be up within the next hours.

6 months ago
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That's a bad trick, always rounding down. I think that putting "1.9 week remaining" would be not only perfectly acceptable, but also very informative.

6 months ago
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Indeed, indeed... :/

6 months ago
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Bump :)

6 months ago
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Bumpy bump!

6 months ago
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Yammy Yammy this deserves a delicious BumP
🎂🎉🎂🎉🎂🎉🎂🎉

6 months ago
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BUMP!

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