Group has now been closed

It was an interesting journey and I wish to thank all who made it possible: Contributors who generously gave gifts to the unlucky, community for its support & kind words and lastly support members who endured our way too many reroll tickets.

You have my gratitude.

For those that still remain unlucky: There exists few unlucky groups. One could try applying in them. I also recommend visiting forum often for puzzles and hidden giveaways.

Finally some statistics:

  • Founded 15th August 2012. Closed 13th May 2013.
  • Sent over 313 invites (for cherry position). Small number of them were rejected for various reasons.
  • Out of those unlucky cherries, 270 won a game either in group or outside it. Fastest wins inside group were within few hours after joining. Some people won during the application process itself (waiting to get invited).
  • Stats of cherries at the time of invite. Average number of wins: 0.27 (DLCs, betas, soundtracks, public giveaways with 100% chance to win and in the beginning also developer giveaways). Average number of entries: 1013. Average member time: 5.3 months (actually higher as many members were older than year but it only showed as 12 months).
  • Highest number of entries for cherry when invited: 3065 (had zero wins too).
  • Group had 110 poppers. Some never made a giveaway but that was not mandatory.
  • There were 276 giveaways (counting only group giveaways i.e. no private ones), some of them had more than one gift. 63 giveaways ended without any entries. Range was broad: from Fortix to Bioshock Infinite. Lowest chance of winning was 1/56 and highest was 1 (multiple cases).
12 years ago*

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I apply for cherry.

11 years ago
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Accepted.

Finish the process for invite.

11 years ago
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How to connect with you? By Steam or..?
I know the password.

11 years ago
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You can contact him directly, or through the groupchat, if he's on it.

11 years ago
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I apply for popper

gotta pop me some sweet sweet cherry

11 years ago
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Accepted.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

11 years ago
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Accepted.

Finish the process to receive promotion, soldier.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

11 years ago
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Accepted.

Finish the process for invite.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

[Disclaimer: I have 1 win, but it is from a developer giveaway]

11 years ago
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An I just managed to lose a developer giveaway with 25000 copies. Now there's some luck... all bad! :))

11 years ago
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Rejected (already won a game).

Developer giveaways are counted. Public giveaways with 100% chance are not.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

11 years ago
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Rejected (already won a game).

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry

11 years ago
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Rejected (already won a game).

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry

11 years ago
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Rejected (already won a game).

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

Guns of Icarius Beta was a 100% win chance. Wasn't good anyway. Start-up was pretty buggy.

11 years ago
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Rejected (already won a game).

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry

11 years ago
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Accepted.

Finish the process for invite.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry :D

11 years ago
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Rejected (already won a game).

11 years ago
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I apply for popper.

11 years ago
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Accepted.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

11 years ago
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Reserve pool.

11 years ago
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Accepted.

Finish the process for invite.

11 years ago
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I apply for popper

11 years ago
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Just checking: are you aware that poppers join only to gift games and cannot enter group giveaways?

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

The only win I have is yesterday's Galactic Arms Race. Thanks.

11 years ago
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Rejected (already won a game).

That is counted as win and enough for rejection.

11 years ago
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If you consider it a proper win (almost 100% chance), don't forget about my fake Skyrim win (already removed by mods or something). That is very lucky indeed, I wish you same kind of luck.

11 years ago
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Aye, I consider it as a proper win with 15.9% chance to lose (meaning about every sixth entree lost) and 4740 members losing all in all. It is certainly not the most improbable win but a win nonetheless. Also, I could not forget something I was not aware of in the first place.

I thank you for wishes of luck, but considering that I seem to have won more at the moment than statistics predict, I personally desire for it to balance out. Instead, I hope you meet your estimate.

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Whatever. We both know you are wrong on this one. By the way this joke of a game Galactic Arms Race is not even officially out yet. Not available on steam, no nothing, just some massive near beta experience. But hey, ignorance is bliss, enjoy it while it lasts.

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I understand that being rejected migh cause disappointment. Dissing the game you just won while others did not, is not in general the best available advocacy. What would be then, in your opinion, a proper definition of unlucky? The one that includes you? During my time in this group, it is quite clear that everyone has their own definition of it. No matter what it would be, it will always leave someone outside the door.

I know at least one active giveaway group that is aimed for people with low number of wins. Perhaps you should try applying there or any other giveaway group? I also recommend checking forums often as it has lots of hidden or puzzle giveaways with good chances to win.

11 years ago
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Don't want to sound repetitive - whatever. You'd lose your face changing your mind now. Good job omitting incovenient parts.

11 years ago
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i feel you bro :< i got kicked from group after winning that thing..

11 years ago
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Quite many did. GAR brought biggest round of winners this group has ever seen. I thought that people would be happy when they finally won. It should be common knowledge inside the group that winners will be kicked out as group has fulfilled its purpose.

If you find documentation lacking, please say so and I'll do try to improve it.

11 years ago
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well, in the description you said BETA games does not count as a win :) but w/e, nice initiative with this group, even if i haven't won anything there.
And also, it would have been nice to announce before the giveaway ends that ppl will get kick if they win that.

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As it was not stated to be a beta in the giveaway (to my understanding every beta giveaway has explicitly stated in their description it to be beta), I assumed everyone to understand it to be a full game. Had its chance not gone below 100%, it would have been like Faerie Solitaire and would have not been counted as win.

During several days the giveaway was on, not a single cherry asked me would this be considered as win. Had I known that people were not certain, I would had posted an announcement.

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Do not fear as I have no intention of changing my opinion regarding GAR. I am merely interested what you mean with your terms "ignorance" and "incovenient parts" as at the moment you seem to be accusing me of something shady and I have no idea what you mean.

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'By the way this joke of a game Galactic Arms Race is not even officially out yet. Not available on steam, no nothing, just some massive near beta experience.'
That's what they usually call 'closed beta' even if its creators don't use this specific term.

'We are looking for people who haven't yet won a full game here (beta, DLC and such do not count).'

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Quoting cg from giveaway: "A quick reminder to everyone, even though the game is not available on Steam at the moment, the winners will be receiving Steam redeemable keys." Even if people cannot buy the game at the moment, they still get the game on Steam. Why it is not already in Steam? To my understanding, this was mainly because of some legal issues with their university.

Even if game is in closed state, it does not make it beta. This is not the first non-beta game that is given here that cannot yet be bought from Steam store. Also, even if it would be in beta state at the moment, winners still won the final version. For example, Don't Starve is in beta at the moment but it would be considered as win as the winner is winning the final game too.

I have still not found out in your examples how this giveaway is against current rules.

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Betas also have steam redeamable keys: archeblade, dota anyone? Legal issues, several years, yeah, that's when 'cool story' tag is appropriate. Several years pass by, issues - not resolved. The thing I know - I can't see it now in my library on my profile page: /games?tab=all, I don't think I will see it there ever; therefore can't treat it as a

full game and a proper win.

But you should have mentioned the point 'I have no intention of changing my opinion regarding GAR' earlier.

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I know you guys are pissed , i was rejected cuz of that too , but you know there are others who have 1000 entries and won nothing. I know GAR isn't the best thin , but let the others the chance. There are the normal chances for everyone on steamgifts.com , but this is for the really , really unlucky guys out there. i can really understand you , hoped at least for reserve pool ... just enter the usuall giveaways and one day u´ll get some better wins ;) (Sry for my "english" , was not my best subject at school :3 )

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I am aware of at least one person who joined GAR giveaway, lost and is cherry. In my opinion it would unfair for people like that if winners of GAR would be allowed to stay as cherries.

I see that you are couple wins behind estimate so I hope you good luck in future giveaways.

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You consider getting game to be shown in your library as major requirement. I consider the possibility to play it to be more important. It is that our opinions on the matter are different and it is just fine. As I stated earlier, people have different definitions of unlucky.

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Grow up. This group is pure charity for unlucky people. You don't qualify so deal with it and with your attitude (wishing bad luck for others) you don't even deserve to be a part of cherry poppers (my personal opinion only and does not reflect the view of the group).

11 years ago
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So much anger, someone took your candy? This matter will be perfectly resolved without you. One group more or less, doesn't matter, I was making my point there.

11 years ago
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You were not making your point. You were making a scene. There is a rather sizable difference.

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Plus it had been decided amongst givers within the group that some giveaways do count as wins. It's not just Tubberware, it was the will of the whole group to cut GAR out of the traditional rules.

11 years ago
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The best you could come up with after 1 week? I'm not impressed.

11 years ago
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+1

11 years ago
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My understanding of the 'beta-rule' is that it aims at beta only giveaways, i.e. the winner gets a beta code which expires once the finished game hits the shelf (like it was with the Guns of Icarus Online dev-giveaway).
GAR might be in a beta state now but all winners will get to play the full game when it's finished.

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Companies use betas nowadays as a replacement for demos. They commonly lack features and are available only for a limited amount of time. Reineke is correct as in case of purely beta games, ownership of a product is lost once the beta phase ends. Thus I would not consider such a case won, for group's purposes, as winner will end up with an empty win at the end.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

11 years ago
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Rejected (already won a game).

11 years ago
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Aye, 3 hours after applying. It's really true that this group brings luck! :D

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

Because I have even lost at the Galactic Arms Race giveaway.

11 years ago
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Accepted.

Finish the process for invite.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry
cuz i never won something except from that galactic arms race giveaway

11 years ago
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Rejected (already won a game).

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry!

11 years ago
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Reserve pool.

You have games but you don't seem play them.

11 years ago
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Yeah, have been playing PS3 lately...got a huge backlog in both systems at the moment :)

11 years ago
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Accepted.

Finish the process for invite.

11 years ago
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Rofl, I would like to join but I don't meet the 500 requirement. I'll wait a few more months to get my cherry popped.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

11 years ago
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Two giveaways marked not received. Want to have a PR speech?

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

I haven't given away much yet and i've only been here for a month but i'll try my chances like i have on the 600 odd giveaways i've entered in the past month :)

11 years ago
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Reserve pool.

Having (high) contribution is not a mandatory requirement but merely something that nets bonus points for application.

11 years ago
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So... I guess i've been rejected?

11 years ago
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Accepted.

No, have not yet went through this week's pool check. Finish the process for invite.

11 years ago
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No worries. I'm still as unlucky as I was last week. I will complete the process shortly.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

Really bad luck!

11 years ago
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Accepted.

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11 years ago
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We need more cherries!

11 years ago
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You'll have more than you can handle if you don't consider GAR a win lol

11 years ago
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this.

11 years ago
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I do not have access to site's statistics, but I would wager that majority of potential new cherries are gone after GAR. It will take couple weeks for new unlucky people to gather enough entries and be ready for applying.

11 years ago
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Looks like it :(

11 years ago
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Why would we discredit a legitimate win? That just opens the floodgates.

11 years ago
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I apply for cherry.

11 years ago
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i have a terrible bad luck, I'm part of the 4000 who did not win Galactic Arms Race

11 years ago
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Accepted.

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11 years ago
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Closed 11 years ago by tubberware.