Turns out 101 people entered the just concluded G-Senjou no Maou giveaway. And here's a big surprise - 60 of them couldn't be bothered to read the description. I really appreciate the opportunity. Thanks.

I'll be whitelisting the following precious little angels for the Sam Hall memorial giveaway, details to be announced. Hey, Raoh got a funeral, be quiet. :) From some of these people I expected better, but from a few others I expected nothing less... :)

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Did anyone forget to buy this week's Indie Gala Monday Junk Pile? That's ok, I have a spare junk for you. But first:

Have you ever played a visual novel on Steam? Did you like it? Great, here is your chance: :) I hope you can read... :)

Oh, but what if you played a visual novel on Steam, except it sucked? Is there nothing for you? Never fear, have a something else: :) I still hope you can read... :) [NON-JUNK GIVEAWAY #2 FINISHED] :(

What if you've never played a visual novel on Steam? Sorry, you get the junk: :) And I don't care if you can read... :) [JUNK GIVEAWAY #1 FINISHED]

Second junk giveaway added: Sakura Spirit. It's still junk! With boobies! And trading cards! :) Enter even if you hate visual novels, I don't care! :) [JUNK GIVEAWAY #2 FINISHED]

Third junk(?) giveaway added: Highschool Romance. And no, I don't actually know if it's junk, that's just a guess. Boobies all over the store page, though. Yeah, probably junk. :) [JUNK GIVEAWAY #3 FINISHED]

Fourth junk giveaway added: Not Shakespeare. Really, it's not. :) [JUNK GIVEAWAY #4 FINISHED]

9 years ago*

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Will I provide helpful links to the profile of every clown who enters the good giveaways without reading the description? :)

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Wow! I love the concept! Would have been easier to have people post them beforehand and then whitelist them or add them to give the url for the invite only giveaway. But you have a thing with catching the bots, so.. I'll let you do that. :P

I'll leave the tabs open. I had a VN in mind to write a review for already so so far so good. :] Thank God you made it 4 weeks! I'll be back later... :P

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I'll be back later also... :) Will catch up on the comments when I return... :)

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Easier but less entertaining, I think... :) Sometimes it can be fun to play spot the greedy/lazy/illiterate/whatever they are... :)

I mean, why try to win a visual novel if you can't even read a little giveaway description? :) Clannad is over a million words long... :) Good luck, clowns... :)

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I've "played" a few VN now. Can't say I'm a fan of the genre as a whole.
Maybe I've just read the wrong ones but most seem to be dating sims and fairly shallow?

Hatoful Boyfriend is one of my favourite games however. :)

Can read, opting out

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I haven't tried counting, but it feels like a huge pile of Steam's English-language visual novels are both dating sims and very shallow... :( We're slowly getting the "real" stuff on Steam, though... :)

Oh, I don't mean "real" as in every visual novel made in Japan is magically better, but comparing "professional" visual novels made by people who need to pay salaries vs. homemade indie greenlight stuff made by people who said hey, I bet I could do that... :) I'm sure most of the homemade stuff in Japan is bad, too... :)

Wow, another random person just fell in love with me. Umm, ok. Why? Because you bought this game, silly. Oh. Yeah.

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It seems easier to make "joke" games sell than actual games sometimes so it shouldn't be too surprising. :)

And definitely, it's true the source tends to yield better quality products but there are always outliers.

9 years ago
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DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING AGAINST CLOWNS? ;_;

9 years ago
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No, nothing against clowns per se. :) But clowns who can't read, yeah, maybe a bit... :)

9 years ago
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I already won one VN from you, fifty. I'm not entering the same river twice! >:-)

9 years ago
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Aha, it was Beach Bounce - before it was in the bundle... :( What a waste of money that was. :)

I can't remember, did you actually try it, or did Idle Master have all the fun? Hoping it was Idle Master... :)

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I finished it, at least what was available at the time (it just said 'more chapters coming soon')
oh the horrors

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I never even finished the first part, felt my life draining away... :) Had to stop playing... :) So you are brave... :) Or crazy... :)

Looks like there's been an update recently, but I assume garbage + garbage is still garbage... :)

9 years ago
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"this week's Indie Gala Monday Junk Pile"
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quantity > quality

9 years ago
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Yes, for bundles I don't even bother looking at the games any more, just check if I'm missing any of them... :(

I remember those first Humble Bundles, actually trying to decide if I wanted the games or not... :) So silly... :)

9 years ago
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And then this week's IG is actually decent c:

Out there and Retro Game Crunch :D

8 years ago
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Oh, hmm, looks like I own those already, but haven't played them... :( Out There looks interesting, might have to install it before I forget it exists (again) ... :)

8 years ago
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Now if only I were level 3 :(

9 years ago
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The junk giveaway is for anyone "Level 1" or up... :) But it really is junk... :)

9 years ago
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I'm just here for a smiley face from you fiftykyu :)
I got to play Nekopara and a Sakura game recently because of wins here so I think I've gotten enough of visual novels for now...

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Aha, if those were the only visual novels I'd ever played, I would think I'd seen enough as well... :)

But they aren't all boobie garbage... :) Even though it might seem that way sometimes... :)

Oh, forgot a smiley... :) Hope that works... :)

9 years ago
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Great giveaway ! Fantastic games (well at least two of them)
You're a hero fiftykyu

Unfortunately I'm too cheap to level up.

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No hero here, just chief clown perhaps... :) But for that title there is a lot of competition... :)

If you ever buy bundles, you eventually end up with extra copies of games, so giving those away is one way to get more levels... But I think you only get 15% of the store price for a bundle game, so it could take longer than you might think at first... :)

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I have never played, but if I win, i'll do it.

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Aha, good luck in the junk giveaway... :) I may add some more junk giveaways if this topic seems in danger of dying... :)

9 years ago
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Bump for making us read, which is something I should start doing irl as well! :)

9 years ago
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Yes, reading is fundamental... :) Think of the poor clowns, trying to win a game they would never even install if they won... Assuming they would even receive the game, of course... :)

9 years ago
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So many Clowns on the list :v ~

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Indeed, I hope to see more remove themselves, but so far only a few have done it... Some people are double clowns, entering both giveaways, but I'm too lazy to make any special note of them... :)

9 years ago
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if they don't even read your current note, I don't think special note will work xD

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No, probably not... :)

Sadly the list had to take a small vacation, but I'll be sure to post a final update when the giveaways end... :)

9 years ago
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Oh my... G-senjou no Maou, thanks for the chance dood! D: Too bad there is still so many good VN out there that Steam doesnt have D:

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I was hoping to play it myself, it sounded good... :) But I decided to give it away after spotting this. But the voiced version wasn't in the giveaway list. :( And when it was added I was too late...

Be sure to write the review first, though... :) Since you can read, I'd hate to put you on the clown list, even temporarily... :)

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Lol, but i read the description in the GA and i commented in the GA that i was going to write the review D: In a couple of minutes i will finish my work and then focus on that D: Still, i have 4 weeks lefts... D:
Thanks for having me in your heart, it means there is something wrong in the world D:

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Well, you know, I can't read the review before it's written... :) There's no need to rush, the giveaway is open for a month... :)

p.s. Not everyone who's said hey, I will enter now and write a review later, has actually written one... :) If you know some way to see the future, please tell me who will actually write something, and who honestly intend to but will forget about it... :)

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How long do we still have
i'm reading like three at the moment
but I don't have much time but for the weekend

Nice concept :)
and omg clannad :p

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About three days for the junk giveaway, about a month for the good ones, I think... :)

Maybe I should have kept Clannad for myself, but then I would be missing all the fun... :)

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a viable solution to you:

  1. remove those 2 GAs
  2. create 2 steam groups: one for good review, the other for bad review
  3. create the same 2 GAs again but for each group only
  4. invite those who wrote reviews into the group(s)

of course it's just a suggestion, you can keep the current way. :)

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Yes, that would be the "correct" way, but I would rather try my luck like this... :)

I'm sure that with a whole month to notice, all these clowns will either remove their entries or write a review... :)

9 years ago
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I'm playing Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS right now and it's great! (But yeah, its not a VN for everybody..)

9 years ago
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Aha, sadly all I know about that game is I keep receiving trade requests for my duplicate card... :(

9 years ago
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Haha you should find some time and check it out. The story is quite long though - _ -.

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Ahh, with all the visual novel suggestions lately I'm going to need to concentrate on the short ones... :(

So far I tried only Shan Gui... I thought it was short but good... Better than many games that cost more... :)

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I think I'm a fairly seasoned VN players, but I can't recall there's VN bundle recently? Indiegala?

9 years ago
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Yes, it's their Monday bundle, here... :)

9 years ago
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I do have the ability to read! I think...
I haven't played any visual novel yet as I couldn't force myself to do so... Seeing so many people hyped over those anime boobs, girls and everything I tihnk I should try it soon... What do You tihnk? Should I or better not? :P

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Well, judging from the Steam store, it would be easy to think "visual novel" = "cartoon boobie girls" and nothing more... :) But that's just lazy people chasing the easy money... :)

I haven't played G-senjou no Maou myself, so I couldn't tell you what sort of game it really is, but it's an all-ages version of what was originally an "adult" visual novel. The Steam version has had the naughty bits removed. I don't know if that's a big deal or not. :)

When people say Steam is full of lazy, garbage, copycat, imitation, knockoff visual novels, and that it doesn't have any of the "real" ones, Clannad is one of the "real" ones. :) It's not a boobie game. :) I wouldn't want to spoil anything, but if you play you will find some happy parts and some sad parts... And hopefully some more happy parts... :)

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Thanks for letting me know and for recommending me the game ;)

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Bump :D

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Aha, I should try that too... :)

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I like this part:
TL;DR - not for you. :)

8 years ago
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Wonder if I should have tried that earlier, since several people who entered the giveaways couldn't read... :( I am hoping they pay attention soon... :)

8 years ago
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Bump for junk :)

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Aha, I have no idea what that is, but it's cute bump... :)

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Ohh I like the winning conditions (or lets say that I hope the winner is going to be someone that followed the rules and read your text of course..). I will be back for the 2 wishlisted VNs, I'm not much of a review writer but I'm going to do that :3 Thanks already!

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Yes, since they are visual novels, I'm hoping the winners know how to read... :) Although if I'm forced to keep them for myself, I guess that solves the problem of wondering what to play next... :)

Hmm, actually I'm useless at writing reviews, but for a chance at a free game I think it's not terribly onerous... :) People who disagree can enter some other giveaways instead... :)

Have fun with your reviews... :)

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Hmmm, think I have several otome games on Steam, but I don't remember playing any... :( I seem to say that a lot, actually...

I wonder if the Ouran High School Host Club is an otome thing, never played the game but thought the cartoon was fun... :) Curious what game you picked... :)

Sorry to hear you are a sad clown, but a sad clown that can write reviews could always try their luck with the other giveaways instead... :)

8 years ago
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Bump!

8 years ago
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Aha, thank you, have a Skeleton Man. :)

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bump for writing both reviews!

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Thank you too! :) What do you think of The Wall? :)

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A wild bump appears...

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Thank you, have a wild Peasant... :)

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