Christian BlundaGroupees HQ16:56
Groupees is not expiring on August 21. We can guarantee user access past August 2022. More updates to follow.
Christian is one of the admins of the site so this is a good start.
https://twitter.com/groupees1/status/1561094952477552640 (from the official Twitter account)
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It's nice that they clarified this, but waiting until literally one hour before the supposed deadline to do so... 😐
Well at least I can take a break and go to sleep ^^
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depends on where the domain server was located, if it was US based then still had half a day til deadline but yeah it was cutting close regardless.
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Good to know.
I think I'm like 85% finished backing up my Steam keys anyway but my eyes were starting to get blurry and I started to see things 😅
White page - white excel spreadsheet... not a good combination.
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Groupees is not expiring on August 21
Confirmed, renewed for one more year:
Expires on 2023-08-21
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I downloaded it a on the weekend. So, probably only a temporary issue.
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I was posting my unrevealed keys as giveaways and have found a number that show used even though I clearly didn't use them....I couldn't even see them until clicking reveal. It's on me I waited so long but I feel bad for people winning and having to delete the giveaway.
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Usually, if the key is unopened, the recipient may receive a replacement key by applying for it with a support ticket.
However, in some cases, perhaps due to the recent "closure crisis," no response has been received for more than 10 days after submitting a support ticket.
In such cases, it is a good idea to have the winner mark the ticket as "not received" and see what happens.
Considering what SG supporters have said 📝 in the past, it is not very desirable to make SG supporters take the trouble to delete GAs.
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Can I add you for this?
I've been trying to follow that guide from imgur but the whole website navigation on github and UI is absolute garbage. It's like a whole bunch of sociopaths got together and decided to make a website
EDIT
Nvm I'm so lost in that imgur link that I decided to just go through my Groupees purchases one by one
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Sorry, I didn't notice your comment :/
If you have a few bundles you can do the downloads manually. If not, the scraper is the best way to go. If you still need help (or if you find out that going through your purchases is a nightmare) feel free to add me on Steam.
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I was trying aria/groupeesdownload, i am for whatever is easiest, but i am just very clueless with scripts.
With groupeesdownload i got syntax is incorrect.
groupeesdownload.exe dump-bundles <tokens> i tried putting the cookie in the token brackets.
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The guide on imgur is outdated, if you're using that. Devotee's comment shows the syntax. The groupeesdownload program only needs the session cookie. You can ignore the parts of the guide about user id & csrf.
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It should have created a file called bundles.json if it worked. It's just fetching the list of bundles that you own, not actually downloading any files.
To get the download links, after you've run your dump-bundles command, you need to run:
GroupeesDownload.exe generate-links --use-dirs
which will generate a file downloads_list.txt which you can then use with aria2c. The command I used was (edit to put your cookie string in there):
aria2c --input-file=downloads_list.txt --header "Cookie: _groupees_session=PUT_YOUR_COOKIE_HERE" --auto-file-renaming false --conditional-get true --auto-save-interval=10
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Thanks, I did those things (before you posted) but without --use-dirs and --auto-file-renaming false --conditional-get true --auto-save-interval=10 . Do i need that and what do they do?
GroupeesDownload.exe generate-links --use-dirs itself produces a unrecognized command or argument, or you mean output?
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use dirs makes it download each bundle into its own folder. auto file renaming false lets it resume interrupted downloads (at the expense of possibly missing downloads if 2 files in the same bundle have the exact same filename, for example game.zip for Windows and game.zip for MacOS). conditional get tries to determine if the file on your PC is older than the one on the server, it'll overwrite if older (probably irrelevant in this case). The auto save interval is how (in seconds) often aria2c saves its progress in case it crashes or gets interrupted.
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Okay but when i still exactly type in GroupeesDownload.exe generate-links --use-dirs itself it still produces a unrecognized command or argument? It then gives a list of possible options, nothing showing about use dirs?
And if i want to have both flac/mp3 i add --includeall to the very end of the line you posted, or before, or not matters?
I am gonna start trying to download tommorow morning, kinda scary devotee said 15 days (i got my pc in the bedroom and can't sleep with it on). But might been at a time everyone was downloading.
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Ugh, seems the program has been updated since I used it. According to the documentation on github:
The --organize option takes the following values:
BundleOnly: only sorts files by bundle
BundleAndProduct: sorts file by bundle, then by product name
BundleAndType: sorts files by bundle, then by product type (games, music, android, books, movies, others)So, instead of --use-dirs you'd want to "--organize BundleAndType" (without the quotes) to split downloads by bundle and type. That would actually resolve the issue I mentioned about PC & Mac having the same filename, for example.
I bought over 200 bundles and it was about 375GB in total to download. I did not do it all at once but did about half one day and half the next.
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You can interrupt aria2c by pressing control-c, and then run it again with the same exact command line and it should skip the files that already exist and resume where it left off
Alternatively you can take the txt file it generates with all of the links in it and use notepad to cut & paste into smaller chunks (multiple files).
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i thought they died years ago - did they even make a bundle this year? or last year?
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UPDATE:
OCTOBER UPDATE: We are in the process of restoring full services including restarting bundle offers on Groupees. Our community means everything to us, and we look forward to seeing you soon with new offers. We will keep you informed about Groupees relaunch here and on social media. Thank you.
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I mean, any competition is a good thing.. but I have my doubts they'll get anywhere with game bundles. All of the bundle sites died out besides Humble and Fanatical. Even IG is pretty much dead, they very rarely offer quality bundles anymore.
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UPDATE:
BIG NEWS: Groupees is relaunching in December 2022 with a new expanded team and ambitious plans! We are COMING BACK and will be better than ever! We missed y'all and can't wait to get things started anew! 🙂
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Well Groupees is back with 3 bundles. Not good bundles, but it's something
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yep. Like I said not good at all, but they at least kept their word and came back in December
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the bigger problem is that they relaunched without much promotion (except on twitter and their site), so of course they couldn't afford to bring about an amazing welcome back bundle.
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if this is the best they can do they might as well not have done
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So.. basically Indie Gala quality bundles but without the cheap happy hour prices. Can't imagine they're gonna get anywhere with these bundles, but I guess there's no real risk.
EDIT: Isn't Acquitted the game that was originally in a Fanatical bundle but got taken down because of its ties with Rittenhouse? That's.. probably not a good game to launch a bundle with
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Well Groupees has their first decent bundle with their game soundtrack bundle (also they are giving out bandcamp codes now)
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Groupees recently announced via a Twitter post that due to some disruption with their technical team based in Ukraine they are not currently able to offer bundles.
The same message appears on the main Groupees page as a scrolling text, with the deadline moved to the end of August and a new tweet was posted after the original one, with the deadline extension.
Even though the posts mention the end of August as a deadline, Groupees domain expires on 21 August.The domain has been renewed for 1 more year.21 AUG: According to an official Groupees tweet, you will have access to your account even after 21 August.
🌟 NEW: 25 OCT: Groupees announced that they are in the process of restoring full services, including restarting bundle offers (source)
Since it's uncertain if Groupees will still be up after 21 August 2022, it's better to claim all your keys / download all your assets from past purchases beforehand.
Some tools that facilitate the retrieval of all the items in your Groupees account:
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