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Ah I see, well that's a nice feature :D This post made me realize how few (accessible) "play what you win" groups there are on here...

Masafor locked the thread where you're supposed to post them. I wonder if it's meant to not be a rule anymore... https://steamcommunity.com/groups/MasasGoF/discussions/0/2997669713991280501/

Thanks that you made me aware that i forgot to edit this discussion with the new rules.
I had them "only" updated in the steam group announcements, the sg group thread and the discord server (in the announcements and the rule threads).

The actual one is https://steamcommunity.com/groups/MasasGoF/discussions/0/1652170487947948564/#c5243919379694233905
, in a few moments it will replace the post in the rules discussion too.
Then each possible place have the same info.

To make it short, no the "play your win" rule aren't enforced anymore from us because it needed extreme much of time and effort to check if the winner played the win after X months, reminded him/her if not, checked is the SAM program got used to fake play time and/or achievements etc..
And we can't provide this anymore with such a small team (2, or because i am serious chronical ill, and it got worse for me since nearly 1 year, more or less 1,5).
Besides the fact that in 95% of the cases the end result for such GAs were that we kicked the member because the game weren't played after X months.
It took sooooo much time and pushed our mood very down.

But it is, of course, still possible to write in the GA description that a gifter want that the game get played and if this don't happen he/she could blacklist the winner.
And inform us then about the blacklist because we note it in the staff area and if multiple members blacklist a other member we look closer into it and decide if someone have a unhealthy behavior for/in our group, that maybe need then our attention or the whip^^.

I wouldnt say that no body cares about it.

Some groups also require you to share your BLAEO profile as well. And so it sets a healthy precedent where in users have to play their games as well as are encouraged to maintain their backlog. Sure, there will still be cheaters. But then they would have to do the work for this meaningless ill intention. I highly doubt that most of them will be motivated to do that. The script that checks it would reaffirm that notion, and ive also noticed a few number of users get rejected from entering the group if their stats seem shady.

The silver lining is that most users will be sincere with the rules and play what they were gifted. But yea I would say an additional minor ratio requirement/difference cut off, would ensure folks aren't leeching off of the generosity.

It was a nice surprise when I realized that I can comfortably play Darkest Dungeon with just the mouse!

Also many VNs and point-and-clicks are technically like that, though it's not everyone's cup of tea.