A giveaway group with extra steps.

The Tie Breakers is dedicated to games with a "mixed" user rating.

You must play your win and write a review for the game. Share your review with the group along with your final verdict: Positive or Negative. Get it, you break the tie, so we're tie breakers? Anyways..

I often skip the titles with mixed reviews when hosting in other groups but some of my own favourites to play have mixed reviews, so I know there are some hidden gems among this rating. Thought this might be a nice idea, something a bit different to keep things interesting. Hopefully some of you will agree and join me ☺️

Rules:
• All games must have MIXED (40%-69% positive) user ratings on steam
• No early access games (reviews are usually mixed because the game concept is good but not finished/buggy)
• Play your wins
• Review your wins
• Share your review in the Steam Group on the dedicated thread & choose a Positive or Negative Verdict
• One giveaway per calendar month is required from every user

If we get enough members to make moving forward worthwhile, we'll discuss & decide on other details between us in the group (timeline for reviews etc)

Entry Requirements:
• Steam Gifts level 3
• All SG wins activated unless you can offer a reasonable explanation

If you're interested & willing to adhere to the conditions above, please apply by leaving a comment that links to one of your past steam reviews.

Thanks! Hope to see you there.
Rosa x

3 weeks ago

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Great concept for a group! Also skipping a lot of mixed games, good reason to give them a try
Examples of reviews I wrote
Review of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Review of Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

Any rules about region restrictions?

3 weeks ago
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Hi friend! Glad to see your application and enjoyed reading your reviews. I posted this right before bed so I'll add you when I wake up 😄 i think region restrictions will be something we discuss once there are enough members to determine what works best for everyone. Right now, I think as long as there's a member who can enter, it's fine. :)

3 weeks ago
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neat idea, I just wonder if people have enough keys for mixed review games for a monthly GA requirement. I know I don't.

also the fact that reviews from keys don't count towards the review ratings on steam, those are store purchase only.

3 weeks ago
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Great points! We'd probably have to purchase keys specifically to give away for the group, which I know will be an instant deal breaker for a lot of people. On the flipside, games with mixed reviews do come around cheap (fated souls 3 is about $1 on steam right now).

As for the reviews, games need 70% to hit positive and mixed starts at 40%, so we'd only really be breaking the tie for fellow group members anyways. It's more of a community building/accountability feature of the group. :)

3 weeks ago
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• No early access games (reviews are usually mixed because the game concept is good but not finished/buggy)

What about EA games that are clearly stuck forevet in EA state without updates for years?

3 weeks ago
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Great idea! Let's get those games out of the mixed reviews hell and into the real, true suffering negative reviews hell 😈

All jokes aside, it really is a great idea. I'll join up.

Edit: my reviews can all be found here.

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Mwahaha 😈😂 glad to have you! I'm currently reading through your reviews and I love the format + your insights. It'll be great to hear more in the group!

3 weeks ago
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Glad to be on board! Thanks for having me 😁

3 weeks ago
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Sounds like a great idea. Some games get mixed reviews over technical issues that get fixed and nobody ever bothers correcting or deleting their review and the rating stays as is, for example.

My reviews are here.

3 weeks ago
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I agree! There are also a few games that have bad reviews because the rng is low or the game is super grindy. I'd like to hear of those from members because I personally don't mind those aspects.

I've sent you a friend request to invite you to the group. I couldn't load your reviews for some reason but I see you have a lot so I trust that you have great insights.

3 weeks ago
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Oh I forgot to set my reviews to public. They were for a long time but then some troll started tagging them all with clown awards for some reason and it got annoying so I set them to friends only.
You should be able to see them now that I accepted your request.

There are also a few games that have bad reviews because the rng is low or the game is super grindy.

Sometimes there are just a majority of bad reviews because the game doesn't have the option to rebind controls. I mean, I get it, it can be annoying if you are used to a certain way of playing but you can use Steam to do that and games get unfair ratings that means people will pass on them.

So yeah getting honest reviews is interesting.

3 weeks ago
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Hello I'm glad to see that you have a new group, I would like to join it as a motivation to write reviews for games. I honestly rarely write reviews precisely because I don't want to insult the game, and precisely because I didn't see much point in it, but by the way, I've recently played a lot of indie projects(and found come interesting), I think I'll add reviews to them, I usually leave them in Russian, but for the group I'll leave them in English.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/FruitCober/recommended/1426210/ my review for it takes two
https://steamcommunity.com/id/FruitCober/recommended/?p=1 and just all reviews you can translate them in google translator:D

3 weeks ago
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Thank you, I've sent you an invite! I enjoyed your reviews and I'm happy to simply translate if you're more comfortable writing in Russian.

I have the exact same issue with writing negative reviews! Haha

3 weeks ago
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Does this also apply to reviews in Japanese..

3 weeks ago
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Yes of course :) I can use google translate haha

3 weeks ago
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Although often mixed reviews mean that the game is bad, and thus members will flood sg with “bad” giveaways, I'm still interested in this concept. I'd really like to try my hand at more detailed reviews.

3 weeks ago
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don't really like to made review so i'll pass but have a bump!

3 weeks ago
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although i play a lot of games i never write any reviews, i'm really bad at it. nevertheless, good luck with your new group.

3 weeks ago
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