Small Giveaway Group

Hi!

Not too active these past weeks on steam as I've been more bsy than usual with real-life stuff, but here we go anyway:

1) applied!
2) I love the galah, an Australian bird that can be mistaken for a pigeon at a distance because of its grey back... But as you approach you realize it's actually more cockatoo-shaped, and when it turns around to look at you, flashes you with its bright pink chest! A very multilayered experience.
3) Filling mini-questionnaires on forums is just great.
4) Love Blasphemous, hate Hollow Knight (I know, I'm in the minority)
5) Last book I read was the Old Man in the Sea. It's very fishy.
6) In case of a zombie apocalypse 90% of the taps in NY would still be working because the whole system is gravity-based and doesn't need human activity to function (read that in a novel so not sure if it's factually true, but it definitely is a cool fun fact!)

Hi! I couldn't find info on what "Being active on Steam" counts, but I'll throw my name in the hat anyway.

By the way, do you have a timeframe in mind in which you expect people to play wins? I usually try to play 1-2 SG Wns every month plus going through my regular backlog, but usually prioritize older wins so this could be an issue. I just want to be transparent about that before anything else

Favorite animal: Octopus. They are one of the most intelligent animals out there, in particular considering their brain size and the branch of evolution they come from. The more I read about them, the most fascinated I get
Hobby: I recently started bouldering. I thought I wouldn't love it, but now I prefer it over rockclimbing as you don't have to worry about ropes and belaying. It's a thrill
Games: I love Breath of the Wild. I thought it would be an ok game before playing it, but it completely blew my mind how open the experience was, and how satisfying it was to keep playing it. I have over 90 hours on it, one of my top playtimes of all time, and I boot it up every month or so for a day or two just to have fun. It's such a great game. On the other hand, I don't like Bioshock. I didn't play it when it came out, only many years after the release, and I felt it was a poor spiritual sequel to System Shock 2, one of my favorite games of all time. It's more action focused than the predecessor, but feels very tacky
Books: Last one I read was "Foundation and Earth", number 5 on the Foundation Trilogy by Asimov. It was okay, the original trilogy is a lot better than the spinoffs
Fun Fact: While it was very easy to develop green and red LED's, the blue LED took many decades of research and billions of dollars to develop. It's all about the energy required to make electrons switch from energy bands, bla bla bla, but fascinating to know how the chemistry of elements impacted the development of such things!

Can I apply?

Favourite animal - ring-tailed lemur. Partly because they are far more intelligent than their small brain size would have you believe, and partly because they look both creepy and adorable!
Passion/hobby - I really enjoy cooking, particularly finding new recipes from all over the world to try.
Games I love - The Tomb Raider series (yes, even Angel of Darkness), Classic Doom/Doom 2, the F.E.A.R. series, Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Games I hate - I don't hate the series, but a really good way to convince me not to play a new game is to compare it favorably to Call of Duty. Does that count?
Last/best book - The last book I read was The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd. The best books I've ever read are The Cracker Factory by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt, Don't Sleep With Your Drummer by Jen Sincero, and Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore.
Fun fact - Beatrix Potter, the English writer who penned the beloved Peter Rabbit books, was also an amateur mycologist. In 1895, she developed a theory of germination in fungal spores and wrote a paper detailing her conclusions, but later withdrew it after realizing that some of her samples were contaminated.

1) Did it last. Just to be a rule rebel ;)

2) Hard to pick one because dogs! Octopi! Elephants! Dolphins! Gorillas! but the Raccoon is my Totem animal. Very smart and very crafty... also with the dark circles around the eyes (insomnia has its perks... not really) and yes I know they are trash pandas but that shows how smart they are: we destroyed their natural habitats. Did they die out (like Pandas)? Nope. They adapted. Crafty I said.

3) My passion is cooking (and generally playing with my food) but since I do that for a living, my hobby would be the guitar.

4) Lots of games I loved but I'll go with Mass Effect (I played it maybe 5 times in a row). Genius games on all levels really.
I don't hold grudges with games so I mostly remember the ones I loved but I played Yakuza 4 recently and hated it. So disappointing.

5) Last one was Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Pretty brutal but a deeply humanist look at the prison system from a speculative fiction perspective. It's pretty good.
Favorite book(s)? Robin Hobb's liveships trillogy. If you like Fantasy, it's a must-read. It's part of a bigger universe of 19 books that are all amazing but you can read those 3 on their own. They're thick books but you'll wish they'd never end.

6) There are way more stars in space than there are grains of sand on Earth.
A sobering thought? Maybe. We are specks of dust in the vast universe but then maybe what troubles us is not as bad as it seems.

1) Follow the rules and join the group -> https://steamcommunity.com/groups/mahrysgiveaways
Done!

2) tell me your favorite animal and why
Cockroaches, because they can survive a nuclear war.

3) let me know a passion/hobby of yours
I am a regional curling champion.

4) name a game you love and one you hate (the "hate" part will not limit your chance, dont worry!)
I love and hate this game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/277680

5) the last/best book you ever read
The Twilight Saga.

6) tell me a funfact about ANYTHING!
I lied to 4 out of 6 answers.

1) Done
2) Cats because they’re cute and sometimes a little crazy
3) I used to translate some Steam games in the past into my native language
4) I love Batman: Arkham City, and I hate: Euro Truck Simulator
5) Well, it’s been a long time since I’ve read a book
6) Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't

1) done!
2) Rabbits! They are very cute, quiet, and cuddly. Also they are adorable when they chew things because of their long whiskers
3) Watercolour art is my current hobby. Also photographing lichens and mushrooms.
4) One of the first games I ever played was Bastion and I really enjoyed its soundtrack as well. I really disliked Slice of Life because at one point in the game it is almost impossible to proceed to the next stage and after dying hundreds of times I deleted the game.
5) I recently read a sci fi Star Trek Novel A Stitch in Time based on the events after Deep Space Nine. It was excellent.
6) Amazonian river dolphin males are pink!

1) Shall do and have done!
2) A meerkat, really funny little animal. Most funny while standing up and swiftly looking around.
3) Local politics, as a Councillor in my city an am busy with it alsmost every day.
4) Most fafourite is the Metal Gear Solid series. Already playing it from the PS2. World of Mixed Martial Arts 3 must be one of the most annoying games ever for me. Just don't understand what so fun about it.
5) Last book is, Its ok to be angry about capitalism by Bernie Sanders, the man keeps getting me hooked.
6) Did you know the skin is the largest organ of the human body?

We are almost 50! Thinking about starting the first group give away later this week.

1) I requested to join!
2) Favorite animal at the moment is Golden Retriever. They are just so friendly and cute.
3) Not too many hobbies these days, so I'll just say playing video games.
4) Game I love: Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. Game I hate: Call of Juarez: The Cartel
5) Last book I read was "The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide," by Jenna Fisher. Best book I've ever read is probably Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
6) Fun fact: If you were driving at 75 miles per hour, it would take 258 days to drive around Saturn’s rings.

Helloo!

Favorite animal : Honey badgers because they are psycho
Passion/hobby : Music but not new kind of computer based sh*ts. I love playing real instruments.
Game I love : "Divinity 2 Original Sin" and "Disciples 2". I couldn't pick one.
Game I hate : Assasins Creed Series (I tried to like every one of them but unfortunately I didn't like them)
Best Book : Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
Fun Fact : Paarthurnax of Skyrim and Mario voiced by same man.

1) I have applied to the group sir. I'll follow the rules of course
2) My favourite animal is dogs because they give you unlimited amount of love.
3) I really love progressive rock and metal. I go to concerts a lot. Even though we don't get many big gigs at Istanbul, I try to catch every group that come up
4) Funnily it's the same game for both of the questions. I really love Dota2. It's complex it's really deep on mechanics and really unique game. The thing I hate is it brings the worst out of the people on ranked and it can get really toxic and you chain queue and tilt. Nowadays I mostly watch the pro games if I have time.
5) One of the best books I read was Home Deus by Harari since he discusses how society get created and how religions and states gathered people together to live in a dense place.
6) I have a lot of fun facts about Prog scenery but I wanted to give a fact about cats and dogs at Istanbul. In Istanbul there are roughly 150k cats and 130k dogs. They really comfortable and sociable with humans. Many foreigners are surprised with the number and friendliness of them

1) Follow the rules and join the group - sure
2) tell me your favorite animal and why - cats, because one of their kind is my best friend
3) let me know a passion/hobby of yours - I love to eat
4) name a game you love and one you hate (the "hate" part will not limit your chance, dont worry!) - I love Darksiders, and I hate The Binding of Isaac
5) the last/best book you ever read - last book was the Mistborn series, best book probably The Neverending Story
6) tell me a funfact about ANYTHING! - Identical twins don't have the same fingerprints.

• requested to join
• The Owl. Owls are charismatic and symbolic. They are also silent fliers
• Running, reading, gaming
• Sayonara Wild Hearts is the game I love; Hollow Knight is the one I hate
• Moby-Dick. War and Peace, and One Hundred Years of Solitude are the best books I read
• Owls' eyes are actually tubes elongated and held in place by a bony structure in the skull. A group of owls Is called a parliament

1) done
2) my fav animal are dogs, I have 2 dogs and they are simply the best animals ever :)
3) Besides gaming, I love reading any type of books (except most romances I'm sorry)
4) I love Life is Strange and I hate the Batman games
5) The Sebastian Bergman series was the latest collection I read!
6) A Group of Flamingos is Called a Flamboyance

1.Applied
2.Black Panther, just stunning .
3.My hobby is Lego.
4.I'am in love with DayZ, i hate CS.
5.Last book i finished is South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami.
6.Fun fact - i'am certified geek 7 days a week :)

1) Done!
2) Octopus- so unique and different, plus intelligent. Also their camouflage is amazing.
3) Mountain Biking
4) Game I love- Monster Train, Game I hate- Fortnite
5) The Last House on Needless Street- HIGHLY recommended
6) All of the other planets in our solar system can fit between the earth and the moon.

Thanks!

2) Dogs, furry and cute.
3) Japanese anime and games.
4) I just finished Hades which is great. I am current playing Spiderman which I think it is fun, I don't like Sekiro which is too difficult to me :(
5) Novels by Higashino Keigo
6) Taiwan is the homeland of the Austronesian people.

2) Excluding my cats. Tomorrow my answer might be different but today it is the pumpkin toadlet. Because they have such grace

3) Drawing

4) Love: Halo 1. Hate: Halo 4.

5) Last book: Interview with a vampire. Best book: A wizard of Earthsea.

6) New York has fake building to hide city infrastructure and make it look more appealing.

1) Done

2) Hard to tell, horses are majestic, dogs are royal, cats are cute

3) My hobby is gaming and watching series/movies i dont do anything else in my free time

4) I love Devil May Cry series, its one of my favorite franchises. i hate Fortnite, it is too childish for my taste.

5) I dont read a lot, last book i read was IT by Stephen King a couple of years back, ~1200 pages of pure horror

6) Animals can be allergic to humans

1) Ok
2) Bear, because I also like salmon and honey
3) games/mangas/animes
4) Love: Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Hate: I usually avoid games I am not interested, so I haven't play a game I hate yet
5) Harry potter series
6) Bears have the largest relative brain size of any carnivore

1. Done
2. Dogs. They are fun, friendly, loyal.
3. I have a lot! Playing guitar, bass. Doing crochet. Watching movies and series. Doing puzzle. And video games of course.
4. Psychonauts. I hated Never Alone.
5. The last book is Firestarter from Stephen King (not finished yet).
6. At one of the first ZZ Top concert, there was only one guy in the show