So, today is my wedding day. At least, it's supposed to have been. The reasons are obvious - due to the COVID-19 outbreak, there are restrictions on large gatherings around the country (and even the world). While some restrictions were lifted, the hard lockdown, which only lifted a few weeks ago, meant that no planning could be done prior. Thankfully, the venue were really awesome in allowing to reschedule to a future date of our choosing, which will most likely take place in early 2021.

This may turn into a fairly long catch-up, so if you're not interested, you're welcome to skip to the end where the train is departing from.

There has, however, been some positives during this time. Both myself and fiancé were able to work from home during the lockdown, while also still receiving our full pay. She's gone back to work as of last month, while I'm most likely to continue working from home for the remainder of the year because of underlying conditions from my youth that may put me at higher risk. Prior to the lockdown we were saving for multiple projects, including the wedding and buying a house, which is also not likely to happen until later in the year.

The biggest upside for us is that we've been able to save over and above our normal amount each month, so we've been trying to do our best to help the community. In the first week of the hard lockdown, my work laptop crashed. Thankfully, I had the Acer Predator Triton 900 with me for review, which I could work from. However, the PR collected the unit in May, so I ended up having to use my PC, which is connected to our living room TV for work - after a few days of this my fiancé got annoyed and so we decided to buy a laptop. Long story short, we ended up buying a decent ASUS G15 Strix gaming laptop - mostly thanks to the extra money saved working from home. What's interesting about this is that I bought a gaming PC in November last year. Before that, I didn't upgrade my previous CPU and GPU for over 9 years.

Initially, I wasn't planning on doing much today, as we were supposed to have our own mini-celebration for the day, but, as it turns out, my fiancé got very sick and has been unable to do much for the past day and remains in bed. This actually gave me a bit of time to myself, so I decided to create a train. I really wanted to create something epic, but I didn't realise the effort it would take to do so. Having spent 3 hours gathering all the games and links, trying to make sure they're all in working condition, it took me another hour to create the train, which is only a quarter of the collection. So, we now have 5 separate trains, but they'll be departing at different schedules. I hope you guys do enjoy it.

I know it's been a difficult time for many, and don't write the above to show-boat. I just wanted to share my change of fortune over a few years ago when I wrote on here, heavy in debt and having to cut quite a bit of activity - also why I wasn't able to upgrade any of my tech for years. We'll continue to give back to the organisations in our local area to assist while we're all still dealing with aspects of the COVID-19 effects.

TL;DR - Today was supposed to be my wedding day, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, it's to be moved to 2021.

Arrival Time - 9pm SAST, 20 June 2020

As always, a few disclaimers:

  1. As stated previously, there will be multiple trains, so keep an eye out for those.
  2. If there are any used keys, keys no longer valid, etc. they, unfortunately, won't be replaced. My apologies for that.
  3. If there are any issues within the train (broken tracks, etc.), please just drop a message in the comments.

I didn't really wanna add this, but ... since the last time I did a train, I was banned for 3 days for "begging" on SG. Honestly, I wasn't really. But, there no indication to the moderators that it was a joke, and rules are rules. Fair enough. It's worth noting, for perspective, that I'm moving towards 2,000 games in my Steam library, so I don't really need to be begging for games. But, like I said rules are rules. What I didn't appreciate, however, was some SG users taking the opportunity to go to my Steam page and leave some obscenities because of it. I was considering just closing my account, not wanting have to deal with any of it again. At the same time, I've been part of this community for 7 years now, I've interacted with various people and continue to do so and don't think their stupidity should impact that.

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Only the best wishes to you and your fiancé. May your future wedding be as awesome, as it can possibly be! And please accept my apologies on the behaviour of some users here. There's not as many of those as may seem sometimes. Cheers!

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3 years ago
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Thanks. I love the gifs. :)

3 years ago
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Oh, almost forgot! and bump for the most awesome train!

3 years ago
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Second one is best ! :D

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There is nothing wrong with sharing some positive and uplifting news. Especially not now. Or after the experiences you shared in previous years.
Best wishes that the positive run lasts for you two, up to and beyond the wedding. ;)

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Thanks. Much appreciated.

3 years ago
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best wishes and a bump

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:)

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May your love be always strong,
Always true, wonderful, long.
Let your hearts beating in time,
Like the best song, like a perfect rhyme.

Let your family be healthy.
Live bright, friendly, lucky, wealthy.
May your shared dreams come true.
Wishing the best things for you two!

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Nice. Thanks for this.

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Thanks, appreciated.

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So sorry such a special day had to be postponed so long.

Thanks for the great train! Some really good games on it.

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Thanks. More games to come.

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Very kind of you to share some of your good fortune with your community. Best wishes to you and your fiancé and hope your wedding will be lovely. And thank you for a very nice train.

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Thanks. :)

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Thanks for the train and all the best for your future wedding!

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Thanks. :)

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I don't have a ticket for the trains (and I don't mind).
But I still wanted to give my best wishes to you and your fiancé. I hope they get better soon.
It's really kind of you to give back to the communities you are a part from and I am glad that you did not decide to leave.
It's totally not okay to go to someones profile and post obscenities.
Lots of love and well wishes! 💜

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Much appreciated.
And no worries, I'll make the remainder of the trains level 1.
Just avoiding the bots, etc.

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That's really kind of you.
Like I said before, I don't mind, I just wanted to wish you well.
But I would certainly take a look if there is a lvl 1 ticket.
Much appreciated 💜

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Just finished train 2.
Jump aboard.

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Thank you for letting me now. That's really kind of you.

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Bump. Have a nice wedding!

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Thanks. :)

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Have a wonderful wedding!
Thank you for train

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Thanks. :)

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I will congratulate to the next year......
and where did they go on their honeymoon?
I hope you understand:)) (sorry Translate)

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Haha, no worries, understood.
Not sure yet, we'll have to see where we can travel too, but probably somewhere in-country.

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Great news, hope you have big wedding when time permits.

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Appreciated. :)

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That sucks, I hope your wedding will be wonderful next year and followed by a happy relationship. You got great giveaways, thank you. Also a reminder to people who are attending killing floor 2 free-weekend, you need to remove it from your account before entering the giveaway.

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Well spotted. I thought it wouldn't be updated unless you sync after installation (but that's automatic now).
Thanks for the well-wishes.

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Thanks and I hope you have a great wedding.

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Thanks. :)

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Just boarded the first train. Glad to hear things are going well for you, and good on you guys for saving up. Wish you the best on your eventual wedding!

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Thanks so much. Train 2 is leaving...

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Happy pre-niversary and good lock with your planning! I hope your fiancée recuperates quickly.
The first train was high quality - looking forward to the next four! Thanks

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Thanks for the well-wishes.
Train 2 is leaving...

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Thanks for the train and wish you all the best for your wedding!

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Thanks. :)

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Thanks for the train. Best wishes for your happy wedding :)

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Thanks. :)

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Congrats on the wedding postponement. At least you have more time to pick the music and flowers.

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Thanks. Music is probably the most difficult to choose. :)

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Thank you very much for all of your generosity!
Thank you for the update--Best of luck to your upcoming wedding, and I hope your fiancee speedily recovers here health! Being sick in bed is no fun. Sorry that your laptop conked out and glad you were able to get a new one. (I'd agree with your fiancee that the TV being used as a monitor instead of a TV would get old. 😀)
Congratulations on being able to save even more money vs normal! Best of wishes to you both on your upcoming wedding and the rest of your lives! I'm glad for your sakes that the venue allowed you to reschedule!

And, let me apologize for the sake of the community for those who left you nasty comments here and on your Steam profile. It was rude, uncalled for, and the ones on your steam profile were quite possibly against the TOS. Thank you for sticking it out. It would have been a shame to see you leave this site.

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Thanks for the kinds messages. Much appreciated.
No need to apologise for anyone, it wasn't you. People like you is why I stayed. Thanks.

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All the best for you and your fiancé :)

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Thanks. :)

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Good thing that not everything from the confinement was bad news, I bet you're enjoying your new laptop, and regarding the wedding, it probably doesn't matter if you love each other. What's waiting a few more months? What matters is your feelings. That said, I hope you have a great celebration once you can actually marry.

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Thanks so much. Yeah, we actually didn't really want the big wedding thing. We were doing a small 50-people gathering, so let's hope it works out better. :)

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Nice to see things are looking up :)
All the best for your wedding

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Appreciated. :)

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Best of luck with your future wedding planning. It certainly gives you more time to prepare as a result. Thanks for the ride. :D

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Can only start preparing once all the vendors are back open. But yeah, more time is useful.

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