Hi and welcome to our Steam Group Recruitment,

Who is TalePlay:


I formally created this Steam Group with the intent to deliver on short burst reviews for Steam that are linked to my personal account and offer a much more detailed overview of the games I play. I still continue to do that time to time, and as well create YouTube videos with reviews, game-related topics, discussions, and game listings that I think you would enjoy watching.

Today, I have decided to open up our Steam Group Recruitment for Giveaways. These giveaways will contain games that are rated on the Positive side of the spectrum, from AAA games to AA and Indies. I am doing this kind of Steam Giveaway(s) and Discord Giveaways once a month, starting at the beginning of the month, and provide you with one of the best games you've wanted to get your hands on or want to play. Some of the games may contain a whole collection and some will be stand-alone.

What I want from those who wish to participate is to PLAY OUR GAMES. I think it's important that you understand that even if these games are giveaways, somebody out there, worked hard to get the money and invest it in the prize, so we value that you play the games you win from us or other members in the upcoming 3 Months since receiving the game.

If you want to know more about me feel free to reach out, but make sure you write a comment before you add us. I may or may not accept, so I appreciate your patience and understanding.

Leader: Vasharal so, if you want to reach out you can do so via Steam.

How to Join:


  1. First Apply on our Steam Group and write us a comment that you applied in this thread.

  2. Have an account on Steam Hunters for accurate achievement stats. Completionist.me is also acceptable.

  3. [Optional] Create, if you haven't, and share your BLAEO account in the comments.
    ❕ BLAEO helps us easily check your won games through without going through the hassle to check through Steam or other tools that are more likely slower and it's neatly organized. YOU DO NOT NEED TO TAKE PART IN ANY CHALLENGES.

  4. If you partake in the giveaway and win our giveaway, we want you to play that particular game in the next 3 months. You don't have to complete it, but we'd be happy if you'd at least attempt to beat the main campaign. If it doesn't have a campaign or story, play a significant amount of time to kinda cover 25-50% of the Achievements. If some games don't have achievements, screenshots are required for rolling credits.

Group Rules:


  • At least Level 2 on SteamGifts.
  • If you're new to SteamGifts, you need to be a member for at least 3 months.
  • Multiple or un-redeemed wins within the last year - are forbidden.
  • Your overall Reputation should be clean on SteamRep. If you've had a VAC ban older than 1 year, and explain why you got it, we might make an exception.
  • You have to have your Steam privacy settings for your profile and games as Public (example);
  • Check our Steam Group Announcement for further details and announcements. Rules and Information there may be different, but currently, this thread is the most up-to-date that you should follow. Future updates will be made there too to reflect the group.
  • You have to play your giveaway within 3 months' time - there are exceptions if you're unable to play, but you have to reach out to the person in that 3 months time-frame, not when the 3 months are over;
  • If winner doesn't fully commit playing, does not inform the gifter or thanks them when winning they will receive a warning. Second warning will result in kicking, without warning.

Giveaway Rules:


Giving giveaways using our group is NOT REQUIRED. It's just our way to give out to people who wish to support us on our YouTube journey. But, if you wish to take part in the group and give giveaways, please remember that you have the follow the following rule:

  • No games should be given that are rated as Mixed or Below.
    We want each winner to have their hands on games that are highly rated on Steam.

As a reference you need to keep in mind some of these metrics:

  1. 10,000+ reviews on Steam and 70%+ Steam rating
  2. 1,000+ reviews on Steam and 80%+ Steam rating
  3. 100+ reviews on Steam and 90%+ Steam rating
  • The giveaway should not be region-locked.
  • When creating a giveaway it is necessary to include a small group rule reminder in your giveaway, something like:
    "This is a TalePlay giveaway, by joining you commit to playing this game within three months if you win it."
  • You can do giveaways alongside other groups with similar rules to ours, such as Playing Appreciated, Playing Matters, and other private groups that require members to play the games they win. However, doing giveaways alongside public groups is no longer permitted. This change is to ensure that members participating in TalePlay and other similar groups actually play their wins. Please note that these rules apply to members who belong to multiple groups, and for any giveaways open to public groups, you must ensure that the winners are aware of TalePlay's rules. For winners who are not part of this group, the rules do not apply.
  • Please contact Vasharal if you encounter any issue with another member not playing a game or breaking any of the other rules.

Final Notes:


Requesting to join without leaving a comment below will result in an automatic rejection after a week or more. Please don't forget to do this because oftentimes we receive a request and never hear from the applicant at all on Steamgifts. I find it difficult to reach out to individuals who don't respect the rules as their profile is very restrictive and can't write back to them. If you don't hear from us in a week time after you applied know that's the case.

Do know that by using BLAEO helps us easily go through the win and see your progress, but if that's something you're not happy using, we'll be using this script or completionist.me to monitor and track your progress with the game. We will not nudge you or force you to play the game, but do know that you may lose access to the group if you are reported or found abusing people's kindness.

To join BLAEO you need to apply here. Your application may take a while to process, but once you've got your hands on your account all you have to do is share your profile, that way it's easier for us to just monitor your progress with the game.


If we missed anything or may require some updates, we will be updating this discussion.

If you wish to check Status updates for your game, removal from the group or something similar, visit our Steam Group Giveaway Status Discussion section to learn more.


Among other Play your Wins groups we'd like to be able to create a deeper relationship between the gifters and the receivers, so we'd like you to be transparent about the things you liked about the game. You can share your views about the story, because I personally really enjoy a good game that has an amazing story. Some games I might have played them myself, and I can freely talk about them without the fear of spoilers, so I'd like people who do win the games to be opened for discussion about them. Games are fun and should be experienced at a much deeper level than just finishing a game to 100% or be forced to complete every side-quest or worst, playing it for a few minutes and never picking it up again.

We want that you keep in mind this aspect while being part of TalePlay. We know that sometimes we get over-saturated by the sheer amount of games we can win or we can buy, to the point we build up a backlog. Let's make gaming and receiving games fun again!

Thank you for considering joining us and we're looking forward to seeing you partake in our giveaways as soon as we get started.

If you wish to check the games we're giving away you can check our Steamgifts Group Giveaway.

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Our question is what game would you want us to give away first this October? Horror or something else?

Updated: I appreciate the heads-up on some errors in our posts. We will be making updates to this shortly.

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Horror would be a great ideal game for this holloween. :)

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Some old school shooter with horror theme or rhythm games

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What games do you have particularly in mind?

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Something like blood fresh supply,doom or metal hellsinger

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We may do a separate thread with a poll πŸ˜ƒ

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Thats the best way to request game for gw \m/

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Something like blood fresh supply

o7

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If we're keeping with the theme of Halloween, horror and underworld, I'd vote for Hollow Knight :)

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Does Hollow Knight have creepy or scary moments? It's a game I've got to play.

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It's been on my list forever, so I cannot reply for sure. But from the reviews I've seen, I feel it relies less on scary moments, and more on an overall somber environment. Dark theme, not necessarily scary πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

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That's a great suggestion. Thanks for suggesting this game. You will definitely see this being given as giveaway on our Group as it fits the criteria we go for.

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Pumpkin Jack got it from a trade and I must say I enjoy It and it's halloweeni

Dont kw if this is too late

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We're apparently giving out Dying Light 1 & 2. πŸ˜ƒ It's what most people wanted.

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Here's a free bump.
Happy factory day! :D

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Thanks dude! πŸ«‚ Happy to be part of this community. πŸ˜„

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While I like "play your won games" groups there are way too many additional requirements here.

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That's because we'll be giving games that are worth winning. I can perfectly understand that you don't like the hassle, but this is something my partner and I will be doing on a monthly basis and we want to avoid people hoping in, winning the game and never playing it as well having a clean reputation on Steamgifts and on Steam.

If you have any suggestions please let us know if we modify something that would become less of a hassle. It's our first time doing this so we're trying to please both sides, if you know what I mean. πŸ˜‹

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I totally get the idea that high-quality giveaways deserve some special appreciation and should be more than a +1. I fully support that.
But Discord, engaging with your Youtube channel and BLAEO?

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But Discord, engaging with your Youtube channel and BLAEO?

Discord is mainly to build a community and be able to give giveaways that aren't only Steam related. Such as games from other consoles and possibly hardware in the future.

I will place Discord as optional for those who want to win different games like God of War Ragnarok or other upcoming games.

YouTube is our priority. The requirement to constantly engage on that channel isn't something we seek, but rather to do it for the sake of the entry.

BLAEO offers us an easier way to track the winners progress with the game as it's much easier to check their Steam account or if they have won hundreds of games scanning their account using HLTB Estimates. But again, it's possible and it's a much more preferred way, my partner and I will consider placing this as optional.

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Subscribtion to youtube as a rule? Way much requiring.

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That's perfectly fine if you don't wish to support the channel. We want to give back to our YouTube community primarily as we have big plans for the channel, so that is our main focus.

Discord and BLAEO may become optional for those who are interested in winning games on other consoles or platforms. I will modify those things.

Update: Have modified the requirements to join to respect the rules of Steamgifts.

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I like "play your won games" groups too and good luck with the group!
I only have BLAEO account so I don't qualify but that's fair. :)

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Made some modifications to the BLAEO requirements being optional as well the Discord for those who don't want to win games outside Steam.

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BLAEO makes things easier to track so in my opinion that could've stayed. Though being it optional is still nice, at least more people will know about it.

From my point of view, I still don't qualify since I don't have Google account either and I prefer to keep it that way. However, good luck with the channel too!

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BLAEO makes things easier to track so in my opinion that could've stayed. Though being it optional is still nice, at least more people will know about it.

That's why we wanted to have it as a way to track the performance, but I guess people think joining BLAEO is a complicated thing to do, and we don't want to hinder their joining if they want to partake.

From my point of view, I still don't qualify since I don't have Google account either and I prefer to keep it that way. However, good luck with the channel too!

I see that's not something we'd not expect as a possibility, but I understand that you want to protect your privacy.

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I believe people like me are a minority so it's a normal expectation I guess. :)

but I understand that you want to protect your privacy.

Yes and I'm totally fine with it's being a requirement for your group.

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That may be a subject to change as I understand that it goes against the rules of Steamgifts.

So for now, Discord and YouTube invites are out of the question. If you consider joining us let us know. Just make sure you apply to our Steam Group. Thank you.

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Oh, I totally forgot about that. Otherwise I'd have warned too. Though you can still promote your Youtube and Discord channels on Steam group. For example, independently you can share your Youtube/Discord-only giveaways on Steam group via Announcements.

Anyway, I would love to join with the current requirements. Here is my BLAEO page. It needs a bit tidying up though but still does the job I think.

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Oh, I totally forgot about that. Otherwise I'd have warned too. Though you can still promote your Youtube and Discord channels on Steam group. For example, independently you can share your Youtube/Discord-only giveaways on Steam group via Announcements.

Yes, my partner and I discussed just that and we'll be switching to that kind of method. Although that no longer becomes mandatory.

Anyway, I would love to join with the current requirements. Here is my BLAEO page. It needs a bit tidying up though but still does the job I think.

Awesome. If you've not applied as of yet, please apply to the group as I will be accepting requests there throughout the whole week. My BLAEO is a lot messier than yours is as I've recently joined them too.

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My BLAEO is a lot messier than yours is as I've recently joined them too.

You'll get there (me too I hope) :)

By the way, since this is an on-condition group you may also want to add remove and re-apply rules because sooner or later that will happen as these kind of groups' nature. Maybe adding a FAQ topic to the group would be helpful in this regard.

Edit: Oh, and this script also could be helpful to check users' win progression.

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By the way, since this is an on-condition group you may also want to add remove and re-apply rules because sooner or later that will happen as these kind of groups' nature. Maybe adding a FAQ topic to the group would be helpful in this regard.

Yes, most definitely it's something I need to add and update. I have been considering the FAQ and I may need to take examples of other groups and learn from them.

Edit: Oh, and this script also could be helpful to check users' win progression.

Yes, that's a script I'm using, but it's slower to check when the winner has hundreds of thousands of game so I'd just be waiting, but again, if they have BLAEO, makes our life easier. πŸ˜‹

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Yeah it's slow but at least reliable. Hopefully people will use BLAEO site and you won't need it that much. :)

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The idea is nice but like others also mentioned, being forced to join on Youtube and Discord is a no for me, up to point 3 it sounded very interesting!

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Actually point 1 already is quite restrictive. BLAEO has only 233 members after all. And BLAEO isn't necessary to play won games.

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I guess they just seek the website account, not the group membership.

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Actually, it's to just be able to easily monitor the progress of their won games, nothing more. It's easy for us to monitor that than go through Steam verify there or other tools.

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Exactly, it's a nice tool to keep backlog together and the default SG list would be very helpful.

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Made BLAEO as optional. It helps us track your won games easier and faster that's why I placed it as an option. I've also got HLTB Estimates to track accounts, but it takes significantly a lot of time to do that when the winner has hundreds if not thousands of won games on Steamgifts.

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YouTube is our priority and will be the main source of income that supports the giveaways. We will be doing giveaways that aren't related to Steam all the time, such as PlayStation games e.g. God of War Ragnarok and Nintendo Switch games, depending on what we plan to do that particular month.

Discord offers a great way for us to stay in touch with participants and offer them outside of Steamgifts, if you understand what I mean.

YouTube will be where we'll be announcing our game, so that helps us greatly and it's something we ask for those who really want to get their hands on great games. If those requirements are too much, of course, there's other people giving out the games you want to win.

In the end, it's going to be a smaller group, easier way to win these games, which I think it's going to be great.

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Problem is, even if I was willing to use my Youtube account for it, which I don't, I would not want to do more than a simple subscribe since I don't care about Youtube video's.
I understand it from your side, but like this it's very confusing if you are advertising a Steam group or just your Youtube channel since by forcing that part, it feels more like the Steam group is just a mean to keep all members together and that's it?
Which is fine with me, but then we are not on the same... what's it called? thinking line? of what we are looking for.

I do wish you the best with the group, maybe others don't mind sharing not only their Steam but also their Youtube AND their Discord with you guys and join in and play their wins, I was just interested in a small push to play some wins I guess ^^

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I perfectly understand that. I never looked at it as sharing your Steam or YouTube, but I do understand that for some people this can be something they aren't willing to trade.

Hopefully, in the future, that might change and we can entice you to come to join our community. We appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this matter as we look to improve and expand our knowledge about recruitment.

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Just a heads up, I have modified and constantly am adjusting this thread to follow the rules of the website, so YouTube and Discord has been removed entirely from the rules.

Thank you for your understanding.

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Thank you for the info, I don't see anywhere that making giveaways is required, I am correct on that right?
If so, here is my BLAEO profile and I will join the Steam group if you will have me ^^

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Request Accepted. Glad to have you on board. πŸ˜„

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I'm saying this so you have a chance to edit it, before a mod sees it who will close the thread.
You need to completely remove number 4 and 5.

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I just saw now, I will modify that and make some updates to this recruitment. Thanks for the heads up!

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Would like to join too.

Caught a comment that you still got suspended for the thread, is that true?

1,000+ reviews on Steam and 80%+ Steam rating
100+ reviews on Steam and 90%+ Steam rating

quite steep requirements though. I am looking for a group to share giveaways with the Quality GA group.
There it's a bit lower 100+ revs with 80%, 1000+ revs with 60% (70% would be fine too), would you consider these number ok enough as well?

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Would like to join too.

I've verified your application and approved it.

Caught a comment that you still got suspended for the thread, is that true?

No, I had a mistaken suspension for a game that was given as beta key, both me and the person who sent it didn't know. When the admins checked the records it showed I didn't own the game, although I won the game in the giveaway. I explained that I wasn't aware and the suspension was immediately lifted. What's funny is that it happened 1-2 days after I posted this, so that might have raised the suspicion on the matter. It was not related to this whole thing whatsoever, thanks to you and the people that voiced the whole thing. So I appreciate that.

quite steep requirements though. I am looking for a group to share giveaways with the Quality GA group.

Quality GA group has a similar metric, from which we share our inspiration. In theory, is to basically help you understand kinda where we'd like our games review to be. As long as they are in the positive side, it shouldn't be a problem. If a game falls under Mixed or below, we'd suggest not giving it away. You can also group up the giveaways with other groups like Playing Appreciated and Playing Matters too if you wish.

There it's a bit lower 100+ revs with 80%, 1000+ revs with 60% (70% would be fine too), would you consider these number ok enough as well?

As far as I can see these are the same as they are in the Quality Games Giveaway Group or on their Steamgifts Recruitment Discussion.

All in all, just know that you're not required to make giveaways in our group. We created this group with the intention to give, spread awareness and create a community around games. We mixed the idea behind Quality Group Games and Playing Appreciated/Playing Matters for those that join so that being on this group feels worth while for both the giver but also the receiver. Giving out to this awesome community was and still is our intention. If they wish to support us on our journey only helps us more to give back to the participants.

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Hello Vasharal, I would like to be part of the TalePlay group! πŸ˜ƒ
I believe I fit the entry requirements and commit to playing the games won within the period.
I'm already subscribed to the YouTube channel to support and at the moment I'm only interested in Steam games, so as Discord and BLAEO are optional, I leave it open. πŸ˜‰

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Thank you for your application. Feel free to apply to join in our group. πŸ˜„

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Hi, applied to join the group on Steam :)
BLAEO: https://www.backlog-assassins.net/users/adam1224

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Hi and welcome Adam! I am glad to see you here. πŸ˜„

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Just a quick question: There is no rule against sharing a GA with another group, right?

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No, we are perfectly alright with that as long as the giveawayer mentions that if they are part of TalePlay Steam Group they have to mention in the comments: "This is a TalePlay giveaway, by joining you commit to playing this game within three months if you win it."

To make things easier, I will add that information to the thread. Thanks for the tip.

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Hi Vasharal.

To promote Taleplay in the group recruitment section of the discussion boards the majority of the giveaways need to be done though SG's giveaway system through the Taleplay group profile. I just wanted to make sure you are aware of this to prevent any issues.

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Hello FateOfOne,

Thank you for the heads up. So what you're saying is that we need to create the giveaway through our Steam Group and not create it through Steamgifts itself?

I've done Giveaways for groups before, and I was wondering if they are any different than just selecting the group we want to give our giveaway through. Maybe I'm misunderstanding this and it's exactly that. πŸ˜…

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He means that you can't have the giveaways just though other means like Youtube and Discord but has to do most of the giveaways though this system, aka group giveaways.

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Thank you Maruten! Yes, that's exactly what we will be doing. Of course, if members wish to join from YouTube or Discord they will be required to sign up on Steamgifts and be part of our Steam Group in order to do so.

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The majority of giveaways for your group needs to be done using the SG giveaway system on the TalePlay SG profile.

For example what you see here with the Playing Appreciated group.
https://www.steamgifts.com/group/mfUoP/playing-appreciated

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Yes, they will be unless they aren't on Steam or on PC, which we plan on doing individually on our Discord channel. It's separate anyway, although we'd love to be able to do all in one place as I love Steamgifts.

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I'd like to join, i'm already a member of 'Playing Appreciated' and 'Play or Pay SG' groups.
BLAEO: https://www.backlog-assassins.net/users/Metalhead8489

just a recommendation, you really have to clean up a bit your group (too many steam bots and random sg users)

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just a recommendation, you really have to clean up a bit your group (too many steam bots and random sg users)

It's something we've wanted to do for a while and separate the crowed a bit from active to inactives. Having an idea that most participants are from here helps us identify the inactives. Any idea of a way to monitor the group a lot easier? I will be removing a lot of them.

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Update: Did a massive cleaning of private, inactive accounts and VAC banned accounts so it's a lot cleaner and easier to not get lost in the crowd, although there's over 100+ members, which we're more than grateful for.

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my suggestion was made so that you can manage your group easier. now you have to decide what to do with the level 0-1 sg users, those that don't even have a sg account and those that are permanently banned from sg.

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my suggestion was made so that you can manage your group easier.

You're right. It's much easier that way.

now you have to decide what to do with the level 0-1 sg users, those that don't even have a sg account and those that are permanently banned from sg.

You think I should change that or make Level 2 Giveaways in the group so that they make sure they fit the criteria?

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Ok, I am in! I will play your games! ;D ;D Well, if you accept me

Here is my BLAEO account, does that work? Let me know if I missed something...

Cheers! :D

Edit: not to be a grammar jerk, but.. isn't it "short buRst"? I am not a native English speaker...

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Ok, I am in! I will play your games! ;D ;D Well, if you accept me

Here is my BLAEO account, does that work? Let me know if I missed something...

Cheers! :D

That's perfect. I'll be awaiting and accepting your application to the Steam Group.

Edit: not to be a grammar jerk, but.. isn't it "short buRst"? I am not a native English speaker...

It is, but I was hungry and ate the R xD. I'm sorry! πŸ˜… I'll put it back.

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Thank you for the initiative - 3 months is a pretty generous timeframe to play the wins. With the help of PAGYWOSG I've been able to consistently play through my wins, so I feel confident I can stick to the timeframe you stipulated.

Here's my BLAEO - it's worth mentioning that I have an account, but I haven't really ever used BLAEO so I don't know precisely how it works. I created the account because I liked the idea, but I still manage my backlog and playlist through Playnite. I'm happy to manage my wins there if it makes it easier for you two (Vasharal and Arrmeya) to check

Thank you again! :)

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Thank you for the initiative - 3 months is a pretty generous timeframe to play the wins. With the help of PAGYWOSG I've been able to consistently play through my wins, so I feel confident I can stick to the timeframe you stipulated.

I was considering going to 6 months, but then again, that may be too lengthy and difficult to track as a lot can change in that time-frame. Besides, as you mentioned, there are a lot of ways to kinda challenge yourself to win either partaking in PAGYWOSG , POP, or BLAEO challenges which I personally am actively doing too.

We're happy to accept your request in our Steam Group.

Here's my BLAEO - it's worth mentioning that I have an account, but I haven't really ever used BLAEO so I don't know precisely how it works. I created the account because I liked the idea, but I still manage my backlog and playlist through Playnite. I'm happy to manage my wins there if it makes it easier for you two (Vasharal and Arrmeya) to check

Actually, you don't have to do anything except having an account there. There's a Steamgifts dedicated group that is created for you and it's super easy to track there the wins.

Yours being this one. I like the way it's formatted and I'll be honest with you, some tools work, but they are slow and difficult to monitor, and Steam just makes things clunky. This kinda shows and marks it automatically if you've maybe beaten it or not, but sometimes it can fail at it. Nevertheless, there are options.

Is Playnite like GOG Galaxy? I really hoped that Steam would do that with their launcher, but hey, maybe I ask too much.

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Holy crap I had no idea something like that existed - very helpful for PAGYWOSG haha much easier than what I've been doing, which is relying on SG's "Won" page interface haha thank you for sharing! I agree that looking through Steam game lists is a pain, very very slow and clunky.

Playnite is simply a launcher - you can connect Steam, GOG Galaxy, and anything else there, and it just organizes your library. I ended up installing add-ons and extensions to remove duplicates (so if I have a game on Steam and Epic, for instance, only the Steam version shows up on Playnite), and I've tagged my library in different ways that make it very easy for me to track what I have played, what I'm playing, and what I want to play next.

I think it helps to organize things when you have your library spread throughout several clients - for instance, I often see GAs on SG that I could theoretically enter, but in practice, I already own the game on Epic. It's usually faster for me to open up Playnite and check than go to Epic's library manager. Also, I think it looks great hehe and the developer is pretty active.

Thank you for accepting me! Looking forward to contributing to the page. If I ever win one of your games, let me know how I can provide more content besides reviews that might be helpful for your YouTube channel.

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Holy crap I had no idea something like that existed - very helpful for PAGYWOSG haha much easier than what I've been doing, which is relying on SG's "Won" page interface haha thank you for sharing! I agree that looking through Steam game lists is a pain, very very slow and clunky.

And what's interesting there's so many other ways like completionist.me as andreeeeeww suggested which is a lot more detailed and quite cool too.

Playnite is simply a launcher - you can connect Steam, GOG Galaxy, and anything else there, and it just organizes your library. I ended up installing add-ons and extensions to remove duplicates (so if I have a game on Steam and Epic, for instance, only the Steam version shows up on Playnite), and I've tagged my library in different ways that make it very easy for me to track what I have played, what I'm playing, and what I want to play next.

That's so cool. I've got to try it out and see how it is. I like trying new things although Steam is my baby and I prefer to game using it mostly.

I think it helps to organize things when you have your library spread throughout several clients - for instance, I often see GAs on SG that I could theoretically enter, but in practice, I already own the game on Epic. It's usually faster for me to open up Playnite and check than go to Epic's library manager. Also, I think it looks great hehe and the developer is pretty active.

True. Although I use Epic to horde games in case Steam decides to shut down and I lose all my access to the games, I don't mind owning the game on Epic and on Steam in the same time.

Thank you for accepting me! Looking forward to contributing to the page. If I ever win one of your games, let me know how I can provide more content besides reviews that might be helpful for your YouTube channel.

I think by writing your review helps us understand that you like/love the game you won. Sharing your views on how we perform on our YT channel helps us make better content that you and others enjoy. We really want to provide amazing content, but we're perfectly aware that to get there we've got to put in work. Sharing your views about our performance gives us a lot of satisfaction even if it comes in form of criticism, as we are aware that there's some things we need to improve.

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sounds like a fun idea, request sent. here's my blaeo. something like completionist.me might be better as a more up-to-date tracking of played steam games.

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sounds like a fun idea, request sent. here's my blaeo.

That's awesome. Thank you! Welcome to TalePlay! πŸ₯°

something like completionist.me might be better as a more up-to-date tracking of played steam games.

That's such a great suggestion. Thank you for this! Any suggestion like this helps a lot in monitoring and the UI is nicely made.

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request sent :)

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Verified and Accepted. Welcome to TalePlay! πŸ˜„

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thanks :)

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Bump!!!

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Read through the description on your Steam page and I'm not sure I qualify based on those.
If they're just the ones listed here (as stated under Group Rules) then I would like to apply.
However, if Discord/YouTube activity is expected as well, then I will have to pass.
I have left an application just in case πŸ™πŸ»

BLAEO and SteamRep
My BLAEO hasn't been updated for a while but I'll get back to maintaining it if I get accepted (though I will probably skip the description recaps as those took a considerable amount of time).

Disclaimer: I have previously been removed from similar groups due to disagreements about whether I satisfied the requirements of playing a game, as well as disputing my activity on BLAEO. Obviously I do not agree with those verdicts, you can judge for yourself. In the event I am accepted and do win a game I will do my best to satisfy the listed conditions and I expect that potential disagreements can be settled with mutual communication and compromise, for example by repaying the group by other means.

Thanks for the chance and best of luck with your project!

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Read through the description on your Steam page and I'm not sure I qualify based on those.
If they're just the ones listed here (as stated under Group Rules) then I would like to apply.
However, if Discord/YouTube activity is expected as well, then I will have to pass.
I have left an application just in case πŸ™πŸ»

Hi Dan,

We've never enforced activity, but was more likely the initiation plan, which we changed. To join, I've updated to the current rules available on Steamgifts, which I don't think I'll update or enforce to people as it's going against the rules of Steamgifts. I will though at times share there our newest update and if we're rolling out giveaways outside of Steamgifts or Steam itself, it would be amazing to be aware of.

BLAEO and SteamRep
My BLAEO hasn't been updated for a while but I'll get back to maintaining it if I get accepted (though I will probably skip the description recaps as those took a considerable amount of time).

Considering how many games you won on Steamgifts BLAEO helps tremendously to monitor and easily access it. Of course, there were other tools suggested, but this we found quite easy and quick to monitor. Thank you for submitting. If you haven't applied yet, please do as I will be accepting your application on our Steam Group.

Disclaimer: I have previously been removed from similar groups due to disagreements about whether I satisfied the requirements of playing a game, as well as disputing my activity on BLAEO. Obviously, I do not agree with those verdicts, you can judge for yourself. In the event, I am accepted and do win a game I will do my best to satisfy the listed conditions and I expect that potential disagreements can be settled with mutual communication and compromise, for example by repaying the group by other means.

We don't want to force people to play games they don't want, but we'd appreciate your transparency when it comes to the game. Sharing maybe screenshots on your profile, doing a review, or telling us a little bit about the game goes a long way. We might pick up the game and play it too, if we already did it, then our discussion may go in pair better. πŸ˜† We love to discuss games and it just brings the community closer. Initially we wanted to make TalePlay a place where people play the story and share their feedback on it, but that would enforce participants to beat the game, and that is something that might be a bit too much for some people.

With my experience in managing groups and guilds in video games, I've never had issues not having a clear and open-communication with the player. Now, as I've said, there can be situations where let's say your PC can't handle the game or you're experiencing some difficulties in playing the game due to personal or technical matters and that should be clarified in that 3 months period. Since we'll be giving these games away most of the time, you'll be able to connect and talk to us openly about any issues you have.

If the game doesn't live up to the expectation that you have had for it, which is normal, we'll not shove it down your throat. πŸ˜… In the end, this is not something we'd like most participants to keep in mind and abuse, but be respectful for the games are being away as we'd truly appreciate if we could see people playing the games, however the time they have spent 25% to 50% to 100% completion.

Thanks for the chance and best of luck with your project!

Thank you, we are going to do the best we can to make it happen. πŸ€—

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Thanks for the quick reply and the acceptance! I will do my best to share using the examples you've suggested.
I tried joining the Discord as well but both links through your Steam Group seem to be invalid/expired, just a heads up. Will try to catch you there once it's updated πŸ‘

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I've updated my Discord Link just now. I kept forgetting to take it of the 7 days limit. πŸ˜… It should be updated now in the Announcement.

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Account verified.
Request Accepted.

Welcome Aboard!

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Agreed with rules, request sent! =D

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Accepted. Welcome to TalePlay!

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hi, may i join?

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βœ… Clean profile.
βœ… Requested to join.
βœ… Not enough games won on Steamgifts, but we can help with that. πŸ˜‹

You're through!

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hello there!
sending my request to join
thank you!

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Seems right to me. Welcome to TalePlay! πŸ€—

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Thank you! Have a nice day! :)

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Hey, you too man! I hope to see you soon when we launch our first giveaway. Feel free to suggest what you'd like to see this October. We'd be picking one.

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Request sent.
My BLAEO Account :)

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Yep, and your request has been accepted. Welcome!

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Requested to join.
BLAEO
SteamRep

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All seems to be good. Welcome!

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Request sent

Steamrep

My BLAEO ACCOUNT

Thanks. Three months seems more than enough

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Looking at so many people with a decade old Steamgifts account makes me jealous. πŸ˜…
I find no issues not being able to join the Group. Welcome!

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Request sent!

BLAEO

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Hi JadeNic,

Everything seems to be in order from our end. Just make sure that you check if we're still in your blacklist. You'll not be able to see or partake in the groups if you continue to have us there. πŸ˜†

I might be wrong about this and you can still partake in the giveaways. You'll have to let us know.

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I don't have BLAEO yet (asked to join), but sent you a request :D

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All seems to be alright from our end. Welcome! πŸ˜ƒ

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thanks!:)

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You're welcome!

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