SG Play or Pay - a group where we challenge other group members to play games - and do giveaways

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This group is inspired by an event held in the Beard-topia group (among others). The idea there was simple: Each entrant in the event chooses three unplayed games from the Steam library of another (randomly selected) entrant, and everyone is challenged to finish at least one of the three games during a month. If a member fails to finish any of the games chosen for them, they must "pay" at the end of the month by doing a giveaway.

I always found these events a lot of fun, but there hasn't been any for a while, and I miss them, so I wanted to create a group for everyone who thinks this would be fun.

The group would be based on a monthly, slightly overlapping cycle of game selection/time to play games/giveaways, with roughly four weeks to finish at least one of the chosen games. There will be rules about game length to avoid anyone being stuck with three games requiring 100+ hours each to finish, or a game they can't run.

There will be an additional rule to make things more interesting:

Any games won within the group are added to the games to finish next month for the winner. Besides at least one of the three chosen games, the winner must finish every game won within the group previous month to avoid "payment". Every unfinished won game equals one payment next month. So, three won games and none of them finished means three "payment" giveaways (in addition to any payment for not finishing one of the selected games).

Giveaways should be only for games that are on the wishlist of at least five group members (this number could be changed further on), and giveaways would only count if they get at least one entry. This way, members don't have to think about bundled/unbundled status, and can instead focus on games that others do want (and hopefully also want to/will play).

Since the group would take some effort to manage each month, I will set a membership limit of 50 members initially.

The group focus is challenging each other to play games. The giveaways will be more of a "spice" than the main focus of the group. In theory, there might be hardly no giveaways at all, in case each member beats at least one of their chosen games each month. Of course, members would be welcome to do additional giveaways if they feel like it, even if they don't have to "pay" according to the rules.

More information on group rules will be added within the next two weeks. The group will start accepting members from the 20th this month, and the first event will start in December.

To start things off, each new member will do one giveaway, so January will be a very interesting month, with 50 extra games (if we get 50 members) going to new homes, required to be played to avoid extra payment.

To be a member of the group, you would need to be a Steamgifts member who has done enough giveaways so we can assume payment giveaways won't be any problems. Since the group has the 5 member wishlist minimum, this means anyone applying should have done at least a few unbundled giveaways. The group is about playing games, so anyone looking to become a member must also have played some of their won games, at least a bit. You can check your stats for won games with this script.

Membership requirements (tl;dr)

Minimum SG level: 4, sent:won Real CV ratio 0.7:1 or higher, at least a few unbundled region free giveaways.
Minimum of 10% and 5 won games (eg 100 wins = 10 games, 10 wins = 5 games) with achievements. (Checked with this)
When entering the group - do a group exclusive giveaway for a game on at least 5 wishlists in the group and get at least one entry
Select three unplayed games for another group member around the start of each month (exact dates will be posted)
Do a payment giveaway for each unfinished won game from previous month, plus an extra one if none of the three selected games were finished

So, that means one mandatory giveaway when entering the group, then no more mandatory ones unless you have to pay - either by not finishing one of the three selected games one month, or by not finishing a game won previous month. If you don't win any games from the group, you only do the one giveaway, then no more if you manage to finish at least one of the selected games every month, unless you want to do any extra giveaways.

Since there is a 50 membership limit to begin with, there will be no guarantee that all who apply and fit the requirements will be in the group. If we have more than 50 potential members then solid giveaway history and high percentage of won games played will mean a higher chance of getting in, but maybe it won't come to that, it all depends on the interest for the group :)

I might not be too active in this thread until the 20th, but if you want to join the group and meet the requirements above, leave a comment telling that you want to join.

edit: Made it a bit clearer that the won games to play are the ones won within the group, it does not apply to other SG wins, only group exclusive giveaways.

6 years ago*

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jiggakills

So, any games won must be finished within a month, on top of at least one of the three selected from their existing library, to avoid paying? What about games that don't really have an end / what constitutes 'finishing' a game? And what are the rules about the kind/value of games to be given away (bundled / unbundled / historical lowest price)?

6 years ago