37 Christmases later, the Be Mine Annual Subscription wraps up.
Cheers for this thread. Its about time for another one is all I've got to say. Hope this will be a good one!
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"My ten Be Mine subscription bundles are finally delivered"
It's the 8th Be Mine since BMA4, what am I missing?
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Even if we agree that BMA4 is part of the promised ten BM's (which I don't), that's still nine.
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Right, I looked at "my purchases" and the last one was BM36 so I thought it's the current one.
Anyway in my book it's still nine. :P
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You can also check the hints section of this thread (the hints are taken from the Groupees chat). Shifty basically confirms that Be Mine 34 is the 7th, which means that the current Be Mine #37 is the last one.
There is also a confirmation in one of the Reddit threads, but I don't have it nearby.
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I know what they claim, Johnny even now wrote in the groupees chat "regarding the issue of number of bundles included in the sub, it was intended to be a total of 10 bundles including the BM4A bundle... that said, if I or someone else misspoke, we'll address" so it is clear they do not intend to deliver any more BM's as a part of the subscription.
I don't remember the exact wording at the time I bought BMA4 but even today it says "Get every Be Mine Bundle to be released over the next 12 months (minimum of 10 Be Mine Bundles)." which I read as 10 bundles from then on. I may not be a linguist but I wouldn't have bought the sub if they clearly said it included 9 bundles because they tend to have $2 preorders, so no reason to overpay.
Anyhow I'm glad it'll be over soon. :P
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If they call this the last one, I'll be disappointed. Which is surprising because I didn't think they could disappoint me any more... On the bright side, I think it's the only reason I still bother checking Groupees, so if it's the last - I can stop...
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March 2017 - December 2018... close to 12 months I guess...
Can't remember the last good groupees bundle
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Well if they are counting BMA4 as part of it then it would have started February 2017, so almost 2 years to fulfill the minimum criteria.....
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I think the be mine bundles have been improving a bit lately. Still probably no where near the beginning, but nice to see them improving.
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What's interesting is their wording...
"Get every Be Mine Bundle to be released" - TO BE: This implies that the BMA4 is not included as part of the subscription.
"over the next 12 months" - well, that was a fail - with Groupees previous track record only being about 6 a year, this was already unlikely.
"minimum of 10 Be Mine Bundles" - MINIMUM of 10 Be Mine Bundles.
No matter how you count it, it would be common courtesy for this to be the penultimate bundle we receive, and NOT the last one.
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They definitely should have include one more to be 10 in the subscription, as Be Mine Anniversary 4 had a $4 tier for the BMA4, and a different, 21$ tier with the subscription that says "Get every Be Mine Bundle to be released over the next 12 months (minimum of 10 Be Mine Bundles)."
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Individual preorder prices:
$1.25 - Be Mine Anniversary 4
$2 - Be Mine 30
$2 - Be Mine 31
$2 - Be Mine S
$2 - Be Mine 32
$2 - Be Mine 33
$2 - Be Mine 34
$3 - Be Mine 35
$2 - Be Mine 36
$2 - Be Mine 37
Total: $20.25
Surely there must be one more after this. Otherwise, why did we pay $21 upfront if we could have just preordered these as they were announced and actually paid less that way?
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Didn't it come with a Jonny coin? I thought that's what factors into the increased price
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What's the realistic value of the coin considering that they never let you use them on preorders or any high value bundles?
$1.50? $2?
https://i.imgur.com/fwhcDFf.jpg
Also (in addition)
to be (in the future)
If this is in fact the last bundle then they have used very misleading language.
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someone guessed Magibot:
Wyatt SmeeUnited States11:50
Might be https://store.steampowered.com/app/690850/Magibot/
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Thanks, that's a pretty solid guess. Hopefully the game will be featured in this bundle, it looks super cute.
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Yeah, that seems about right. Oh my... and I thought Johnny's drawing looked like a birdhouse. O_o
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there're guesses for the "face" about Forge Quest
first pic is a screenshot detail from trailer, second one is a gif from their site. good guesses? there's that triangular hat/hair/something?...
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bbbuon natale! <3
also: just read about the triangle thing (Magibot really seems a good and better guess). so this one has very few chances to be good, imo. there's plenty of little lookalike faces :P
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No confirmed games yet and the guesses so far don't impress me much... I'll probably save my $2 for the next monthly.
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I'm seriously thinking about get it... The Project Cars 2 looks really cool but I don't like to have games without their DLC (I don't start to play it without have it as complete version :P). It may be not the best for me but is highly tradeable (which is good enough). I already got the Just Cause 3 XXL, but it is highly tradeable too (which is also good enough). The Wizard looks cool and really playable... I don't see any immediate benefit on this bundle for me, but I think it is a good one in a long term (to trade and play wizard later). I have to think about it more seriously... How about you?
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I'm most probably going to get it... I tend to wait until the end of the month in case HB try to entice me with an interesting offer. ;) I would have loved to get the email with the 3-month sub + free Kingdom offer
I rarely purchase bundles nowadays, but I've been getting the Monthlies pretty much since the beginning of the year, even if I don't have any interest in the early unlocks (which was the deciding factor before that). I don't care about Cars nor Just Cause... Wizard looks nice but I'm sure I would totally suck at it. ;)
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Thanks again for your work!
It looks like that now are 7 games inside. I want to believe Forge Quest will be inside! Once it starts selling, I'll preorder... then I'll be burned...
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I don't think Forge Quest is gonna be in the bundle
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I agree. The blonde head drawing is quite close, but not close enough in my opinion.
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I would absolutely buy this bundle if Forge Quest was included but I agree, that guess is a little too flimsy for me. It's $2 but Groupees is so hit-or-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot that it's not worth the risk.
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donno why, but i feel dis gonna b good.
plus:
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Believe in the worst then you won't get disappointed (much) later.
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Its going up and down like a yo yo. I hope it doesn't actually end up with life 5 games by the time the bundle actually starts.
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I think it is because its different to the https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/nAQe7/groupees-remute-xx-renamed-to-remute-xx-pixeljam which is what I thought it was when you first linked it.
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Shifty just said in chat that one of the two guesses is correct.
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The face is clearly a girl... i mean it's pretty obvious when you know Jonny's work
also isn't Forge Quest dead, it no longer has a developer and has not been updated in a year and a half. with people still having bugs
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Might as well get this one since I've been a good boy. Last Groupees order was back in September. pats self on head
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lol! you ordered before!
I order a lot, and most of the time, I am quite ashamed of myself for the money I could've used elsewhere. At least support has been nice on some of their blunders, but they gave me a game I already had when the developer revoked their keys for Eryi's Action. At least they did something and didn't say - go contact the developer - too bad so sad...
So, on that I give 'em a little credit I suppose. Defnitely better than humble and IndieGala have been at times. Ironically I think otaku has been the best of the bunch, since I often complain to every bundler out there that I know of for some reason or another... I love complaining, like I'm doing now...
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also developers still don't like IndieGala as well since they have that galagiveaways happy hour stuff that can be exploited for black market resellers
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Other guesses are https://store.steampowered.com/app/897400/Driftpunk_Racer/ for the R and https://store.steampowered.com/app/494090/Dungeon_Girl/ for the girl
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Magibot and dungeon girl seems nice - were I sure they were in the bundle I would think seriously about buying it, but I don't like to buy blindly :/
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that tends to happen when you're offering up stuff that nobody wants or that has already been offered up numerous times.. I like music but they always have chiptune and other stuff I don't listen too,, think I've purchased all the comedy music bundles they've done.. would be nice to see another one of those..
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I liked a few of the music bundles they've had, actually found a couple of decent Rock bands that way.. The comedy ones they had last year were pretty nice as well.. I wish they would get more stuff like that, instead of all the chiptune and instrumentals.. As for doing bad, I'd think alot of that had to do with the fact their bundles especially the Be Mines which are normally their bread and butter have been pretty subpar..
I think in terms of confidence I'll get something I enjoy from Groupees they are the lowest bundle site out there.. I still buy almost every bundle they put out, but normally I'm left with almost nothing useful at all..
I think alot of the issue is those coins, especially those really valuable ones they gave out a few years back,, I think I had a couple that I got in a bundle for like 5 bucks and now they are like 20 bucks on the site.. Also a few of those bundles that had the dollar coins in them, which cost a dollar.. So you were getting just about everything for free... I'm sure that stuff has hit the bottom line quite a bit..
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I really need to sort out my groupees music, though it ill be a nightmare.443 items on the list. Bought some music bundles that I haven't even listened to, or barely, so surely there will be some wonders discovered.
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Yea not surprised. This is just my guess, but the company seems to have started out thinking they could build their business around selling low-demand but high-margin games (ones where they could negotiate the per-key price down to basically nothing), but the end result is very few recurring customers. They need to take some risks with lower margin but higher quality titles to get their user base up.
I also think it's a mistake to mix the music and games into single bundles. People interested in game bundles, and ones interested in music bundles, don't necessarily overlap.
Then there is their long term planning. Apparently they let people give them a lump sum for 10 different bundles that would be released over the next year or two? Seems like a bad idea to me because they basically locked them into their existing low-demand high-margin game bundle business strategy until they had fulfilled those customer orders. And like Pucker mentioned, the coins were also probably a mistake (there's a reason why coupons from any large/competent business expire).
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Groupees - Be Mine #37
6 games7 games8 games + 3 Music Albums$2 preorder
View this bundle on: ITAD - Barter.vg - Lestrades
Groupees - Be Mine Subscriptions
If you’ve purchased the Be Mine subscription, the bundle will be automatically added to your account after it will be released.
This bundle is the 10th (the last) of the series.
Tier 1 - $1.00
Tier 2 - $4
Bonus 1 (1750 bundles): The Infinite - EP by Shadrew
Bonus 2 (2500 bundles): Sky Hawk
⚙️ - Steam is learning about this game, therefore some features will be limited (no card drops, achievements won't count, the game will not give a +1 to your library etc.) More Changes Addressing Fake Games
Retail:
CV:
hints:❓ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Final background
Guesses
Forge Quest - face guess
Magibot - triangle thingy
Driftpunk Racer - for the R
Dungeon Girl - for the girl
Are you interested in knowing other ongoing bundles? Feel free to check out the new master thread!
Wondering what games you already own from this bundle? There's an extension/UserScript for that! It's called the RaChart™ Enhancer!
Thanks to luckz for the poll.
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