Turns out 101 people entered the just concluded G-Senjou no Maou giveaway. And here's a big surprise - 60 of them couldn't be bothered to read the description. I really appreciate the opportunity. Thanks.

I'll be whitelisting the following precious little angels for the Sam Hall memorial giveaway, details to be announced. Hey, Raoh got a funeral, be quiet. :) From some of these people I expected better, but from a few others I expected nothing less... :)

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Did anyone forget to buy this week's Indie Gala Monday Junk Pile? That's ok, I have a spare junk for you. But first:

Have you ever played a visual novel on Steam? Did you like it? Great, here is your chance: :) I hope you can read... :)

Oh, but what if you played a visual novel on Steam, except it sucked? Is there nothing for you? Never fear, have a something else: :) I still hope you can read... :) [NON-JUNK GIVEAWAY #2 FINISHED] :(

What if you've never played a visual novel on Steam? Sorry, you get the junk: :) And I don't care if you can read... :) [JUNK GIVEAWAY #1 FINISHED]

Second junk giveaway added: Sakura Spirit. It's still junk! With boobies! And trading cards! :) Enter even if you hate visual novels, I don't care! :) [JUNK GIVEAWAY #2 FINISHED]

Third junk(?) giveaway added: Highschool Romance. And no, I don't actually know if it's junk, that's just a guess. Boobies all over the store page, though. Yeah, probably junk. :) [JUNK GIVEAWAY #3 FINISHED]

Fourth junk giveaway added: Not Shakespeare. Really, it's not. :) [JUNK GIVEAWAY #4 FINISHED]

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Will I provide helpful links to the profile of every clown who enters the good giveaways without reading the description? :)

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Yes.
Yes!

Period or exclamation mark?
I can't choose...

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ALWAYS GO FOR THE EXCLAMATION MARK!!!!11! IT IS MUCH MORE EXCITING!!!1!

8 years ago
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Did Torgue pay you to say that?

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YOUR REPLY NEEDS MORE EXPLOSIONS!!!11!!

8 years ago
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Sorry, I should have put a potato in there somewhere, but I haven't kept up with all the meme stuff. Probably nobody says potato any more? Umm, what's the other thing people say around here? Pretend I said that, instead. :)

8 years ago
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Too many syllables, APOLOGIZE!

8 years ago
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What I really should apologise for is hiding the clown list, but it was a request I didn't think I could safely ignore... :) But I'll find a way to thank each one, somehow... :) Wonder if I have enough Bad Rats keys... :)

8 years ago
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Wow, I removed my entry right after reading the description, promising to write a proper review and join later, and I got onto clowns list?

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"You'll have to read faster than that... :) Hint... :)"

I waited a few minutes, but I can't type in five different tabs simultaneously... :)

And it's not a list of everyone who ever entered the giveaways without reading, it's current clowns, correct as of the time I typed it. :) I'll probably be updating it soon... :)

8 years ago
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Hrm, not going to write any, then? Oh well... :(

But don't have a breakdown cause I called you a clown
You threw a punch n missed I killed you with a kiss

:)

8 years ago
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I still have more than a week, don't worry!

And no, no hard feelings.

8 years ago
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The only VN I care about is Hatoful Boyfriend

8 years ago
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Aha, that's the one with the birds, right? Never played it... Looked creepy... :)

8 years ago
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Hah yeah its weird but at least its weird in that it is fully aware that its weird.

8 years ago
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It's also about boys, and boys who are interpreted as pigeons, and also dress like girls, or at least part of them, so yeah it's creepy.

8 years ago
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Is it worth the $10? Been looking at picking it up for awhile but the $10 has turned me away.

8 years ago
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Its pretty entertaining, but you must've missed when it was on humble bundle for like, $1 along with another game ): It goes on sale pretty often, so I'd say wait until one of the steam sales at least. It's been as low as like, $1.50 on steam. I'd say its worth getting on a sale just for a few laughs.

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Aah yeah I haven't bought a humble bundle in so long. Ever since they switched from 'pay what you want' to 'pay what you want but there are 3 tiers and the top one costs $15' I stopped looking at the site. It seemed like every time they had a new bundle there would only be 1 or 2 games that were of any interest to me and always in the top tier only.

8 years ago
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Yeah I also haven't bought a humble bundle in a good while /: But Hatoful Boyfriend is $2.49 on steam right now due to the sale. I've only ever seen it bundled on HB

8 years ago
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I'm probably going to try trade for it. I don't want to spend anything I can avoid right now.

8 years ago
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i have a dozen or so hatoful boyfriends, just how i roll

what did you want to trade for it? a tf2 key?

8 years ago
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if there are few positive and few negative, do i need to choose positive or negative giveaway, or i can enter thumbs up and thumbs down giveaways if i post reviews in both categories?

8 years ago
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If you have a "Thumbs Up" review, enter the "Thumbs Up" giveaway. If you have a "Thumbs Down" review, enter the "Thumbs Down" giveaway. If you have both, enter both. :)

8 years ago
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Bump and meow for reading.

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8 years ago
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Ugh, just realised I'm going to be suffering all month long, unless this thread dies and nobody bothers to bump it bump... :)

8 years ago
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Custom rules aren't a valid reason for re-rolling any more just as a warning. So if someone wins one of the giveaways and doesn't do what you asked then you still have to give them the game unless you have a different reason to not give it to them.

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It isn't a custom rule. :) I remember those days, and I also remember that they are gone forever. :)

And I can assure you that I don't have to do anything. :) Any winning clown will receive a proper teasing, and an opportunity to play along, but if they aren't interested they can enjoy their $50 copy of "Not Received." :)

8 years ago
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I also remember the halcyon days of custom rules and pastebin blacklists and you-broke-my-rule-you're-not-getting-the-game-rerolls. Good times :)

8 years ago
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Just so you know - there is no such option as intentionally "taking the Not Received" (unless you don't mind being suspended over it, or potentially being banned).

8 years ago
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There is always the option, and no I don't mind. :)

8 years ago
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Thankies for the gibs fiftykyu, hope the people read the rules and you enjoy the reviews of the peps!

<3

8 years ago
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To be honest, I might enjoy this more if the winners don't read... Because then I won't have to buy another copy for myself... :)

8 years ago
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Does Rose and Camellia count?

That's a visual novel, right? Because it was a pretty visual (you get to look at things, even have to aim, etc.) and a rather novel experience!

Never mind if it's not on Steam. I'll write a review here:

"Very good game. Would bitch slap again. 優れました 10/10." [<-- even added some real Japanese, didya notice??]

I take it I may enter with impunity and without ridicule in the firm belief that I am eligible?

Sorry, not really the VN type, I'm afraid, so I will stay away, but please have a bump :)

8 years ago
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I'm too lazy to check, but anyone with over 1000 games buys a lot of bundles, and bundles are full of visual novels... :) So you probably have several you could review already... :) But if not, good luck in some other giveaway... :)

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Haha, yes, I could ( for example for this gem). But I don't want to potentially ruin it for people who are genuinely interested in the game.

Also, I'll use any excuse I can get to link to Rose and Cameliia :D

8 years ago
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Those two games are amazing! Thank you for spreading vn awareness!

8 years ago
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Well, I never played the Steam version of Clannad, but they couldn't have messed it up, no matter what they did... :) The other one, I just don't know anything about it... :) Hope to spread more than teasing, at any rate... :)

8 years ago
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Can't read. Beach boobies.

8 years ago
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Yeah, there's boobies in the junk giveaway. But it's actually junk, and not just being called junk as a joke. It's a terrible game. :)

8 years ago
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Fortunately, since I can't read, I'll never know how terrible it is!

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That's probably the only way to play that game, except you'll be stuck with the "art" too... :) It makes the Sakura games look like Michelangelo... :)

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Yes, I ever played VN on Steam..
And I play the one that I think it is good for me
Well if the story bad, maybe some skip will help >.<
For achievement maybe?

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A visual novel with no story is just pictures... :) And you can find pictures on the internet, for free... :) No need to waste your time installing a Steam game if you just want to look at things... :)

8 years ago
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Yup, that's why I just play the one that interest me xd

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People are strange, when you're a stranger
faces look ugly, when you're alone
VN's seem wicked, when they're unwanted
Love when people know, that they're wrong aka can't read

Seriously, I love that you've aimed a "let's see who can read" stipulation to a game(s) that is dependent upon actually reading

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Used to listen to the Doors a lot, too much really... :) The sort of thing you should probably listen to young, or not at all... :)

Sadly a few clowns missed the whole point, being unable to read and all... :) I even spotted one special person who had previously won an Influent "Learn English" DLC giveaway, because they couldn't be bothered to read giveaway descriptions. :)

So, what do you buy for the clown who has everything? Rainbow afro? Red nose? Extra-large shoes? Pie in the face? Yeah, close enough.

How about an actual bundle game, for this bundle group? Let's hope he wins this giveaway and gets the joke. Because he's never going to read this description. :(

:)

8 years ago
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I just can't read more than 10 words anymore.

8 years ago
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reading makes you smartest

8 years ago
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Unless you're trying to read stuff like Beach Bounce, smartest is not the word I would use to describe it... :)

8 years ago
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That's ok, the junk game is probably improved by covering up the text window with a piece of paper... :)

8 years ago
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"I play it for the plot"

8 years ago
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bump for boobies VN!

8 years ago
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Well, only bundle junk boobies... :) Although I have no idea what's in G-senjou no Maou...

8 years ago
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I played great ones and awfuls ones, I will review one of them later on :)

8 years ago
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You might want to review a game first, and enter a giveaway second... :) Or not... :)

8 years ago
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....

Maybe it's a good time to dig my library and try some Visual novels which I've never played ;)

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Unless you hate visual novels, it sounds like a good plan! :) Although if you hate visual novels, there's nothing here for you... :)

8 years ago
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I love reading. I actually had fun reading the requirements for entering, all of it without missing a single word. :D

Anyways, so yeah. Only played part one (well, actually I accidentally read part 2 first apparently?) of Narcissu 1 & 2. Not sure how to review the first VN I read, which is a "Kinetic" (is that what they're called?) visual novel, and that I only read one part, which accidentally, was the second part apparently...

Aside from that, I don't feel I would appreciate Clannad as much as some other user, so it wouldn't feel fair to enter. :P
Instead, have a bump for the neat idea.

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Well, I can't really call them requirements, since there's no magic power preventing clowns from entering... :) Although there may be some non-magic power preventing clowns from receiving... :)

Yeah, I think those visual novels with no choices or branching or decisions or anything are called "kinetic" but then it's just a picture book, isn't it? :) Why try to get fancy... :)

Since you can read, you would probably enjoy Clannad more than the clowns trying to win a copy... :)

Keep trying, clowns! Maybe I can't read, either! :)

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Hmm, please tell me some bad VN in steam so I can write a "not recommended" review xD
Also bump for feels

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Sakura anything, Beach Bounce, umm, let me check...

Ok, any visual novel I've played and given away is probably crap. :) The ones I haven't played are probably not crap. Hmm... Think I'm doing it wrong... :)

Oh, if you like match-3 games, HuniePop is pretty good, wouldn't call it much of a visual novel, though.

There's also a fair amount of free visual novels on Steam, Sunrider something or other is one I remember. I don't know if it's any good, but since I quit playing it's probably ok. :)

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sakura is OK. if it has trading cards.

i don't think Sakura Santa will have trading cards. that being the next regurgitated sakura

8 years ago
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Aha, didn't know about that one... :) Looks like I'll have another garbage giveaway next month... :)

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I have come here to chew bubblegum and handle clowns... And I'm all out of bubblegum. :)

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can read but instructions unclear dick stuck in cdrom drive

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Yeah, I think you're doing it wrong, that's a cup holder... :)

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I've played only non-steam VNs (and they will never be on Steam ^_^"), and even if I played one, I don't think I will ever write a review for it (again T_T), I just wanted to say that the idea for the GA is great =) But wouldn't you get tired filtering those who can't read?

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Well, if you actually play visual novels, you have a whole month to find one on Steam, there are some free ones that might not be garbage... :) You may even own some already, with all the random stuff you get in a bundle... :)

Hmm, to be honest my main difficulty in replying to a mountain of people is finding something different to say each time... :) What do you say to the 500th variation on "thx!" :)

So if people write a review, they have done all the work for me, and I can just write something about their review... :) That's my plan, anyway... :)

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Now I'm unsure. Because there is a visual novel in steam that is both great and sucks (depending on point of view). Also, I played visual novels NOT on steam, and it was great...
Oh, I got the idea. I'll play one more visual novel, and write a review for it. If It would be good - I'll write negative review to the one I played before. If it would be bad - I'll write positive review to the first) This way I would have both positive and negative review either way. How cunning I am!!!

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Both great and sucks (depending on point of view) - that sounds like every boobie game... :) They are all garbage as novels, but full of boobies for people who don't care about reading... :)

That might work, or just use Idle Master to get some playtime, and write a review from the video on the store page. :) I don't think you would be the first to try it, though... :)

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No, writing review without playing the game is not my style (unless for games from orlygift site... but that was really bad reviews).
As for the game - it's not the boobies that make it suck or be great . Don't want to tell now, I would write it in the review)

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happy caky

8 years ago
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Thank you)

8 years ago
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I can read but as i am not a big fan of visual novels so... Have a good one. Yes.

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Well, if you like to read, there are some good ones on Steam... :) Watch out for the boobie games, though - they seem to spend 99% of their budget on boobie pictures, and only 1% for the novel part... :)

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The only thing that I see in my head when I look at promo graphics from games like Cannad is this. How can they draw theirs head like this? It's so unnatural.

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8 years ago
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Exactly... :) Just how do they think eyes work? :)

8 years ago
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Most Steam VN are in english, and since it's not my native language, sometimes it's just too much effort for me to read everything and just play some for achievements :x
But Hatoful Boyfriend was fun, yep!

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Aha, I never played that game, somehow it looked too scary... :)

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