Hi solodolo1337, if you would like to join you will first have to do this:
You need to set and keep your Steam privacy settings for My profile and Game details public
and then we can see from there.
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Yep, looks good now. So what game would you like to use to join with option 1?
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Showing your commitment by playing a previous won game on SteamGifts that you did not yet play.
Please pick a game that fits the requirements.
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I started playing it just yesterday, but ok. I run Idle Master/Archi regularly so I don't have a game that I haven't "played" yet. I'll say Dungeons 3.
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I started playing it just yesterday, but ok.
Your first achievement is from the 13th of April so no. But regardless you need to comment the game before you start playing it so it doesn't matter if it was started a month or an hour before.
However Dungeons 3 will do fine. Let me know when you beat the game.
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Hi solodolo1337, we are currently in the process of clearing out all our old join requests and I came across yours. I would like to know if you would still be interested to join the group?
If I won't get a reply in a week I will reject your join request, but you would still be welcome to join in the future if you change your mind :)
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Hi way2tired, you are welcome to join with option 2. Join request approved, welcome to the group! Please make the giveaway as soon as you are able to.
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I didn't know about group-exclusive giveaways until I saw this group, I take it that's run via "invite only" at https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/new but is that hard to send out so many inviteS?
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Nope, that is not how it works. It works via "Whitelist / Steam group" option and only people who are in the Steam group have access to the giveaways on SG itself. There is no need to do anything manually :)
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ah I see, so doing a manual whitelist would be an alternative to forming a steam group, but it seems like the group would be easier, that way if someone doesn't play a game they win they're just booted from the group so they can't participate in future draws.
I like the idea of giving to just this group since it'd be much harder to bot-abuse this and see someone enjoys it. Do we have to make twitch videos showing we play? I haven't figured out how to do a Vtube overlay for my webcam yet
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Do we have to make twitch videos showing we play?
No. If somebody wants to record their gameplay and upload it to YouTube or as a Video on demand to Twitch that's totally cool and could even get them a couple clicks but that's entirely up to them. For group purposes if a game has been sufficiently played is verified via achievements, playtime and screenshots.
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I accidentally get playtime I don't want on a game all the time by pausing and alt-tabbing so achievements sound like a good marker. I ought to use screenshots more it seems like part of a good review process. Usually only think of it when I reach a sticking point. I assume these can be pushed to cloud storage on valve servers
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I assume these can be pushed to cloud storage on valve servers
Yeah. The default hotkey for screenshots on Steam is F12.
It used to be that when you exit a game and took screenshots the screenshot uploader would automatically plop up but for me that is no longer the case. Now you have to go to the last ''personalized'' tab in the client (the one with Activity, Profile, Friends and so on) and go to Content / Screenshots. On the right side you'll find white buttons to upload and manage screenshots.
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You need to set a checkmark in the options so the Screenshot Uploader opens automatically after closing a Game where you made a Screenshot during your session.
The checkmark can be found under...
On the top of the client click on: Steam->Settings / Cloud / The second checkbox need to be checked.
You can also open the Screenshot Uploader manualy any time you want.
On the top of the client click on: View->Screenshots
Hopefully you do not need to handle your Screenshots with the cumbersome method you described above anymore.
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THANK YOU!
It annoyed me to death that the screenshot uploader didn't automatically pop up anymore and I did it the way Sundance described it above since they made the update that removed automatic pop ups. FINALLY I don't have to do it that cumbersome anymore.
Thank you thank you thank you! You have just been whitelisted.
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I can remember how it was when an update changed the default setting.
Lets just say i had a similiar feeling ;).
I am glad that at least one person could be hepled with the nudge in the right direction.
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Sweet! Thanks a bunch 😄
It's kind of a longshot but you wouldn't happen to know if there is a way to disable the Friends List from popping up automatically on startup?
I have Settings - Interface: "Select which Steam window appears when the program starts, and when you double-click the Notification Tray icon." set to Store and yet Steam insists on opening up that useless thing everytime it launches 😅
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In the top right corner of your friendlist is a gearwheel. Clicking that opens the options for your friend list.
Under the tab Friend List turn "Sign to friends when Steam Client starts" to off.
However doing so does not only prevent the friend list to pop up on start up, you are also offline from it.
If you want to revert it you can open your freind list via:
On the top of the client click on: Friends ->View Friend List (And then you do the opposite from above ;) )
The setting you mentioned is just the start page that is shown in your client.
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Much obliged 😉
you are also offline from it.
Yeah... that's a bit of a downside but I suppose it's still easier for me to go online every week or two to see if I got messages than having to close it every single time.
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I'm requesting to join so I can try donating my first SG game here, though I'm not sure I should enter any giveaways from it just yet until I'm sure I can commit to the required play-in-a-month policy.
OTOH it probably is good incentive to try it out, without that personal incentive there is a tendency to let a library languish.
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Hi scap, if you would like to join please first put your game details to public:
You need to set and keep your Steam privacy settings for My profile and Game details public (example);
and then we can see from then on.
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those are public but I just realized I had the box "Always keep my total playtime private even if users can see my game details." checked, unchecking now, I can see why it would be important for this group
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Yea that checkbox gets a lot of people, surely it could have been done in a better way but Valve does Valve things. Anyways, looks good to me now as does everything else.
Since it would be your first giveaway on the site I am just asking this to make sure you have the correct kind of game to give away (a non free one): which game are you planning to give away?
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I'm not sure yet, prob a dupe of one I already have, though I should start playing it myself too as a reminder to check whoever wins plays it also.
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Please pick one and then I will approve your join request :)
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Congrats on completing the game! Have you taken any screenshots or is it possible to go back and take any screenshots that show that you have beaten the game?
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Sorry for the delay answering and thank you for the screenshots. Please request to join the group on Steam here and I will approve it as soon as I see it. Note: I am currently traveling so there might be a bit more of delay but I will try to get to it as soon as I can.
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I have won a Metro Exodus and received both normal and enhanced edition. I am playing enhanced edition but in the giveaway progress page there is normal version only, so my progress does'nt count. May I present screenshots of my achievements to the gifter?
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I can't change which game the website tracks so it will stay on the normal Metro, but you can play the Enhanced Edition no problem. I will just manually check your playtime instead of it being automatically synced by the site. I would say leave a note on the giveaway in question but I see you already done so all good :)
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I would like to join a group to stop postponing games for later. I hope the time limit will motivate me. I plan to start in early May with one of these projects:
1) Red Faction: Armageddon
2) Blacksad: Under the Skin
3) Warhammer: Chaosbane
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Hi ant123, you are welcome to join by playing either of: Red Faction: Armageddon, Blacksad or Warhammer: Chaosbane. Let me know once you beat one of them.
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Finished the Red Faction: Armageddon Main + Sides.
achievements
all screenshots
Forgot to take a screenshot of the credits, but luckily streamed the game.
stream recording
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Congrats on beating the game! And thank you for the screenshot and the VOD link! Please request to join the group on Steam here and I will approve it as soon as I see it.
And sorry for the late response, I didn't not have time to check my messages on SG till now.
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Hello, can i join the group with option 2? I will give away my game: "Everreach: Project Eden" !
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Fury unleashed was given away for free so you can't give it away for option 2.
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Sorry for the late response but as MoonQueen3, Fury Unleashed does not qualify. Let me know how you would like to proceed.
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hello, i have Cach Me! and i wonder if its okay!
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If it's this one: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1741160/Catch_Me/ then you have the same issue. I would recommend checking if it was given away for free by starting to make a giveaway and seeing if the game you want to give away has two stars next to the name. If it does, then it was given away for free and cannot be used for option 2.
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hello, i did check and it has two stars :( also i have Tridents Wake and its only have 1 star! Hopefully its count :)
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Yes Tridents Wake is fine. But considering the difficulty getting a game I would like you to confirm me that you understand the rules by giving a quick summary how the rules of the group work before I accept your join request.
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yeah sure, i totally understand the main rule that i have to play the game i won in this group within a month!
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I mean more like what actually counts as "played enough" in a month, sorry, should have clarified.
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no problem! The "played enough" is when i played at least half of the game duration!
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Sorry for the late response, I haven't had the time to check SG. But no, that is not the complete answer to my question so out of safety reasons I am gonna decline the join request here.
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Hi infinitivewitch, you are welcome to join with option 2. Join request approved, welcome to the group! Please make the giveaway as soon as you can :)
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Thanks! Here is the giveaway: https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/ErwIz/firetry
I had more keys for this game but I couldn't make it with more than one because I have other giveaways in progress. I might create others as soon as possible. :)
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Thank you for the giveaway! We only ask for one giveaway so no worries about making more, but if you would like to do so you can do it at any time in the future :)
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Hi Again, MouseWithBeer, can I join using Option 1, please?
The game I should play is The Inner World, I won today and wanna to try it out. I ll wait for you to respond, so I ll start to play it. Thanks ^^
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Hi Krav22, you are now welcome to join by playing The Inner World. Let me know when you beat the game! :)
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Hi Krav22, we are currently in the process of clearing out all our old join requests and I came across yours. I would like to know if you would still be interested to join the group?
If I won't get a reply in a week I will mark you as not interested, but you would still be welcome to join in the future if you change your mind :)
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Hello! Nice iniciative, i would like to join using option 1. Im gonna play Valfaris, i just won the game last week!
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Hi Ajarepeich, we are currently in the process of clearing out all our old join requests and I came across yours. I would like to know if you would still be interested to join the group?
If I won't get a reply in a week I will reject your join request, but you would still be welcome to join in the future if you change your mind :)
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Hello! yes! it need to be the same game when i applied?
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Sorry for the extremely late response, life happened. You can change the game if you wish, you just need to let me know.
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Im sorry to hear i hope everything is ok!
I finished Sable 100% (from here), so maybe i can try Tails Noir! Thanks for the chance!
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All is good, thank you!
Tails Noir will do fine, let me know when you beat it!
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Hi ! I wanna join with option 2 but I have a problem
My account region is Turkey and the game I want to giveaway is cheap here but it's one of my favorite games. I wanna giveaway between 3 to 5 copies from it but the problem is as my acount region is Turkey and I have to send it as gift so only other Turkey region users can redeem it. I read the discussion on steam and it was written that region restricted giveaways have no problems to be created here however I wanted to make sure before I join in this group as I didn't understand the rules well (also game is not reduced or without value)
Btw I can also wait until summer and do some better giveaways but currently there are some giveaways that I'm aiming to join.
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Hi Pashrick, this has nothing to do with region restrictions here (that would have been fine), but I think I am gonna have to say no here, sorry.
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No worries will try to come back with better giveaways in Summer (if the problem was from the game)
Thanks for response :D
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No, its not the game. If you want to know the reason we can discuss it in private.
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👍 will accept it and let you know when I get home in a few hours.
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So as u told me to join with option 1 and I haven't won any games on SG yet, I'm gonna choose a game from my library that I haven't ever played before.
I decided to try "Mini Metro" a casual game but hard to get highscore achievements.
Will try to get as much achievements as I can "probably will be between 50% to 60%" and try to get an acceptable score on all maps
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Sorry for the late response. Mini Metro will do fine. What I would accept as played "good enough" would be getting whatever is the the easiest achievement you can get for each of the levels. Let me know if you think that is fair.
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Mission complete!
As I'm in ur friend list then u can see several screenshots from the game I post in activities a few days ago
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Congrats on beating the game! Do you have any tips for it btw? I been also working my way through it and looking at your screenshots I am never getting anywhere as far as you have been D:
I have sent you a group invite on Steam!
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Well it's a little hard to explain but I'll try (all screenshots were with the first try)
I used to put a triangle between 2 circles and at the end of the line it was either 2 circles in a row or it was 1 while I was changing the ending station per 30 sec to another circle
Sometimes I used to loop the line because it was both very fun and at the same time made the line very efficient
btw invite accepted thank you <3
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Thank you for the info!
And welcome to the group!
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Hi! I'd like to join with option 2, if possible.
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Hi Auster999, if you would like to join please first set your privacy settings as described in the group rules and then we can see from there.
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Ah, sorry. I thought I had left everything needed open, but I missed enabling the play time... "<.<
Everything should be set now!
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Sorry for the late response! And don't worry, that checkmark gets a lot of people. Looks good now indeed as does everything else and therefore join request approved, welcome to the group! Please make the giveaway as soon as you can :)
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Hello, i would like join by 1 option by playing The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Edit: forgot to say I won this game long time ago
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Hi emperoru, you also forgot to mention you were rejected a year ago.
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Hi there MouseWithBeer, lovely username and profile pic :)
I choose Option 1. The game I choose is Spirit Hunter: Death Mark, which I just won in this giveaway and haven't started playing yet. Edit: I just learned the game doesn't work well on the steam deck, which is my only gaming rig. Thus, I'd like to change my choice to Autonauts, which I won from here.
I'll start playing after your reply, and let you know after I beat it. Thank you.
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Hi xurc, sorry for the late response! Thank you :)
You are welcome to join by playing Autonauts, let me know when you beat the game!
Also just a heads up for ProtonDB, if you own the game already I would always at least try and run it because sometimes the info can be outdated. Example: I am playing Surviving the Aftermath right now and the game runs without a single issue (even the launcher works fine) without me having to do anything but press play. Won't always be the case (especially if it has newer reports) but if you already own it and have the bandwidth/space its worth at least trying.
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No worries at all!
Thanks for the helpful reply, I was indeed not aware that could be the case sometimes. I'll keep that in mind in the future as well!
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No problem! Proton gets constantly updated (the difference between today and when it first came out is massive) so reports are bound to get behind for less popular games, but ProtonDB is still a great website to use :)
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I'd never played games on linux prior to buying the steam deck, which was already using Proton 6 by the time I got it. Nevertheless it's exciting to know how far it has come and will continue to go! By the time I finally build my first PC, I don't think I'll need to run Windows on it any more.
Regarding Autonauts: when I joined the GA, I expected a casual automation/base-builder because of the cutesy art style, but its mechanics are surprisingly complex and deep! HLTB reports 96 hr to complete the story, and the global achievements stats are rather low too. My question is, am I qualified for a join request based on my current stats or do I need to play some more? Thank you!
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I been using it since the very beginning (and used plain old Wine before that) so it has been amazing to watch going from being able to play a game here and there to just not being able to play a game here and there.
Ok, I should have checked HLTB report before accepting the game because that is ridiculously long. I knew it was decently long, but not just how actually long. And not having played the game (it is actually by far my most entered game on SG, I just can't manage to win it and I refuse to buy it out of spite and curiosity just how far I can get the number of entries before I do lol) I am having a hard time figuring out what would be a fair point to say "ok, I am happy with this amount of progress to approve your join request" because I would like this to be some very specific point (based on achievements or in-game progress) and not a vague "here is my playtime so far". I am open to suggestions here from you or anyone else because I agree that 96 hours is too much but I just don't know enough about the game to set the point.
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Late comers like me owe it in part to early adopters like you for the fact that we can have such a low friction linux gaming experience! :)
I had zero idea how long it was until I started playing! (I can relate lol, currently the game that I just can't seem to win is STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜® which is given away multiple times a day).
Regarding your request for a well-defined specific point in progress, my immediate thought was the in-game Research Level (Note that this fandom link seems outdated; as of now there are 8 levels while it says 6). I have unlocked level 5 and is in the process of unlocking level 6 (screenshot). For some context, to unlock each higher research level, the player needs to create more bots and automate them to perform newly assigned tasks associated with the level, and scale their base reasonably well to ensure the production line is self-sustainable.
If you agree the Research Level mechanic can serve the purpose, please feel free to set a specific level for me, and I'll reply to you with a screenshot after I have reached said goal.
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Good luck with Strider! I hope you will win it sometime soon and you will actually enjoy it unlike me as hate is not a strong enough word for the feelings I have towards it lmao.
Research level seems like something that could indeed work. Does getting the level 7 unlocked seem like a fair thing to you? So you get to experience what they added after level 6, but its not necessary to grind everything up to the end and hopefully its nowhere near that 90 hour mark.
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Lmao thank you and good luck to you too for Autonauts! :D
No problem, I think that'll work great. In that case, I'll reply with an update once I've unlocked Level 7!
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Once again sorry for the late response. Thank you! :D
Ah damn, in my head I was thinking you finishing all the requirements in level 7, not just unlocking it, but that is my mess up and I misspoke so I will accept your current progress as good enough as you did exactly what I asked from you. And 33 hours is plenty to play a game anyways :)
Please request to join the group on Steam here and I will approve it as soon as I see it (I apologize in advance if it takes me a few days to get to it as I been really short on time in the last few weeks).
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Oh no worries at all! It’s not like you get paid full-time for moderating the group. I appreciate your hard work and I have more than enough patience.
I did read your reply a couple times trying to determine what your requirement meant exactly lol. I’m glad to hear your decision despite the misunderstanding, and I’ll send my join request now. :)
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I appreciate your patience! I generally try to answer people in sub 24 hours, but it was just impossible in the last time sadly.
Sorry for being unclear! When I wrote it originally it made sense in my mind, but now when I am looking back at it it actually makes no sense at all lol.
Anyways, join request approved, welcome to the group!
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Hi, was I kicked for Soulblight? I thought I had played it enough, it is very difficult and the combat is not very intuitive, I only beat one of the three bosses, the one with the crystals, and died many times to the others or even just getting there, do you want me to play it some more?
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Seems like I missed it by about 30 minutes? That's just one or two more runs, give or take, I can try to do that tomorrow.
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I haven't looked further in your playtime when I kicked you out because you already failed on the first check (amount of playtime) but yes, you are missing that at least.
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I did a few more runs and uploaded some screenshots in case you wanted them, let me know if you need anything else.
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Looks fine to me now. I have sent you a friend request on Steam to reinvite you. Please note that if you ever get kicked in the future you won't be able to rejoin again.
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Hi there! By searching "public" in this discussion I already have an idea of the answer to my question, but I'd like to confirm; when requesting to join the group, temporarily setting my profile to public for an admin to check is enough, I won't need to keep it public at all times, correct? Thanks!
I do not plan to join just yet (finals and stuff, not much time for games) but I just wanted to know. I might request to join in a month or so.
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In the rules above
You need to set and keep your Steam privacy settings for My profile and Game details public
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Ah, I somehow didn't process the "and keep". Thanks.
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Hi FranckCastle, seems like you already figured it out with the help of MoonQueen3, but yes, it needs to stay public.
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Hey I'd like to join with option 2 and Contra Anniversary Collection
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Hi there, Could I get a invite? I have yet to win any games to beat so ill stick with option 2, giving away the dark pictures anthology: a little hope.
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Hi Cleverman, you are welcome to join with option 2. Join request approved, welcome to the group! Please make the giveaway as soon as you can :)
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i would like join with option 2: i would give away Sword Legacy Omen!
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Hi Punkrx, sorry for the super late response. You are welcome to join the group with option 2. Join request approved, welcome to the group! Please make the giveaway as soon as you can.
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Hello, I would like to join but I have not won any giveaway so far
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Hi RiskLR, sorry for the late response. Since you haven't won anything on the site you have 3 options:
1) join by giving away a game (option 2)
2) wait for a win and play that
3) pick any unplayed game on Steam and play that instead.
Let me know, what you want to do.
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Nothing happens, what would the third option be like?
PS: I completely forgot
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It its the same as it would be with plaything a win. You pick a game you own on Steam that you haven't played before that has achievements and it is not very short and beat that to join the group with.
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I completed ALL games won in this group.
can I postpone this winned game for few weeks?
creator of GA is offline for one week
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/h1AH8/morbid-the-seven-acolytes
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Hi vidokas, I have responded to you on the giveaway.
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Hello :) I would love to join with option 2 and giveaway the game Paw Paw Paw!
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Introduction
Playing Appreciated is a group for members that like to play games they win and for giveaway creators that like to see their games getting played. This sounds simple, yet requires commitment and dedication from members by filtering out games they like to play from all group giveaways and when won playing those within one month. In return members will get higher chances of winning games they want and creators will know their giveaways have a high chance of getting played. The group has more than 1000 members and over 25000 historical giveaways.
Group rules
More information and detailed rules please see the FAQ.
How to join
Final notes
Requesting to join without leaving a comment bellow will result in an automatic rejection.
More information and the FAQ are available via the Steam group.
Current group giveaways on SteamGifts
Group website where all playtime is tracked
Old application thread
Feel free to comment below if you have any questions!
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