Well... I did repent for my previous sins on sg (won the same doc more than once). If that doesn't hinder my entry, I am committed to play most of my wins. My blaeo profile might support my cause here.
This month as part of pagywosg I already did 1 of my recent wins (ghostunner 2). (A second game, mago, will be finished tomorrow ).
For the entry requirement 1, I will play getsufumaden up to the end of the month.
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Hi meneldur, I am afraid those multiple wins indeed disqualify you from being able to join, sorry.
I was surprised you could even participate in PAGYWOSG, but apparently Sam got rid of the "no multiple wins or VAC bans" rule for some reason.
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Sam and I actually spoke about it... Since that happened over 10 years ago. The same applied for PoP. Else I wouldn't be on both groups.
And all good about disqualifying me. It is a rule and when there is room for discussion, it can lead to a lot of work because one has to check every exception.
No worries :)
edit: corrected my second paragraph
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When I was more active on SG I got him to talk with Sam about the posibility of making an exception to that rule. He won the game Revita from me and after a while I think he said something on the giveaway page about having enjoyed the game, I checked is time on the game and was over 100 hours. I suggested participating on PAGYWOSG and he pointed this exact issue.
I'm telling you this because I'd like to bouch for his commitment to playing his wins. Probably that changes nothing but I just wanted to point it out.
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It is not personal, it is just a can of worms I really don't wanna open. I get that it sucks tho.
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Hi, Could i join by option 1 I'll play Super Magbot
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Hi ktostam43, you are welcome to join by playing Super Magbot. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!
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Hi there. I'd like to join, I'm proposing to play Viscera Cleanup Detail which I won in 2016 (oh wow, it was that long ago?!?) but never played.
I used to enter for anything that looked vaguely interesting but changed to only enter for things I'd play right there and then a few years ago, so this group is a logical one for me to ask to join. I've also recently plowed through a few years of unclaimed Humble Monthly pages and figure I should do something with those rather than let them rot in a spreadsheet, but rather than joining by doing a giveaway I'd stick with the spirit of the group and do it by playing a neglected win.
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HI ACorpse, you are welcome to join by playing Viscera Cleanup Detail, let me know once you beat the game and enjoy! I hope you find it a relaxing time. I would suggest watching something on a 2nd monitor if you got one while playing it out of my own experience with the spinoffs :)
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Hello, I would like to join the group using the Option 2 -> The game i would like to create the giveaway is Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager. I won this game on a GA here and played like for 4 hours in a row, it was insane, hope to give the winner of the GA the same feeling i had
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Hi xandyvan, you are welcome to join with option 2. Join request accepted, welcome to the group! And fingers crossed the winner will enjoy it at least just as much as you :)
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Hello <33
I'd like to join your group
I haven't won anything until now xD and I would like to choose option 1
I wanna play Promise Mascot Agency
if that's ok with you let me know :D
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Hi Daliamon, since you haven't won anything yet, you are welcome to join by playing Promise Mascot Agency. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!
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I just beat the game :D
it was such a funny and amazing experience!
somehow it felt like a Yakuza mini-game haha I didn’t expect that at all xD
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Very glad to hear you enjoyed it! :D Join request approved, welcome to the group! :)
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Hi, I would like to join with Option 2.
The first giveaway will be for Dome Keeper, because it is a great game and I want more people to experience it 🍀
And perhaps few copies of Deadlink
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Hi Taurus9534, you are not welcome to join, sorry.
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Just out of curiosity if it's okay, may I know why?
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You fail on this part:
Make sure you are not violating any SteamGifts rules;
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I presume that you refer to my 2 multiple wins on the free Soundtrack DLC for PAYDAY2, which was 10 years ago.
Welp.. guess that's on me, I sync with Steam often, but I had to hide all giveaways for that DLC at that time.
How unfortunate, and I’m guessing there are no exceptions.
Regardless, thanks for clarifying—if that’s the real reason🍺
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Yep, that is exactly it. And yea, no exceptions sorry, you are not the only one who has had this issue.
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I really like the idea of this group, and in fact have played every game I've won on steam gifts (all 2!) but I can't really commit to playing half a game I don't like, and there's always a risk of that with any steam gift. Is there another group out there with somewhat less stringent requirements? Ie I'd be happy to commit to TRYING each game for 30 minutes.
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Hi xeos23, I don't know of any "play your games" groups that would be happy with just 30 minutes played unless it is a short game, sorry. Honestly to me as a group owner having something like that seems way too abusable (I am not saying you would, but I been doing this for long enough to know how people are).
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I agree it's open to abuse, idling etc. But 30 minutes is way more stringent than the base steamgifts requirements where people don't even need to install the game they win. To me requiring 30 minutes seems like an improvement over that, though I don't have your benefit of perspective. I don't mind a few cheaters so long as the majority are adhering to the intent, but perhaps from where you sit it seems likely that the ratio would be reversed?
To be clear I'm 100% not suggesting this group should have different requirements - I respect folks who are willing to make the commitment you guys require.
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To me requiring 30 minutes seems like an improvement over that, though I don't have your benefit of perspective.
Oh that is for sure. Anything is better than what goes on in public giveaways. There is a very good reason why I don't make those anymore at all. And I know I am not perfect either when it comes to it, but at least I try which is sadly more than can be said about most users :/
I don't mind a few cheaters so long as the majority are adhering to the intent, but perhaps from where you sit it seems likely that the ratio would be reversed?
Hmmmm no, probably not, but hard to say for sure as I only have experience with public or quite restrictive groups, I don't actually have any proper idea what the middle ground would look like. And in the end of the day it would almost 100% be better than public giveaways. What would be for sure tho it would be a massive amounts of work most likely.
To be clear I'm 100% not suggesting this group should have different requirements
Oh, no, I didn't think that at all. I was just trying to say why I don't think you are really gonna find a group where a rule like that would be the case.
Also as a completely random fun fact (I know noone asked, I just got curious while typing this comment), 97,5% (out of ~1300 that are either marked as approved or rejected, there is about 100 still pending from the last month) of all group giveaways made in the last year in this group have been played up to the group rules. I am not gonna go look at the public ones because that would be depressing.
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You could consider joining and just be very particular about what you enter. Surely you must know from looking at trailers and gameplay, some games you can be sure to devote 5+ hours to. If you aren't certain - don't enter that one!
It is a far higher bar than public giveaways. But as MouseWithBeer said, there are many members and they abide by the rules.
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It's more than 5 hours though, isn't it? You have to "finish" the game. I agree being selective is a good policy; I do that now in the unlucky-7 group I'm currently eligible to be in.
But... I've also paid good money for games only to realize they weren't what I expected or didn't hold up so well after the first hour, etc. That's my concern and reason for not joining. Even being selective that's a real risk, I think. Maybe it's just me; I have zero tolerance for pushing thru a game once it stops being fun.
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You have to play 5 hours. See the FAQ https://steamcommunity.com/groups/playing-appreciated/discussions/0/133256959381015741/
If you can't be sure you'll play 5 hours, even being selective, then this probably isn't the right group unfortunately.
I am quite selective on what I enter for PA. In the last month, I've made only 5 entries and won 0. In the last 4 months, I've won a single PA game.
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You could join SG Pillars. The people are generous and I treat it as PA-lite, I only enter that which I'll quickly play.
Or join any group and just play your wins! You are always welcome to play what you win!
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In fact I already play what I win even though there's no requirement to do so. I'm mostly looking towards the day that I'm no longer eligible for unlucky-7, at which point the chance of winning on non-group giveaways is sub 1 percent and hardly seems worth the effort of blindly clicking, let alone being choosy.
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Hi, I'd like to join with option 2. (I plan to give away Steamworld Dig 2)
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Hi Ignition365, 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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Hi Ignition365, thank you very much for the giveaway you made however there is a small problem with it. The giveaway you make to join with option 2 needs to be exclusively for the PA group and can not be shared with other groups or WL. After that one is completed if you decide to make any more giveaways for the group in the future you can share it with WL or any other groups as you wish no problem.
Could you please remake the giveaway correctly?
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Ah, sorry, I must have missed the part about the first one being exclusive. Recreated both and will probably add more later.
If it helps, I started and finished Bots are Stupid yesterday lol
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No worries at all! Thank you very much for recreating them :)
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HI! could I join with option 1 for behind the frame: finest scenery? I think it should have sufficient enough achievements and I'm pretty excited to play! All my other wins have been played already XD
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Hi Nickbread, you are welcome to join by playing Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery. Let me know once you beat it. It is a lovely game, I hope you will enjoy it!
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I would like to join with option 2. I'd like to make a giveaway of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, which is a game I really enjoyed. Though I'm not sure if the WW keys have any restrictions or not in case of games made by Capcom.
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Hi seboleq97, you are welcome to join with option 2. Please request to join on Steam here and I will approve it as soon as I see it.
As for the region restrictions, I think the best way to go about it is if you know where the key is from (which bundle) check the corresponding giveaway thread for it on SG. Usually it should have at least some info about it there. When it comes to the group, there is no rules regarding region restrictions, so it is not a problem if it is not a WW key.
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Thanks for the response. I've sent the join request and found which region locks should apply for the key. Is there a specific timeframe for which the GA should remain open? If not, then just ignore the question.
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As far as i am aware of your GA for joining should get at least 1 entry... so making it 1 hour long in the middle of the night for its region might not be sufficient ;)
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I'm just asking as I usually set the duration for a day or two. I just don't like having something on the back of my head for a longer period of time :D
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Join request approved, welcome to the group! No time frame restriction but as Matwyn said it needs to have a winner. 1-2 days should be plenty for that :)
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Hello there! Wishing you a great day ahead. I'd love to join with option one. I won Letters - a written adventure and really enjoyed the cute game. Does that count? Thanks a lot. :3
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Hi kornobi, you are welcome to join with option 1 however
Showing your commitment by playing a previous won game on SteamGifts that you did not yet play.
therefore Letters does not count. Since you don't have any unplayed wins you can pick any unplayed wins (as long as not too short and has achievements) from your Steam library instead. Or join with option 1. Let me know :)
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Thanks for the response. Got it. I'll play When The Past Was Around. Can I join with option one? :)
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Alright, When The Past Was Around should be file. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!
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Hey there again! I have 100 percented When The Past Was Around now. Can I enter? Thanks. :)
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Congrats on completing the game. Have you by any chance taken some screenshots as asked in the how to join section?
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Heyy , hope to join with option 1, but I wonder if Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery is long enough if not I was gonna make a giveaway for AC2 anyways altho i hope there are ppl from my region in the group as I can only gift to my own region sadly. anyhoww hope ur doing greatttt and thank u :))
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Hi someonequeer, you are welcome to join by playing Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!
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oh my god .. I did not expect the game to be this much ..just wow. Now I feel a lil weird .. thanks for letting me have this excuse to play this ..idkhowtodescribeit game
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Hi! I'd like to join via option 1. I'll play American Fugitive. I'm sure I'll beat the game :)
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Hi drizzlo, you are welcome to join by playing American Fugitive. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!
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I would like to do the second option if possible! :)
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Hi MishaSinica, you are not welcome to join, sorry.
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I would like to join as option 1 &/or 2 if possible:
option 1: I would play The Quarry game.
option 2: I would do giveaways for: Ramnant 2, The Invincible, The Quarry deluxe.
Let me know! :)
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Hi TwixClub, you are welcome to join with either of the options but please pick one and let me know which one is it going to be! You will still be able to enter or make any giveaways you wish once you are a member so whichever option you pick doesn't matter, it is just your personal preference :)
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Oh cool I thought if you're in you can't make giveaways for this group just join, win and play after. Then option 1. Are you okay with the game I picked to finish? :)
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Nope, the 2 options are just for joining at first. Once you successfully do that all members are equal :)
Yep, The Quarry will be fine. Enjoy and let me know once you beat the game!
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Hi. I've carefully read the FAQs associated with the group, and I would like to join if I pass all the requirements. I would like to join with Option 2 with Dread Templar if this game is acceptable. How long should the giveaway last for it to qualify for Option 2?
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Hi funname4funguy, you are welcome to join with option 2. Join request approved, welcome to the group! The length/level you set it to doesn't matter, only rule is that the first giveaway needs to be group exclusive (if you end up making more later one that doesn't apply anymore). It needs to have a valid winner in the end however so I would suggest doing a day at least so more people have the chance to join :)
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Got it. Thank you for the explanation and allowing me to join the group! I'm looking forward to the group and using it as an opportunity to play the same games together with someone else. Like a personal "book club" but with video games lol. Giveaway can be found below.
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No problem! If you have any more questions feel free to ask :)
Thank you for the giveaway!
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The giveaway as no length requirement, but a joining giveaway has to have a winner, so minimum 1 entry, would recomend togive the giveaway at minimun one day or two so it can be spot by anyone interested.
- I saw a different message from MouseWithBeer that didnt touch that point, maybe Im starting to get schizophrenia
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Thanks Leon! I made the duration several days just in case.
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Hello,
I would like to reapply <3
To be honest, I accidentally won a game within the group and didn't realize it was from PA.
I played it in recent weeks, thank you.
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Hi Koalala, you can rejoin once more. Please note that if this happens again you will be permanently kicked from the group and won't be able to join again.
I have sent you a friend request on Steam so I can reinvite you, please leave me a message here when you accept it so I don't forget to invite you.
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Hello,
I would like to join with Option 2. I've always been fond of platformers games and for my exclusive giveaway, I would give Metrico+.
Thank you :)
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Hi Sumnium, not gonna lie, while you left the group on your own it kinda rubs me the wrong way that you wouldn't disclose that you were a group member before or that you had a previous SG account that you deleted. That combined with the fact that I can not verify that your previous winnings are in fact still activated on your account makes me lean towards saying no here.
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I totally understand your point of view. The day I decided to leave the group, I had taken the decision to slowly close everything including my Steamgifts account because I needed to focus on a couple of things and I tried to limit distractions as much as possible. I should have said something before leaving the group and that's on me. I think what happened the day I left was that I quit a bunch of Groups and closed my account shortly after, but that's no excuse to not disclose my intention.
As for my wins, I understand your concern, for what it worth I can guarantee you that all my games won (previous and current account) are still active on my account. I only join giveaways for games that I intend to play, I've entered so many games from my wishlist only to see that the winner hasn't played the game. Some of them were won 6 months ago and to this day are still unplayed. I find it very sad for the creator who's giving a game so that the winner can enjoy the game, but it only ends up a +1 in his library. Hence why I only join giveaways I have intention of playing and that I'll enjoy. All my current 12 won games on SG have been played and I enjoyed them all (especially Sea of Stars and Bartlow's Dread Machine)
Once again I am sorry for how I left things, I shouldn't have. That being said, I totally understand if you do not wish to welcome me back.
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I think you misunderstood me/ I didn't specify well enough, it is not that I have a problem that you left without saying anything (I don't really expect people to do that at all), it is that you didn't mention it now that you tried to rejoin.
I am still a bit conflicted what to do in this situation but I guess we can put it this way:
Since you have all your new SG wins played + have the one group win you have from the past still activated (can only confirm that one) + you do genuinely seem to mean well I will allow you to rejoin. However normally you wouldn't have to redo the application process if you are just rejoining (you would be directly invited back) but I feel like in this case it would be better if gets redone (giving away Metrico+ as you suggested in your first comment works fine). If you are fine with that let me know and I will approve your join request.
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I apologize, truth be told I had forgotten I was previously part of the group. I've taken a long break of over a year and I didn't remember.
Thank you for the offer despite the initial confusion, it was never my intention to deceive or create confusion. I'll accept the condition mentioned above and I'll giveaway Metrico+ once I'm in the group. I've requested to join again :)
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Join request approved, welcome (back) to the group!
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Hello. I would enjoy joining with option 1. The game I choose is Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee. The game takes about 11.5 hours to beat according to https://howlongtobeat.com/game/6702. This game has achievements.
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Hi Longheart, you are welcome to join by playing Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!
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Hi there! I would like to join with Option 2, can I giveaway Wall World ? Thank you!
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Hi A10i, 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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hi, i'd like to join via option 1.
i'm planning on playing A Guidebook of Babel if that's okay?
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Hi shauv, you are welcome to join by playing A Guidebook Of Babel. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!
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thanks! i just completed the game and both endings really hit me in the feels.
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Congrats on completing the game! Sounds like it was a good game hopefully. Have you by any chance taken some screenshots as asked in the how to join section?
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Hi! I'd like to join with Option 1 and play Bear and Breakfast. Please let me know and thank you!
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Hi raemoend, you are welcome to join by playing Bear and Breakfast, let me know when you beat the game and I hope enjoy it!
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Hi! I'd like to join with Option 1. I love to play but unfortunately, I've never won anything. I'm honored to join your group. I only play games that I really like.
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Hello, I'd like to join via option 1, is Bookwalker ok?
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HI kyriaki, you are welcome to join by playing The Bookwalker. Enjoy playing it and let me know once you beat the game!
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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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