I've been thinking about a fresh start for a little while and I've decided that this event/GA was the way to do it. I emptied both my black and whitelist for this, therefore everyone has the exact same chance to win the game their heart desire.

The TL;DR: Play sg wins (if you have already played 100% of your wins or know someone who has done it, let me know and you/the person will get a free pass) -> get invited to a WL GA -> Write whatever game you want in the description of said WL GA before it ends -> if you win the WL GA, I'll buy the chosen game for you.

The complete rules:
1) Choose some games you won here and finish the required amount(The playtime should be based on Howlongtobeat.com average main story time), according to the table below:

Type Length Amount
Short 2 - 5h59m 4
Medium 6 - 14h59m 2
Long >15 h 1

Edit: Some people are having doubts, so let me explain. You either have to play 1 long game OR 2 medium games OR 4 short games.
Games started/finished before the start of this event(18/05/2018) do NOT count.

2) You will have until the end of the GA (~1 month) to prove it to me, either through a screenshot of the ending scene/credits or a link to the corresponding achievement page. (The game needs to be beaten/finished, which means no endless/multiplayer-only games)
3) If you manage to beat enough games and to show me some proof, I'll whitelist you, giving you access to a giveaway.
4) Write the name of the game you want inside the WL giveaway. If you win it, I'll buy that game for you. (The whitelist GA is more like a placeholder, but you'll still get it, if you want)
Don't forget to write the game you want before the WL ends. Think about it before writing it down, I won't accept changes later. Do NOT edit your post inside the WL giveaway. You'll be disqualified.
NO deluxe/gold/collector's/whatevernamemarketingiscallingthesedays edition. NO Preorders.(If it launches before the end of the WL GA, it's fine!) NO games from GOG, Origins, Blizzard, Uplay...

Some giveaways:
STRAFE: Millennium Edition
Death's Hangover
Mr. Shifty
Crazy Machines 3

If you don't care about any of this, here, have a picture of a cute doge. (You can also have fun with the poll)
PS: Thanks for the helping me set this up, Tempete! :)
PS2: It's good to be back!

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If pro and con are opposites, wouldn't the opposite of progress be congress?

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Yes!
No!
I don't care.

Sweet! I'll ponder about my options, while I finish the three games that currently keep me busy.
Good that this can be finished before the world cup starts. Doubtful that I'll manage to finish too many games then. ;)

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I guess I'll start. The only game I won that I haven't played is Endless space, so I guess ill do that for 15+ hours :)

WL: Battletech

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I'm not allowed to edit my post... so....

Endless space is an endless game and I have played all others I won on SG... do I get a "free pass" or how does it work now?

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You must have misunderstood 4).
You aren't allowed to edit the comment you write in the WL giveaway, that you can access AFTER you successfully finished your game. You weren't required to name your wanted game already now.

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Lol, my bad :) Sorry. My WL game won't change, so... ;)

Still, my question about Endless space remains - should I play it for given amount of time or do I get a free pass since I played all other games and this one is open ended?

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Endless Space isn't really endless. You can win your campaign and that should be sufficient. LastM will surely answer soon enough. ;)

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Gotcha :) Thank you for the info.

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Golwar is correct. You gotta play first to qualify for the GA.
About Endless Space. If it has some sort of campaign, sure. You can play that. Otherwise, you might have to play another SG win.

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Hello. Did it ok if I choose to play 'Pretty Girls Panic!' ?
I think it is a short type.
Many thank for your kindness.
My wishlist is Hidden Folks.Thank you.

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Man, check chart again. You have to complete/ finish 4 short games to get pass to WL giveaway :)

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Very thank to telling me.
I miss understanding and think that is limit of user that can do it. '///'

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This is meaning I choose to choose other 3 short-type game, right?

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Yep. Pick games, check their length on "Howlongtobeat.com", complete them and show proof to LastM :)
Short games from 2h - 5h59m 4 games
Medium games from 6h - 14h59m 2 games
Long games more than 15 hours according to "Howlongtobeat.com" 1 game
Hope i have helped you out :D

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Thank a lot. I will try that website. ^ ^

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@RegularAddict Thank to helping me. But when I checking my win list on the website. i found that I didn't have a game in same type and not play before enough. So I will waiting for that chance. ^ ^

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I also have that game and I'm still waiting as well... The devs said that they would finish it in the first quarter of 2018, and yet here we are... T_T
Thanks! :)

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I'll give you a free pass. The KRZ devs are the worst. -.-

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He can try and get all those missing achievements... ^^

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I'm only looking at games with any playtime and/or at least 1 achievement unlocked and by those 2 metrics, he is only missing 1 game: KRZ.

I couldn't ask people to 100% all their games because I myself don't do it and it would be hypocritical of me to ask that of others. Also, if one really just want to waste time, I honestly believe that there are better things to do in life than trying to unlock achievements that were clearly designed to do just that: waste someone's time.

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It was joke.

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Well, I always take someone's words at face value on the internet, especially on SG. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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I just installed The Banner Saga 2 yesterday, but haven't started playing yet, Steam currently shows 0.1 hours. It should easily be over 15 hours since the first game took me 35h.

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If you haven't unlocked any achievements before today, it's fine.

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I suppose we'll have to write here the games we'll pick before starting them ? I'll decide for something after the weekend (I could just pick my last Akatsuki win but that'd be kinda cheating).

Can I have a list of games in multiple categories then just decide later if I play a long one or other categories ? What do you use for playtime, main story HLTB ?

NO Preorders

Will have to think about what I'd choose if I can't get Dragon Quest XI

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You don't have to write what you're gonna play. You just have to post some proof after beating it. It also doesn't matter where you got the game, as long as you won it here.
Yes. HLTB main story average time.
You have time to think about it. :)

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so, is it possible to pick games later, just if the gameplay started after today? :P

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You can play whatever SGwin you want, as long as you haven't played it before today should be fine. (idling doesn't count. If you have, for example, 2h in a game, but 0 achievements, you could play that as well)

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yay, so will choose later on depending on time :P welcome back

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happy cakeday :)

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May the cakeforce be with you:)

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no fallout 5 😭

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I'm doing you a favor. You'll thank me later! :P

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Wow. Interesting chalenge :)
I would prefer to complete Tomb Raider (2013) - 0 achievements, 2h on the record (yep, it was card farming :)) and/or
Duke Nukem Forever (0h)
F.E.A.R. - F.E.A.R 2. (0h)
Feel free to pick game(s) i will have to complete. I`m gonna try my best :P

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Whatever you want, mate. Since both Tomb Raider and Duke Nukem are medium games, you could play both to participate or choose some other games as well. As long as you finish and post proof of beating 1 long game or 2 medium or 4 short games, it's ok.

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Yep. After second time reading your post i (finaly) anderstood rules :D
Oh silly me :P
Thanks.

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I just won Oddworld: New n Tasty and I'm about to play it. If I beat it in less than 15h gonna add Spaceship Looters to the list, also won recently.

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It's not about how long you take to beat a game. If HLTB says it takes more than 15h to beat that game (main story), I consider it a long time, even if you finish it in 13 or 14 hours, for example.

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oh, I see how this works :) on HLTB Oddworld is medium length, I'll add Bird Game and Dracula's Legacy as short games.

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Sure, why not. Checks remaining unfinished unplayed wins...

Well... not much of a choice there- I'll go with DarkEnd. If it turns out too short to count as a Long game I'll also beat (100%) AR-K for (hopefully) two Medium games. If AR-K is too short to count as a Medium game then I'll add Frozen Synapse as a backup. XD

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Damn thats unfortunate, I have all my SG wins categorised by the average "Completionist" time from HTBL :D I will definitely join in next week so this is just a bump for now :)

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I was thinking of doing Burnout Paradise + a shorter game, but I'm unsure if Burnout Paradise is an endless game or not, and it doesn't have achievements to indicate one way or the other. Does anyone know?

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There isn't really a "story mode", you just do enough races to upgrade your licence. After 40 events you'll get your "Burnout Licence" (which could be what HLTB counts) and after doing all 120 events you'll get your "Burnout Elite Licence".

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Thanks! Looks like I'll have to go with something else.

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If you won it here, sure.

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Hm. I don't think I'll have to time, but maybe I'll make an attempt at Thief Gold. Thanks LastM.

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i have a question: if howlongtobeat shows 4 different play timings, e.g. Main Story 1½ Hours Main + Extra 6½ Hours Completionist 20 Hours then which is the appropriate one to look at?

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I'm talking about main story. For example, in the picture below:
Portal is considered a short game (main story: 3h)
Tomb raider is a medium game (11½h)
Witcher 3 is a long game (43h)

View attached image.
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thanks for the reply! what about if the game i won on here is a 'full series' containing all episodes, and hltb lists separate playtimes for each ep? does that qualify as 1 or 3-4 games?

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Episodic games qualify as 1 game, like Tales from the Borderlands, which has 4 or 5 episodes, but count as 1 game. Just add their playtimes, to see how long it takes to beat the whole game.

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I played all my win Except Don't Starve Together which is multiplayer .

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Congrats! You get a free pass!

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thank you :)

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Hmmm, I've got three games won here that I haven't started yet outside of idling, and since RE5 is a horror game and thus bad for my migraines (tension = ow ow ow) I guess I'll try to finish Devil May Cry 4 and Sleeping Dogs in time to qualify.

This is a fun competition, thank you for running it!

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I've started all my wins except Doom, which I can't play because my GPU can't run it, but I haven't beaten all of them.
Does that mean I get a free pass, or should I choose some wins I've already started and beat those?

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+1

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That sounds like a nice challenge, I'm in (or at least i'll try my best to be in). Do we have to commit to a game now or just silently fill the prerequisites within a month (with a game not started yet, that I understand) and then come to you with the result?

For now have a bump, nice concept!

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whatever you want. You can either commit now or just silently fill the prerequisites. Just don't forget to let me know when you're done or I might forget about it.

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I've finished Children of Zodiarcs, I assume i'm in time?

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Yes, you are!
Congrats, sheep! :)

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I don't have any wins that I haven't yet started, beaten or completed, all that have achievements already have at least one except Unearthing Colossal (and it probably never will have, not yet sure if they are even achievable as is the case on 14 other games from my win list).

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It says here that you have 95.8% (341/356) games with at least 1 achievement unlocked. If you have only those 14 games, you can finish them, even if you have already started, but not beaten them before.

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I have finished those 14 (except Nebula Online, servers are already offline), they just don't have any working achievements.

Well maybe I'll win some games during this month to play.

EDIT: The games that doesn't have working achievements: GRUZCHIK, Escape The Island, Room 404, Defense Of Greece TD, Warriors of Vilvatikta, Wrath of Anna, Dark Years, Tales of Adventure 2, Pump-Action Captain, GunWorld, Nebula Online, Gettysburg: Armored Warfare, MechRunner, Sleeping Valley)

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I'm going to start with Rune Classic (9 hours on HLTB).
I've been working of finishing all my wins anyway so I don't have many left that I've yet to start and also have times listed on HLTB.

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Welcome back LastM 🤗
This is a very nice incentive to play our winnings, I would like to participate with this game, if it's ok:

EDIT:
ops, I have read now you answer to TempeteJoachim:
You don't have to write what you're gonna play. You just have to post some proof after beating it.

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Thanks! Well, it's ok to post which games you're gonna play, but as I said to Tempete, you can just let me know when you finish.

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Just ended the first:
screenshot
achievement

I'll update you as soon as I finish the second

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the link to your screenshots is not working, but the achievement page is more than enough.

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just ended the second:
screenshot
achievement

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Congrats! You're progressing quickly! :)

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thank you! I will write my choice before the end of the gift 🤗

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