Touhou Giveaways recruitment

Greetings, and welcome to Touhou Giveaways recruitment thread!

We're looking for friendly, active people who are interested in joining a welcoming community involved in more than just Steamgifts and giveaways, but also a variety of other activities such as chatting, playing, and occasionally hosting some of the best giveaway events Steamgifts has yet to see.


What is Touhou Giveaways?

Unlike the name suggests, the theme and focus of the group is not centered on Touhou - We're an inclusive giveaway group with all kind of members with various different hobbies and passions; all are more than welcome to join and enjoy the many benefits of being a member of one of the most complex giveaway groups on Steamgifts. Being more than just a simple giveaway group, we strongly encourage participating in the community by joining the group chat, or participating in gaming sessions or giveaway events we host, although it is not a requirement for joining the group.

Touhou Giveaways is a group where all, members and staff alike, strive to provide the very best gifting experience possible. Since its founding on February 18th 2015, the group has been in a constant state of development - Today, we're proud to say that Touhou Giveaways is better than ever, and still improving every day, and with every of our members' and staff awesome efforts and suggestions to make the group a truly unique experience for all. We enjoy great company, and new members will have no trouble adapting to the friendly, relaxed attitude we like to maintain within the group.

The group offers a variety of innovative features, most importantly being the implementation of a semi-autonomous bot which ensures that the entire group is run smoothly. From managing members' giveaways to calculating, transferring and awarding points to members, ArchiBot takes care of the manual labour so that you can focus on what really matters - the Touhou Giveaways community activity. In addition to that, we have a website, an active chat, a userscript, and even a shop where you can spend a special currency earned through group activity to decorate your profile within the website! Those are just a few benefits that our users can make use of.


What we look for in potential members

We are looking for friendly people who want to join a community-based giveaway group and who fulfill the requirements for application. We want new people to join us and have fun chatting and playing games with us, so if you're looking for a group where the focus is on community-driven activity such as this, with the giveaways being an extra, you've come to the right place. Most importantly, we want members who will care for the group and its members as much as we do, and won't treat it as just another source of free games among others - Touhou Giveaways is, at its core, and before all else, a group of friends who enjoy each other's company.

To best determine whether or not Touhou Giveaways is the group for you, we encourage you to review our group rules. We also strongly encourage joining our group chat, where the most active members participate in conversation on a daily basis. There, you can introduce yourself, ask questions, or jump in on a conversation - The chat is open to all and we're always happy to see a new face. Plus, taking the time to come visit us is a sign that you care enough to take a moment of your time to take a tour, and will definitely increase your chances of being recruited. Even if you don't apply, we'll be more than happy to have you drop by, or even be a regular visitor.

A few other minor factors may affect your odds of being recruited, such as having a positive ratio or recognition within the Steamgifts forum, but these are hardly considered in comparison to the factors mentioned above, and they shouldn't heavily affect your chances.

With that said, the only requirement for applying is to fulfill the initial requirements, and the above is only meant to give you an idea of what kind of member is more likely to make it through - The more you fit the criteria, the better are the chances that the Touhou Giveaways members and staff will pick you as a candidate. All are welcome to try their luck even if you only fulfill the initial requirements, though!

Until now we've organized a group recruitment every 3 months, with very positive results. Starting today, we've decided to maintain a single ongoing recruitment which will last until further notice. If you're wondering how things were organized in the past, feel free to check out our previous recruitment threads.


How to apply

Applying is simple - all you need to do is post a comment below and ask to be considered for membership. We encourage telling a bit about yourself, but this isn't a job application - just be yourself! The more effort you put into your application, the more likely we'll appreciate you for taking the time to post more than a generic "please invite me" message, and your chances of being invited may increase as a result.

After posting the application we'll evaluate your potential as a member and decide on your invitation. Waiting for your application to be reviewed is also one of the best moments to visit us on chat and get along with the community.

We'll usually let you know the outcome of your application in a few days since posting, but it may take up to a week if we're especially busy. If you made it in, one of our staff members will contact you shortly on Steam, where the group introduction will take place during which we'll happily show you the ropes.


More information?

If you want to know more about how the group operates, check out introduction which will give you a quick overlook of the group, activity and functionality, or learn more about ArchiBot, or review the group rules. The group chat is always open to the public, so if you have any questions, don't hesitate to hop in and ask us directly!

Good luck!

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Hi, can i join?

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Hi there!

Just wanted to check before we proceed any further, can you confirm you've read the group rules, most importantly the ratio and activity requirements, as well as the first point under the "Members" section which covers the requirements for new members?

Let me know if you are okay with said rules, and you are confident you can meet the requirements. Thanks!

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Yes, ive read it, im not sure if i would fit in that group because i always get keys from fanatical, giveaway.su, and sites like that but if you think its fine, i will be very grateful, if not, i will understand.
I like to play competitive games, my favorite game is Rocket League but atm im trying to play csgo and valorant as well.

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As long as you are able to fulfill our activity requirements and other rules, it doesn't matter much where your keys are from.
Thanks for the reply! We'll get back to you once we have reviewed your application and made our decision. :)

3 years ago
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Alright!

3 years ago
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Hello! I'm very happy to announce that we've decided to go forward with your application, therefore we are accepting you into the group. Congratulations!

You can expect a friend invite on Steam from one of our staff members soon. Our staff keeps track of all tasks live in Mantis, including members' introductions, which we're trying to get down to before set due dates. Feel free to have a look if you would like to view the status of your introduction, including who will be in charge of it.

All the best!

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Aug 13th

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3 years ago
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Uh, what?

3 years ago
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There are several people in your group who are better qualified to explain it, so I'll decline to do so :)

3 years ago
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If it's something about Touhou... I'm sorry to tell you that 99% of members know jack shit about Touhou. :D
As the tagline of our group chat says so well... "Touhou Giveaways - where the "Touhou" is silent"

3 years ago
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hey I would like to join :)
I really like sim games and really enjoy ets2 and ats, have returned to SG after a long time not logging on :)

3 years ago
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Hello! I'm very happy to announce that we've decided to go forward with your application, therefore we are accepting you into the group. Congratulations!

You can expect a friend invite on Steam from one of our staff members soon. Our staff keeps track of all tasks live in Mantis, including members' introductions, which we're trying to get down to before set due dates. Feel free to have a look if you would like to view the status of your introduction, including who will be in charge of it.

All the best!

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ty :)

3 years ago
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Hello just saw this group and have read the group rules though the touhou ponts system still confuses me perhaps this is me reading this in the wee hours of dawn. Still I would like to try my hand in joining especially I got like 6 to 20 won to giveaway ratio plus joining another game community seems fun also due to the fact I dont have any PC game community that is active or fun (have alot ofactive and fun PS4 communities joined) so hope this is the community I'm looking for

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Hello! I'd like to apologize for the long delay, somehow I completely forgot about this application... for a month.
Entirely my fault as head of recruitment and PR for Touhou Giveaways. :D

We would like to accept you into the group, however as it has been a month since your application, I'd like to first confirm you are still interested in joining. Let me know if you would still want an invite. Thanks!

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Sure am still interested who can resist an invite from an active PC community?

3 years ago
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Great! Then I'm very happy to announce that we've decided to go forward with your application, therefore we are accepting you into the group. Congratulations!

You can expect a friend invite on Steam from one of our staff members soon. Our staff keeps track of all tasks live in Mantis, including members' introductions, which we're trying to get down to before set due dates. Feel free to have a look if you would like to view the status of your introduction, including who will be in charge of it.

All the best!

3 years ago
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Cool! Would be waiting!

3 years ago
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Hi,can i enter Group ? i'm Touhou fans too and i active (sorry bad english use translator google)

3 years ago
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Hello there! Thank you for applying to join the Touhou Giveaways group. Unfortunately we will have to reject your application at this time as you do not fulfill our minimum requirements to join (contributor level 2+).

It also appears you have joined Steamgifts very recently, so in case there is any confusion regarding this Steam group, we are a group based around Steamgifts and the requirements to join and participate in the group are directly related to your activity using the Steamgifts website (creating and joining giveaways).

You may apply to join again at a later time once you fulfill the requirements to join, as stated in the thread and our group rules.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

3 years ago
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Interested

3 years ago
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Hello, thank you for your application to join Touhou Giveaways.

Unfortunately, we have decided we will not accept you into the group, as you have blacklisted justArchi on Steamgifts, the account under which ArchiBot operates to manage members, giveaways and points, which would make it impossible for you to participate and fulfill requirements within the group as the bot will not be able to monitor your giveaways.

Additionally, we have noticed your large number of blacklists and are concerned that you may not fulfill our rule that requires having less than 1/3 of the group members blacklisted to be part of the community. We also have other concerns related to your general behaviour that have led us to reject your application to join Touhou Giveaways at this time.

Nevertheless, we appreciate your interest in joining the group. Have a great day!

3 years ago
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Yes, I have BL people who have W/G > 2, as justArchi.
But if you like to have BOT here that takes games, sure. Don't add me into the group.

Also, yes...I had some discussion with other people here.
Some of them have been rude.
Some of them BL me, 'cause of my beliefs.

Nevertheless, enjoy. Not interested in group that has BOTs in them, instead of real people. 👎

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Yes, I have BL people who have W/G > 2, as justArchi.

Won - Given ratio is completely irrelevant; just as unadjusted CV.
IF you wanna play that ratio game the only metric that has any value is Real CV.

Granted Archi probably won more than he gave going by that metric as well but you have to keep in mind that content creators like Archi or revilheart give back to the community in other ways namely by investing hundreds of hours into creating something that is helpful for large portions of the community.

I can't tell how many of them are SteamGifts users but ASF, the program Archi created, is used by 10.000+ users, if not more. It's hard to interpret those numbers from the ASF steam group correctly.


But if you like to have BOT here that takes games, sure.

😅 ArchiBot isn't that kind of bot. It handles the administrative side of 2hu gibs and also doubles as a chatbot as sort of a personal pet project of Archi.

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Just so you see what I mean by chatbot:

Disclaimer: I usually don't talk to computer programs 😅
Except maybe ~ 5 times out of curiosity to see how much it understands.

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wait, Archibot is American? USA USA USA :bite:

3 years ago
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I'm pretty sure that bot was lying to me which convinces me even more of its intelligence.

I mean he lying about his long term agenda so why wouldn't he lie where he's from to make it harder for us to destroy the servers once shit hits the fan.

But then again I'm already on strike 3 for mentioning the long term plan in public and I'd rather not end up as feed for Archis chinchillas so I better shut my pie hole now.

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But then again he does spell colour without u so maybe he's actually American.

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Man you seriously embarrassed yourself there hahaxDd ArchiBot is literally the bot that manages the whole group lmao it's not a stealing bot, why would you attempt to join a group run by a bot and then try to insult said group........

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I'm getting someone from BL, just so I can send some gifts in your pond.
That users is not contributing to SG & that's why it's on BL.

Bye

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If you would have bothered to even read about the group before joining, you would know about the bot and its purpose in the group. We are not interested in people who blindly join groups without reading our rules and group info either, so it seems this works out perfectly for both of us.

With that, end of discussion - no need to get upset and cause drama in this thread because we rejected your application, it won't make us change our mind. Have a good day.

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I won't change my mind, about BL someone from your group.

Just thought it's a nice group to hang out.

But I do still choose where to giveaway & who I keep company with.

Bye

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Unfortunately, you fail two of our requirements for joining (as stated on the website):

  • In order to join the group, your SteamGifts account must be at least level 2, have a minimum ratio of 0.5 (1:2 games given/won count, or contributor value) and no unactivated wins.

We encourage you to apply again once you fulfill the requirements. Thanks!
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Thanks for running the group recruitment thread jbond!

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I read it as "ruining" at first and got kinda concerned.

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man i miss y'all. i should boot up steam and spam yall's chat sometime

3 years ago
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Chat is open to you anytime :3

3 years ago
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Requesting to join

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Hello! I'm sorry, but we've decided not to go forward with your application, therefore we will not be accepting you into the group at this time.

In particular, due to reasons which will be communicated to you shortly in a more private manner.

We encourage you to apply at a later date, once you correct all of the communicated concerns if you're still interested in joining the group.

Thank you for applying!

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I am back to steam and steamgift finally after 2 years. Not really looking to join back to the group since I still don't have too much time and attention to stay active. So.. I don't request to rejoin at this time.

However since I was kicked out of group due to inactive for 2 years.(god damn chinese firewall)
I no longer have access to join touhou chat. Tried several time today but i just cannot while other group chat works.
Is there anyway you or archi can help with that?

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Welcome back! :D

We don't ban ex-members from the chat (moreover, the chat is even open to guests at all times) so it is rather strange you are unable to join it. Perhaps having someone invite you directly might works. I can try sending you an invite and see if that works?

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works indeed.. thanks!

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Welcome back Wany! Good to see you! 😃

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good to be back!

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Welcome back the guy that I never met because I joined the group and SG after you were already gone :D

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haha.. it's nice to meet u

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Welcome back Wany! ^^

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Hey! good to see u again!

3 years ago
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if there is half that interesting in this group as in late recruitments I'm in, if you want me.
I can only say that weebs are ok and you don't have a single shadow in your group yet

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Hello! I'm very happy to announce that we've decided to go forward with your application, therefore we are accepting you into the group. Congratulations!

You can expect a friend invite on Steam from one of our staff members soon. Our staff keeps track of all tasks live in Mantis, including members' introductions, which we're trying to get down to before set due dates. Feel free to have a look if you would like to view the status of your introduction, including who will be in charge of it.

All the best!

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Hello, I've read the group rules and I'd like to join. I have a lot of bundle keys and i'm looking for nice people to share.

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Hello, sorry for the wait! I'm very happy to announce that we've decided to go forward with your application, therefore we are accepting you into the group. Congratulations!

You can expect a friend invite on Steam from one of our staff members soon. Our staff keeps track of all tasks live in Mantis, including members' introductions, which we're trying to get down to before set due dates. Feel free to have a look if you would like to view the status of your introduction, including who will be in charge of it.

All the best!

2 years ago
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i would like to join, and yes i am in your steam group

2 years ago
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Hello! I'm sorry, but we've decided not to go forward with your application, therefore we will not be accepting you into the group at this time.

In particular, you do not yet fulfill our minimum requirements of being a contributor level 2+.

We encourage you to apply at a later date, once you correct all of the above concerns if you're still interested in joining the group.

Thank you for applying!

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Requesting to join

2 years ago
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Hello! I'm very happy to announce that we've decided to go forward with your application, therefore we are accepting you into the group. Congratulations!

You can expect a friend invite on Steam from one of our staff members soon. Our staff keeps track of all tasks live in Mantis, including members' introductions, which we're trying to get down to before set due dates. Feel free to have a look if you would like to view the status of your introduction, including who will be in charge of it.

All the best!

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Requesting to join im always on steam playing games when im not working

2 years ago
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Hello! I'm very happy to announce that we've decided to go forward with your application, therefore we are accepting you into the group. Congratulations!

You can expect a friend invite on Steam from one of our staff members soon. Our staff keeps track of all tasks live in Mantis, including members' introductions, which we're trying to get down to before set due dates. Feel free to have a look if you would like to view the status of your introduction, including who will be in charge of it.

All the best!

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Hello, I just found this group through some really nice people, I hope it's still actve :)
I used to be 100% free to play person, but for last few years I enjoy discovering and playing less known titles like Wurm Unlimited. Steamgifts made me find out great games as well, even though I haven't won them I still enjoyed looking them up on Twitch :)

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Hi there! Thanks for your interest in joining our group.

One of the minimum requirements for joining this group is to be contributor level 2+. As you have not reached this requirement at this time, we'll have to reject your application for today.

We encourage you to apply again once you fulfill all of the requirements. Thank you!

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➪Hi, I want to join in your group. I am a very active person in the online environment and do not make any troubles. I read https://touhou.justarchi.net/about/rules and I'm going to do level 2 soon. I'm going to organize big giveaways in a week just in groups and I want to include this group ! Thanks !

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Hi there!

Your eagerness to join the group (and taking the time to read through our rules) is appreciated! however, you would need to be level 2 before we can proceed with considering your application. What we suggest is you make a few, simple giveaways just to reach the minimum requirements for contributor level 2, and once you reach level 2, please do feel free to apply again for consideration.

We look forward to your application!

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Hey! I've been seeing your group around since forever, read the rules and decided to apply! I enjoy playing games on any platform and usually do GAs once/month to clean up keys. My favourite touhous are are Rin and Byakuren!

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Hello! I'm very happy to announce that we've decided to go forward with your application, therefore we are accepting you into the group. Congratulations!

You can expect a friend invite on Steam from one of our staff members soon. Our staff keeps track of all tasks live in Mantis, including members' introductions, which we're trying to get down to before set due dates. Feel free to have a look if you would like to view the status of your introduction, including who will be in charge of it.

All the best!

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Cool, thanks!

2 years ago
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Hey hey,

i've been in this giveaway group before, but i got kicked due to inactivity on steam and giveaways (IRL and shit). I would like to reapply, if possible. Because community GAs way rock more!

I agree to the rules and stay active, if i can.

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Hello! I'm very happy to announce that we've decided to go forward with your application, therefore we are accepting you into the group. Congratulations!

You can expect a friend invite on Steam from one of our staff members soon. Our staff keeps track of all tasks live in Mantis, including members' introductions, which we're trying to get down to before set due dates. Feel free to have a look if you would like to view the status of your introduction, including who will be in charge of it.

All the best, and welcome back! :D

2 years ago
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Requesting to join

2 years ago
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Hello, unfortunately we have to reject your application as you do not yet fulfill the requirements of being contributor level 2+ to join.

We encourage you to read the thread for details, as well as our group rules (as linked in the thread), then re-apply once you fulfill all of the requirements. Thank you!

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Hello, I guess I'd be interested in joining. I've seen this group few years ago but didn't apply because of lack of funds for regular giveaway making. Sorry, maybe my memory is bad, but weren't the requirements harsher in the past? I already read the rules some time ago and re-read them now, but perhaps my english isn't so good, so I might have missed something. I got to 2hu from tf2 memes like 5 years ago but since played most of the titles. And yet I'm still not good enough to consistently 1cc lunatic. So far I only did it once in LLS, IN, SA, HSiFS and i think WBaWC.
Sorry if I mentioned irrelevant stuff. Most of my giveaways are spare keys from bundles, hope it's not a problem, but I might make an exception in future.
edit: I think i remembered. Didn't the rules contain something that the applicant had to have made private/group giveaways before?

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Hello! I'm sorry, but we've decided not to go forward with your application, therefore we will not be accepting you into the group at this time.

In particular, due to reasons which will be communicated to you in a more private manner.

We encourage you to apply at a later date, once you correct all of the communicated concerns if you're still interested in joining the group.

Thank you for applying!

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