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Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [Epilogue: Restoration] - Palamedes - 12-23-2015
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So I'm sure some of you still remember the previous giveaways, run by both myself and Coldblooded, and the following Pala and Kiven edition last year.
Well I'd like to announce an exciting new venture with a fantastic new partner - Chirality will be helping me spread holiday cheer and free games galore, and we have some new changes that hopefully will make the giveaway more exciting and active than ever!
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The 'Penny Sale' system from before is still intact, so I'll point you to the original quote of a stolen quote:
Palamedes Wrote:Coldblooded Wrote:It works like this: Every single game up for grabs will be revealed right at the very beginning of the game. (Or a bit before, more likely.) Every player is then given 100 points to divide among whichever games that they like best. After everybody has distributed their points, we will then determine the winners of the four most popular games currently on the table. The more points that somebody has placed into a game, the better their odds of walking away with it.
Corollory: While you are free to change your points up to the deadline, please only ever do so in a new post - this makes figuring out who voted for what much easier since we don't have to go through the entire thread post by post every time we're calculating who wins what.
This is where the similarities end! In order to promote staying active and attentive if you lose a lot of points early, we've implemented a new system: everyone will still get 25 points at the end of each round as consolation, but people who have lost points will receive 50% of them back (rounded up to the nearest multiple of 5)! That means if you go big and lose it all in the first round you still have a good chance of being competitive when it comes to other titles.
Since we also managed to put this up at the start of the sale instead of the end for once, it means that people who have been interested in contributing games can actually plan ahead to do it as well!
We've created a quicktopic for that purpose here. If you're thinking of donating a game to the sale, please make sure to check here. Having an extra copy of a big game isn't a big deal, but having fourty copies of Bad Rats wouldn't end well for anyone. Just post what you're donating (or planning on donating) openly or anonymously and we'll keep a more organized version of the list here. Make sure to only post the names of donated games in the quicktopic, send the actual code or link to us via PM or through Steam itself.
Finally, to take part in the giveaway you must have:
1) Been part of the forum before this thread was created.
2) Have signed up in the thread prior to the sale ending and giveaway beginning.
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To sign up and get your game, you're going to need is a Steam account and an interest in free games. If you don't already have an account, they're free and very easy to set up. Also, you'll have to add both of us on Steam if you haven't already. Our IDs are here:
Palamedes
Chirality
Game list Quicktopic (Add your donations here)
This game is also being run simultaneously on the Chocolate Pi Forums as well, in case you want to keep tabs on all of your competitors or something.
Signups end the day after the Steam Winter Sale ends (January 5th). If we get a lot of late signups/interest this deadline can be pushed back a couple of days.
P.S. A special thank you to Coldblooded, Kocel, and all of our donors for the inspiration, help, and donations that make this whole thing possible.
Signups: 29
Games list:
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 - Chirality - 12-23-2015
Cohost reporting for duty
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [3/??] - AgentBlue - 12-23-2015
So how do we sign up :O
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [3/??] - Chirality - 12-23-2015
You simply ask for it here, and Pala will add you on the list of this thread. I'll add you on the CPI forum thread though. Welcome!
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [3/??] - Schazer - 12-23-2015
Yeah I'm in! Might toss a few games in if there are cheap titles I would like to spread the love for.
(Also sing out if you ever need mod edits with any degree of urgency for whatever reason.)
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [3/??] - Coldblooded - 12-23-2015
Well it's good to see that somebody here actually has the good sense to start signups before the sale ends that I never had.
Yeah, I'll join too and will probably kick in at least a game or two before it starts in the next couple weeks or so.
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [3/??] - AgentBlue - 12-23-2015
Yeah I'll sign up and have a look at the salez.
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [10/??] - OTTO - 12-23-2015
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RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [10/??] - Chirality - 12-23-2015
When the sale ends, on January 5th, so we can set things up for the game.
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [10/??] - OTTO - 12-23-2015
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RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [14/??] - Rivenforge - 12-24-2015
I'll sign up, shall post my donations shortly.
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [16/??] - Akumu - 12-25-2015
I will sign up to play!
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [17/??] - Robust Laser - 12-27-2015
I was thinking "Well I have most of what I want" but another look at the list I spy a few things I could go for. I'll hop aboard.
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [19/??] - Granolaman - 12-28-2015
Donating and joining, stand by.
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [21/??] - Gimeurcookie - 01-02-2016
Going to slide in my donations and join in.
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [23/??] - Plaid - 01-03-2016
I've been told i should join
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [24/??] - Mirdini - 01-04-2016
Not joining (god knows my steam library's full enough as is) but popping in to stuff the giveaway box some more n' commend Palamedes and Chiral for continuing this neat tradition. Thanks, guys.
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [24/??] - Paranoia - 01-04-2016
Sure, I'm up for it.
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [24/??] - Dalmationer - 01-04-2016
im in i guess
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [24/??] - Palamedes - 01-04-2016
Just popping in to say that signups will close tomorrow, and the giveaway will commence shortly after that. Join now while you still can and nab a couple of free games!
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [24/??] - Loather - 01-05-2016
signed,
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [24/??] - seedy - 01-05-2016
hi I'm signing up
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [29/??] - Palamedes - 01-06-2016
Alright, so if all goes well either Chiral or I will start the giveaway tomorrow. Signups will still be accepted up until that point.
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [29/??] - Chirality - 01-08-2016
And here we go, let the bidding begins!
Games list:
With 94 total donated games and 29 players, each player is eligible to earn three games. Seven games will remain in the end. These games will be awarded to people via the magical power of RNG.
Everybody will begin the game with 300 points. At the end of each round, if you do not win your bid, you will gain 50% of your points back. If your bids were not on the most popular games, you will not lose points. Every player will gain 50 points at the end of each round.
In order to keep things moving, we will go through with the bids on the six most popular games, unlike the four of last year. Otherwise this game would last 22 rounds, and that starts being preeeetty long.
We might inject some special elements in later rounds to keep things interesting.
The first round will end in about 48 hours.
Good luck!
RE: Steam Winter Giveaway 2016 [29/??] - Schazer - 01-08-2016
100 each on:
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Civ V Complete
SPORE Complete