Winter Game Giveaway 2019 (Endgame: Final Four)
12-02-2018, 03:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-01-2019, 08:18 PM by Palamedes.)
WINTER GAME GIVEAWAY
2019 EDITION
Hosted, as ever, by yours truly.
2019 EDITION
Hosted, as ever, by yours truly.
Anyways, here we are once more to gather around the forum and give out/get free games (depending on whether or not you are me/one of the various donors we get or not). For the few of you who aren't used to seeing this pop up every year or so, we'll go over everything from scratch again, though you can always look back on old ones (run with my various wonderful comods Coldblooded, SupahKiven, Chirality, and SupahKiven or just by myself).
The basics come down to this: I hand out free games like it's going out of style, and competitors (that's you guys) bid on the ones you like best in a no holds barred bidding fest to the death moment in which everyone has won! The previous systems from the giveaways of yore that Coldblooded and Chirality helped put together are still in place, and work like so:
Quote: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.
Once a deadline is reached the top games of the round will be raffled off. In order to promote activity, players will gain 25 points at the end of each round. Players who have bid and didn't win their game will also receive a consolation prize of 50% of their lost points back (rounded to the nearest multiple of five)! This means that you don't have to worry as much about going big and losing it all on a popular game, since you can be right back in the fight after.
Finally, 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.
I'm going to look over the previous givaways and determine if any other rules would make things better, but those will be announced in thread if they occur.
In addition, if anyone has any suggestions based on previous giveaways to make things better feel more than free to message me!
A potential new gimmick will probably be added this time around too, so look forward to that!
As per the last few giveaways too feel free to stand against my efforts to clear my extra game queue donate as well (or instead of, if you already have too much) at This quicktopic I set up here. Please make sure to check here before actually buying anything, while an extra copy of a big game isn't a big deal having forty 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 via PM to me/the winners (your choice).
Also steam's not so great for gifting anymore because of their weird purchase rules, but if you have any old inventory gifts there feel free to toss them in, and if you're looking to put in something new I recommend looking into GOG and/or Humble Bundle. They'll probably have winter sales coming up so keep an eye out!
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 probably going to want a Steam account (some exceptions for GOG and similar submissions) and an interest in free games. If you don't already have an account, they're free and very easy to set up.
Signups will likely end sometime between December 25th and January 1st, a more concrete date will come out as we get closer. If we get a lot of late signups/interest this deadline can be pushed back a couple of days but that's going to be it for now.
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.
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