Winter Game Giveaway 2020 - The End

As we lose yet another year,
We gather to bring winter cheer.
To friends no matter where they live
We pass on joy and gifts to give
Although the timing could be better,
I hope it's better late than never.
So yet once more I bring today,

ANOTHER DAMN GAME GIVEAWAY

2020 EDITION

Made it just in time before the new year starts, hope the holidays have treated you all well!

Welcome once more to the (slightly late) Winter Game Giveaway extravaganze, where I (and sometimes a few others) hope to spread some holiday cheer and pass on games that others might enjoy.  It is a long and storied tradition (which you can see the last of right over here, run by yours truly and a few others over the years.

This year's giveaway is going to be run a little differently from the others, due to the fact that my own obligations kept me from getting it up in a reasonable time and I'm not going to have a ton of spare time to run it.  Notably, we're going to simplify it a little bit!

Each round players will have ten points to spend on games they would like to win.  At the end of each round, games bid on will find homes, and a new one will begin.  This will continue until every player has won all of their prizes (eight) or called it quits.  The important distinctions here are two, namely:

1) Every game bid on will go at the end of the round.  Theoretically everyone could be done in a single round!  This means that if there is something you are interested in, make sure you have points on it - best case you can get it uncontested, worst case you stop someone else from taking it with a small bit without you contesting it.
2) Your points are replenished every round.  There are no bonus points given, you have ten each round so you are encouraged to spend them all and take risks to get what you want, the only way you lose is by not participating at all.

Please make all new bids in a separate post, and if you are taking away points please specify what you are removing them from.

As always, those of you who want to get in the way of me sending off all of my extra games/just want to be awesome generous people can post their donations in this quicktopic, making sure to check so we can avoid a bunch of duplicate titles.  Whatever those titles may be, please make sure to state where they're coming from (leftover steam keys, GOG, Humble Bundle, what have you) so people know what they need to play them.

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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Signups will end a week from today (January 7, 2020), though if we get a lot of late signups/interest this deadline can be pushed a little bit.

P.S. A special thank you to the original giveaway crew, all of our donors, and all of you for the inspiration, help, and enthusiasm that have made this whole thing possible for six years running!

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Spoiler1.  MQuinny1234 - Turned into a bird and flew to another planet D1.  Was checked into a hospital because of this terrible disease D2.  Gained monster killing abilities and sent on a secret mission D3.  Elected vice president of everything just in time to be sent into a coma D4.
2.  Numbers - Caught the avian disease from Quinny while sailing the high seas D2.  Went on a long trip to become the ultimate sorcerer D3.  Chartered a plane to get there D4.  Vanished.
3.  Vancho1 - Swore an oath to criminal organization and sent to a gas station in... Kentucky D1?  Cursed by the gods for leading an army of battlesuits to Mars D2.  Took up gardening to try and earn favour (and a pardon) D3.  Tried to take to the skies but killed by an invading army D5.
4.  fourwalls - Vanished.
5.  CSJ - Just a bug murdering rats D1.  Acquired a sweet battlesuit to do so D2.  Waged war against trolls with the help of a ghost, but overwhelmed by Germans with their own battlesuits outside of a peaceful farming town D3.
6.  Coldblooded - Died, brought back to life, and fled from their viking murderers through a mysterious spire in a musical adventure for the ages D1.  Suffered a terrible tragedy D2.  Started watching people through hidden cameras to solve the mystery D3.  Didn't go down alone D4.
7.  FlanDab - Wanted to punch the sun go to the moon D1. Framed for crimes against birdkind by a purple dragon D2.  Chose to flee from the tyrannical authorities in a self made vehicle D3.  Used the wonders of infographics to escape their strange world D4.  Remembered the end D6.
8.  ICan'tGiveCredit - Become horribly deformed mutant D1.  Trapped on a derelict wreck D2.  Forced to work with a gang of brutal criminals D3.  Decided to become a hero D4.  Separated from loved ones on a space station, but was tracked down by a cold Canadian Cyborg D6
9.  a52 - Attacked by a rogue gang of ducks while trying to open a restaurant D2.  Dropped out.

Games List:

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SpoilerGames are through Steam unless specified otherwise.

11-11 Memories Retold
1993 Space Marine
911 Operator + Special Resources DLC
A Story About My Uncle
Aaero
Abalone
Absolver
Acceleration of SUGURI 2
The Adventure Pals
AER Memories of Old
Almost There: The Platformer
Alpha Protocol
ARMA Gold Edition
Assassin's Creed Origins (Uplay Account)
Avalance 2: Super Avalanche
Aviary Attorney
Back to the Future: The Game
Bad North
BATTLESLOTHS
BATTLETECH + Flashpoint + Shadow Hawk Pack
Bear With Me - Collector's Edition
Binary Domain
Bionic Commando
Black Mesa
Black the Fall
Bleed 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Battlenet Account) + Additional Content + Multiplayer Starting Pack
Call of Duty: WWII
Chasm
Citizens of Earth
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Copoka
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Crawl
Crazy Machines 3
Crazy Taxi
Dandara
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
Dark Souls III + Ashes of Ariandel
Darkside Detective
Dead Island Definitive Edition
Dead Rising
Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 4
The Deadly Tower of Monsters
Destiny 2 (Blizzard Key) + Planet of Peace Emblem
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
DiRT Rally
DiRT Rally 2.0
Distance
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
DUCKGAME
Dungeons 3
Duskers
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 + DLC
The Escapists 2
Evergarden
Fearless Fantasy
Fighting Fantasy Legends + Portal
Fight'N Rage
Finding Paradise
Flat Heroes
Fluffy Horde
Forged Battalion
Full Metal Furies
GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst
God's Trigger
Graveyard Keeper
Gremlins, Inc.
GRID 2
Guacamelee! 2
H1Z1 + Trickster Crate
Harald: A Game of Influence
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
HIVESWAP: Act 1
Hollow Knight
Holy Potatoes! We're in Space?!
HoPiKo
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
Jalopy
The Journey Down: Chapter Three
Jump Stars
JumpJet Rex
Just Cause 3 XXL Edition
Kentucky Route Zero
Kerbal Space Program
Kimmy
Kind Words
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Kona
Lara Croft GO
Laser League
Last Day of June
Late Shift
Layers of Fear: Masterpiece Edition
Le Havre: The Inland Port
Life is Strange Complete Season
Lost Castle
Love is Dead
Mafie III + Sign of the Times
METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain + Ground Zeroes + Definitive Experience DLC
Metrico+
Middle Earth: Shadow of War
Minecraft: Story Mode
MINIT
Moon Hunters
Moonlighter
Mother Russia Bleeds
MOTHERGUNSHIP
Mr. Shifty
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
My Time at Portia
NAIRI: Tower of Shirin
NBA 2K17
NBA Playgrounds
Neon Chrome
No Time to Explain Remastered
The Norwood Suite
>observer_
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
Outlast 2
Overgrowth
Override: Mech City Brawl
Owlboy
Pandemic: The Board Game
Paradigm
Paratopic
The Park
Pathologic Classic HD
Planet Alpha
Planet of the Eyes
Primal Carnage: Extinction
Project CARS
Punch Club Deluxe
Puss!
Puzzle Agent
Quantum Break
Random Access Mrder
Rapture Rejects + Safari Outfit
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
The Red Solstice
Renegade Ops Collection
Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition
Resident Evil Revelations
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam + DLC
RIVE: Wreck, Hack, Die, Retry
Road Redemption
Screencheat
Seven: The Days Long Gone
She Remembered Caterpillars
Shenmue I & II
Sid Meier's Civilization® VI + DLC
SimplePlanes
Slay the Spire
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Slipstream
Small World 2
Snake Pass
Sniper Elite 1-3
Street Fighter V
Sonic Mania
Soulcalibur VI
Space Run Galaxy
The Spiral Scouts
Splasher
Splendor
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
State of Mind
Steel Rats
Steredenn
Stories Untold
STRAFE: Millennium Edition
Subterrain
Sudden Strike 4
Super Daryl Deluxe
Surgeon Simulator + Anniversary Ed. Content
Surviving Mars
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
Tacoma
Tannenberg
Titan Quest: Anniversary Edition + DLC
Tomb Raider
Tower Unite
TransOcean: The Shipping Company
The Turing Test
Two Point Hospital
Uurnog Uurnlimited
Them's Fighting Herds
TrailMakers
The Walking Dead: 400 Days
Wandersong
Wargame: Red Dragon
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Collector's Edition + DLC
Warmachine Tactics
Windward
Wizard of Legend
Yakuza 0
Yakuza Kiwami
Yoku's Island Express
Yooka-Laylee
Zeno Clash 2
Zombie Army Trilogy

I'll sign up please.

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Sign me up!

gamer voice i am in

Hey, just a quick update for everyone.  I'm pushing back the gamestart a few days due to personal illness.  I'm not 100% sure when I'll be good enough to go through the startup work, but I'm hoping by Friday, January 10 we should be good.  Sorry!

*bane voice* 'you merely adoped the gamer'

in

Deal me in please.

I want to be in there too.

I In

Alright, so the game has officially begun!  So sorry for the delay.

I have way more games than I accounted for, so let's say everyone can walk away with eight whole games!  I'll also accept people jumping in up until the giveaway ends (though they'll have to wait until the round ends to be fair to people who joined in on time).  Check the start post for a game list.  Good luck!

The round will end in a week, on January 22 at 11:59.  Feel free to ask any questions here or through PM.

I'm putting 5 points on AER Memories of Old and 5 points on Surviving Mars

So many good games this year. So hard to choose. I'm popping 5 on Kerbal Space Program and Spyro the Reignited Trilogy.

10 on Kerbal Space Program.

I'll join!

10 on Kerbal Space Program.

I challenge thee! I want KSP. I retract my bids on S:RT and drop it to KSP to 10.

Votals:
Kerbal Space Program - 20 (Flandab: 10,  Numbers: 10)
AER Memories of Old - 5 (MQuinny1234 - 5)
Surviving Mars - 5 (MQuinny1234 - 5)

There are some really great games on this list, if anybody hasn't played them yet I would strongly recommend Hollow Knight, Dandara, Ass Creed Origins, Tacoma, and Snake Pass to anyone in roughly that order.

Anyway, 10 points on Darks Soul 3.

4 on rat murder simulatorVermintide 2
3 on Bug's Life 3Hollow Knight
2 on LANCERBattletech
1 on BIRBAivary Attorney

btw if you like post-apocalypses, paradigm is possibly the best little point-and-click experience I have ever had

4 on Kerbal Space Program, 3 on Yakuza 0, and 3 on Kentucky Route Zero

Getting Heated Votals:
Kerbal Space Program - 24 (Flandab: 10,  Numbers: 10, Vancho1: 4)
Dark Souls III - 10 (Coldblooded: 10)
AER Memories of Old - 5 (MQuinny1234 - 5)
Surviving Mars - 5 (MQuinny1234 - 5)
Vermintide 2 - 4 (CSJ - 4)
Hollow Knight - 3 (CSJ - 3)
Kentucky Route Zero - 3 (Vancho1 - 3)
Yakuza 0 - 3 (Vancho1 - 3)
Battletech - 2 (CSJ - 2)
Aivary Attorney - 1 (CSJ - 1)

1 on paradigm

Changing my points to:
4 on Dark Souls 3
2 on Wandersong
2 on Slay The Spire
2 on Bad North

Changing to
6 Yakuza 0
2 Vermintide 2
2 Hollow Knight

(Slightly under) 24 hour warning Votals:
Kerbal Space Program - 24 (Flandab: 10,  Numbers: 10, Vancho1: 4)
Yakuza 0 - 9 (CSJ: 6, Vancho1: 3)
AER Memories of Old - 5 (MQuinny1234 - 5)
Surviving Mars - 5 (MQuinny1234 - 5)
Dark Souls III - 4(Coldblooded: 4)
Kentucky Route Zero - 3 (Vancho1: 3)
Bad North - 2 (Coldblooded: 2)
Hollow Knight - 2 (CSJ: 2)
Slay the Spire - 2 (Coldblooded: 2)
Vermintide 2 - 2 (CSJ: 2)
Wandersong - 2 (Coldblooded: 2)
Paradigm - 1 (ICan'tGiveCredit: 1)