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Palamedes · 12-23-2015, 03:19 AM

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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.

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For example, imagine that a game has 200 points on it, with the points distributed like so:
Player A - 100 points
Player B - 50 points
Player C - 25 points
Player D - 25 points

Player A has a 50% of winning that game since they have 50% of the points sitting on it right now. Player B has a 25% chance of winning it, and Players C and D each have a 12.5% chance of winning it. If any other players decide to jump onto the game before the deadline, it drags down the odds for each of the other four players by however many points that they happen to throw in.

If Player D decides that they don't like sharing these odds with the rest of the pack, they can always pull back out and move those points elsewhere.

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

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1. Demonsul - Framed for murder D1 and forced to save weird rabbit people as redemption D3, got caught D8. Dethroned D9 but still lives on.
2. speedchuck - Trapped in one body with two other people D3 to find lost family D4, ended up a statue D7.
3. SupahKiven - Made a horse his chancellor D2 which caused a populist uprising D6, the rebels corrupted the world beyond repair D11.
4. AgentBlue - Tried to find grandfather and buried alive D8. Ascended. Breathed to Death D10 but what is dead may never die.
5. amosmyn - Incurred the wrath of the gods D1 but stayed Determined until D7, police finally got to him D10.
6. Vancho1 - Couldn't hold his thrones D3 and got infected by horrible fantasy bugs D7, emergency augmentation couldn't save him D10.
7. Schazer - Trapped on the Shadow Planet D10 and lost pet dog D11, forced to live out remaining days as a computerized puppet D12.
8. Coldblooded - Accused of witchcraft D2 but forgot about it D8, crunched on by retro witchhunters D11.
9. Druplesnubb - Fell into a hole D4 and was hexed D8, watches the house D11.
10. Supernerd - Began an actual world war D2 and turned the world into a cyberpunk dystopia by D5, assassinated via giant cybersword D9.
11. Shredded - Stuck fixing a broken computer D1 and had it fixed for their airship D9, but was destroyed with their city D12.
12. TryTryAgain - Joined a secret fraternity D2 and challenged to a duel to the death D6, lost the square off D9.
13. icanhasdonut - Survived a shot in the head D3 as well as deadly and ancient traps D7, but couldn't make it home on D10.
14. MQuinny1234 - Attacked by Ghandi D1 who shot an arrow into his knee D6, but was mysteriously finished off by creepy rocks D7.
15. Rivenforge - Boss signed up for stupid voyage D2 and arrived in to find zombies D5, died of dysentery (and explosions) in The End.
16. Carnegie - Chased into a tower D4, got locked inside its virtual world D5 where a ghost shot him to death D8.
17. Akumu - Got boared D6, and was torn asunder body and soul by gaudy laserbeams D11.
18. cyber95 - Killed over and over again D1 despite becoming a professional assassin himself D5, was finally outassassined D9.
19. bigro - Went outside despite inclement weather D2 and lost his passport in the storm D5, so couldn't escape the blast zone D11.
20. Granolaman - Found a baby D2 that began giving him mysterious messages D6, joined with speedchuck (who I might remind you is dead) D10.
21. KatoHearts - Danced on the dead D2.
22. Gimeurcookie - Trapped in doomsday event D4 and found comfort in owning as many of the remaining cats as possible D5, could only dodge until D8.
23. Garuru - Trapped in a dying forest D1 which turned out to be a time loop D3, and eventually fell into an infinitely deep hole.
24. Plaid - Heist on a deadly planet went south and had an awesome death in The End.
25. Airey - Couldn't afford a second spaceship D4 so went back in time D6, died just because twice D12.
26. Paranoia - Freed a sleeping Titan D4 to become the ultimate weapon D8, fell through a giant chasm of their own making D11.
27. Dalmationer
28. Loather - Broke a complex system of atoms D3.
29. seedy - Found a sweet hat D7.

Games list:

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Chirality · 12-23-2015, 03:24 AM

Cohost reporting for duty Meloncooly

AgentBlue · 12-23-2015, 06:38 AM

So how do we sign up :O

Chirality · 12-23-2015, 06:45 AM

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!

**Schazer** · 12-23-2015, 07:27 AM

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.)

Coldblooded · 12-23-2015, 07:42 AM

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.

AgentBlue · 12-23-2015, 08:11 AM

Yeah I'll sign up and have a look at the salez.

**OTTO** · 12-23-2015, 04:38 PM

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Chirality · 12-23-2015, 04:50 PM

When the sale ends, on January 5th, so we can set things up for the game.

**OTTO** · 12-23-2015, 05:45 PM

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Rivenforge · 12-24-2015, 12:28 AM

I'll sign up, shall post my donations shortly.

Akumu · 12-25-2015, 11:58 PM

I will sign up to play!

Robust Laser · 12-27-2015, 11:02 AM

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.

Granolaman · 12-28-2015, 08:43 AM

Donating and joining, stand by.

Gimeurcookie · 01-02-2016, 06:15 AM

Going to slide in my donations and join in.

Plaid · 01-03-2016, 10:48 AM

I've been told i should join

Mirdini · 01-04-2016, 04:23 PM

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.

Paranoia · 01-04-2016, 05:23 PM

Sure, I'm up for it.

Dalmationer · 01-04-2016, 05:38 PM

im in i guess

Palamedes · 01-04-2016, 06:39 PM

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!

~~Loather~~ · 01-05-2016, 07:42 AM

signed,

seedy · 01-05-2016, 10:18 PM

hi I'm signing up

Palamedes · 01-06-2016, 08:46 PM

Alright, so if all goes well either Chiral or I will start the giveaway tomorrow. Signups will still be accepted up until that point.

Chirality · 01-08-2016, 02:21 AM

And here we go, let the bidding begins!

Games list:

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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!

**Schazer** · 01-08-2016, 02:43 AM

100 each on:

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Civ V Complete
SPORE Complete