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XMAS 2024 GIVEAWAY -Under New Management Again!
« on: December 08, 2024, 02:18:12 am »

A new face has taken on the responsibility of continuing a beloved bay12 tradition!

Hey dudes! After 5 years of managing this giveaway, a1s has made their last post back in June and abruptly disappeared from this forum. So it seems like someone else will have to grab the reigns to continue our beloved Christmas giveaway.

Now they didn't personally hand off this duty to me, and as a result I haven't been given any special tips. I'm just the first person who decided to give this a try. I'm figuring things out as they go. So if you notice me making a mistake or feel that I'm not responsive enough, bear with me.

Like always, we are going from the 14th till the 31st this year.



Rules shamelessly stolen from a1s (who themselves stole it from aristabulus):

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The Rules for Everyone Joining The Giveaway:


1 ) You must have made your Bay12 account before November 22, 2024. This giveaway is meant to contribute back to the community.
2 ) You must not be an Escaped Lunatic. We appreciate people who contribute to our community, so don't be shy!  :)
3 ) Link to your Steam account. since most giveaways are keys these days, this rule is now optional.
4 ) It is not necessary to donate games to participate, but definitely appreciated!  Also, you do not need to sign up to win games if you wish to only donate.
5 ) Please list all games you wish to sign up for in alphabetical order.  Please be moderate with your entries, so that everyone gets a chance to win.
5a ) The title must be explicitly stated, not in a quote or spoiler fold, for a successful sign-up.  Any variation on "me too", "this", "that", or other vague language will be ignored.

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    There is no firm rule for what "moderate" really means; it does kinda depend on how much is donated.  From a quick glance at last year, the person that signed up for the most stuff did not exceed 10% of the units on the schedule, and several of those were adoptions (they were the sole entrant).  Last year, I stopped counting at around 550 units donated; the final number was probably closer to 650.

    So... Don't feel guilty about being liberal with your entries.  Please don't sign up for games that you don't actually have interest in playing...  but y'all can lay it on a bit thick.  If you get carried away, I'll let you know.

6 ) This is not a wishlist.  The games donated are the games available.
6a ) This is not a giveaway for your friends or family.  This is a giveaway for dorfs, by dorfs.
7 ) If you decide later to join more games, make sure you alert me that you've already signed up.
7a ) Any changes you wish to make are preferred in a format more like "Add: XYZ, Withdraw: ABC"; I only need to see the alterations.  Replace (List A) with (List B) type posts will be ignored.
7b ) Please do not edit posts to add things.  New posts are literally my intake box; once I see it and process it, it is gone from my mind.  If anything more than about 5 minutes passes, I'd rather see a double post.
7c ) It is your own responsibility to keep a list of which game drawings you have entered.  I do not have a list of all the games for which each person is signed up...  I have a list of games that have names attached; the stuff in the OP is the only data I have.  If you don't remember all your entries, you can quote the schedule sign-ups post and use Find (ctrl+F) to search within the quoted post.
8 ) If there are multiple copies being offered for a single game, or if more copies turn up later, you only need to sign up once...  you're in it 'till you win it!
8a ) I will not be adding names directly to remainder lists.  When a new copy appears, remainders get reinstated, and anyone else can sign up like normal.
9 ) You must acknowledge that you've read these rules.
10 ) Failure to follow the rules may result in a variety of responses, including but not limited to: polite nudging, civil ignorance, being offered up as a flesh sacrifice to eldritch horrors, criminally terrible puns.

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The Rules for Game Donators:

1 ) I do not choose who wins your drawings. This is to maintain fairness; I will only be keeping the lists up to date, to keep things flowing smoothly for everyone.
2 ) Do NOT send me the game.  I'm just The Guy Wot Wrangles Lists.
3 ) If your game is NOT on Steam, please let me know when you sign up.
3a ) The Humble Store has gone back to a simple key generator for Steam copies, because Valve deprecated the API that ran the whole link-your-steam-account system... much simpler for everyone, including us.
3b ) If you are located in a country with a currency that is weak on the global market, any donations you might have will be region locked.  Please see this article and thisreddit post for more information.
3c ) I don't know if this has always been the case, but it isn't possible to gift bundles over steam. All items must be added to the cart individually. This won't always be a problem (sometimes the items themselves are also on sale), but I always believe donors should be aware of the price of what they're giving.

4 ) Donations must be a game, or a game related item (like an expansion or DLC).  Bundle leftovers (like F2P starter/booster packs, or beta keys if still relevant) are allowed, but don't be surprised if no one bites.  Coupons are not allowed.
4a ) Cash equivalent "wild card" gifts are not allowed; they generate too much work for a single item, and they make people a little crazy.  For people that want to donate but don't know what to get, I'll be making a suggestion list in the days ahead.
5 ) Post the name of the game(s), and the date(s) you wish to give away.  Alphabetical order will save me time.  I would vastly prefer if people picked their dates.  If no dates are stated, I will find spots on the schedule; let me know if you'd rather do all-on-a-single-day or spread out.  Please keep in mind your availability / holiday plans / etc., and keep me informed so I don't schedule you for a day you can't make it online.(Sorry, please pick your dates). If a conflict occurs, tell me ASAP, so we can reschedule the drawing.
5a ) If your donation is more than 8 items, I'd appreciate if you'd PM me the list first, so I can do some formatting before it is publicly posted. Deprecated by me
6 ) You are responsible for showing up on the day(s) in question to do the drawing and declare the winner.
6a ) A common method for finding the winner of a drawing is to copy-paste the name list into random.org's List Randomizer, hit randomize 5 or 6 times, and copy-paste the results into your post... the name that floats to the top of the list is the lucky winner!
6b ) If your game is scheduled alongside identical donations on the same day, please discuss timing with the other donators, so that winners are correctly removed from subsequent drawings.


FOR DONATORS: Please link to the steam page or some other identifier if possible (its ok if you dont, it just makes my life harder)
please mention if a game you are giving away has no entrants when you would have given it away


In general: I'll try to keep things correct, but mistakes may occur so please point them out for me.

If a game is unclaimed it will go to the orphanage to become first come first served.

After the 1st of next year any games still unclaimed will be the donator's problem I guess.

Signed up people:

AlStar (Steam)
AzyWng (Steam)
ctsun (Steam)
DeKaFu (Steam)
Delphonso (Steam)
Detros (Steam)
Doomblade187 (Steam)
dragonflare (Steam)
Duuvian (Steam)
EuchreJack (Steam)
Frumple (Steam)
Great Order (Steam)
Haspen (Steam)
Heydude6 (Steam)
Kyzrati (Steam)
n9103 (Steam)
notquitethere (Steam)
Radsoc (Steam)
Rockeater (Steam)
wereboar (Steam)
ZebioLizard2 (Steam)
« Last Edit: December 31, 2024, 06:48:33 am by heydude6 »
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Re: XMAS 2024 GIVEAWAY -Under New Management Again!
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2024, 02:18:33 am »

Completed drawings are listed under the day they were actually drawn, Eastern European time (UTC+2).

About-the-game links may not match up with the source of the gift.  They will mostly be Steam pages, or an easily linkable info source for the game.

Items listed on a single line are considered one item to be given away, because of bundling.

The schedule is clustered by donator (except where there's an overlap).

List of games by date:

Spoiler: 14th of Dec (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: 16th of Dec (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: 25th of Dec (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: 28th of Dec (click to show/hide)

« Last Edit: December 30, 2024, 09:11:35 pm by heydude6 »
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Re: XMAS 2024 GIVEAWAY -Under New Management Again!
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2024, 02:19:05 am »

List of all games, alphabetically, with sign-ups:
games that have been given will stay up here, don't rely on it for knowing what's given away yet

A:

Spoiler: Anvil Saga (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Arcade Spirits (click to show/hide)

B:

Spoiler: Baba is You (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Book of Hours (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Breathedge (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Broken Age (click to show/hide)

C:

Spoiler: Celeste (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Civilization VI (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Clickolding (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Cogmind (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Contraption Maker (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Cosmic Express (click to show/hide)

D:

Spoiler: Day of the Tentacle (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Dungeon Drafters (click to show/hide)

F:

Spoiler: Fae Farm (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Floppy Knights (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Framed 1&2 (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Frick, Inc. (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: From the Depths (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Frozen Synapse (click to show/hide)

G:

Spoiler: Graveyard Keeper (click to show/hide)

H:

Spoiler: Hello Neighbor (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Hero's Hour (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Hidden Folks (click to show/hide)

I:

Spoiler: Into the Breach (click to show/hide)

K:

Spoiler: Kingdom Two Crowns (click to show/hide)

L:

Spoiler: Little Kitty, Big City (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Lorn's Lure (click to show/hide)

M:

Spoiler: Minami Lane (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Moons of Madness (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Mushroom 11 (click to show/hide)

N:


P:

Spoiler: Paradise Marsh (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Party Hard 2 (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Path of Achra (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Pixel Piracy (click to show/hide)

Q:

Spoiler: Quasimorph (click to show/hide)

R:

Spoiler: Rivals of Aether (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Rusty's Retirement (click to show/hide)

S:

Spoiler: Sable (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: SANABI (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Sands of Aura (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Say No! More (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Soko Loco (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Streets of Rogue (click to show/hide)

T:
Spoiler: TerraTech (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Ship: Murder Party (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: This War of Mine (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Tinykin (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Entropy Centre (click to show/hide)

U:

Spoiler: Urtuk: The Desolation (click to show/hide)

W:

Spoiler: Wargroove (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Webbed (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: World of Horror (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Wingspan (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Wizard of Legend (click to show/hide)

Z:

Spoiler: Zoeti (click to show/hide)
« Last Edit: December 30, 2024, 09:25:43 pm by heydude6 »
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Re: XMAS 2024 GIVEAWAY -Under New Management Again!
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2024, 02:19:21 am »

To kick things off, I will be donating the following games on the 30th:

Lorn's Lure
Sanabi
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
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You can fake being able to run on water. You can't fake looking cool when you break your foot on a door and hit your head on the floor.

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Re: XMAS 2024 GIVEAWAY -Under New Management Again!
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2024, 02:20:06 am »

Since I normally see this giveaway as a way to spread word about the games l love, I like to write pitches for my games to not just encourage people to sign up for it, but also make them actually play it if they win it.

Don't feel pressured to do this if you don't want to, most people don't, but here are my pitches for this year's entrants.

Spoiler: Lorn's lure (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: SANABI (click to show/hide)
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2024, 02:26:34 am »

Link to Sanabi leads to Lorn's lure instead.
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« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2024, 02:28:00 am »

Thanks. Fixed it.
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« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2024, 05:18:49 am »

I have read the rules and will be donating and joining some draws post-haste! I'll send you a list in advanced, heydude. Thank you very much for taking the rein(deer)s this year.

Last year I really overdid it by posting the entirety of the Jingle Jam list. Jingle Jam's game list is much shorter this year, but I'd still recommend it to anyone. 35 pounds that go to a host of great charities, and you get quite a few good titles too. Tis the season, and all.

Oh, also, my steam...
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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2024, 01:07:34 pm »

All Hail heydude6, the New Gift Wrangler Extreme!

Also: my steam

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« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2024, 03:27:24 pm »

I'm not sure what i'll be sending but here's my steam, anyway.
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« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2024, 03:35:07 pm »

Thanks for hosting this, heydude6!

I have read the rules, and here is my Steam

As is tradition at this point, I will donate two copies of World of Horror on 24th December. World of Horror is point-and-click rpg-adventure horror with anime graphics set in 80s Japan, a love letter to H.P Lovecraft, Junji Ito and other horror authors.
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« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2024, 04:12:47 pm »

I acknowledge I've read the rules! And my Steam

I'll be giving away on the 26th


Wingspan: A fun little digital boardgame about birds! Essentially a card driven buildup game where you score points as you gather a buncha birds into your habitats and do fun little combos. Also has a ton of trivia about the featured feathered friends.
Civ 5 Complete: Its Civilization 5. I like this version the most personally.
Civ 6: Civ 6! Just the base game tho.
Bug Fables: Do you like charming paper mario aesthetics with a fun little plot and good characterization? Might be for you!
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« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2024, 02:44:57 am »

I have read the rules and will be donating and joining some draws post-haste! I'll send you a list in advanced, heydude. Thank you very much for taking the rein(deer)s this year.

Last year I really overdid it by posting the entirety of the Jingle Jam list. Jingle Jam's game list is much shorter this year, but I'd still recommend it to anyone. 35 pounds that go to a host of great charities, and you get quite a few good titles too. Tis the season, and all.

Oh, also, my steam...

Quote from: Quote from PM (Steam links added by myself)
Anvil Saga
Baldur's Gate 1: Enhanced Edition + Faces of Good and Evil + Siege of Dragonspear
Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition
Celeste
Children of Morta: Complete Edition
Fae Farm
Hero's Hour
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Little Kitty, Big City
Minami Lane
Neverwinter Nights + 6 DLCs
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition + Season Pass
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous + Season Pass 1 + Season Pass 2
Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition
Rivals of Aether
Rusty's Retirement
Towerfall Ascension + Dark World Expansion
Webbed

I've added these to the alphabetical listing of games, but I'd still like to know the date when you are doing the draw. Please select one so I can add the steam links to the main page. Anyone here, feel free to sign up for the games even if they aren't officially up yet. I will keep track of them.



Thanks for hosting this, heydude6!

I have read the rules, and here is my Steam

As is tradition at this point, I will donate two copies of World of Horror on 24th December. World of Horror is point-and-click rpg-adventure horror with anime graphics set in 80s Japan, a love letter to H.P Lovecraft, Junji Ito and other horror authors.

Added World of Horror to the donations list



I acknowledge I've read the rules! And my Steam

I'll be giving away on the 26th


Wingspan: A fun little digital boardgame about birds! Essentially a card driven buildup game where you score points as you gather a buncha birds into your habitats and do fun little combos. Also has a ton of trivia about the featured feathered friends.
Civ 5 Complete: Its Civilization 5. I like this version the most personally.
Civ 6: Civ 6! Just the base game tho.
Bug Fables: Do you like charming paper mario aesthetics with a fun little plot and good characterization? Might be for you!

Added to the list.



Whew! Sorry it took so long for me to make my first update. Had a pretty busy shift at work yesterday and today I was studying for exams. Still need some time to get used to this. Now that we have some games on the list, hopefully we'll see some sign ups!
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You can fake being able to run on water. You can't fake looking cool when you break your foot on a door and hit your head on the floor.

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« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2024, 06:16:22 am »

Sorry about that, heydude! I think I misunderstood the meaning behind this bit of the rules:
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If your donation is more than 8 items, I'd appreciate if you'd PM me the list first, so I can do some formatting before it is publicly posted.
Right after I messaged you that, I put together the following post in a text doc, including the links - so sorry for the unnecessary work:



For this year's giveaway (or the first round of it, armok willing) I picked up a few Humble Bundles through-out the year that I felt were good for giving away. No need to talk at length about Celeste, it's a well-known great game. Likewise, Baldur's Gate 1+2, Neverwinter Nights and Planescape are renowned classics if you've never played them. Additional praise for maybe lesser known ones down below.

December 20th:
Anvil Saga
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition + Faces of Good and Evil + Siege of Dragonspear
Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition
Celeste
Children of Morta: Complete Edition
Fae Farm
Hero's Hour
December 21st:
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Little Kitty, Big City
Minami Lane
Neverwinter Nights + 6 DLCs
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition + Season Pass
December 22nd:
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous + Season Pass 1 + Season Pass 2
Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition
Rivals of Aether
Rusty's Retirement
Towerfall Ascension + Dark World Expansion
Webbed
Please note that I live in Asia, and that my December 20th may be a bit earlier than yours.

Spoiler: Pathfinder Shilling (click to show/hide)


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« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2024, 08:36:48 am »

I will sift through games to see what I wanna give later, but for now here is my profile
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