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Zoliv

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My experience after playing 2 h of Cryostasis is that its janky , buggy and has lot of tehnical problems but they absolutely nailed audio design and atmosphere and story seems quite interesting.
It was a little buggy, but not that much for me, i can't even remember something in particular, so it was not an issue at the time.
Oh yes, i remember something at the end that made me do the end again because i had missed a part and did not have it whole.
 

MadLibrarian

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Hmm.. Playing or rather idling games? 🤣
I do love to play many of my games I have but I need for a pc upgrade which is hard to do at this point
Playing. They check for achievements earned and will kick you if they notice you used an achievement unlocker. At least there you only have to play the games you win in that group. It's easy to do, only enter GAs in that group which you can play in a month if won. There are more hardcore groups which require you to play a significant percent of all your SG wins. Those are definitely not for me as I regularly enter GAs of bad games / missed freebies for the trading cards.

Congratz on the win Zolivv! But don't tell me it is for the Hour of the Witches DLC as that would meant that the giver might be a multi-accounter. But nonetheless the act of giving is still a big generosity so I shall not complain here 🤣
Most definitely. There are people who play nice on SG because of the stricter rules/moderation but cheat here on IG giveaways and/or have 10-20 or more accounts on sites like AWA and Lootboy. Of course there's cheating on SG too but a lot less than here. Many use auto-joiners and there are multiaccounters but they tend to be low level on SG because you can't level up with fake GAs, freebies, in-game codes and stuff like that there. You also need a separate Steam account with a significant account value for every SG profile. That makes the entry cost to cheating a lot higher. Ofc nothing can be done if somebody cheats elsewhere and uses their ill-gotten gains to level up on SG. Calling out such behaviour is not allowed either.
 

Lord Blackblood

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Congratz on getting to level 21 now you can play some blackjack! 😂
The leveling on AWA is very slow and it gets worse once you hit level 15.. From there every 200ARP brings you 1 level up till 30.. :cautious:

BTW anyone here is on Steamgifts? How are the "win" rates? I've joined close to 1k giveaways and won... Nothing.. Could also be largely due to my luck.. As is very evident here on Indiegala. Like how recently I have just been winning majorly either super common keys or high dupe chance keys 🤣

Any recommendations that I should do to help boost my win odds at Steamgifts? Post publicly or DM all accepted! ;)
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This the list of all the games I got on steamgifts in one and half year. I'm level zero.
I won one with 2073 entries, and the lowest one was with 137.
You can see that I won few really good games like Bioshock Infinite, Overlord bundle and Titan Quest. But the one I liked and played the most was - I am not a Monster, amazing singleplayer campaign and the multiplayer is good but almost dead.
I have only one advice that worked for me, but luck is still the main factor - some people post their giveaways late at night (between 1am and 4am where I live) and make them available for only one hour. Those entries usually have the lowest number of entries and there is a higher chance of winning. I won a few of those.
I also visit the site every day and I micromanage all my points, never let them go to waste.
Good luck!
 

MadLibrarian

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This the list of all the games I got on steamgifts in one and half year. I'm level zero.

It's a bit odd that you didn't bother to reach even lvl1 on SG. You can do it with a single non-freebie game, any single one of the non-freebie Feudalife drops would suffice. It would boost your winning chances and giveaways available to you quite a bit with practically zero cost.
 

Lord Blackblood

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It's a bit odd that you didn't bother to reach even lvl1 on SG. You can do it with a single non-freebie game, any single one of the non-freebie Feudalife drops would suffice. It would boost your winning chances and giveaways available to you quite a bit with practically zero cost.
yeah I know... I wasted all my games on leveling my IG account.
 

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what's the deal :ROFLMAO: ?
There is no catch , you become greenmangamings xp member you get discounts and similar stuffs , if you reach gold tier you sometimes get a whell of fortune where you can get games for free , usually you have to buy your way into becoming a member, but sometimes you have a friend who gives you a code making you a member for free .
EDIT : I already gave one to Co2no before , now I have another one to give if someone wants it .
 
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MadLibrarian

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in 11 months on steamgifts, i've entered 11 293 giveaways, and won 12 games...i'm level 0
Even if you don't want to level on SG or join groups, you should do 1 giveaway there to reach lvl1. Something ridiculous like 90% of the SG users are level 0. Also many of the regular gifters never do level 0 giveaways because there are tons of rule breakers at level 0. (Multiaccounters, people who don't activate their wins but regift or trade them, stuff like that.) If your real contribution value reaches 1 cent you are already out of lvl 0 hell. There's no reason not to do it.
 

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Even if you don't want to level on SG or join groups, you should do 1 giveaway there to reach lvl1. Something ridiculous like 90% of the SG users are level 0. Also many of the regular gifters never do level 0 giveaways because there are tons of rule breakers at level 0. (Multiaccounters, people who don't activate their wins but regift or trade them, stuff like that.) If your real contribution value reaches 1 cent you are already out of lvl 0 hell. There's no reason not to do it.
curious i've done one GA and i'm still lvl0

for the moment i keep my keys for indiegala levelling and for "gamer's lair" + gifts via PM
 

Lord Blackblood

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Even if you don't want to level on SG or join groups, you should do 1 giveaway there to reach lvl1. Something ridiculous like 90% of the SG users are level 0. Also many of the regular gifters never do level 0 giveaways because there are tons of rule breakers at level 0. (Multiaccounters, people who don't activate their wins but regift or trade them, stuff like that.) If your real contribution value reaches 1 cent you are already out of lvl 0 hell. There's no reason not to do it.
I didn't know all that. Thanks for advice.
Should I buy some discounted game on steam or maybe something from humble bundle?
 

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curious i've done one GA and i'm still lvl0
The game you gave away is a freebie by SG rules. (It was given away for free previously in a mass giveaway.)

I didn't know all that. Thanks for advice.
Should I buy some discounted game on steam or maybe something from humble bundle?
If you play Feudalife just give away one of the crappy wins from there. Even Bad Rats gets you to level 1. Or for example Your Doodles Are Bugged which you can't give away on IG as it doesn't have a Steam store page any more. Just don't pick a game that has two stars next to their name when you create the GA on Steamgifts. (1 star denotes bundled reduced value games, 2 stars mean it's a freebie and won't help you level up.)

Avoid buying directly on Steam for this purpose. You can't create inventory gifts with purchases any more and gifting restrictions due to regional price differences might make it impossible to buy the game for your winner. Even if it works it's a lot more hassle. If you give away a key, it just takes a click on SG to send it to the winner. With Steam gifting you have to add them as friend on Steam and arrange it on chat there.
 
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Zoliv

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I didn't know all that. Thanks for advice.
Should I buy some discounted game on steam or maybe something from humble bundle?
You have an enormous source of games here in the Feudalife challenges, use them there.
And in fact, when you look at what you can get at higher level on Indiegala GAs, it's useless to level there...

curious i've done one GA and i'm still lvl0

for the moment i keep my keys for indiegala levelling and for "gamer's lair" + gifts via PM
That's because games or DLCs that have been free at a point give you 0. When you create a giveaway and chose a game, if you see 2 red stars, then it's a game that will get you nothing. One red star, a games that has been bundled, and you'll get 15% of it's value. No star, and it's full value.

It's really difficult to get around all the concepts of SG at the beginning, but it's all written in the FAQ. You just understand it while doing it for weeks or months.
 

Lord Blackblood

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The game you gave away is a freebie by SG rules. (It was given away for free previously in a mass giveaway.)


If you play Feudalife just give away one of the crappy wins from there. Even Bad Rats gets you to level 1. Or for example Your Doodles Are Bugged which you can't give away on IG as it doesn't have a Steam store page any more. Just don't pick a game that has two stars next to their name when you create the GA on Steamgifts. (1 star denotes bundled reduced value games, 2 stars mean it's a freebie and won't help you level up.)
Awesome! thanks a lot
 
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