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GAF Steam Sale Hunt
- Thread starter Toma
- Start date
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
Winner: ektoll
Damn, I almost thought we had a clear winner. Although I am in the BigDriggy rooting camp, lol.
My vote goes to SalsaShark.
Open this post in a new tab (right click the number of the post) and F5/update it once in a while. We are going to do this LIVE, ha. Lets see how it goes.
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| Day 1 - Summary |
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First of all, thanks The_Monk for helping.
Lets start with something small first! I thought since we are sort of emulating last years Steam sale, we might as well emulate the achievements! So I thought how I could implement these as a small thank you for participating in the contests. I know they are rather crappy, but hey why not
Badge #1 Full Throttle - Participating in all contests on the first day.
Badge Owners:
A few nondescript Badges for users who have no avatar (mclem, mannerbot, Tobinish & the last one is Kryptonite, couldnt resist):
I wont be doing these often alone, since they take too much time, even if crappy. So if anyone wants to take over, feel free to contact me.
Now! Onto the contests.
Edit: Oh no, wait. Forgot one. Lets call it the "Hey! Hey, Listen!" badge
All in good jest though. I'd love to see you continue to participate Terry Crews
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| Day 1 - Contest Winners |
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#1 - SpaceChem
-34 participants
And the two winners are LFF and Redrum_82! Congrats! Now onto randomizing what you win. Sorry for taking a while
[Done]LFF wins Sonic Generations! (sponsored by S. L.), whereas Redrum_82 wins CS:GO! (sponsored by Retne)
Congrats to the winners. I'll hook you up after I am done with this
#2 - Swimsuit Competition
-37 participants
Ranking from the voting:
ektoll: 3
BigDriggy: 3
Firebrand: 2
Terry Crews: 1
alr1ghtstart: 1
Gattsu: 1
LFF: 1
Artofwar420: 1
SalsaShark: 1
I decided that both will win today Because why not. We should have enough gifts. So the first 2 out of 3 winners here are Ektoll and BigDriggy! And the third (random one) is Firebrand! Haha, so the third random vote is actually our third highest voted entry too
Onto the games.
[Done]Ektoll - Blocks that Matter! (Sponsored by Falxix) (not claimed, back on the gift pile)
[Done]BigDriggy - Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (sponsored by hom3land)
[Done]Firebrand - Legend of Grimrock! (sponsored by Falxix)
Congrats everyone! I'll create the new contest post "soon". Feel free to buy/download the demo of Lara Croft:Guardian of Light already, though. You are going to need it for the next contest! Console version plus camera to take a photo is fine too.
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| Day 1 - Summary |
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First of all, thanks The_Monk for helping.
Lets start with something small first! I thought since we are sort of emulating last years Steam sale, we might as well emulate the achievements! So I thought how I could implement these as a small thank you for participating in the contests. I know they are rather crappy, but hey why not
Badge #1 Full Throttle - Participating in all contests on the first day.
Badge Owners:
A few nondescript Badges for users who have no avatar (mclem, mannerbot, Tobinish & the last one is Kryptonite, couldnt resist):
I wont be doing these often alone, since they take too much time, even if crappy. So if anyone wants to take over, feel free to contact me.
Now! Onto the contests.
Edit: Oh no, wait. Forgot one. Lets call it the "Hey! Hey, Listen!" badge
All in good jest though. I'd love to see you continue to participate Terry Crews
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| Day 1 - Contest Winners |
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#1 - SpaceChem
-34 participants
And the two winners are LFF and Redrum_82! Congrats! Now onto randomizing what you win. Sorry for taking a while
[Done]LFF wins Sonic Generations! (sponsored by S. L.), whereas Redrum_82 wins CS:GO! (sponsored by Retne)
Congrats to the winners. I'll hook you up after I am done with this
#2 - Swimsuit Competition
-37 participants
Ranking from the voting:
ektoll: 3
BigDriggy: 3
Firebrand: 2
Terry Crews: 1
alr1ghtstart: 1
Gattsu: 1
LFF: 1
Artofwar420: 1
SalsaShark: 1
I decided that both will win today
Because why not. We should have enough gifts. So the first 2 out of 3 winners here are Ektoll and BigDriggy! And the third (random one) is Firebrand! Haha, so the third random vote is actually our third highest voted entry too Onto the games.
[Done]Ektoll - Blocks that Matter! (Sponsored by Falxix) (not claimed, back on the gift pile)
[Done]BigDriggy - Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (sponsored by hom3land)
[Done]Firebrand - Legend of Grimrock! (sponsored by Falxix)
Congrats everyone! I'll create the new contest post "soon". Feel free to buy/download the demo of Lara Croft:Guardian of Light already, though. You are going to need it for the next contest! Console version plus camera to take a photo is fine too.
Diprosalic
Banned
i wear it with honor.
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
The_Monk and Toma, thanks for organising/hosting this!
The Grim Heaper
Member
Great job, you two.
Edit: Oh no, wait. Forgot one. Lets call it the "Hey! Hey, Listen!" badge
oh god
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
Toma you're such a tease.
Diprosalic
Banned
congrats to all the winners today. i'll be back tomorrow.
Special Limited Edition Signed Copy
Also with an illegal Princess Peach (not original content)
Haha, well done, and congrats! And to others too.
Toma you're such a tease.
Well, it would have taken roughly the same amount of time with live updates or without, since rolling the random stuff took the most time. Figured I might as well keep you updated
First off, I work on creating the next contest posts, after that I'll hook up the winners with their prizes.
Oh wow, I'm surprised and delighted that I won! And I should have started SpacheChem, I want that Full Throttle badge
Thanks you Falxix for BTM but I already have this game, on PC and X360 too! So, if you want, you can give it to the winner of your choice.
Now, I think I'll go buy Lara Croft: GoL and please, do another Mspaint contest tomorrow!
Thanks you Falxix for BTM but I already have this game, on PC and X360 too! So, if you want, you can give it to the winner of your choice.
Now, I think I'll go buy Lara Croft: GoL and please, do another Mspaint contest tomorrow!
Everything is possible, but no one knows *shrug*
Haha, great avatar. And we'll more if you liked it guys. Still going to mix things up a bit.
Oh wow, I'm surprised and delighted that I won! And I should have started SpacheChem, I want that Full Throttle badge
Thanks you Falxix for BTM but I already have this game, on PC and X360 too! So, if you want, you can give it to the winner of your choice.
I'm sure Toma will do something good with it. Congratulations anyway!
Kryptonite
Member
Yeah, congrats everyone!
Aww, I was lucky with SpaceChem because I already had it installed beforehand. I hit my monthly allotment the morning right before the sales began! I have to pay several dollars per gigabyte to use the Internet now until (I think) August
Must resist urge to compete anyways ... hopefully there will more contests that don't require a large download for me.Yeah, congrats everyone!
Aww, I was lucky with SpaceChem because I already had it installed beforehand. I hit my monthly allotment the morning right before the sales began! I have to pay several dollars per gigabyte to use the Internet now until (I think) August
Yeah, we'll have at least one each day that wont require downloading/ a certain game. And LC:GoL is huge too... sorry about that.
Contest #3: Best time in Lara Croft: Guardian of Light Level 1.
Since the first level is the only one available in the demo, we'll take that one for the contest. Also: note that you dont need to have the best highscore, just the best time! The best time wins, then randomly another winner from all the other entries.
Please dont copy any images from the internet
- Contest runs until the next batch of daily deals goes up, so tomorrow 7pm GMT+2.
- Please screenshot the endscreen after a level, not a highscore table somewhere
- You can participate in this contest even with the demo or PS360 versions.
- Dont use any upgrades beyond the first level! Otherwise the demo players wont have any chance to compete.
1 winner will be chosen randomly from all submissions, the other winner is the one with the best time.
Cheap and great game! Buy it if you like the demo!
Since the first level is the only one available in the demo, we'll take that one for the contest. Also: note that you dont need to have the best highscore, just the best time! The best time wins, then randomly another winner from all the other entries.
Please dont copy any images from the internet
- Contest runs until the next batch of daily deals goes up, so tomorrow 7pm GMT+2.
- Please screenshot the endscreen after a level, not a highscore table somewhere
- You can participate in this contest even with the demo or PS360 versions.
- Dont use any upgrades beyond the first level! Otherwise the demo players wont have any chance to compete.
1 winner will be chosen randomly from all submissions, the other winner is the one with the best time.
Cheap and great game! Buy it if you like the demo!
You can take one of the other two, if you prefer them. They werent in any actual "order".Thx to Toma for the Avatar and congrats to the winners, they deserved it
Nah its fine
. Hopefully i will be able to get more GAF Sale Hunt-Badges, so i need some space PrematureQuiche
Member
Did a quick run. Will try again later cause I know I can beat this haha.
toddhunter
Member
Great job with this thread, thanks again.
Since I am shameless:
Contest #4 - Think'a'Contest!
We are a super awesome community, so I am going to get you to help me out for prizes!
Reading only regular contest ideas would be a bit boring, feel free to recommend ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNYthing. Make stupid, fun, ridiculous or even sincere contest ideas. Everyone can submit more than one idea, but please post them in the same post. If you want to add something, you may state in the thread that you added it with a new reply, BUT remember to add it to your contest post!
Few rules:
- Only the first dedicated contest #4 post, however many suggestions it contains, will be voted on! (so that we dont have to click through 20 posts per user to read suggestions)
- Either directly related to a game that could still be on sale (Highscore..) or a real life activity somehow related to gaming (make a picture of yourself with a gaming hat made from paper.., record yourself humming a videogame melody...)
- Feel free to run wild with ideas, however crazy they are. We dont actually need to do them. If I get a few good ideas out of this, that would be great, but we'll see.
- Feel free to post huge lists of topics you might want to see in further creative (MS paint drawings for example) contests too. "Unbelievable videogame love affairs", "Greatest videogame secret no one saw coming.." etc.
What we vote on:
Anything, whether you personally liked the ideas, or whether its a stupidly big amount of ideas. We'll rate which single post we liked best. Highest voted post gets 1 prize from the pile, another prize for a random entry.
Ends the same time as always. When the new daily deals go up.
Contest #4 - Think'a'Contest!
We are a super awesome community, so I am going to get you to help me out for prizes!
Reading only regular contest ideas would be a bit boring, feel free to recommend ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNYthing. Make stupid, fun, ridiculous or even sincere contest ideas. Everyone can submit more than one idea, but please post them in the same post. If you want to add something, you may state in the thread that you added it with a new reply, BUT remember to add it to your contest post!
Few rules:
- Only the first dedicated contest #4 post, however many suggestions it contains, will be voted on! (so that we dont have to click through 20 posts per user to read suggestions)
- Either directly related to a game that could still be on sale (Highscore..) or a real life activity somehow related to gaming (make a picture of yourself with a gaming hat made from paper.., record yourself humming a videogame melody...)
- Feel free to run wild with ideas, however crazy they are. We dont actually need to do them. If I get a few good ideas out of this, that would be great, but we'll see.
- Feel free to post huge lists of topics you might want to see in further creative (MS paint drawings for example) contests too. "Unbelievable videogame love affairs", "Greatest videogame secret no one saw coming.." etc.
What we vote on:
Anything, whether you personally liked the ideas, or whether its a stupidly big amount of ideas. We'll rate which single post we liked best. Highest voted post gets 1 prize from the pile, another prize for a random entry.
Ends the same time as always. When the new daily deals go up.
PrematureQuiche
Member
I like the idea if we have enough gifts to have a best score or quickest team through one of the levels in Payday the Heist. It's cheap and I am sure loads of people on here will already own the game anyway.
Any opinions on that? If tomorrows games are bad, we could do that tomorrow (since games run for 32 hours right now). If more people want to do it, hands up
Here's my time. Like I said it was just for fun, not to mention I get distracted by shinny things
Contest #3
Humm, now I want the game. =/
Told you, its a fun game.
Contest #5: Build a home in Terraria
Its still on sale for the next 8 hours or so. I apologize to anyone who is not reading this in time before the sale runs out, but many people own it plus todays offers are kinda meh for our contests.
Please dont copy any images from the internet
- Build a house/home whatever you may call it where you character will live the rest of his life!
- Take a screenshot of the house
- Fun and ridiculous homes will probably fly great with the voting.
- Unfortunately no demo, but its a cheap game right now and fun too, especially if you like block building games like MineCraft.
- I cant control that, but please, please, please only use a screenshot of a world you created AFTER this contest started (fairness to other players).
2 winners, 1 by community vote and another random entry.
Its still on sale for the next 8 hours or so. I apologize to anyone who is not reading this in time before the sale runs out, but many people own it plus todays offers are kinda meh for our contests.
Please dont copy any images from the internet
- Build a house/home whatever you may call it where you character will live the rest of his life!
- Take a screenshot of the house
- Fun and ridiculous homes will probably fly great with the voting.
- Unfortunately no demo, but its a cheap game right now and fun too, especially if you like block building games like MineCraft.
- I cant control that, but please, please, please only use a screenshot of a world you created AFTER this contest started (fairness to other players).
2 winners, 1 by community vote and another random entry.
Here's my attempt at speedrunning the first level in GoL:
And a link to the Steam community page.
Slow as hell, but as it seems that GoL feels like a fun title, I think I'll try to make my time better. Wish I had the money for it at the moment. Oh well, if nothing else, I'll wait for the christmas sales.
And for Contest #4, perhaps a small post why you should win a contest? Either a serious post with reasons or just complete off the walls.
Or some oddball inappropriate advertising screenshot of a game, either related to current sales or game you love.
And a link to the Steam community page.
Slow as hell, but as it seems that GoL feels like a fun title, I think I'll try to make my time better. Wish I had the money for it at the moment. Oh well, if nothing else, I'll wait for the christmas sales.
And for Contest #4, perhaps a small post why you should win a contest? Either a serious post with reasons or just complete off the walls.
Or some oddball inappropriate advertising screenshot of a game, either related to current sales or game you love.
Write a one page fanfiction love story involving two randomly determined characters. (Both of which are from games currently on sale?)
PrematureQuiche
Member
Damn you! Now I have to play the game again! Did you do it single player or co-op? and does deaths account for time?