Just wanted to update you guys that I've had to put a hold on doing more drawings. Thought I was over this cold/flue/whatever but it came back way worse. I've been in a totally bed-ridden fever-dream for like 48hrs and this is the first I've even been able to get to my laptop. I think I'm over the peak, so I'm going to stay in bed with drugs today and hope I'm back to fairly-normal on Sunday and can get back on the drawings. Thanks for bearing with me. The timing totally fucking sucks!
Did you ever hear of that terrible year Way back before you were born When Branthog Claus took a holiday On the night before Gerstmas morn! It was a year without a Branthog Claus A Gerstmas Eve so sad It was a year without a Branthog Claus The worst we've ever had Branthog woke up one day looking tuckered and gray And this is what he said: "I could sure use some rest, I'm not feelin' my best" And he yawned as he took to his bed There'll be a year without a Branthog Claus "I'm sure they won't miss me" There'll be a year without a Branthog Claus Beside your Gerstmas tree. And he slept through the day as the hours ticked away And the time was growing near And the Bombers they cried, they thought Branthog had died Every eye shed a midnight brown Gerstmas tear It was a year without a Branthog Claus A Gerstmas Eve so sad It was a year without Branthog Claus The worst we've ever had!
All eligible entries up to this point have now been added to the list and entries/contributions are now cut off. Mostly because I don't want to have to keep up with the data entry of adding updates for entries and items still. :)
@Branthog: Quick question: What if our name happened to be chosen but we didn't happen to catch the edit you made about a friends cap on Steam and the whole Steam group?
@Branthog: Quick question: What if our name happened to be chosen but we didn't happen to catch the edit you made about a friends cap on Steam and the whole Steam group?
Just curious.
The steam group just sort of helps me keep track of people (sadly, it doesn't seem to actually enable me to send gifts via steam the "regular" way, still). So if that happens to anyone, they'll get a PM asking for an email addy I can use to have steam send the gift to, instead of a direct transfer of the gift. It drags things on, but until Valve ups their game with their client, I guess it'll do for now. :)
@Branthog How many are you doing a day? Wanna know if I should keep looking at this thread or if I should just go about my business and hope for Gerstmas love like I do in my dreams.
@Branthog How many are you doing a day? Wanna know if I should keep looking at this thread or if I should just go about my business and hope for Gerstmas love like I do in my dreams.
Kind of depends. I want to do at least half a dozen, but sometimes I'll get tripped up waiting for people to respond, like I am right now (two people need to give me their email address). Since everyone also wants the same few games, it also makes it harder as I can't just move on, knowing that there are 10 copies of a thing that only one person in the queue currently has dibs on. Instead, there are a lot of people to be drawn who all probably want the one game that a person we might be waiting on at the time wants... so if I move on, I might unfairly keep that person from getting the game, too (in the event that the current person had bailed and never replied)... if that.. makes any sense. It sort of did in my head, but I'm still sick. :)
@Branthog: So another 2 months or so? It should be named Gerstwinter or Gerstseason or the politically correct Gerstolidays; I'm not complaining about free stuff granted but this seems like a bandaid situation; one motion... RIGHT OFF! If you think its bad now just wait until people forget this exists in a week and never respond to your emails.
Sadly, I couldn't make the cut to get in before (didn't make the 100 forum posts bar - too much blogging, not enough forum trolling!) Good luck to everyone.
Wow had a long day today and was surprised to see that I got a new steam gift and it was The Walking Dead :) Thanks for making my day better and Merry Gerstmas!
I should be able to keep handing out more throughout the weekend. The only change will be if my weekend is exceptionally busy. I work nonstop from Friday evening through Monday morning and if it's quiet, that's fine. If shit blows up, it can be a series of haggard naps and desperate attempts to stay awake and functional in-between. In those events, there may be fewer drawings. If it's quiet-ish, there will be more. Hope everyone can cope with me here.
@Branthog: Don't know if you saw my PM or not but the key says it was claimed by someone else. Thanks anyways though.
There was a problem when the humble bundle website was being slammed during the first day and a bunch of random purchases came through as purchases instead of gifts. I asked the Humble Bundle guys about this and they assured me there was a chance to enter an email address for a recipient, instead of having it tied to my account. I don't see any such option, though. Since you can't use the key/page directly, I went ahead and used it and was able to pull the keys out for each game, which I've sent to you by PM. So go ahead and redeem those (same thing, just I'm giving you the keys instead of you clicking the "show me my keys" thing on humble bundle's site).
If anyone else gets the bundle throughout the rest of this and encounters one that says they can't use it, I'll do the same thing above and access the keys myself and forward them to the winner.
Let us know when you've redeemed those, so we know you actually got your stuff. :D
@Branthog: I got the stuff *if you know what I mean* I am so happy that yo put all of this together and I am so happy to be a part of it as well. I hope you continue this and I wish you well every year that you do.
@Sackmanjones Thats okay man you and three hundred other people including myself but its tons of games so everyone involved should win something even if it isn't their first choice... personally im praying i get a copy of Civ5 or Mark of the Ninja
Sorry if I'm being stupid but I couldn't see it on the original post - How are the winners notified? Do you PM them on here first or just gift them the prize on Steam straight away?
Sorry if I'm being stupid but I couldn't see it on the original post - How are the winners notified? Do you PM them on here first or just gift them the prize on Steam straight away?
Both. You'll get a PM, it'll show up in a post with the other winners of that round of drawings in here, and it'll be sent via Steam with a note all at the same time. Unless you need to make another game choice or I need to get your email address to get around steam's friend limit -- in which case you'll show up in the list of drawn names in a post here and get a PM. Games that contain an actual key or Steam key and aren't in the "steam inventory" will have the key sent in the PM via GB with the initial alert. As mentioned in the initial post, people should be sure they have their GB options configured to alert them by email when they get a PM just so they don't miss it (there are still a few people I'm waiting on replies from, in fact).
Which would've been great to get on a good day. Today's been fuuuuckin' lousy and stressful. ZB2 was the perfect thing to get today just because it's such a relaxed, laid-back game. Feeling much better because of it. So cheers, folks, and a Merry Gerstmas to you all!
Thank you: @Branthog (it does indeed redeem via Steam) for doing what you do, @christopherson329 for donating Brazen, and @MrMooEar and the Double Fine folks, of course.
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