blistr posted... As Tyranthraxus said above, we hold the Steam Sale Events twice yearly during the summer and winter sales. These events are open to everyone, though as you rightly pointed out one needs to have access to CE to participate. Unfortunately there are a few who were once regulars at these events that are now unable to participate.
Whilst we have a regular following it is good to see new people join in too. Having said that I can see the concerns some had with the event being announced on a Site Board, especially after we had a few who, after the announcement, came into the event expecting to receive free games (one of which even started to get angry that they weren't gifted a game that they were interested in).
I have participated in these events since 2021 and have run the last 5 or 6. During this time I've seen many people come and go. Some I've seen only for one event and some for more. At every event I see at least one new person, though usually a few, who run with the spirit of the event and aren't just in it for a free game. Usually they are quite overwhelmed by the generosity of others that they want to come back and "return the favour" as it were. Of course we also see a few who are only trying to get a free game or two and have no inkling to participate otherwise. Unfortunately there are one or two who are regulars who also do this too.
I guess what I'm saying is I'm happy to have you spruik for our event, though perhaps worded a little differently so as not to give the impression we are just there to give out free games, and if you'd like to participate or contribute that would be awesome too. We've had a couple of mods join in before and from what I saw I think they really enjoyed themselves.
Sorry, just seeing this now.
All good and makes sense to me. I've actually contributed before(well, if gifting to the mods I see on it count lol), but I get what you mean since it really shouldn't be a promotion thing and more of an I don't know "celebration" thing after the fact, while actually supporting it with just the thing it needs which is games etc.