First of all, a small announcement that will make everyone more free to play their wins: all the March's wins (that you can check on the March's tab of the "Play your Wins 2024" spreadsheet) originally due to be played within the end of July can now be played within the end of August. This extension is valid only for March's wins: April's wins will have to be played within the end of August too, as per normal rules.

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The fourth edition of the AK Summer Event has now ended and as usual it was a success! Even if not everybody participated in the event this time, we were flooded with gifts anyway, that's why a proper thanks is needed for everyone of you and your generosity!
Here're some stats that best sum up the scale of this event: this year 121 GAs were created for a total value of 5017 points!
As always you can find the winners of every GA and other statistics in the event spreadsheet linked in the dedicated event's thread: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/akatsukigamessteamgifts/discussions/0/4411920485717404309/

If you haven't done it already, remember to deliver your gifts asap.

Here's the top 3 of this event (as we already wrote in the spreadsheet Bojan's position in the standings will not count and he'll not claim any prizes):
1) Ernesttico 898
2) Leniu 590
3) Feederer 495

-Ernesttico won the first prize (50€ in Steam games)
-Leniu won the second prize (30€ in Steam games).
-Feederer won the third prize (20€ in Steam games).

Soon, Bojan and Burntreynolds will contact the winners so they can decide which game(s) to buy with their prizes.
On this regard, another huge thanks is reserved to Bojan and Burntreynolds for all the prizes they put up for grabs. <3

It's now time to play and enjoy your wins. You have 4 months of time (starting from the 1st of August, or from the day of release for games not out yet) to play them, so the deadline is the 30th of November. You can check out our 2024 PoP spreadsheet to keep track of your progress (you can find a link to the spreadsheet in this thread: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/akatsukigamessteamgifts/discussions/0/4333105050952272826/ )
Some of us have won a great amount of games but nonetheless we expect those titles to be played properly, as they deserve. If someone will end up having played only the bare minimum for all their wins, we'll assess their permanence in the group. If someone fails to play one or more titles after 4 months, PoP rules will be applied, no matter if you're on pause for a cycle or not.

Anyway, now it's time to relax so that's why we hope you'll all enjoy your summer holidays. We'll have a break on August and we'll see you on September for the start of the new cycle! Thank you once again for being so awesome! :)

And, as always... Long live Akatsuki!

Hello everybody! First of all let us thank every single one of you for making this event so special every time. We're still amazed by the quality and quantity of your GAs! <3

Here's a little announcement to tell you that today (Sunday 7th of July) is the last day to create your GAs. Please remember to set the end date of your GAs to the 9th of July.

Thanks for your cooperation as always!

User bron has broken rule n.5
'Group members are required to play all games they won from monthly mandatory giveaways in Akatsuki within 4 months after their winning. etc etc'

He will have to create 2 additional mandatory giveaways and these penalty giveaways must be created for games in the current Top20 group's wishlist.
The penalty giveaways will have to respect all standard rules for mandatory monthly gifts, “Play or Pay” rule included for the future winners.

Only active users in cycle 28 can enter these penalty giveaways.

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On another note, we wanna inform you that we haven't heard from Kasztoix for more than a month now. We don't hide that we're a little bit worried since he's been offline from SG and Steam for a long time and he hasn't replied to any of our messages. If you know a way to reach him or you have recent news about his status, please let us know. Thanks.
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Hey everyone!
BarbaricGenie came up with the idea of creating a thread where you can write down games you'd really love to win but aren't gifted so often in our group, either 'cause they're not that high on the group's wishlist or because they're almost unknown to anyone or 'cause they were released quite a bunch ago and they're not so popular anymore.
You can just write the titles of these games or you could add a little comment on why you've selected them...it's up to you.
This could help some members to have more ideas on what to give away and make someone else happy to finally see their long-awaited GA gifted.

Here's the link for the thread: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/akatsukigamessteamgifts/discussions/0/4411920671413711710/

Thanks for your usual cooperation!

The Steam summer sales are now live so it's time to get our event started. :)
It'll last from today until the 9th of July.

Here's the thread where you can post your GAs and find the link to the spreadsheet with the updated standings and GAs created/entered:
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/akatsukigamessteamgifts/discussions/0/4411920485717404309/

Here's the thread with all the rules: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/akatsukigamessteamgifts/discussions/0/4343238874465830905/

We really hope you'll enjoy our event!