Steam Key Giveway on Patreon

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This Sunday, we are going to host a giveaway of 9 Steam keys on our Patreon. All winners will be selected at random from among our Patreon family of supporters, including all members who have pledge at any level (as low as $1). Each winner will be given the option to get a Steam key for Templar Battleforce, Heroes of Steel or Star Traders 4X Empires (all $10 value).

If you don't play on Steam or already have all 3 games, you are free to share the key with a friend, give it to a forum friend, or use/resell/share it in any way you like.

With the current Patreon membership of 45, 20% of our supporters will get a key!

Anyone who wants in on the drawing can sign up for a monthly pledge as low as $1!
www.patreon.com/TreseBrothers?ty=h

Thank you for your support!

[ntsheep]

Sadly this idea sucks. I already have all the games, all my friends, you guys here, have the games. What will I do if I get my name drawn. I can honestly say this has to be the first contest I have ever wanted to lose. More people must join thereby reducing my chances of winning.

[Kanly]

Although I own all the TB games I only have Templar Battlefield on steam. There are many here who are probably in the same boat. I'll gladly take your steam key if you win. ☺

[ntsheep]

ok Kanly. If I win, I'll give you the key.

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ntsheep - we will also make a thread on Patreon available so that you can give the key to other interested Patreons first, if that interests you.

Thanks for the feedback, and I assure you that there are many interested forumites include @kanly who would love to get a key!

[xdesperado]

Just picked up HoS on steam if I don't get lucky and win one of the keys for Battleforce or 4X then the TBs will get "lucky" over the next 2-3 months as I pick them up lol.

[En1gma]

If I win, mine are all up for grabs. Already own em, but I'd be glad to help with anyone who wants them for themselves.

[slayernz]

I think instead of a patreon giving a key away to a non-patreon, it should really just be a case where someone agrees to sign up to patreon for a couple of months so that the key purpose of this promotion is met ... after all, if we are all just giving the keys away, then nobody new needs to sign up to Patreon. They just benefit because of a Patreon's generosity

That's just me though - if a Patreon member wants to give a key away, that is their privilege to do

[ntsheep]

I did mean my post to a joke mostly. I think it's a cool idea and would gladly give a key away to someone that would like to try a TB game. If they like it, they may buy the others. In the end it helps the TB's.

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Feb 4, 2016 19:30:12 GMT -5 slayernz said:

I think instead of a patreon giving a key away to a non-patreon, it should really just be a case where someone agrees to sign up to patreon for a couple of months so that the key purpose of this promotion is met ... after all, if we are all just giving the keys away, then nobody new needs to sign up to Patreon. They just benefit because of a Patreon's generosity

That's just me though - if a Patreon member wants to give a key away, that is their privilege to do

We will definitely encourage Patreons to give the keys to other Patreons who don't have the games, and will open an private post on Patreon for that purpose.

That said -- the key is theirs and they may do whatever they want with it Lots of people have friends that they're trying to talk into playing our games, and a free key might just be the intro that is needed!

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Feb 4, 2016 19:21:57 GMT -5 xdesperado said:

Just picked up HoS on steam if I don't get lucky and win one of the keys for Battleforce or 4X then the TBs will get "lucky" over the next 2-3 months as I pick them up lol.

Awesome! Glad you're in the running and hope you win!

[johndramey]

I, for one, think this idea is great. I posted my comment in Patreon, but I'll put it here for everyone to see as well.

Sure, I own all the games, but this is open to all patreons, not just a certain level. That means that a patreon at the $1 level could potentially win a game (or 10 this round), and that's not a bad deal at all. As I said, and fallen (or Cory?) confirmed, having a monthly/bimonthly/etc. contest or drawing where a single patreon could win a key of his or her choosing, maybe a free beta/alpha slot, etc. could be a big draw for new patreons. In fact, I think it is. I mean, if you have a decent chance of getting a key over the course of a year, why not toss in $1? The games the TB are putting out these days are all right around $10 anyways, so you stand to do pretty well. Toss in people like myself (and others) who are hardcore patreons and who are planning on giving away their keys, and you have a pretty nice chance of winning a key.

A applaud you guys for thinking proactively, getting more people on the patreon wagon is good for everyone involved.

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johndramey - thank you for the post, and you're right on. We will be continuing this giveaway on a roughly monthly schedule, though we wanted to start off with a big number of keys to get the ball rolling right. I imagine most Patreons who have all of the games will be either giving their key winnings away to near friends, or handing them out to other Patreons. So, if you don't have all the copies of the games at the moment, now is a great time to join up on the Patreon for just $1.

Thanks again to all of our Patreons -- you keep the forum ad free, and are helping us every month to make better games!

[slayernz]

any keys I win will go straight back into the Patreon pool, so that'll help your odds as a prospective Patreon subscriber. Go on - take the plunge! You'll be getting the chance for awesome giveaways, AND you'll be helping the TB's do their magic.

[fallen]

slayernz - thanks for that pledge! We've now got a pretty good crew of Patreons pledging to give them away to other Patreons who don't have keys yet, so you're changes of winning the $10 game you don't have yet are getting better all the time!