Hello there,

some of you may have already noticed - it is time for webserver errors again. Since we still got over 200 members left in this group I'm just asking to join team blue (parakeet) if you want to participate in this game. (but you're free to join any other team)

How to play this game you're asking? Well, in short: Just play the games you like. The page lists all the eligible games for you, which could earn you points and tokens. It might be the easiest to play a game which got achievements and is listed, for at least 30 minutes. Additionally there are i.e. specific games like CS:GO which have special achievements to be accomplished.

Last but not least:
Here is a reddit group where you might find more information. (not this group)
Here you can get to the Steam Reddit

Some bad news: This event does not grant cards for crafting badges nor spending money. This event almost works the same like the Lunar event earlier this year.

Like for the last sales you can use a script in your browser to automate 1. Voting & 2. Discovery-Queue to get 3 card-drops each day and 6 card-drops on a special day. Don't use this script when the Steam-Servers are throwing a lot of errors or are unavailable. (3-4 hours after new card-drops are available should be okay)

Script here[paste.ee]
You should replace: with your localized string. Thats the one indicating how much free-drops are left (if the string says there are 2 or no card-drops left, just replace it with the word for one) on your http://steamproxy.net/steamstore/explore/. You can easily finding it out by just pasting into your console (while on the mentioned page), hit enter and put the returned string into the brackets, so it will look like
How to use the script:
1. Navigate to http://steamproxy.net/steamstore/explore/
2. Open Console (F12) (for firefox you maybe need to allow pasting)
3. Copypasta the code and hit enter
4. The page will reload when it is finished and you should see 3 new notifications for items

We wish you a very xmas

I just want to let you know the Steam-Cards (Mystery Cards) for the upcoming Winter-Sale are dropping now / since yesterday. So for every crafted badge you will get one card for free. I tested this by myself and if there are no cards showing up for you just look at your inventory. More free drops (3 per day) to be expected to drop from 22nd Dec until 2nd Jan.

Just in case you didn´t noticed, there is a hidden game (ARG) tied to this Winter Sale.
No, this isn´t a joke.

I explain the steps you have to follow to get your free Badge, that gives you 100 XP:

- log into your steam-account with your web-browser
- goto Steam-Store Ikaruga
- type in the search-bar or anywhere else "SEARCH" or "search"
- hit enter
- a popup appears and you have to type in "1v7531" (the password)
- hit enter
- now you will be redirected to your badge-page and the "Red Herring"-Badge should be there

Done!
Happy New Year btw

If you´re interested in helping to find more clues or just want to get more information, just visit reddit steamsaledetectives.

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