Originally Posted by The End Has this been confirmed somewhere? Or is it just speculation? Because I can't seem to find any concrete info as to why they ended the bundle early.

I couldn't find anything official but the timing of this game being added and then the bundle abruptly ending right after would seem to suggest it.

I scrolled through their damned chat a bit and found some other users saying it was due to GAR but I didn't feel like scrolling all night through it to see if I can find some official word from Jonny or the slugs, if there even was any. If someone else wants to try they are welcome to.

Originally Posted by The End Has this been confirmed somewhere? Or is it just speculation? Because I can't seem to find any concrete info as to why they ended the bundle early.

Clearly there is one clear reason: to remind sinners during Lent that Sloth is one of the Seven Deadlys.

Originally Posted by Motoki Somebody in chat said it's 'coming soon' but it wasn't one of the slugs so I am not taking that as an official word yet.

It would be nice if their system didn't take hours to allocate keys after bonuses are unlocked.

Originally Posted by asheskitty Clearly there is one clear reason: to remind sinners during Lent that Sloth is one of the Seven Deadlys.

You've been playing Party of Sin from the bundle, haven't you?

Originally Posted by The End Has this been confirmed somewhere? Or is it just speculation? Because I can't seem to find any concrete info as to why they ended the bundle early.

Just speculation. I don't think there was any info about it about it on the chat. All I could find about it is Shifty's last words:

Originally Posted by Shifty Slug We want to thank everyone for their wonderful support of the Be Mine Anniversary Bundle. As a thank you we added an extra bonus game for everyone who bought the bundle. This is also your last chance to get your hands on it so act fast. Ignore the counter, this sale is about to end.

Ending it early because they ran out of GAR keys makes no sense to me, they could just reorder keys and populate accounts with them later. If there were issues with the game.. they could just pull the game from the bundle. It was a last minute gift to everyone that bought the bundle, not an incentive to buy it..

Shifty Slug has shown up. He confirmed that they had to end the bundle early because they only had 25k copies of some of the keys.

Originally Posted by Shifty Slug haha yeah cause people read all the things we write correct

That's his response to questions as to why they didn't let people know that it was gonna end early. Unbelievable.

And of course, they've got a couple of groupees groupies defending them.

Originally Posted by The End Shifty Slug has shown up. He confirmed that they had to end the bundle early because they only had 25k copies of some of the keys. That's his response to questions as to why they didn't let people know that it was gonna end early. Unbelievable. And of course, they've got a couple of groupees groupies defending them.

Instead of setting a time limit they could set number of bundles limit. Because of that I have missed a quite great bundle :(

Originally Posted by The End Shifty Slug has shown up. He confirmed that they had to end the bundle early because they only had 25k copies of some of the keys. That's his response to questions as to why they didn't let people know that it was gonna end early. Unbelievable. And of course, they've got a couple of groupees groupies defending them.

Seriously? Wow... that's a bit unprofessional. Hopefully the Groupees people learn a lesson about communication from this. It's perfectly reasonable to stop selling the bundle because keys run out, but the right thing to do would have been to change the countdown clock and/or to make a note of this on the bundle page, not to leave potential customers in the dark and frustrated because they felt misled.

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I contacted them, and my GAR key promptly appeared in my account.

I missed this. Anybody have an extra one of these? Willing to pay with PayPal.

Thanks.

Okay the GAR key just appeared in my account this morning and I didn't have to request it or anything.

Agreed though that Groupees could have handled the early ending of this bundle a lot better.

I've learned the hard way though if I really want to get a bundle not to hold out. The Gala Store Jagged Alliance bundle sold out on my before I got around to buying it, though I was lucky to find someone who sold me his extra copy.

It does seem like they could have just come out and said when they were getting close to 20,000 sold, "Hey, we only have 25,000 available, so get it while it lasts" or something. I grabbed it pretty early, mostly for Steam Eschalon and Planets Under Attack, but it sucks for those who didn't have a chance to snag it because they were relying on the countdown timer.

Yay, got my GAR key! (The shump-like nature of this looks appealing to me.)

I must say that was a *fine* bundle, it was strong at the start and just got better and better. I need to remember to not forget about The Cat Lady.

Dang, had Party of Sin on my wishlist on Steam since it came out, still $15 there. Sucks that I missed this.

Some nice fellow sold me his keys. Any game I should start with first?

Still can't believe I forgot to get this. *bangs head*

Originally Posted by XIGRIMxREAPERIX Some nice fellow sold me his keys. Any game I should start with first?

Depends what you are in the mood for. I really like The Cat Lady (and yes Ashes you should play ) but it's not exactly a light romp.

Two Worlds II I think is fun to wander around in.

The others I haven't messed with too much though I did play the first Dungeons and it was okay.

I also missed this. If anyone has a spare copy maybe we can get to an agreement.

I missed this as I was fooled by the timer.... and then I go to reddit and see I won a bundle on their reddit contest! Talk about luck!

so, to share a bit of my luck, here is a key for Dungeons : Dark Lord.

ZIA50-GQVPA-N8C8F

With the strength of this Groupees bundle from the start, every time someone mentions how they missed it, I can't help but be reminded of:

X-Press 2 ft. David Byrne - Lazy