Advent Calendar 2023 🎅🎄🎁

As with the previous years, here's how it works:

Starting at the 1st of December through the 24th of December, everyone who has had an account older than x time at GmodStore will be able to open an advent calendar square daily for a chance of winning an addon completely for free. Everyone can enter for a coupon for an addon. This means that if you come back to GmodStore every single day from the 1st to the 24th you will have 24 chances to win something. Surely you are bound to win at least something?

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I have to do as a content creator?

Go to one of your teams and start opting your addons in to the event.

May I change my opt-in settings after the 1st of December?

Unfortunately no, we lock the opt-in submissions when the clock ticks over to 30th of November (UTC timezone) in order to avoid ending up with either less, or more addons in the collective quota than we anticipated. We also need at least one day to make sure things work correctly 😊

Do you get notifications as a content creator when an addon is given away for free or as a coupon?

Yes!

Why is there a limit to how many addons or coupons I can give away?

The previous two years we made this tweak due to people saturating the event with a whole lot of their own coupons.

Why must my account be older than x time to use the advent calendar for free addons? This is unfair!

This is due to concerns about users registering multiple accounts to gain an advantage.

Will I receive an addon I already own?

No, you will not

Can I receive DLC for an addon I don't own?

Nope!

How will the addons/coupons be distributed?

There's roughly a 10% chance to get a completely free addon if your account is older than x time. We adjust these as time goes on, but the initial chances this year are:

50% for your first 4 wins, 25% for the next 4, 12.5% for the next 4 and so on.

When do coupons expire?

They expire on the 7th of January UTC.

Stats from 2022:

42,885 squares opened

2,835 addons given away for free

30,010 coupons given away

Unknown coupons were used between December 1st 2022 and January 31st 2023

4,594 unique users used the advent calendar at least once

Stats from 2021:

43,034 squares opened

3,174 addons given away for free

29,144 coupons given away

1,286 coupons were used between December 1st 2021 and January 31st 2022

4,705 unique users used the advent calendar at least once

Stats from 2020:

59,446 squares opened

2,579 addons given away for free

20,252 coupons given away

1,198 coupons were used between December 1st 2020 and January 31st 2021

4,847 unique users used the advent calendar at least once

Stats from 2019:

31,349 squares opened

1,406 addons given away for free

16,100 coupons given away

1,178 coupons were used between December 1st 2019 and January 31st 2020

3,710 unique users used the advent calendar at least once

And here are the stats from 2018:

27,911 squares opened

1,089 addons given away for free

12,692 coupons given away

3,214 unique users used the advent calendar at least once

This is a shameless copy of last year's thread – but that's okay