I know i'm new here, but i'm already not feeling good about the contributor amounts. Don't get me wrong, I think this site is amazing. But i'm kinda against putting giveaways...behind walls of money, for a lack of better words.

Like I feel that if you're on SG, giving dozens of great games away, you deserve to have a fairer chance to win a game that you really want than those that just come here for free shit with no intention besides getting free shit. But at the same time, I always see a game that i've had my eyes on for the longest, but i'm too poor to get a $300+ contributor lever/buy the game outright. So then I feel a mix of guilt for not being able to give back games to everyone here & sadness for not having a chance at any of the cool games i'd be interested in.

So then I use money that I scraped up for monthly college payments & senior year debt to try & find games that I can give away, & then instead of joy, I feel stressed because I have to figure out how to get more money without a job.

I've only been here for a few days...I feel like I shouldn't even be concerned with winning anything since my laptop can't even play most games, but I can't help it I just loves games with a passion...I dunno.

Did anyone else kinda have feelings like this when you first got started on Steam Gifts?

Looking back, I probably could have summarized this better lol

EDIT: THANKS to everyone that helped me out, i'm kinda starting to feel better about not being able to shower the world with gifts. Plus I've got a bunch of tips that I really needed. Sorry for the late replies/no replies. I'm not accustomed to forums so i'm not used to getting a bunch of comments at once, & there's a bunch of threads & now everything looks stupid :/ i'm sorry i'll do better next time

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Get out, have more friends, try to stay away from internet for a while. I experience similar case like you, it is a result of long term lacks of required real-life social interaction.

1 decade ago
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If you want me to be completely honest...I don't have many friends anymore. Most of them are either back in Detroit dead or stabbed me in the back before I left. & i'm used to not getting out much. Cause on the east side if you were unlucky, you might end up with your brains splattered on the walls near the liquor store down the street for looking the wrong way or wearing the wrong shoes.

& aside from the one game I won here, i'm not a naturally lucky person. Like at all.

I'm not talking against you or anything, i'm just really, REALLY tired of people telling me to get a life. I lost it a long time ago

Sorry if I sounded like a dick at all

1 decade ago
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Yes, you sound like a dick. There is no reason to give up on yourself, mate. This is your one life, don't be wasting it ^____^

1 decade ago
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My bad...I seriously wasn't trying to. Its just a pressure point for me

1 decade ago
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Download the SteamGifts+ plugin and set it to not display red giveaways. Then you won't see them; out of sight, out of mind.

If you want to give away games but don't have any money (and do have lots of free time), you could try earning things to give away on sites like Tremorgames.

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I think it doesn't matter. Being I won plenty of games, I think the system works fine. If you really tried, you could win about one game per a month. I don't even try anymore since I feel like I should try to make a giveaway before I do. :p

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