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Oh man I thought you had missed a 0 of the end.

1 decade ago
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I've been here about a year, entered about half a thousand giveaways, and haven't won anything. Move to the back of the line.

1 decade ago
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I was just about to say "But surely you jest, Jatan11t you sarcastic devil. You've won over a hundred giveaways."

Then I realised you're not him.

Damn people using the same avatars.

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Actually the answer is really simple and there's no sense to be mean, there are actually 217633 members (not all are active but anyway...)participating in giveaways. Look at me, almost 3000 entries and 3 wins, you have to keep trying. Cheers up man!

1 decade ago
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Giveaways Entered - 2,473
Gifts Won - 2 (1 was beta key and is no longer available, so won 1)
U mad?

1 decade ago
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so sad ;_;

1 decade ago
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Because you touch yourself at night.

1 decade ago
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Solution: touch yourself during the day.

1 decade ago
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this

1 decade ago
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Bonus points if you are at work/school during the day!

1 decade ago
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Took me over 1000 to get a win, and I've seen people with over 3000 entries without a win. And they at least did stuff like donate and comment.

1 decade ago
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You haven't won anything because you will never win anything if you keep complaining. That's the rule of steamgifts.

1 decade ago
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Because that is how random draws work? I've got 578 closed entries, with no wins. That's just the luck.

But if you want advice:

1) Look at the competition. The odds are going to be against you no matter what, but you've got a better chance to win a 200 person giveaway than you have to win a 6,000 person giveaway. This doesn't matter so much in a period where points are generated rapidly. But when things slow down, you only have a few points to spare, and there are five or six games that you want roughly equally, it is worth considering.

2) Make friends and join groups. Group giveaways have fewer entries. If you join a group, then at least be a decent group member. I figure most groups don't want a leech who there just to win free games, and they surely don't want a troublemaker. (I'm not horribly social, and I don't do much in the way of online multiplayer, so I don't really benefit from this approach. I'd rather a group get a new member who's actually going to play the games that the group likes, and will...well...be more social than me.)

3) Try the forum puzzles. Like groups, this is a way to get into giveaways that have fewer entries, and thus less competition. Forum puzzles are infrequent, and range from relatively easy to annoyingly infuriating. Respect the rules, though.

4) The more entries you enter, the more chances you have to win. This is more important in point scarce times, but if the entrants are equal, you've got a better chance of getting at least one win if you enter 4 different 10 point giveaway than you have if you enter a single 40 point giveaway.

5) You can try contributing. Like groups and forum puzzles, contribution only giveaways have a smaller pool of people entering them. Just don't contribute $100 worth of games and then complain that you still aren't winning. The system is still luck, and spending money solely to find better odds to win is just... well, I'd probably violate some kind of forum posting rule if I said what it was.

*1) This is an anti-point. It won't help you win, and likely will reduce your chance of winning, but it is important. Don't get so caught up in the idea of winning that you start entering giveaways that you don't even care about. You don't really gain anything if you win a game that you aren't even going to play. You just take away someone else's chance to get it.

*2) Another anti-point. Don't overthink it. The odds are against you. You can break out a spreadsheet and min-max your point use and entries, but the gain isn't going to be worth the effort. If you really want a game, then take the long(er) shot risk. How much do you really want to play the slightly better chance to win a game that you only halfway care about versus the worse chance to win a game that you really want? I entered a Witcher 2 giveaway that ultimately had 8589 entries. I knew my chance to win was nearly zero. I've dropped out of giveaways that had a third of those entries. But, who knows. Maybe I'd be lucky

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tl,dr version: because the op is dumb

1 decade ago
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Was hoping it was a sarcastic thread....

1 decade ago
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Same here, disapponted :(

1 decade ago
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I enter near 2450 giveaway until the first win! You must be more patient! :D

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I've entered 131 and I WON something! :-P

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I won something with approx 90. Which was very lucky.

1 decade ago
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it is very hard to get pass 2K entries without a win :p try more OP.

1 decade ago
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no it isnt... :D :D

1 decade ago
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Don't worry about winning or losing. it's a free website, you're not losing anything. :)
I'm just thankful some cool guys are giving away stuff for free. I think that's what really counts.

1 decade ago
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^this

The site is not a magical keygen for every steam game. Ppl that give away stuff bought that (except those annoying exceptions of key exploits).

1 decade ago
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first world sg problems

677:0, beat that

1 decade ago
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look at mine 678:0
(legit, i saw your post, checked my entered, and it happened to be one more xD)

1 decade ago
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Same as with poster above. I can recommend this thread to you.

1 decade ago
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You are soon near 700, which is a nice number. I can recommend this thread to you.

1 decade ago
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no thx, i dont really like private groups with guidelines and rules

IM A FREE MAN ON THE INTERNET

1 decade ago
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That's the spirit lad! Now go and beat the odds. Freedom!

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Giveaways Entered
2,296
Gifts Won
0

BEAT THAT

1 decade ago
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damn ok ive found my master in luck

1 decade ago
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Be patient dude! You'll win something eventually =p

1 decade ago
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Because math.

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I've only won 8 giveaways (including Faerie Solitaire) in 4,057 tries. Get used to losing.

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That's actually a pretty good ratio :)

1 decade ago
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How many times do noobies have to whine about this.

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On the other side of this bastard creek... I want to reach a 10000:1 win ratio.

Is it possible? I don't know.

But I'm trying, dammit.

1 decade ago
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A whole 130 entries? You should've won like 10 games by now.

Contact your government, there's something really wrong here.

1 decade ago
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You poor thing.

:C

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Registered 3 weeks ago

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Makes pure sense.We'll talk about wins at 500 entries

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Because fuck you.

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Cry more. Though one guy won my ship giveaway at entry #12.

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Closed 1 decade ago by elbennito00.