maybe he tried to enter but is missing base game.
or all giveaways would have comments

i am pretty sure that's calling out... and you know what happens to someone when he is calling out don't ya? <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

That is such a stupid assumption, he is saying thanks to the guy giving it away for the sole purpose of it.

Sometimes I say thanks but save the giveaway for later because I don't have enough points, what's wrong with that

I try to always say thanks when I enter, and don't delete these even if I withdraw for some reason (like seeing game I am far more interested in but lacking points). How about better proof? :<

Sometimes when I see a super-duper giveaway, I get so excited that I express my gratitude in the comments, but then forget to actually enter.

I've said thanks and caught myself almost forgetting to hit the enter button before. Possible that he/she went one step further?

Maybe they were also in the process of entering and got distracted? Said thanks then went for a pee/answered the phone/door or something? Then again, it might be a bot. Hard to tell one way or the other.

Ive said thanks without entering too, so...am I bot?

oh my god, new global scourge, the bots on steamgift!!!
but please..

i say thanks on giveaways i don't enter..

Sometimes people change their mind after entering and leaving a comment, they remove their entry.

I'm not a bot. Bzzzt! I wrote 'thanks' in shitload of giveaways I didn't enter because I either had the game already and knew it's cool or knew I'm not gonna be able to play it. Or I entered but then left because something more awesome appeared and I didn't have enough points.

I say thanks on giveaways or other comments I dont enter all the time (or pull my entry after the fact for various reasons)

I try to balance my entries/comments ratio, even if that means saying thanks in a giveaway I'm not going to enter (fun fact: I'm not a bot)

if i see priv/group GA i ofthen thanks even if i don't enter. Also hemay have entered, win it somewhere, so he remopved his entry - comment stays.

I sometimes end up buying games for which I entered + thanked. Usually bundles and high discount ones. I remove the entry, but leave the thanks. Despite my greed/need for a game, every giveaway is still a contribution to the site. :)

EDIT:
"Registered1 month ago
Giveaways Entered 1,221
Gifts Won 0
Estimated Wins 1.52
Comments 103"

Ah, ok, I get it now: you've been around for a month and entered "so many giveaways omg" and didn't win, so now you think bots are "stealing" your wins.
Don't worry and go on with your life: you'll win eventually. Also install SteamGifts Plus: it really helps filtering stuff out so you easily see the stuff you really like.

I have entered a few giveaways left a comment and left a giveaway due to me deciding not to for one reason or another. When I do that I do not bother removing my comment since I really do not feel like trying to find it :P

Then there are a few times where I will leave comments without the intent on entering the giveaway.

A few times there where games I ended up buying anyways so I removed entries.

Seems like the OP is trying to point the finger at others to hide the fact that he himself is a bot! Dun dun dun

I don't deny bots could be around but given the point limit, contrib value and requirement of (i think) $100+ game value, that would stop most bots. The next part would be needing a captcha and i don't know about you but i can never read the darn things! I wouldn't worry too much about them

A guy commenting on a giveaway he didn't enter doesn't prove he's a bot.

Also, how is commenting gonna protect their accounts? This post is confusing.

OH I GET IT, IT'S COOOOONSPIRACY THEORIES TIME.

"EDIT: To me people who say thanks just for their stupid ratio deserve the same fate as pedophiles"

Pedophiles deserve free games too? :O

You are awfully forgiving of pedophiles I guess. Which is just sad.

Hah I saw that one and was considering commenting on it but passed.

Anyway what I think we can take away from this, is that people can stop posting Smaug DLC keys from Raptr now. No one cares to enter anymore. I kind of wish the better 2 didn't get bundled though, there was only ever a few posted and now no one does at all, ah well.

Some bots even post threads like this as a cunning double-bluff to hide their true identity.

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Reading your posts on this thread, you're a real wonderful guy, huh? Damn, just shut up already, stop insulting people who post a "thanks" on a giveaway. Your "theory" is based on such speculative assumption that it holds as much water as a sieve. As many others have pointed out, there can be myriad reasons for someone to post a thanks but not enter - in fact, the "thanks" bots you refer to only post a "thanks" automatically when a giveaway is entered. I don't really give much of a toss either way, whether someone is using a bot or not, though I myself always just copy-pasta a "thanks" of some description on giveaways I enter manually. I only hand-type out a message to the giveaway maker when it's relevant - i.e. on private and group giveaways, where I both know the person and thus the message is personal and holds some meaning, as well as there being few enough entries that you can assume the maker is actually reading the comments. That, or on private giveaways I enter after say, solving a puzzle. All this bitching about "thanks" either having to be posted, or in your case bitching about the comments not being truly heartfelt - just cut it the f*ck out. If you're making a public giveaway, you're putting the chance for someone, anyone to win a game off you out there and shouldn't care about anyone's gratitude but the person who wins your giveaway, anyway. It's ridiculous to feel entitled to, or even want hundreds, if not thousands of people bowing down at the temple that is your most generous giveaway, and if you truly want that, you're doing giveaways for the wrong reasons - e-peen related ones. With group giveaways, it's a different story as you actually know each other, thus showing some gratitude to a friend / acquaintance for putting a giveaway up is warranted and makes sense.

Either way, from the extremely belligerent tone you've been showing to people so far on this thread, I conclude you're an attention starved jerk who feels he should bash others for at best trying to show some gratitude to someone for making a giveaway, or at worst only fitting in with the crowd and oh no, using bots to automate posting a "thanks" on public giveaways, where the "thanks" should be unnecessary and assumed by the maker.

"EDIT: To me people who say thanks just for their stupid ratio deserve the same fate as pedophiles"

What? A short custodial sentence, then rehabilitation into the community under a new identity?