Why people do not playing won games. (Poll)

A bit of everything, honestly.

I lost interest in some of the games I've won a long time ago. I did play them, just didn't finish them. The other reason is I just don't feel like playing some games over other. You can't blame anyone for that - I have a 500+ library and in the past weeks I've been playing only like, 2 games.

For some of the bigger, newer games, internet is an issue. The reason I haven't played much of DOOM is because, the game already being huge, it took days to download. Once it was ready, I played it a bit... then for some unknown reason (well, not so unknown) there was a 36GB update... while I was trying to go through it bit by bit, I was also in the process of moving to my new computer. Obviously, this meant moving some of my games, and well... I had to leave the game behind. Now, if I want to play it, I'll have to spend once again weeks downloading every night. That sucks.

In other cases, the games I've won were not what I expected them to be, or just aren't fun to me. Nothing I can do about it much - I tried them, didn't find the experience an enjoyable one, so stopped playing. I shouldn't have to force myself to play games. :P

These are a few of the reasons I didn't finish games I've won. I did try most of my wins, however. This is also the reason I'm not that salty about users not playing some of their wins as much as people on SG tend to think is acceptable these days. If you've won 500 games and only idled a few, then yes, this is bullshit. But otherwise, I don't find myself judging much.

I only enter giveaways for games I'm interested in, so I sincerely plan on eventually finishing everything I've won, but the reasons I usually don't go out and play my wins right away boils down to these:

1. Winning is completely random, so I'm already playing or planning on playing something else.
2. I feel obligated to finish everything I've started, so I get hung up on trying to not play games I haven't already installed.
3. If I seriously want to play a certain game right away (or think I do, anyway), I'll probably just buy it instead of hoping I'll win it.
4. Sometimes I'm just not feeling that kind of game at that moment.

Many of us here are trying to sift through a never-ending backlog of our own creation (guilty!), but games are still supposed to be entertainment. Playing games out of a sense of duty while getting no joy out of it only wastes your time in misery. That's not to say pushing yourself to start something is a bad idea, but if you're not enjoying it, I'd personally come back to it later.

True, it saddens me when I give a game I dearly love to someone who doesn't touch it, but when I consider my own gaming habits, I figure they'll maybe get back to it someday too. at least most of the stuff I've won came from bundles... except tales of symphonia, which was sandwiched in between two big rpgs that I still haven't finished and I'll get to it I swear :(

In general I try to play each won game at least for a short time (approx 15-30 mins) to get a basic feeling for the game and to know if I would enjoy it. If it happens to be abandoned, broken or just totally not my cup of tea etc. I have no problem to uninstall it, since at least I tried. If I enjoy it, then I will finish it. I will not instantly get around to play every game, but usually there is enough time between my wins to do so.

According to script I managed to play 84.6% of my wins. But these are my standards. I would prefer if people entered only giveaways if they intended to play the game, but that is an illusion I waved goodbye a long time ago. Besides, with that flood of shovelware currently on steam, I can totally understand if people wouldn't want to play all won games.......

Of the 3 games I won:

I wanted HL ep. 2 to have all of HL2, but I never got far into HL2, and probably will never get to it.

I played a little Deponia and didn't like it that much.

Never got around to Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes. Sounds like a decent game, but so are so many other games I own and don't play (including many I bought or pledged money for on Kickstarter). I hardly play these days.

Mainly because my hdd (500GB) is getting full. I did play a few games (roughly 30) of my wins, kinda that I had to delete them to free up space. I'll thinking of upgrading my storage space in the near future because 500GB is not gonna be enough for upcoming games.

In my case, im studying programming and is hard as *** for me, so i only have time for "idle games" in a second monitor and maybe this :D, because i want to find a job of what im studying asap.

I played every single one of the games I won (I won 0 of them :D )

too much game，too less time，I always didn't know which game I should play.I join playing a'ppreciated GROup,when U win,you must play it in one month.That let me didn't need to choese which game I have play.

When i joined this site i was entering all the giveaways, didnt care if i will play it or not. It was awesome on my eyes to have a change to win all these games.

The Last 2 years I join only giveaways for games i will play. Btw i have played more than 50% of the games i won those years.

I play as I want/can. Last time someone checked for me and I've played more than 50% of my winnings. I know, also, there is a few games i've played offline (on a laptop) so their stats are not showing.

I won't feel bad about this.

wtf? get a few BL just from a topic like this? i don't understand why people are so salty?

buuuuuttttttttt, i thinks some of the guy who BL'ed you, is because your ratio not the thread :v i don't really know what they think tho, since my BL list is 0 (everybody deserve a chance)

EDIT : i should've answer the topic lol
My Answer : I play some of the game, especially my whislist. its hard to win that. so sometimes i just enter random private Train to spent my point, but lately i changed my mind, im only entering the game i want so if i win the game, the chance its im going to play it is high. :v

Would you play the games I've won either? :P
I might give Singularity Roller a quick run since it isn't a bundle game technically but nothing else is worth the space.

I play them eventually. Since I don't win that often I can actually play them all.

Aaaaand I bought my first graphic card (previous was not paid by my own moneys)! Yaaay! It's Asus GTX 1060 6GB and it's seems really pretty cool despite very high cost for me (increased scholarship for about half of year).
Time to start archived games (include SG's wins)! =D Except big part of time for a education......
Anyway, I very excited by some retests of my graphic card and I can't stop myself against this comment.
TRAIN HERE (RU+CIS): сесть на поезд

Бамп !

And what about offline play and card idle? How can you know if someone relly played or not played some game? Some people jist download si gleplayer games and then go offline to play them and have no playtime in steam api while some other people just run asf and get playtime in steam api.

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I'm usually play my games,but the lasts months change my life a lot:(
For better or worse...for better i'm waitng my 3rd child:D
For worse i've closed my restaurant so i have to find a job,and unfortunatly don't have my full time that I wanted to play...but...i think the future will be better:D!
Good luck and best wishes to everyone:)
P.S I was in playing appreciated group,i won but didn't play the game,so i'm out now,i'm not telling this for hard or anything,i'm telling this because i believe this is the BEST group here and i want it to keep going...you win a game play it man!
Don't do it for greed,others don't have that luxury:)