Pull up a chair and stay awhile friend.

And here we are two years later! Specifically, 2 years, 5 months, 10 days later. It's been a ride Steamgifts. It truly has. You have to understand when I first joined this site I had never before that point participated in any online forum ever! And now, here on my day off, I cannot for the life of me remember why or even how I found this site. The memory of a Goldfish, I swear! I'm sure it was something stupid like trying to find free games. I do remember the giveaway that brought into the forums though. It took me approximately forever to find it in my entered giveaways.. I was like Fortixember? What is this nonsense?? Turned out to be one amazing event. Who knew forums hosted those? Not this guy. I just realized too that my first Fortix event was also Jbond's. Good stuff! :D

Looking back at that Fortix thread now really shows how much times have changed. Goodness, remember when blacklists were on Pastebin files? Ewww. It took a certain amount of dedication to keep up with those. I got mine approved and forgot about it like a week later. I just found it. Bahahaha. I CRACK MYSELF UP! And with that, I thank you Delta for such amazing threads that led me to the forums to experience the awesomeness therein! For bringing me to a place where I can actually say I've met online friends. It's truly amazing. Let me bring this into perspective, I've actually learned life lessons from an online giveaway site! Amazing!

Well, it's about time to get into the "meat and potatoes" discussion of this thread, huh? You're probably wondering why I've gathered you all here. The short of it is I've decided to leave Steamgifts and I figured this was the best way to do it. I thought about just leaving and not saying anything, but I needed closure. ;.; Friends I've made on here made the suggestion that I slowly start limiting my time on here and then gradually leave, but my mind doesn't work like that. It's like telling a cocaine addict to ween of his addiction by not taking as much. All it takes is just a little to fall back into the spiral. :D Yes, you people are my cocaine. Mostly Khalaq and his random nuggets of gold advice on life. Really, there's been quite a few times I've read your posts and reevaluated my life. You are a gentleman and a scholar, sir. And I thank you for it.

So, here we are. Saying goodbye this way seemed to be the best option in my arsenal. If you're wondering why, I'll say the full story of how I got here seems long and depressing. I would rather focus on the positive things and go from here. One reason though, is that I will be focusing on doing more activities with my family and traveling. Time in this world is limited and I've been reminded of that too many times this year. I'm a huge picture taker though so the things I will be doing will be documented kind of like Jatan did when He went to Japan. That was really awesome and I want to copy that :P So I will stop in occasionally and share those with you! I will also be taking the rest of my free time and playing through each of my wins. At least to the point of installing and giving each one a try. I owe that to each of the creators. :D

Also, I just reached level 8. So, consider this a celebration of that, all the wins I've won so far, all the games I've given away so far, the age of my account on Steam and any other achievements I've achieved during my time here that I forgot to celebrate! That's right Steamgifts, I'm turning my departure into a celebration! So just go with it! :D

Without further ado! Giveaways!
And shortcut to the end! :D

LAST GIVEAWAY-RUNS ONE DAY FOR SELECTED GROUPS

Edit: Well I've been working on this thread a few days now and have had time to think of a better way to do this. I'll be honest, the thought of leaving forever makes me sad and it feels wrong. So, there's another approach I haven't thought of that I think I'll take if I don't change my mind again in a couple of days. I'll just take a break! Just like DKNY :D He's a genius and I'm stealing his idea. I will take a break until Spring or Summer of 2016. That will give me time to rebuild relationships and be social and explore the wilderness of East Tennessee. Eww being social >.< I didn't want to go back and rework my thread cause I'm feeling lazy. Lazy. Lazy. THIS IS THE LAZY SONG

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