I originally came here because I bought a humble bundle and wanted to trade it. It went slowly away from trading and more to commenting on people's threads.

I also joined to win games. Today the main reason I stay is to get rid of extra keys I obtain from bundles. I also hang out in BAA chat because I like Frivoc. I don't really have other conditions for giving than making it painless. I just don't have the energy to deal with people who cause me any kind of trouble (don't mark received, for example). That's not to say they're worse people. I'd just rather wait until they've leveled up a bit so they will likely know the rules better.

Former leecher here. Ok, I still leech but I do give now as well

I agree with everything that you've said yet I don't have negative feelings towards people who use sgtools, who only create high level giveaways, who create only forum giveaways, who contribute only in groups where they have the biggest chances of winning, who blacklisted me, not even those who have never given away a game but won 50 games. Why? Because SG needs all of you.
And the only thing I don't like are people who are trying to make others think the same way as they think. And they're showing their magnanimity by not blacklisting anyone, creating only level 0 giveaways and not using sgtools because SG is already divided and conflicted enough yet they come here to the forums to hate everybody who thinks different than them, ranting on everything and everyone.

came for the trade section, stayed for giving away games for free :D

My reason for being here? That's easy. I really liked the game I played at that time and I wanted to give it a bit more exposure. So I joined the site to make a giveaway for said game. It is still the same today, there are games that I like and which I wish to spread a bit information about. That is the reason why I'm mostly giving away the same games over and over again. And also the reason I wish more people would actually intend to play their wins and not just collect games. And yea, from time to time I even win something.

Also, what is so bad about some drama? People are expressing their opinions, it isn't thad bad. I mean we are after all free to ignore such threads. There is still a multitude of threads with less drama one can enjoy. And be honest, people here are still tame most of the time. If you want to see some really unnecessary drama go to a popular multiplayer game of your choice and read a random thread in the Steam forum.

And yea, people make mistakes it is common. Probably make more mistake than most people. But I would say it depends if people are willing to learn out of said mistake and also if they are willing to correct their mistake. But I haven't seen that many user showing their goodwill and correcting their mistake. Although it is pretty simple.

Because while trading for games people asked me to rep them on Steam Trades. :3

I'm pretty sure it was to leech. But for some reason I don't know how I ended up here. I literally have no idea how I found this site.

I joined the site to leech but i feel guilty when i win too much and start doing GAs...

Nostalgia*

There is another mistake right there. :p

I first joined SG due to a forum that I used to frequent. To make giveaways in their steam group, and of course receive the odd game as well. And that group had a strict "activate everything you win or you're out" rule.

If I could not blacklist the nazi supporters, the people who think it's alright to seriously harass other users, and the people who just sell their wins, I would just have stopped doing public/forum giveaways a long time ago.

I have no nostalgia.

I used to give out spare games from bundles on a forum I was a member of. I saw someone there doing a slightly different thing, giving out the spare games on some suspicious site called Steamgifts, where one needed to register. I never took any keys from the forum, just gave them away, so I didn't check it out at once, but after a while I decided to check the link, which led to me registering, and I started giving out the games here instead.

It didn't take long until I went from giving away bundle leftovers to purchasing (non bundle) games specifically for giving away. I'm still amazed and inspired by all the generous people here, and even though there's a bit of drama every now and then, a significant part of the active community seem to be very nice people.

I've done a little of everything, some public no restriction giveaways, some mid level, some high level, a lot of invite-only giveaways (everything from just links, puzzles to sgtools for people with a certain maximum amount of wins) and whitelist/group giveaways for many different groups. I like that there are several options, and sometimes I like to do giveaways for a select few. If that option was not available, I probably would just skip that giveaway altogether, I wouldn't have made the exact same public giveaway instead, so in my case, having some options/"conditions" leads to more giveaways.

I can't remember, but probably I was looking for some site were I could win some games, and found this.

Now I know that steamgifts is more than that. It has the Discuss tab too. Now I share I can, while I appreciate every win that I get.
I trade, I comment, Im more active here. Its cool. There's really nice people here and I can learn a thing or too, and help whenever I can.

I'd gotten a copy of a Worms game (I think it was Worms Revolution? Don't remember, and too lazy to look), and I didn't want it. So I was trying to find someone who would take it, and I was pointed towards this website. Then I just kinda stuck around and kept making giveaways and stuff. The Steamgifts bug bit me and there was no going back. :-)

to leech
then threw 6 copies of a game I should have traded instead

Came for free games, stayed for konrad T.T

One of my major places for giveaways was...
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2646885&page=3832

Got lured here by...
https://www.steamgifts.com/user/gokussjuk

Forgot about steamgifts shortly after, but recently found my way back and decided to stay.

bear with you

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I think I was searching for a GTAV giveaway which I ended up buying last sale xD

I had years of unused keys from bundles and liked the idea of being able to give them away because I knew there were so many I'd never play. Turns out I like winning games too though ;-)

I used to not giveaway bundle games at first since you weren't allowed to, it still feels kinda wrong to me but that's just my weird brain.
I also was a professional leecher at the time, but lately I hardly enter giveaway, unless it's for wishlisted game I really really want (so tell me what you want what you really really want). Also talking to people here makes me feel not as lonely.
Anyway, thanks for not creating a giveaway, I don't like how everyone has to apologize when they don't create a giveaway for their threads. :(