It's my 9th Steam Anniversary today. I can hardly believe it's been nine years already since I first reluctantly signed up for a Steam account. All because I just wanted to play some Counter-Strike, but this Steam thingy was suddenly a non-optional nuisance that had to be dealt with first. Why would I want to keep my games on some kind of server? To... download? What? It didn't make any sense at all. Fast forward nine years and, well, I don't need to tell you...

Anyway, this calls for a celebration. And that means some giveaways are in order, and I think nine giveaways sounds about right.

I'm far too lazy (and stupid) to make some kind of elaborate puzzle or whatever, so what I'll do is (are you ready for this, you might want to take a seat and write this down...) link to the giveaways right here:

  1. Here's number one

  2. Here's number two

  3. Here's number three

  4. Here's number four

  5. Here's number five

  6. EDIT: Here's number six

  7. EDIT: Number seven was hidden in the source for a while. Here it is

  8. EDIT: Number eight is in this thread. Look for it :)

  9. EDIT: Here's number nine)

Yep, nothing too exciting I'm afraid, and these last ones aren't super shiny fancy titles, but they aren't bundle games either, so you might want to come back and check later :p

Also, feel free to share the reason you first made a Steam account. I'd like to hear your stories :)

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UPDATE:

Thanks to everyone who replied. I enjoyed reading your comments, even if I didn't reply to each single one. People have asked me why I asked entrants to comment on the giveaways. The answer is simple: I wanted to see if people would read and follow a simple request. You can see for yourself how that went.

ALL WINNERS HAVE BEEN ADDED ON STEAM. GIFTS WILL BE DELIVERED VIA STEAM CHAT/TRADE, SO PLEASE ACCEPT MY FRIEND REQUEST.

1 decade ago*

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I hit my 9 year anniversary last september. It is still crazy how long i've been on that platform. Still kickin' the 5 digit steamid too :D

1 decade ago
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I solely made a Steam account just to play Dota 2. Didn't think it would become a huge obsession.. :o XD

1 decade ago
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I made my steam account for Counter Strike: Source

1 decade ago
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I made my steam account because some friends told me there was a free game called Alien Swarm. I downloaded it cause I thought it used to be a paid game and was only free for a short time. Fast forward 2 years and I realize it was free the whole time. Then came the Humble THQ Bundle that fully brought me into Steam's Web.

1 decade ago
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sorry but i don't remember why i created my steam account, just that i start using it when i received a beta invite for dota 2 :D

1 decade ago
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Congrats. I joined steam because I got some free games from my friends. So I decided I had to make an account and try these games.

1 decade ago
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I made my Steam account in 2009 but started using it when I bought The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim.

1 decade ago
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Aw, number 8 remained hidden :(

Anyway, I don't quite remember why I signed up on Steam, but the first time I actually used it was to play Alien Swarm.

1 decade ago
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Well, it's little comfort now I guess, but look again.

1 decade ago
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Closed 1 decade ago by emotionengine.