Nitro's excuse to have a poll, and whitelist stuff (with some gibs, including elden ring)

1.Red Potatoes the theme could be about astrology (just my opinion)

2.Shawshank Redemption one of the best classic movies

3. Best gaming moment for me was same like yours Red dead redemption 2 is an amazing game (cried at the end of the game but who hasn't) also Metro exodus what an experience that game was if you haven't played it i recommend it. Also i met a few friends in Warzone randomly and now we are playing a bunch of games together we all live in different towns but same country so a good friendship was made in Warzone.
   Cheers!

I don't know, it has nice cast and narrative? It's certainly one of the movies of all time :P
Jokes aside, it's a good movie that tells a good story. That's probably not the reason it's the greatest movie of all time, but it's enough for me :D I should watch it again now that you mentioned it :P
Hmm, can't remember any important moment for games. I guess I'm just sleepy ^^"

1. ♫Train, train, take us away~♫
2. I'm one of a handful of people who actually didn't like The Shawshank Redemption. Sorry. :(
3. My best gaming moment of 2021? Uh...maybe playing Prey for the first time. I watched Markiplier's LP a while back so I already knew the plot, but it's an amazing game.

Thank you!

1. "French Fries" is my rating
2. Because it's the perfect mix of all kinds of lessons about humans. How power corrupts. That you can find empathy where you least expect it. That you shouldn't judge humans on their biggest failure, they can improve. And that revenge is a dish best served cold. xD
3. No idea, I've been blessed with playing quite a lot of great games. Can't pick a winner. And probably would struggle to remember when 2021 began and ended.

First of all, I need to thank you for the pool. That first option really made me smile. With everything going on it's those small things that matter.

Not I would feel bad not to try to answer the questions, so here we go:

1. Considering your seniority on the page, maybe something in the form of a timeline(either time based or GA based) Somehow refer to your memories of steamgifts since you joined, or alternatively to every XXXth game given away. That would certainly be original, and suitable for an anniversary (Fabularized trains are also nice, but I wanted to suggest something new)
2. I barely remember that one. Should probably try to watch it again.
3. Hard to say, There were plenty nice ones, but I would have a hard time naming one(or a few) as top ones

Sorry for not being able to contribute more

2. I remembered the most is the scene which the good guy got out of jail and can’t adapt the society anymore, then committed suicide. And the final scene when he finally was freed under the rain.
3. I can’t think any game memorable I played last year.

1. Anime theme best theme :3
2. Morgan Freeman. And the story in general was just great.
3. I think just a lot of gaming done in general got a lot of backlog done!

1) I like trains. Plus, potato is one of my fav words. I just like saying it. Poe Tay Toe. I like it way WAY more than Tomato. Tomato, as a word, does nothing for me. Potato is magic. Red Potato is my vote.

2) When I hear someone in the 'real world' say, "decidedly inconvenient" I know it means 2 things. It means they've seen Shawshank Redemption recently, and they have a great taste in movies. Such a beautiful movie.

3) My best gaming moment in 2021 was experiencing Hollow Knight. The moment in question is when, after failing repeatedly on a boss, finally beating him/her and the sense of satisfaction I felt... then said to myself, "This game's AMAZING!" Felt sooooo gooooood!

I watched the start film because you mentioned it and I've had it on the backburner for a while. It probably has the most humorous dialogue in a movie that I've watched (me being a zoomer and mostly watching movies for younger audiences). My favorite line was, "You people run this place like a f** prison!" Andy's appreciation for chess really made me love his character, not anything else. Also it was so funny recognizing the Guard Captain as Mr. Krabs VA. Pretty discernible when he swears if you ask me.
I totally forgot that this was supposed to be in a few words, so my best summation would be: it has real soul.

Edit: watched more, and that brooks scene though...

nr 1 - not sure but i like dem potatoes red and fried and crispy! :)

nr 2 - how can a movie not be awesome when it has Morgan Freeman and is based on Stephen King's book?? (i also have a nice profile imho :))

nr 3 - best 2021 moments.. finished all TF2 cheevos and after that continued with dark souls 1+remaster :)

For 2. The title itself includes how the movie would end, but the storyline of the main character is well-written, who goes through the hardships and finally get the freedom. The narration of Morgan Freeman is one of the other elements making watchers get into the movie. The last sentence - “In Memory of Allen Greene.”

Who is this guy anyway smh my head

3. Playing Ys Origin for the first time. Great ARPG with surprisingly good story.

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1: Rainbow Potatoes, that's also a theme?
2: Strangely, movies in prison are nearly always great, and Stephen King never failed.
3: Horizon Zero Dawn. It was a game that I won here in SG. The story was great, especially how it manages to tell the history behind how the world become filled with these strange robots. And graphics were the best I had encountered in an open world, and yes I know the game isn't really young because it was a PS4 game first, but I was really impressed.

ok so i am "close" to both my 8th cake day and 5000 games gifted, wanted to reach those goals around the same time

Wow, that's impressive O_o

1. I didn't miss them, since I haven't participated in any of them. At least I think I haven't. I rarely discuss something on this forum until I really need to speak to someone. I have trouble communicating with people even in my native language, what to say about English — my grammar is pretty bad and it takes some time and effort to express myself clearly. I haven't any thoughts about the train theme, but "communication" suggests itself.

2. I've heard a lot of great things about this movie, but I haven't watched it. It's probably a subconscious thing. The person who recommended this movie to me first is not a person whose advice I would trust the slightest)

3. The best moment was the completion of Dark Souls Remastered. I loved the original Demon's Souls back in the day, but I have love/hate "relationships" with the first Dark Souls due too many reasons. But I've finally completed it with DLC and got all the achievements (despite I'm not a completionist) — just to be done with this game once and for all.

1 - Few ideas for trains, the first has a set number of games but the others allow more flexibility and you can choose how many:

• A game for every letter of the alphabet (a - American Truck Simulator, b- Beat Sabre, etc.)
• Games by their release date (Slay the Spire (Jan 2019), Astroneer (Feb, 2019), etc.)
• Games by price (under 1 Euro, 1-2 Euros, 2-3 Euros, 3-4 Euros, etc.)
• Games by community wishlist ranking (1 game from 1-10th rank, 1 game from 11-20th rank, etc.)

I don't really have answers for your questions, besides the third one. So, the best gaming moment was playing WoW and meeting you and other nice people :D

• 1, because while I was registered in sg before your last train I only started becoming active in the forums around late 2020's. You're before my time, old man/woman/anime catgirl! As for theme, there are a lot of possible themes but I feel like since it's your cakeday soon just choose your favorite game of this year and make your picks branching from that.

• The Shawshank Redemption is, in my opinion, made unforgettable by its portrayal of the lives of former inmates once their sentence is served. Most prisons not just in the US but all around the world are punitive rather than rehabilitative and the consequences of such a system really show in the Shawshank Redemption. A logical consequence glossed over by the movie to sanitize the topic is that such a system also promotes recidivism. If people don't feel they belong but know a place where they do, they will gravitate to the latter each and every time without a support system. Treating people inhumanly encourages all involved to forget how to be human.

• Disgaea 5 for me! I've always liked TBS (and strategy games in general) and it really got me into the whole franchise. Shame I haven't had much energy to play games lately tho...

1. How about "New game+", just games with NG+, for the Grand prize lets GA your Steam account for the most expensive NG+ ever.
   tbh first time see u around, hi
2. I'm watching it, neat movie
3. Found a 3rd party watch-controller for NS that works flawlessly with Yuzu, now I can enjoy every single Just Dance title ever without having to pay Ubisuck

1. I like trains! very fun :D (will be cool if you add small comments along the train, make it's interesting) [green potatoes]
2. I haven't seen it but will give it a shot
3. Uninstalling league of legends

1.- Since you are going for 5k giveaways, I think it'd be fun to use games based on numbers too, like Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion (with its 1k doors theme) or Slipstream 5000, etc...
2.- Can't comment on this one since I was a baby at the time
3.- My best gaming moment was getting to replay nier with it's HD remaster, I really liked that game back when it came out for ps3 (the japanese version, the american version with old nier was terrible)

1. sorry, i don't have any ideas about theme, but hey i'm down for some potatoes :D
2. because "brooks was here" :( also how cool is a cool profile? (｀∇´)
3. discovering Syberia franchise and finishing it, is one of my best gaming moment in 2021 (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

1: Turnips is my answer to both. I just like saying turnips.

2: Morgan Freeman saying "Andy Dufresne Motherfucker" will forever be burnt into my mind. Highly doubt that line is actually in the movie but I can hear it clearly in my head. But seriously a great film.

3: Been playing a lot of deception games this last year. Something special about gaining a friends complete unquestionable trust and having two of them point fingers at each other, then laughing maniacally as their fates are sealed.

1. You can pet the CAT train! Games relating to cats! (answer to the ranking idk but this train was 10/10)
2. I've never seen Shawshank Redemption
3. I got to play so many games on my switch with friends I made after staring college!