...giveaways, and just plainly refuse to buy?

I mean, I've entered in countless giveaways for Nuclear Throne. The game isn't even expensive, in fact it gets dirt cheap during sales.
But I just refuse to buy it, I'm adamant about winning it.

Am I the only one?

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Do you?

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What is this?

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Hurtworld and Forest still entering :D wanted Forest and won Project cars, wanted Hurtwold and won Lords of Fallen :D always game with lowest interest from all entered (if i win its always lowest interest game from all entered and with my winning luck its bit... 23 games in 4 years)

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That's the rules man. The less you're interested, the more chances you have.

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2 years ago i just pressed "enter" for the forest and... I won. but this game was very borring.

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Something similar happened to me when I first started using steamgifts. Entered a random giveaway without really knowing how everything worked, and ended up winning Faerie Solitaire, a game I wasn't really interested in.

That's when I started entering only in giveaways for games I actually cared about.

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Ya I only enter games that I really want from my wishlist, or else it will screw my ratios :(

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Canabalt is my bane. . . 164 tries and counting

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See, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Cheap-ass game, and still refuse to buy it. Soldier on, my friend. We shall win in the end!

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Subnautica for me is like that. I was on the verge of finally buying it as part of the recent bundle, but I waited too long.. :(

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Yes, I do. Just Cause 3 XL Edition & Grand Theft Auto V (I can't afford it ΰ²₯_ΰ²₯)

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I feel you.

If it's any help, GTA V is on offer right now, 24€ on gamersgate.

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It's around €18.75 if you buy it in GBP, yet I'm still undecided :).

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Many. For me, it tends to be really bad games as opposed to good. Games that inspire a feeling of: "You're not very good but you're everywhere and everyone seems to own you...get in mah library."

Weird I guess, spending thousands of points entering the same giveaways for the same shitty game instead of just buying the darn thing. :P

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You and me both man.

Oh yes, happy cake day!

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happy cake day

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No, I get impatient and eventually buy it.

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Good on you man. I guess I'm too stubborn.

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The only games I constantly enter for are from high tier expensive bundles, so I can't just buy them personally.
Though I entered 59 Stanley Parable giveaways since the Freedom Bundle went live and I've known about this game since its release, so I should definitely just buy it already. xD
If there is a cheap game I want to have, I usually just trade it for bundle leftovers or old free keys if they are interested in those.

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i used to do it with besiege

now i do it with xcom 2

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legend of mysteria rpg on my case XDD

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Sent you a friend request

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I will be doing a train soon of RPGmaker games and it will include Legend of Mysteria . . .

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Hi SevenBlueSeven, Thank you so much!!!!
Nevertheless....already "won" it ... CowOfDarkness gift it to me ^____^

Welcome to my WL for ur kindness ^^ I'm planing to make some WL GAs as soon as I can

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Yay! or should I say "Moo!" instead?

Keep your eyes out for the RPGmaker train here in the forums next month.

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Sure! I'll enter if I see it! Love RPG games and still have some I'm looking for xd

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145 for me : (

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Could I give you a copy? Or are you dead-set on winning it?

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Not dead-set, I am more like waiting for a bundle that contains both. By the time I heard that HRK finally managed to somehow find a payment processor outside G2Pay, they ran out of keys for these.
But I usually play these time managers when I visit the folks, and I have plenty of HOGs left for that occasions to last me over half a year at least anyway.

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Wow....kindly user :D Added to my WL :D because of that and because u have a cat picture similar to my cat

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:3

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Yes, a couple with Nuclear Throne being one of them.

One thing, when was Nuclear Throne on sale? I thought Vlambeer was against giving discounts on this game... it was bundled a couple of time already, though.

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Never, really, it had 20% or 25% discounts at best. But it is the third time it is bundled, so I am surprised if most of the copies are not bought at the grey market. Especially now, as the price tanked with the new HB bundle, it is under $4 on G2A now as apparently a lot of keys ended up there.

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Yeah, I was thinking of bundles. Still, 9€ is fairly cheap, and even less on G2A. Hell, I have plenty on my steam wallet to just buy it right now, but no. I refuse.

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It must have been karma but I just won Nuclear Throne :D

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The witness but its expensive. Nice deal on Freedom bundle, but cant afford $30 and there's also international transaction restriction in my country.

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well, if you have the money...
split it

and it will only cost you $5-$7 depending how you want to price it. lots of effort to split and deliver to people, though (plus fees for sending money, but also a bust if you don't want to give out personal information too)

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Might come handy in a future.. If I am able to overcome international transaction restrictions... Thnx for info

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generally the cost of the cheap game outweighs the price anywhere else you will get it. like $8 with a fee of $0.61 or so (if you just make a WTB thread) for a game that's been on sale for $20 or something, but PayPal is upping their fees coming March 29, too.

We are changing the standard transaction fee for sellers selling goods or services online to buyers outside the U.S. from 3.9% to 4.4% plus the existing fixed fee based on the currency.
We are changing the standard transaction fee for in store transactions received from buyers outside the U.S. from 3.7% to 4.2%.

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Dickhammmer Vermintide , cant win it ...just cant. ;x

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I've entered well over 100 times for Nuclear Throne myself, actually. It's become something of a compulsion.

Did it for Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade as well, because I refused to buy that Namco bundle just for that one game. Finally caved and scoured the trading markets for it.

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I was thinking of going in deep with trading. But that just feels wrong, at least for this specific game.

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Probably every single one on my wishlist.

But to be more specific, Singularity.

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i tried

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Thanks <3

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297 Tries for Remember me so far ( funny thing i actually won the game once , but it was region locked so i had to give up on it :( )

Probably there is other game that i entered for more times , but that was the first one that came to mind

Uh yeah also King Arthurs Gold 285 tries :x

Pretty much anything on my wishlist is making me sad when i dont win it tho :D

Right now im really keen on getting a copy of Atelier Sophie from somewhere ... but 30$ is 30$ >.< mby on sale D:

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Zeno Clash. I don't really get why.

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Me seeing Nuclear Throne: "Hey, this looks similar to The Binding of Isaac, I should try it."

Now years have passed.

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Sent you a friend request

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You are just the gift that keeps on giving!

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Thank you again for the game :D

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Sent you a friend request

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Check Steam chat

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Puzzle Kingdoms, King Arthur's Gold... Some others.

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I had two that I used to enter constantly:.

  • Stardew Valley
  • Slime Rancher

I finally managed to buy Stardew Valley, so now it's Slime Rancher I keep entering.

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I still have hope for stardew. :D

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I've been pretty lucky winning giveaways I've really wanted, but I guess the 3 that have eluded me are infinifactory, shiftlings and rust. They are games I've wanted to try but just not committed to buy. I'm sure the time will come. Gotta be in it to win it. =]

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Titan Quest, Space Rangers 2, Age of Mythology and Bindings of Isaac

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The first one that came to mind is The vanishing Of Ethan Carter. It's been dirt cheap several times and I still haven't bought it. Lately it's been VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender since it was in that high tier bundle. It's funny I think we figure we put so much work into entering for the games that our stubborn mind doesn't want to give up and buy it :p

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Awesomenauts. Entered over 100 giveaways for it. By this point I've taken it as a personal challenge to try to win it. :P

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If you've gotten bored of the challenge, just let me know ;)

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Added on steam ;)

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