Do you ever feel bad for joining giveaways ?

Well sometimes after winning a giveaway i feel disappointed about the game. Usually when i enter a giveaway i have a good feeling about the game although sometimes i just enter for the trading cards and have a nice surprise with the game itself. It comes in all flavors really.

No, because I don't join giveaways for games I have no interest in. That's a shitty thing to do because there are people who do want to play the game. You seem to understand this, yet do it anyway. Why do you need to spend the points? What could you gain from winning a game you'll never play?

Well, I don't enter giveaways on games that I'm not interested in playing/beating/100%ing. It's not like you are obligated to spend all the points, sometimes I sit on 250+ for weeks.

I do giveaways when I feel that way.

Am I ethically correct?

I join all giveaways, interested or not, because you never know if you're missing a masterpiece without even knowing it, happened to me a bunch of times on some games I won

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The poll really should have had an option 'I don't enter giveaways I have no interest in.' Why do you think you need to spend the points?

I did, so I no longer enter giveaways I'm not absolutely interested in.

So far I'm not doing very well with giveaways (gave 7, won 1 which I can't even activate in my region), so not a lot to feel bad about ;-)

hmmm i did not enter Giveways for a Game that i might be interessed in, cause i allready won 3 times in a short period form this creator, so I just tought it would be unfair to others to play the lucky frog again.

It's been said by others already - but I agree - why spend the points on games you don't want? Give others a chance instead.

I only enter giveaways for games I really look forward to playing.

I recently got two whitelist invites to two different new/expensive games that had 15-20 entries each. I'm not sure that any of those games are for me, so I thanked for the whitelist spot, but didn't enter (even though I had a pretty good chance of winning something "nice"), and gave those who really want those games a better chance of winning. Why be greedy?

Edit: Forgot to reply to the initial question - Since I don't enter giveaways I'm not interested in, there's nothing for me to feel bad about.

I'm often at the 300 points cap since giveaways for the games I'm interested in come in at a slower rate than the points accumulate.

Feel bad? NEVER! :D: WIN ALL TEH GIBZ!!! :D:

Is it my kind of game or not ? <--------- My first priority

If i`m unfamiliar with a game, i will check its steam store page linked to GA page before i press the Enter GA button !

But i made mistake two times, i didnt check their store pages before i enter those giveaways ! [ Skyborn & Chronicles of a Dark Lord: Episode 1 Tides of Fate... ] and i won them!

Why would I enter a giveaway for a game I don't want? Sometimes, I avoid entering giveaways for games that I DO want. There are many reasons why I might do that. Here are some:

• I want to leave the game for others in the group.
• I know I won't get to the game anytime soon.
• I already own the game on another platform.
• The game is so cheap that I can just buy it outright.
• I'm pretty sure that everyone else trying for the game wants it more than I do.

I join only giveaways for games I want to play now. At first, when I joined the website I used to join everything.. then I realized how pointless that is.. Also, I've won some games that I wanted to play, but I already played them pirated long time ago, or I've simply thought I'll enjoy them but I didn't..

I don't enter for games I have no interest in. I enter for games I plan on playing, either because I'M deeply interested in them or the store page made it interesting enough that I'm at the very least interested in trying it out.

The only time I feel bad about a giveaway is if I won and end up not liking the game as much as I hoped for. But, at least, I was genuinely interested in it to begin with.

This comment thread keeps feeding my whitelist and is restoring my faith in this community.

no feelings. :(

but i don't enter games i don't want so...

I don't enter giveaways for games I'm not interested in playing. Yes I have way too many games in my collection as it is, but I only enter for those I want to play (even if not today). Primarily I just enter giveaways for items on my wishlist. And as others have said I've discovered new games I'm interested in playing by reading store pages when I'm unfamiliar with a game. Those new discoveries often go on my wishlist. I'd definitely recommend checking page 2, 3, etc. or check your groups or your wishlist rather than just joining a giveaway for the sake of joining. There are times when I'll go through every page of giveaways without finding anything to match my interests. I also tend to ignore giveaways for games I already have on another platform unless there is a particular friend who is playing it on steam and I'd like to play with them (in the case of multiplayer). I may collect games but I only collect ones I intend to play (sooner or later) and no reason to have the same game in multiple places, outside of non-compatible multiplayer, so I just don't enter those giveaways. Even group giveaways where there are only 5 entries or whitelist giveaways with less than 100, if it's not a game you want to play then better to let it go to someone else who will.

This thread and admission -> great way to rack up your name on blacklists.

Yes,I feel bad when entering a giveaway for a game I never heard about, but in most cases they are massive GA's.
Also,I feel happy every time I win something no matter what it is. There're not such thing as bad games, except the ones that doesn't work.

I enter all giveaways and if i don't win i blackmail the winner.

O.o what religious beliefs?
simply join g/a of games you know you will put good hrs in. try to give community back something they want if you wanna feel better. This site shows you how many hours you need to complete games in the steam library use it once in a while ;)
Others have talked in depth.