I think I can finally understand the appeal of gambling now. You face failure over and over again, but when you finally win that prize, it's so good.

Even beyond the possibility of free games, I think the potential of finally winning a giveaway after losing so many others (and I know, I know I personally haven't entered that many give-aways and my estimated wins is super-low) is really what keeps me going with this. I've only one won game (that I already had, I entered the giveaway for a friend) so far, and that wasn't even on this site - but the rush from having been lucky enough to be selected was absolutely fantastic. I know that I have a back-log of games and others that I could be 100% instead of checking this site every so often and trying to solve these puzzles in order to access some give-away with slightly better chances of winning than normal, but it's just that trying to work the give-away system to the best of my ability and analyzing all the potential places to put my points into for what could actually pan out/what I actually want has sort-of become like it's own game for me. In addition, the completion of puzzles feels both challenging and rewarding.

So, what do you guys and gals think? Do you actually see this site as a fun diversion too?

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Yes.

1 decade ago
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Yes, good.

1 decade ago
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The end.

1 decade ago
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Yeah, I'm entering some giveaways for games I like, I'm not even mad if I loose, having some chat in the forum too meanwhile... just perfect

1 decade ago
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*[ Don't enter for games you already own.

1 decade ago
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What?

1 decade ago
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Did you read OP post?

1 decade ago
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Yes. I don't see how yours is related to it.

1 decade ago
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He says he won a game that he already owned and gave it to a friend. So you must have missed that.

1 decade ago
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He also said he won it on a different site. You must have missed that.

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"that wasn't even on this site"

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Indeed, my bad.
Well if he haven't my advice still stand :3

1 decade ago
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Heh heh, sorry for the confusion. Thanks for the tips anyways! Besides, I don't know how you'd be able to enter a giveaway for a game you already have. They all say "Already has game" or something like that on it.

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"Exists in account" I believe :)

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some games allow you to enter (especially DLCs and allking of bundles, complete packs, GOTY versions and so on - generally GiveAways that consist of more than one actual steam game / dlc ;P). Also if you have the game, but didn't sync account after adding it to your steam lib you may still enter :>

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Oh, yeah, GameMiner lets you enter giveaways of games you already have! Good if you want to share your love of a game with your buddies.

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You should try it too.

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Its basically a slot machine and it makes a nice diversion. There's some... colorful people on the forums as well.

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It's a nice site yea, sometimes I even have some fun on the forums when I'm not crying in the corner because my estimated win grow by a whole number again, while my win counter is still at 1 :P

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Darn! No offense, but I really hope I don't follow in your footsteps, heh heh. Do you at least enjoy the one game you won?

1 decade ago
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it could always be worse... ;p

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I love how your avatar reflects your comment xD

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It more fuels the gambling with the major cost being time, which is why I left the site for almost 2 months

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SG is the only enjoyable site with giveaways because it has an awesome community.

1 decade ago
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No. I hate it here and I hate everyone. I'm a stroppy teen.

1 decade ago
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SG - yes. Other sites "like it" - no.

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Am I the only one that sees that he confessed to breaking the rules of SteamGifts?

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You are mistaken, my friend.

1 decade ago
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I saw that. I actually stopped right there and went to the comments looking to see how many internet cops were jumping all over it. Surprise, no "Enjoy your ban" comments, not that anyone can PROVE the game he got wasn't the one installed on OPs account ;)

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Closed 1 decade ago by PeasOfCrab.