I WILL play your GA game... Just give me some time!

I won't be insulted. People need to understand that this whole backlog syndrome afflicts almost all of us.
However, if I do notice a winner playing it, bonus points.

I'm glad to see those answers :3

I have school, job, hobby and girlfriend (which is counted 3 times :P )
Also - I'm a collector and I want to play all games in my life :)

When I give away a game, I expect the winner to play it someday. I can understand it if they don't do it right away, I mean I myself have a backlog, and I know people who have even bigger ones.

Know that feel. Won Mass Effect 2 few days ago and have´nt touched it yet (i will definately enjoy the heck out of it later!!!).

It´s not only a problem of backlog, but in my case also one of "HD space".
Trying to pursue a "first in first out" playlist to get that under control, but it´s shuffles all the time :-/

I try and throw at least a small amount of time into within a week, excluding developer Ga's, even if it's a half hour. From there, they may or may not sit n my backlog for a while.

It doesn't bother me, I don't check.

On the other side of things I did recently start to feel guilty about not playing wins or games that have been gifted to me. Made a category in my library with all my wins/gifts in and have been trying to focus on playing those more. Launched Plague:Inc Evolved for the first time last night after being given it in a secret santa at Christmas time for example - had fun with it too!

I don't care. I never checked if the winners play the games I give away. I like to assume they entered my GAs because they actually want to play the games, but if they don't I can live with that.
When I win a giveaway, instead, I try to play the game as soon as I can, because I don't enter in a giveaway if I'm not interested in the game. I have some of my recent wins in my backlog, but I will get to them eventually. For example: just yesterday I finished a game I won a month ago, so now I can play the next one.

Meh. All I care is if the winner activates the game instead of regifting it. Wheather he/she plays, or just idles for cards, or wants the game because he/she is a collector - all well and good.

SG rules in a angry potato universe

• did not play the game within 12h after marked received -> BAN
• did not write a review about the game within 2 weeks > BAN
• did not craft a bade for the game within 3 weeks > BAN
• did not complete at least 95% of game achievments within 4 weeks > BAN + 2hours watching teletubbies

I ONLY enter for games that I actually want to play, and like the OP, I have only so much time in a day that I can be on the computer... Work, home, husband, two autistic children... Gaming is my outlet!

Once again I bring up my cause. I won Spec Ops here, and couldn't get around to play it for half a year. But when I got to it, I played it in less than a week, and was so emotional that I contacted GA creator and thanked him again for the feels his gift gave me. He was so touched that he decided to contact other people who gifted him games and thank them, and I think the movement went on further and further.

My point is, people have lives, and most of us can't get around to play the game they won right away. But it is really nice to hear from you GA's winner after some time, especially if he(she) has something nice to say to you =)

If people are checking to see if you play a game you won, they need help. Yea, check if it's activated...but who cares if they are playing it right away? They'll get around to it. I haven't even played half the games I preordered. It sucks, but having a life interferes with my gaming time.

Potato

I don't really check but I do find it a bit sad when I see that someone hasn't played a game they won from me, especially if it's been a long time. But, on the flipside, I don't always get a chance to play my wins right away either so I can hardly blame anyone else for the same thing.

Most of us have a backlog, school or work, family, so even with the best of intentions, it's not always possible to play everything in a timely manner. When you give a game away, you can only hope that it will go to someone who will enjoy it.

Aye but in some cases it is quite obvious that the winner will never play the game he/she won. Each have their reasons for entering but it is discouraging to see a gift left to gather dust.

What I like about giveaways is, that you sometimes get to win games that you normally wouldn't play/pay for. So you end up having a whole new expierence.

I've just finished playing my last won game and even collected all achievements, as it was some kind of fun to play.

I'd have never bought that game myself though.

I know the feeling

A lot of the time, I'm building up my backlog for the future. I'm still trying to finish off my PS3/360 generation of games, and then I'll play through my PC backlog while I wait for the PS4 generation to iron out the kinks, come down in price, and develop a library (same as every generation).

Yeah, i don't really play new games too much yet. Once I am able to make Youtube videos, one of my playlists is going to be me playing every single game i own on Steam. So I'll get there eventually, and that is a playlist that is going to take a long, long time.

POTATO.

I don't check, but I never potato.

I myself only enter give away's of games that I REALLY want to play right away.

And if everyone did that I'm sure SG would be a much better place.

(And damnit cause I wanted to win those GA's WAY more than those other plebs who only ''kinda'' want it)