ted in myself.

Disclaimer: This is meant to be a "just for giggles" thread. It is not meant to attack anyone on Steam Gifts, nor is it meant to offend anyone. If any of the above two happen, I apologize in advance as it is not my intention. Most people will probably fall under the negative sections (because in reality, there's where everyone is at), so don't feel bad. We're all with you!

While coming up with an idea for Christmas, I have discovered that I am an atrocious dreadful winner.

Of the 97 games that I won:
I have launched or farmed: 85
I have tried (played for a bit then gave up): 44
I have played (I actually gave it some honest effort instead of playing the first level or first section and stopping): 27
I have completed (Completed, but not 100% achievements): 17
I have 100%'d (Includes games without achievements): 13

Only 17% of games completed and 27% of games played Atrocious Dreadful. What are your stats? (If you're not too embarassed to share them, of course.)

To the creators of giveaways that I have won: Don't you worry. I have every intention of completing every win. #NoGameLeftBehind.

Part of the reason I forced myself to create all these giveaways was so that I be more aware of how much people have spent on me, and how many games I haven't played yet. And of course, it was Christmas, so I decided to splurge a bit for you guys.

Here is the damage:
Total bundled CV won gifts: 659
Total non-bundled CV of won gifts: 799
Total bundled CV of holiday giveaways: 951
Total non-bundled CV of holiday giveaways: 803
Total giveaways: 173
Total spent on non-bundled giveaways: 209.17

My original budget? $100. I ended up spending way more than that. But I was commited. My wallet took a huge hit, even though I tried to be as cheap as possible by picking the cheaper (but still awesome) games.

Like a few others before me (RIP xScreamx. dkny, coezo, and a few others I can't think of off the top of my head), I have decided I need to tone down the Steam Gifts and focus more on completing the games I have won. My conscience has gotten the better of me, and lately I've been intentionally skipping on some pretty nice giveaways. I've reached a point where I feel like I don't need anymore games, because I know my backlog may never be finished (but I'm still going to keep trying).

Don't worry, I'm still going to be around the forums. Maybe not as much as I used to, but still enough for you to get annoyed at me since I'm on Steam Gifts almost all the time. :)

I strongly encourage you to also take some time and look at your wins. Remember, people spent that money on you, so please play your wins as time permits and don't let the games go to waste.

Thank you for listening. :)
Here's a bunch of recent bundles which I ended up not using for the Christmas giveaways. Nothing special. Don't get your hopes up.

All giveaways are level 4+, invite only, and end on 08 Jan 2016.

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/nOml4/overlord
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/YkBwZ/operation-flashpoint-red-river
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/8a25Y/dirt-showdown
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/w3uQO/colin-mcrae-rally

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/z4ja8/decay-the-mare

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/QEAjM/9-clues-the-secret-of-serpent-creek
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/cEhkp/clockwork-tales-of-glass-and-ink
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/lILWf/dark-arcana-the-carnival
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/3hyPV/grim-legends-2-song-of-the-dark-swan
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/ggzXg/left-in-the-dark-no-one-on-board
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/SKAhH/mind-snares-alices-journey
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/nc7dd/nightmares-from-the-deep-2-the-sirens-call
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/QSbta/time-mysteries-inheritance-remastered

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/FxcZu/tomb-raider-i
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/TwjoF/tomb-raider-ii
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/wSNA4/tomb-raider-iii
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/o1GnO/murdered-soul-suspect
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/66DQ6/life-is-strange
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/dxYa1/the-last-remnant

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Rijeg/alien-breed-trilogy
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/OX8TA/light
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/hJynU/worms-armageddon
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/E8FPX/worms-crazy-golf

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/8vb0E/post-mortem
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/JdmrT/robin-hood-the-legend-of-sherwood
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/WOoiw/agon-the-mysterious-codex-trilogy
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Q9Bf5/agon-the-lost-sword-of-toledo
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/hfVHk/atlantis-2-beyond-atlantis
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/tRdGT/the-egyptian-prophecy-the-fate-of-ramses
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/2VZca/prehistorik
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/hQ8oU/curse-the-eye-of-isis
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/XVwyC/dracula-4-and-5-special-steam-edition
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/FaziS/salammbo-battle-for-carthage
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/aH5XE/save-the-furries
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/yGq1D/amerzone-the-explorers-legacy

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/K3OfM/commandos-behind-enemy-lines
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/5Z1MH/commandos-3-destination-berlin

Happy new year ya'll!
Tumalu

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What kind of winner are you?

View Results
Angelic (100% of wins played)
Amazing (90% - 99%)
Outstanding (80% - 89%)
Great (70% - 79%)
Good (60% - 69%)
Okay (50% - 59%)
Meh (40% - 49%)
Horrible (30% - 39%)
Dreadful (20% - 29%)
Atrocious 10% - 19%)
The Worst Kind (0% - 9%)

So far I've played 19 out of 40. I'll eventually get to them but between uni and my part-time job I've been having very little free time to dedicate to gaming. ><

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Counting only won games, I'm angelic lol. some of them... turned out to be quite a bit worse than I thought and I didn't play them 'very much' but I still played them for at least an hour or two, for at least one or two of them it was out of sheer guilt over the fact that I'd won it over someone else who may have enjoyed it more than myself. (eador and sacraboar... neither game were what I thought they were when I wishlisted them >.<; and I felt bad for not liking them after winning. Rest of my wins I've loved though)

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Yeah I have the same issue but much worse :D, I haven't been around for long but for first month that I joined I got so greedy that I entered every giveaway I saw but then I found out what i'm doing is really stupid and I started entering only the games that I really wanted, now I'm left with a bunch of games that I don't even want and a terrible ratio on SG, I can't buy bundles in my country so it's pretty hard to actually fix my ratio.
It's really hard to play some of the games that you won in your greediness era. But I guess I should get to it, been seeing so many discussions about people playing their backlog games lately that I might actually start doing it too after my exams.
Anyway, thanks for the gibs and good luck with your backlog.

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You better have played the one you won from me! I can't even remember which game it was but.. you better have played it!
Okay, just kidding. :3

On a more serious note, I'm horrible when it comes to playing wins. I used to, back when I didn't own many games and had only won a few games but now, now there are just so many games to play and ahh, so little time (especially if you're always trying to 100% games..).

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Uhm...nope. ;-;
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/BnLc9/batman-arkham-origins
Please forgive me Elunes!

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You are forgiven!

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bump

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I put games that I win on the top of my backlog; that said, uh...

I'm sorry.

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I have become more aware lately as well. I did just a few months ago, go back and play every game I won. I now play every game I win and only enter for games that actually appeal to me in some way. My backlog is another story... bump

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I'm playing almost only games that I won. bah not only play them, I try to complete them with 100% achievements (you can check my theards I write to giveaways creators about finishing their games with 100% and it makes them even more happy :))

I think I'm fitting between Great and Outstanding :p voted for great

recently I was lucky so my back log is growing, so I stopped entering most of giveaways (actually entered: 22 giveaways)

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Hello Disappoint! I'm Melly :3

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Aren't you a clever one? :P

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I'm a bored one Dx

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Finish dat backlog!
Or take more screenshots.

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I'm the worst kind for now, but for the two months I lived here, on SG, I was finishing that 166-hours Fallout 4 marathon =( Today, when it's finally over, I'm ready for those games I've won, and I'm expecting to finish most of them in a month or two.

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I'm between Dreadful and Atrocious. I have a huge backlog because of university but I always try to play the games I win here first :3

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Last time I checked I had 10 unplayed games. Including 5 that I will beat up and 5 that I (sadly) lost interest in or they turned out to be something "worse" than I thought about them when I entered into GAs.

So it's pretty good for me :D

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Hello and happy new year too !

I idled most of them but played in reality maybe 50%. I feel ashamed about battlestations pacific because i would really like to play it but never found time. And batman because i tried it but i have not given the time that deserved the effort one who offered it.
However there were only games i wanted to play... i don't take part to win the games that don't attract me because i know others are more interested.

Anyway, interesting issue you raised.

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I am... maybe worst or atrocious winner. Heck, I'm even the worst buyer! =0=;;; Perfect Clear 6/1317......
OK, I admit, I play Steam-Online and SG-Online. Reading Forum, gifting, winning are more fun to me than any shitty games.
Happy New Year! I wish I could play real games more in 2016. ;)

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Bump and meow for disappoint.

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What strikes me is that none of the repliers has taken the time to break the numbers down. I just see "played X of X" - "played" can mean anything.
I've seen instances of where people fired up the game for 20 minutes and were like "yeah man I played that". What was more depressing was that it was for a sequel of a game I loved, and one of the commenters in a giveaway was like "holy hell entering I loved the first one!"..It was the guy who had played the game for 20 f*n minutes.

Anyway, here's my breakdown:

54 wins, 2 of them DLC.
6 out of 54 were 1-entry wins, so nobody else wanted them.
32 of the 54 wins bundled at the time of winning

10 games completed 100% (some with a lot of playtime, like 60 hours in Sunless sea, 75 hours in RE:IS)
7 games completed (no 100%)
3 games started and dnf because they suck
1 currently in early access - want to play, but first when it's out of EA

Of the remaining 31 games, 25 of them had other people in them (remember my 6 1 entry wins)
Of the 31, 5 were not bundled at the time of winning, 4 of those 5 non-bundled were exploits (So on the rest, people spent very little to no money)
Of the 31, I farmed all for cards (if any) and don't plan on playing all of them anymore. I plan on playing 7 of them, while the other 24 will probably just rot in my library forever.

Call me a dick, but I think that's better than most people on SG (roughly a 40 - 60 ratio). I feel bad for some of my wins though, wasn't "necessary" to win them. (Or, in hindsight, I wouldn't have entered them with my current mindset)

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What u said is totally true....
I won a lot, but I don't play most of them (maybe 50/50)
I should try to play more on the upcoming holidays :)
Bump!! Happy holidays to u !!

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I guess I am the worst kind here. Only able to complete 5 games out of 130 in my library. I guess I am spending way more time on SG forums rather then playing games.
I got total 9 wins but haven't started on them yet, I will start from my most prized win Shadow of Mordor :-)

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I'm an awful winner, I do pretend to play every game at some point tho. Also, I don't farm
Thanks for the GAs :)

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All I have to say is One day, One day!
At least I have time now with my holidays; need to get my last 8 wins downloaded but my 50gb plan says no!

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I've played 5 out of 15... At least 2 of them if not 4 were cv related. I've recently just got so many games so I don't even know where to start. Most aren't short games as well! I have told myself that I will stop entering giveaways and maybe stop giving for a while just so I can play the games I have won or been given :3

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Atrocious at the moment. Completed 2/18 and opened 3/18. But that will change in January. I've joined a backlog cleaning group and I'm committed! While I feel the games I've bought before joining SG get priority, I've won enough now that I feel I should do my best to work my wins into my backlog cleaning schedule as quickly as possible.

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I won more than 60 games in the last 3 months, so I'd be pretty amazing if I had already played them and 100%ed them all!

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