After a week on Steamgifts, I finally got my first key sent and received, and have risen above Level 0. YAAAAY.

I know I sound like a noob, but I'm so excited! ;P ;P This after I ignorantly set my first three giveaways for a month (I think they'll end in like, three weeks?)

BUT I'M EXCITED. I was so anxious waiting for the other guy to respond too, while I stared fidgeting at my Level 0 contribution level. Like, did he receive the key? What if there's something wrong with it? Oh no what if I sent a bad key? I don't wanna be banned! What if he turns out to be an evil panda ninja? And so on ;)

Did you guys have this same feeling of high when you reached Level 1? Or were you just meh? ;)

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Congrats on level 1. :)

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Thank you ^^ I didn't expect so many awesome people here

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That made me laugh more than it should ;D

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I never was level 0, at the time I started using steam, there were no levels ;p

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Wow, really? I feel embarrassed that I've used Steam all this time and never heard of Steamgifts until someone mentioned getting a game from it

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He meant on this site :)

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Yeah that's what I meant too :)

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Joined a week ago and 3 wins.. Not bad! Also GZ on lvl 1 almost lvl 2!

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Thank you ^^ I think I obsessively stalked the site, and I'm a night owl / poor sleeper anyway ;D

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Hopefully you won't end up like me. With quite a few of the games you gave away turning F2P later removing a lot of your level progression :P Would probably have been lvl 4 by now. Ohh well!

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Oh, I didn't know you could lose levels. Hmm! Many of these keys were compiled as far back as a few years ago anyway :)

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One week and you already won 3 games wow, I won my first game 5 months later lol.

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I think it's called me having way too much time ;P ;)

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5 months? My first was 1,5 year or so. And 24 games in 4 years at all.. what a luck.
feelZ bad :D

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Whoa! How did you deal with it? O_o

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I dont care anymore about winning. Its like 1 game each 2.5 months. Then there are guys who win xx games in month... so i resigned and dont care.

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But you are very selective about GAs, I mean you won great games (dat Warhammer...) for God's sake xD And me too I only joint GAs for games that I really like or can't afford at all.

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Great or meh. 24 in 4,5 years is meh :D
If i srsly want some game i get it in trades, joining GAs is only like "maybe" but if u enter 3/4 months on GAs and win 0 games.. its frustrating and boring

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I usually just go for the RPGs and games I usually can't afford or don't usually play, like Batman Arkham Asylum or Dark Souls. My thought is, Okay if I win, FINALLY I will install and see what the fuss is about.

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On the bright side, the games you have won all seem to be quite good :)

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But still 24 in 4,5 year is boring :) Yeah some of them are good, i was happy esp about DayZ but its boring anymore, Warhammer isnt friendly with my pc and some more games, others i played and dont want anymore. Dark side and light side sure. But principle about boring is still there :P

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Haha, congrats on your level up! Even if you're gonna jump to 3-4 in like a few hours if everyone is fast in marking keys :P
Glad to see you enjoying this site so much, treasure that feeling while it lasts! You become numb to it after a while :(
Still remember how excited I was when I started partaking in the site actively as well! And soon it had become my latest addiction. Still kinda is.

As for the anxious part that is unfortunately the only thing that sticks. 1000 gibs later and I still get super anxious something might be wrong when someone hasn't marked within 24h while they've logged in. But usually everything's fine and they just take their time :P

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Heehee, I had a feeling I might start to feel numb? Jaded after a while. I'm just happy to come across a great community :)

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That was pure adrenaline to me! ;D

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Yay! Someone who understands ;D

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Exclusive paparazzi shots of Pete's meals!!

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Thanks for being so understanding, PeteOzzy ^^ Haha, Wolfedood, not very coded at all ;)

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Takes a quick peek. Enjoy it while it lasts........... Because you will soon be a couple levels higher. Starting off with a bang I see. Nicely done.

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Coughs Yeah I had all these keys accumulated all these years and my friends didn't want them ;D

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Grats on level 1.

As for me, I didn't even KNOW about levels until I was level 4. >_<

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Yep, I remember my first giveaway. I didn't know that you could click on the game thumbnail to link to its store description, so I copasted the description in my GA and linked to the store page. blush

I still get impatient waiting for getting my GAs marked Received. A few times I've had to ping them after the required 7 days, but I've been extremely lucky never to have had somebody take the key and run such that I had to get Support involved.

A belated "Welcome to Steamgifts," and congrats on Level 1! By the look of it, you've got a couple more levels in your near future! =)

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Thank you :) And Nice. The Avadon series is still on my wishlist. RPGs are like my drugs ;P

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Also I was lucky that I accidentally clicked on the game thumbnail early on and it took me to the store page, so I was lucky there ;D

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Happy leveling!

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I wonder if that cat with the paw on the mouse was photoshopped, but thank you :D

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Quite possibly, but it is still funny! xD

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I love that third one! :3

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Me too!

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Same here ;D

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haha :D I like your excitement :)
Welcome to steamgifts! I can't remember how it was for me. I think I was happier when I won my first gift :P

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Oh, that too ;D I felt a little humbled and awed receiving my first game, which is weird I know.

Then it got replaced with "I need to give to people too!"

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Eh, gratz on your level up !
Mine wasn't much of a thing it was like "Eh, I got a steam key I don't want, I hate horror games, but no one wants it, so let's give it somewhere at a random guy. And eh, I hope I made someone happy. And anyway, who doesn't like the thrill of a giveaway ? :D

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Like a lottery... without money ;D

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congrats, keep it going!:)

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....I don't watch that cartoon so don't understand the references. So this made me go O_o

;D

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Congrats Alkorri, I still remember my first send game.:)

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You gave away a heck of a lot of games!

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Yes, back then I did not know that the bundles existed. But I started to visit the forum and things changed... :)

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Dude take it easy, at the rate you're giving away games you'll be my level in no time :(

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I'm frantically trying to check winners right now. I made suuuuuuuch a mistake making giveaways for 50 games at once XD

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Oh yeah this can be jarring on public giveaways.

Use these rule checkers

https://www.sgtools.info/multiple-wins

https://www.sgtools.info/activation

If they don't work then you need to install the Sgtools script I think

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Thanks! Already am. Trying not to stress myself out ;D

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Do not. You can wait a little, you don't have to do everything at once. Maximum one week.

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Wtf three wins in a week? cries in two wins and one of them being mass giveaway

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Sorry! I have no laifu! ;D

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What are your luck then? You can see in your stats page and I'm 4 gifts behind what I "should" have won

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Gonna pour some salt in your wound, I got 7 wins in my first week.

luck decreased later if that's any better

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Gratz! =)

in my case my first few giveaways were steam inventory gifts, so i didn't really have any of those fears. but just fyi even if they happen to be bad keys, it's just a mistake. you could either attempt to trade for a replacement, purchase a replacement, or just take a not received mark. but in any of those instances, as long as it wasn't a blatant obvious fake giveaway, there isn't really a risk of ban or suspension for an honest mistake such as a bad key. ;)

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That IS a relief ^^

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My lvl1 experience:

Gives away 3 PAYDAY2 soundtracks.
PAYDAY2 makes soundtracks free 1 week later.

Turned to my lvl0 experience v2

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ouch, that's some crap luck tbh. it's not that they went free, but they were removed from the store. i have already actually sent a trouble ticket to try and get their prices for all payday 2 content back in place for CV purposes, but so far no response.

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They were removed from store, yes.

But recently Overkill made an announcement that all soundtracks are now available for free to anyone who has the game. (I guess it just updates into the game as part of it)

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oh, i see. however as long as they were created prior to that change, they should still get CV.
it's just that the removal from the steam store automatically drops everything to $0/0CV until mods/support changes it manually.

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Oh, didn't know that.
Thought it only depends on what that is now, seeing as (real) CV decreases over time as games get cheaper...

well, whatever :/

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Oh no poor you D:

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Congratz, these scripts are good to check your winners. (I know ESGST can check it, but doesnt check if the winner has already the game or not)
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/GeDfy/failure-to-activate-and-regifting
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/9ssOc/responsive-library-and-wishlist-pages-browser-extension

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I know exactly that feeling. I was so scared that I'd do something wrong. I was really excited when everything went to plan and I leveled up though. I felt so accomplished and warm on the inside. Congratulations on making it this far and best of luck on your future endeavors.

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Exactly! This site so far has been giving me warm fuzzies ^^ And good luck to you too :)

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Update: Level 4 now! I think I will never ever EVER give away 50ish games in one go again ;D

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wew...congratz

also 50 in one go is hella anoying-some users have made 800-1000 GA's that all end on the same day (trains) and I honestly can't imagine how they do it...I already found myself overwhelemed with 10 GA's (that all ended 10 min apart cause I messed up and ended up having to wait around for a hour or so to send everything)

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Yeah I should have thought that one through ;D It was certainly an experience! I'm glad other people will make better use of the keys than myself

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Gratz buddy ! 4 lvl in one week is impressive. You're awesome ! :D

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It's been fun :D

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Congrats on your leveling milestones.

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