Many years ago, on a channel called G4 TechTV, there was a show called Cheat!. This show always entertained me in a time when I couldn't get many games. Two games that I remember clearly were Half Life 2 and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath. I later purchased the Orange Box, solely for HL2 (when I later installed Portal and Team Fortress 2, three years ago, I considered them free, as I only intended to pay for HL2).

Now the Be Mine Bundle came out, complete with the Stranger's Wrath game in it! Unable to buy it, I entered every giveaway I could. For the past couple days, the giveaways were trickling off, no new giveaways were showing off. My chances were just about finished. The second to last giveaway I entered had mere seconds left, the last refresh leaving but one second remaining. Needless to say, I lost.

I continued to scroll down, looking for other games to enter, and found another SW giveaway, a short one with 19 minutes left, wonderful odds. I entered, and waited. After losing that one, I went to bed. Waking up this morning, I saw something odd. A random friend request, from someone I recognized, the person who made that last giveaway. I checked my wins, to see if I won a reroll, but instead, that gift was marked received, forever out of my grasp.

After a few hours until he came back online, I wondered what he could want with me. Did he see my comment on the giveaway and want to talk about that old show? Finally he logged in, and told me that he had read one of my posts on the forums. What an odd coincidence, the only person to add me for a forum post was someone who also created a giveaway that I entered. He continued, saying that it was the thread about games you keep trying to win, but never do. He then sent me a key for the very game I had lost from his giveaway!

TL;DR Squirtle Senpai is awesome, and shall be in my profile as "Good guy of the century"

12 years ago*

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Good Guy Squirtle. Grats on getting the game you have been wanting for so long!

12 years ago
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Wow, congratulations, I love reading stories like this, they make me feel warm inside ^^

12 years ago
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I feel all gooey.

This community has some really remarkable individuals.

12 years ago
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Gooey? Yuu, man, use some tissues and step away from me :I

12 years ago
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What a great story, see what a lovely community we have

12 years ago
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Shut up.

Just kidding! :))

12 years ago
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congrats :D that's awesome :D

12 years ago
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The Steamgifts community has some great people!

12 years ago
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I approve of this comment! and the avatar!

12 years ago
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Way to be awesome Squirtle. :)
Congratulations Kinne, have fun with your game, it is a good one, I agree! :)

12 years ago
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incoming 2,000 friend requests to Squirtle
/eternal pessimist
//just kidding, well done Squirtle and congrats Kinne

12 years ago
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<_<' I didn't think you really made a post about it. It's not that big of a deal, haha.

12 years ago
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Is this him? Shower him with women............and booze!

12 years ago
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Nice!

Once I posted a good deal on Skyrim in a different forum and because of this he added me on steam and bought me a $10 game O_o

Good guys are the best.

12 years ago
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Thank you for sharing! Great read. Thanks, Squirtle!

12 years ago
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Bad news, JAW hasn't patched the game for Intel graphics drivers yet T.T But from what I've heard, they are allegedly, maybe, valve-style, going to fix it. So it's looking like this is the third or so game on my list of "Play when I get a desktop" games :\

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That's awesome, glad to hear it :)

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That does sound like a nice guy!

.......................................................................................................................................................................................or maybe he wanted to get in your pants, who knows.

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I've done this, randomly given a few games to random people... and its a cool story, but it just makes it look like its ok for others to make similar threads that are not technically "begging" and hope that some nice guy comes around and gives it to them. not saying this is that at all, because it wasn't, it just promotes others to do the whole 'sneaky hidden subliminal beg thread" lol idfk
If you don't have a bunch of games, haven't won a bunch of giveaways, and if you want the ship.... let me know lol

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Some people truly are the Element of Generosity :)

12 years ago
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I miss TechTV. ScreenSavers was awesome.

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Closed 12 years ago by Kinne.