Is it normal for people you don't know to give you free games?

Perks of being female i guess, i had the same stuff happening, people just gifting me stuff, but i refused all but one tho.
I used to gift wishlist games to people on my friends list, but i stoped once i saw they never played it.

Back in the days, there was this old saying "TITS or GTFO". Unfortunately, as Internet become more popular, some newf..newbies with wit of the post-lobotomy German Shepherd came to conclusion, it must be sexism! I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out...WTF.

Is isn't bad to received gifts from someone. Just don't accept any Direct Key from People you don't know. Humble bundle Links are safe. And if it became invalid nothing will happened to your account except the game will just remove and notify you about the game's removal.

And being female don't affect how people give gifts. Look If this exist I could just Act Like a girl (which I am very good at but I AM NOT GAY!!!) to get free stuff from boys. Tricking them into giving free stuffs.

It happens! Sometimes nice people add you (especially if they recognize you from sg or other sites) and gift you something. I too tend to leave some game keys in my friend's chats from time to time.

Rare but not abnormal.

TIL:

• rename to AryaStarkIsCoolButUnderaged
• Get full of GTA5 gifts
• ???
• Profit

I don't believe it's about being a female or not, it really just depends on the person themselves.
If someone gave a game as a gift and their intention was because oh she's a girl omg or oh he's a guy omg, they're just desperate for attention to be honest. Personally It really just depends on the personality and the vibe I get when I communicate with them, I tend to give games sometimes to my steam friends who I don't know in real life.

Happened to me too, out of nowhere a guy with a copy of HL2 and ep1 because he saw it on my wishlist bam, he had it lying around.

A dear friend of mine gifted me MGR during the last holiday season. I was so surprised, I thought he made a mistake or something. When I asked, he just said that it's the season of giving. Fantastic guy, I must say. You have my respect :)

eheh I always feel weird as well when I receive gifts, but yes it happens :>

C6PFR-5QWL&-9RJBE ---> here's a spare key for Avencast, I already had it and got another key by mistake :p

Change the & with a letter in the word LOL :p

i had a guy from another giveaway site randomly give me the "gothic universe" collection. which was freaking AWESOME

I never received random gifts like that, but I gave some, and I think someone just randomly want to do something good for other people sometime. It felt very good when I did it, and see that guy's reaction :D.
Well it was a long time ago, when I just know about Steam, I didn't know about the dark side, how people scam others,ect... So maybe the one who gift you is also like that, who is new, and was happy because he received something, and want to do something for others too.

Yeah, I've done it before. Philanthropy is something that should be normalized among others, don't fight the urge to give altruistically!

No unless it's Bad Rats.

Even Bad Rats is uncommon :^(

I was once offered a game outside of steam gifts and when I accepted the trade he said Quote : "Ha did you really think someone was going to give you a free game? Buy them like normal people"
^This is a real butthole move and I didnt know what he was looking to gain from it^

I don't get gifts from random strangers but a couple of friends do occasionally just randomly drop me a steam gift out of the blue as they know I'm struggling with health a bit and want to cheer me up. Not quite the same thing, but the intent is similar I'd say.

no its just the "horrible world habit' everyone obtained with time. be more open. not knowing somebody does not automaticaly make them non friends

i remember... 2 year ago, i was looking for Borderlands 1 GOTY... but the price was too high for me.. i ust think, no prob, i dump the thread everytime that i can.. and after some month, a guy add me and say "you looking for Borderlands 1 GOTY right?".. and i "yes i do"... after 10 seconds this guy gift me the game.. i ask "sorry, why?" and him reply with "i think that sometime we can gift some game that dont like to give a other people that like".....
after other some month, i gift to him 3 game for double value of Borderlands... btw, was a good thing!

Probably going to try to get your account suspended or something with charge back or other shenanigans.

It's completely normal, I give people free games and STDs all the time.

Mate, I won 2 giveaways on 4chan, the dreaded RANDOM board. Guess I'm brave or something...

If it's just a random game that you have on your wishlist, and that's not overly expensive, I would not call it all that odd. I sometimes give people on my friends list spare games that they have on their wishlists, and that I've got through bundles or other cheap collections, just because I figure that it's better if the game gets played than it gathering digital dust in my spare keys documents. I would personally most likely feel a bit uncomfortable if someone were to just randomly give me an expensive game, and it's not a real life friend and it's some form of special occasion, though if someone were to give me a random bundle game or a game that's really cheap in general, I would say thanks and accept the gift. .

No, H68JV only weirdos do such stuff. 669FF I would never humiliate myself like that. WTF9R

I've done it myself a few times. After seeing some friends of mine had certain games on their wishlists, I just gave them away :P.

So, yeah, I don't think it's a weird thing, to be honest.