I think it's polite to play the games you win. I try to at least check out every game promptly, but can't always do so because I travel a lot and my laptop doesn't run many games. Many groups that I'm a member of have a rule that you have to play the game within X amount of time after winning it. Enforcing that rule is a bit difficult when there are so many short indie games being given away, though (I've won and completed Home, Air Forte and Dear Ester, all less than 30 minutes long IIRC).
If you want to be certain that the winner will play the games you gift to them, maybe join a private group that is pro-active about checking the profiles of people they admit?
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Anybody else get kind of annoyed to see the winners of your giveaway not actually play the game they won? Of all the winners of my 52 giveaways, I think I've seen maybe three people actually play the game.
Would it make more sense to only allow one entry at a time? You would still keep the point system to limit people from just entering every giveaway about to close. I think this would make people choose their entries wisely. There's no way 830 people want to play Fortix and only entered because it cost 1p. Someone might really want to play that game, but chances are it'll never be played by the winner.
Edit: I'm not asking people to finish the game. I'm not even asking for the winner to play more than an hour of the game. I'm just wondering if it bothered anyone that the winners don't even try the game. I'd much rather the game go to someone who really wants to play it instead of someone who adds it to their backlog that's 150 games deep.
And how is it stalking someone when the library page on Steam tells you which of your friends has played the game? When you send a gift through Steam, it automatically adds them to your friends list.
I know you guys can't believe I have the audacity to wonder if the games I bought with real money are going to those that actually want to play them and not pad someones collection.
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