Running in circles.. I know that feeling dear >.< ((hug))
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Yeah... Sometimes not enough energy to run, but we just have to press on. Well wishes your way!
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Yeah, i definitely know what you mean.
I recently won a public ga, the guy gave me a key to some "other" game
a bundled game i already had, so I commented in the GA that it was a wrong key.
He blacklisted me and I had to put a not received on SG. He was a noob on SG.
So at least if the level 8's don't ALL say thank you, at least they know how the site works.
thanks for all the higher level ga's
appreciate it.
have a great day!
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Wishing you well too! Bad to hear about that experience, but yeah, some crazy things happen.
So far, I have had to refuse a gift based on the new Valve system just today. Another one a few months ago from Humble (one of the Civilization games or dlcs) was region locked, so I had to refuse that too.
One of my first wins was never given to me. They claimed they accidentally made the giveaway more than once because of their internet or something. Well, the entire time the giveaway was active, they did not really care to let me know, or try to delete the giveaway. Even after I waited the recommended amount of time and tried to discuss it with them through Steam, they were very nonchalant about the whole thing, and didn't offer to fix anything. It was pretty different from what my own attitude would have been. I would have almost certainly asked how I could make the situation better and whatnot, even if there was no feedback sort of system, but that is on them, not me. I've always gotten replacements on any giveaways I messed up. The Steam exclusives are going to make that very tough if something happens and the gift difference is too large, though.
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Thanks a lot! I'm sure I'll arrange something for my lyme thread eventually. Not sure what yet, but I do want to do something. I started a group for giveaways already for whenever I do want to consider something. :D
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Whoa, that is pretty close... I appreciate the bump!
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Thank you for the love and the wonderful giveaways!
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I'm not level 8 yet (working on it), but have a bump anyways :)
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thanks for love, never too much of this feeling :)
have a great a healthy life with much love around you, nothing more is needed
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Psh, bet I could out-size your lyme hospital records with my cancer record. I was honestly thinking about doing a write-up as part of a cancer awareness thread after reading through your lyme one and being quite surprised that there was no cancer one already other than the testicular one, just like a general cancer one. But I dunno, I got about a quarter of the way through it and haven't really felt the desire to go back to it. I want to get deep in to the nitty gritty of everything I've been though and am still going through to make a point on how I want others to be comfortable with talking about their experiences or know that they're more than welcome to talk to me etc, but it's difficult to find the centre point of doing that without seeming too needy for attention or sympathy etc. Definitely takes a lot of gusto to go that in depth with something like that, hopefully I'll get around to it some day.
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I hope things have been better for you now, at least in some respects. I don't wish any of these conditions on anybody. It is scary to face your own mortality in such a direct way as people do with cancer. It's a big one - and something worth getting out there more. I have known a few people with both problems at the same time even. It's a terrible thing to have your health jeopardized in any way - one reveals death as a real possibility, and the other makes many wish for death, or take their lives. That being said, it really depends on the person, how it affects them, and other factors, like when it's detected, and the types/what parts of the body it decides to go after. Someone I knew with paralysis of the legs said that they would rather have their condition, since it only makes things numb and odd feeling in the areas they used to feel in, rather than tons of pain, after knowing somebody who had the lyme and watching their struggles, but that person with lyme eventually killed themselves. Could be a record year for lyme cases with the relatively mild winter here, so probably lots of mice early on, and of course that means more chances for ticks to be in action as well. I'll have to be careful here, since I'm in the biggest hotspot of the US. Just the refusal to acknowledge the condition is what is so frustrating... Some doctors are sympathetic, and others believe nobody has it, and it's all mental.
My father has had cancer a few times (Glioblastoma and has Graves Disease among many other things) and it's not pretty to see somebody going through that kind of thing. My mother as well once. My grandfather died from the bone marrow cancer, but I forgot the name of it, specifically. The Graves seems pretty rough at times too. He's had a lot of heart attacks, probably a result of the Graves, I think. The thyroid storms and hypothyroidism pendulum can cause crazy things to happen to temperature, weight, and heart rate. The resting pulse in a thyroid storm can be almost maximum rate for that person, causing the bad heart issues. Triple bypass and some stints, and a bunch of other hospital crud over time just for the heart issues.
I remember the testicular cancer PSA, and I don't know if it's still up - I added a small contribution I think a while back when I first saw it. A cure for some of this stuff would be very nice, but I am leary of some charities, and I've heard of a few sabotaging efforts of people that were onto certain things about illnesses - labs getting shut down, and experiments and research no longer funded. Without the illness, there can be no charity for the illnesses, which is pretty sinister to think about when that charity is up to no good. Also the pharma aspect. Like, there were some real breakthroughs being done on H Pylori, but it was shut down by the big companies making the heartburn medicines. Insanity....
I guess I'd be quite happy if there were more public awareness for lyme, like there is for cancer. If somebody says cancer, there is compassion everywhere, but lyme gets a mixed response. It's always been an oddly confusing and awkward thing to go through with the lack of understanding from a personal perspective of being around both issues and how people are treated. That doesn't take away from suffering from either one. Can never have enough awareness of either. If you have any kind of disease, illness, problem with health, it is about the worst thing... I do remember back in the day when I was healthy, and I heard the quotes on how precious health was. I did not understand really what that really meant, took my own for granted. Now I do know a lot more about the unhealthy side, so yeah... it's nasty stuff! Kind of the "don't know what you had until it is lost" kind of thing... I would not want to go through chemotherapy after seeing it several times with my father. We have a good bit of Scottish blood, so we don't really die very easily though. If it does take me out, I'll still have the last laugh. The germs die too.
:D
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^_^ Lucky 8's! Just don't combine aces with them. Dead man's hand...
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Cheers, Superfabs! Always good to hear how you are doing - the lyme fight is a long one I'm sure. Take care and stay positive with everything.
Not entering any, but I wanted to say thanks for doing some high level giveaways! :-)
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Haha, yeah... a bit of a gripe-fest up there, but seems a few people are understanding... :D Less blacklists so far for making a topic of this nature (higher level gibs) than I expected. Will see how it pans out. I got another couple of whitelists too, which is always nice, whether it's related to this topic or not. I think the lyme thread helps a lot with that more, since it is a PSA worth knowing more about!
If you are curious in a little detail - I won't go too overboard since I can be blabby:
Lately been doing better energy-wise since starting up on the antibiotics again a few months ago. Maybe it can kick some of that fatigue to the curb. That is by far my worst symptom. Anyone who's worked 12+ hours straight doing manual labor can relate, haha. I used to landscape a little bit when I was younger and capable, so I know a little about it. You can't do a lot after that sort of thing... It's like ... a mix between that and then add a fluish fatigue mixed with shaky weakness. So hard to explain - there are just no good words to really define it right, but it's not fun having that plague me. It sneaks in too. I've actually felt good in the mornings though lately and those used to be my worst times many days, though it doesn't last a really long time, but I think it can improve - I used to feel best after the sun set if I woke up in the mornings. Sleep's crazy too for lots of reasons as well (have some seizure disorders picked up on EEGs that might contribute, and looking into this Kleine-Levin Syndrome, possibly). Anyway, progress, I think.
Long ways to go, but anything is better than nothing!
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Sounds awful, even more so because of how much it can change your routine and feeling on different days. Glad that it's at least improving a bit anyway. Do you find the lethargic feeling changes what you want to do during the day too? Not just what you physically are capable of, but what you have motivation to do or what makes you feel good etc.
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Very good question: That is arguably the worst part... the psychological aspect of not knowing what I can or cannot do, and playing it safe many days. I don't want to overdo it, so I don't even try many times. Other times, I do try, and I pay the price a bit, as I hurt and recovery is a bit slower than it was before I got as sick as I am. Still, I recover fairly well. I think for me, I start at the max threshold. I used to love endurance stuff, like biking and running, and I'd hit that "red line" where I'm not able to really push beyond, and it's like a battle to keep going. That's sort of how it gets with barely any effort most days, but since I know how to deal with being in that red area, I can really push while in it and go a while. It does really sap motivation though on most days. You get used to feeling bad, so you think it'll just make you feel worse if you do a lot. When I do decide to do a little bit here and there, I am fairly careful not to pack too much into my days. Just the slightest things can really be overkill - better to err on the side of caution as much as I can. Another issue is exercise. I used to feel good when I did, and I loved endurance activities because of that. Now, exercise is a real chore, and makes me feel horrible (being right at that red zone already right when I start), so that is another thing that is unfortunate in dealing with it.
It's kinda like having the flu, and then pushing yourself - not a fun thing. Most people want to sleep it off until they feel better. I'm looking forward to more energy though, if possible. Something has to give, I know it! Positive thoughts will help me knock some of this stuff out I think! Why let it defeat me? I'll do my darndest to see it through to the end. I mean, it's like chicken soup. It may not help, but it probably won't hurt either, so it's worth keeping that positive attitude as much as I can. The negative stuff definitely makes things worse... Not easy to keep on being positive all the time, but practice helps.
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Your positivity and outlook on the whole thing is inspiring mate. Keep it up! I can't imagine what you've gone through, it really makes me think of what we, generally, take for granted. Thanks for sharing :-)
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Level 8 is cool and all, but, I'm just sayin', Level 9 is where it's at...
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Luckily, I added a + (or rather, steamgifts did), so all the cooler cats get to enter as well! Halfway to 10 ^ I'm sure you'll be there in no time, right?
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With the new restrictions on gifting and cards, I may have to give out a few billion bundle games to get there. Actually I did the math and I need approximately $6267 retail value of bundled games to reach level 10. So.... it might be a while. :P
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Slow and steady wins the race I guess. I think it took me... around 7 months, but I was in SimGive twice (once to hit 9, and then I was closing in on 10 after the second go). That's where a lot of my CV came in, since I gave away some pretty good non-bundled stuff in both of those events. I believe it was a lot of Summer Sale and Winter Sale items from Valve.
Speaking of... man... I already got a message from somebody today about a whitelist giveaway I won... that I cannot accept, due to Valve's genius gifting crud. It's between dollars and euros too. The percentage is -20 or something on steamdb, so, I'm like, wow, what the hell?! I just tested it the other day sending gifts to random spots in Europe surprising a few people with a game that was on some wishlists, and it worked fine in reverse. I thought areas with less value were only penalized, and not more. So much for ROW gifts being ROW, I guess (I assume it was ROW for them if they are using euros)!
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I hit level 9 around Thanksgiving, so at this pace it'll be around a year in total to go from 9 to 10. :)
What I've seen of SimGive looks like a crazy event... It must be hard to coordinate it all! I think I did apply for it once but didn't get in, so it's dead to me. :P
I have not given a gift using the new system so I have no first-hand knowledge of it. But basically it sounds like if you're not giving a gift to a friend who lives in the same country you're probably gonna have a bad time. Aside from country-locked giveaways I can't really imagine any other way to handle them on SG. But that might make the site too fragmented...
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It seemed to work okay at the time, but I have had to already drop one for a reroll on a whitelist gift I won. I just sent games to Europe to test a few spots, and they worked fine... but for some reason this game was around -20% here at the time on steamdb... It's pretty messed up. I signed a petition to change it, but it won't do any good, I'm afraid. Pretty soon, you will have to live in the same neighborhood or home to receive gifts at this rate. This kind of thing should only affect those that have a dirty record, and not people who have had long-standing accounts with no problems. Just the authentication thing alone really pissed me off, and this is just more. People are too invested in libraries over time though, and that's what they are counting on, so nobody can do anything to really boycott it if they want to play their games on Steam. Rather sad...
I am not sure about next SimGive, but it'll have to be remodeled completely if they do anymore. There are workarounds, but it won't be what it was, I don't think. People (may)will have to send others money to buy their own gifts through PayPal, and friend everyone, etc. Who knows if it'll actually work even. That's what I see happening though...
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A hearty thanks from a fellow fan of mushrooms, and keep on keeping on.
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They're magic! Thank you kindly as well, and have a good soon-to-be weekend!
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Pump I mean wait no fuck bump bump is what I meant
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Hah! I think you'll be level 8 pretty soon at your current pace.... Have a blue heart, since you are BlueLightning42. :P
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Low level, high level (well, at 6 anyways)... It is staggering the amount of people who don't even say "Thank you" after winning a GA.
Speaking of 'thank you', here's a Bump! and a thanks for sharing from someone who can't enter your GA.
I also hope you are continuing to be much better. Your Lyme disease thread was very enlightening! :)
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I thank you for the words about the thread over there. It's kind of long-winded, but I found it hard to really piece it together in any sort of readable form, so I just stuck with it. I also did not say anything on giveaways at first, for whatever reason. Someone came around in a group I joined (haven't seen them in some time - 8 months inactive on site), and sort of instilled those values in myself a bit, making good points about if somebody takes the time to create one, it's only proper. I'm not sure why I did not at first, but they also taught me about reading descriptions... haha. I have since found a lot of secrets in giveaways just by reading them. That user won 0 giveaways, rarely entered anything, and gave away nearly 40k total in games. Pretty dang impressive. I liked to read their interesting descriptions of things though. Someone I will not forget easily, though they left the group they created long long ago. It still goes a little bit with some giveaways, but I think it was the first "no strings attached" kind of group I was in, I believe. Very cool group though when it was in full force!
Just felt like blabbing a little about the thanks thing. One thing leads to another though, so yep, they kinda got me into reading more carefully and showing that consideration that is deserved by the giveaway creator. It's the least I can do. I do skip descriptions if they are about games, like the steam page pasted, or similar things like that. I've read some really interesting stuff, and other things I read, and I wished I had never seen it... haha. Too late though - what's seen (or read) cannot be unseen.
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Thank you for the kind reply... and yeah, I've been on SG for over a year, and there's still a lot about it I don't know (perhaps it's because I'm more of a lurker than a participator. :P Haha). Like you, I recently learned that about reading descriptions as I became more conscientious to do so after I ran across a public GA from someone who was genuinely hurting, and then started noticing about some of the easter eggs hidden in others. Me - I'm just happy to have some extra money so I can make GAs for people who, hopefully, want them! Hahaha...
Enjoy your Friday and have an awesome weekend!
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I need to work on quite a few I've won... I definitely have a hoarding addiction, but it is not as bad as it was... still too much to play, but I'd like to get to many of my won games if I can. Lots to go though...
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Yup, I hear you on that one. On the bright side, I have plenty to choose from after I graduate and have more free time to goof off. :)
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thx a lot for the lvl 8+ love Superfabs... here's a thank you bump-o!
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You're welcome, iamaya2! I hope things are going well on your side of things. Thanks a lot for the considerate bump! I probably won't get a whole lot of them, which could be good in a way... for odds and whatnot. Have a good weekend!
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Thank you! Not getting a lot, which is maybe a good thing :D I appreciate it!
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LEVEL 8+ required. Why am I doing this?! Who knows... I rarely do public giveaways these days because... well... various reasons over time, especially when created at lower levels. No offense to you if you are a nice user at a lower level, and you cared to stop in and actually read this (that in itself is quite the accomplishment, and I congratulate you!!) - feel free to blacklist me because you can. I pretty much purged my own, and it's not worth the time it takes to actually add anybody and then manage it... I am already too busy as it is running in circles and ending up at the same place I began to worry overmuch with such matters. I believe karma takes care of these things, so there is no reason for me to try and force my hand in matters that are out of my control anyway. Blah blah blah.
Anyway... I don't get a lot of courtesy for whatever reason from some of my lower level giveaways as much as higher, but higher level giveaways are not immune to this either... at any rate, I still love you! I'm also in too many bundle groups these days, since they are a bit nicer and close-knit after getting used to them... and I like my experiences so far in most, though sadly they are not perfect for me, and I've had to leave one that didn't fit me personally after some rule changes I did not sign up for.
I'm not here to necessarily denigrate anyone at lower levels, but I figure it is worth an explanation. Why did I even make a topic... I never do, ever since I was not given bonus slots on my cake day train after year 1 (I had no idea I couldn't go over 100 giveaways in a 24 hour period, so I requested more slots for the event, and was denied by support for whatever reason - cake day sort of crept up on me and I wasn't quite ready for it, so it got delayed). Hey, I guess this is the first one aside from my awareness thread on lyme. Nasty disease... causes all kinds of illnesses if left unchecked. If you don't believe in late stage lyme, I have a stack of medical reports, tests, and records the size and width of a set of encyclopedias (okay... not quite, but almost) that would say otherwise. Please try to enjoy the health you have.
Whimsical giveaways from me for anyone interested that meets the requirements. No sgtools checks for silly rules or anything like that. If you're 8+, based on contributions, you are good to go!
In case you missed the title of the topic, and didn't care to read anything above: level 8+ requirement.
Please feel free to comment here or on giveaways. I enjoy reading from all of you, and I try to reply most of the time.
I felt like going a little mellow, and throwing in a few Labyrinth songs I like in my gibs, since I was listening to an album of theirs earlier.
tl;dr - LEVEL 8 REQUIREMENT!
Amphora
Red Goddess: Inner World
Tales of Symphonia
Vaccine War
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