Why do you make giveaways?

ive been giving away codes, i just like to feel generous :)

to watch people squirm >:D

For cookies

Because I truely feel this is my favorite forum and giveaway site on the internet and I really love this sites community so I give back as much as I can (which is not alot) But I will start holding more giveaway sooner or later :)

I'll take it from description of one of the group I am in:

"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift". ~Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur

Honestly, I totally understand how you feel. Out of all of the gifts, only one or two have actually actively played it (that kept me on friends list, can't attest to everyone on that fact).

But when a person actually receives a gift and is thankful and enjoys it, it makes up for the 10 or so people who could care less IMO.

There is too much leechers in there, and the worst thing is to give away a game for a leechers in public giveaways. So instead, I give things away to a private group that makes me feel confortable when I talk/laugh with them. A "close group of friends". That way I really feel good and happy when I make a giveaway. And, ofc, i want Karma, lol.
<Insert Hichigo's quote here>
And if you have proof that the guy who won your giveaway traded it, contact the support and ban him. That's not cool. o-o

My gifting train pulls the "group of folks I game with," "group of folks who are themselves generous with their time and money," and "private puzzle giveaways for folks who would like to expend a modicum of effort to find a low entry giveaway" cars, with the "because I've spent worse money in worse ways" caboose. :)

To show the bitches I'm rich.

No... I just feel good when I do so xD

A few group giveaways but because I want others to enjoy the game as much as I have (even if it takes them an eternity to get around to it) :)

Because it gets me laid.

I am new here but I assure you I will never make a giveaway in this site, I will only enter as many giveaways as I can.

Feels good man

I want to make people happy, I also want to spread good games.

If I had any income at all I would do more giveaways :(

TRY TO GET ALL THE KARMA!

I giveaway games because they're hard to trade.

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I gifted 2 games so far, I gifted them away to make someone happy, I realize not all have the old games I did and that some might like them and get a great expirience like I did

Love you guys for being generous <3

Because I give away whatever I feel like I wanna give away! Gosh!

Because I am bored, to be honest.

As for the assholery, I avoid that by gifting to the portion of the community that is deserving (deserving in my eyes, anyways) via private and group giveaways.

As for why....well let's just say I just looked up a few of the winners of my giveaways a few day ago. The feeling you get when you see the game they won is one of their top played games on steam, mmm. There are other reasons of course, but the 'feel good' reason is the best!

Ugh, I shouldn't have looked at my past giveaways. The winner of my Skyrim giveaway played it for a total of 0.1 hours... then he went back to playing CS. 15 out of 60 winners never even added their gift to their library. Why did I look? That was depressing.

To be nice, cause I'm an asshole in real life. Nahh, I guess my main reason is to give someone a chance at playing a game they otherwise aren't able to get. I PREFER it that winners of my giveaways actually try out the game. Why join the giveaway if you're never going to play the game? Dont let it be "just another game in the library". I was gifted an awesome indie game, Eufloria, and have a playtime of 8 hours (and still going). Point is, don't waste a good game..

Why not?

SteamGifts gave me nice things. I won a Penny Arcade giveaway, the uber-giveaway of Faerie Solitaire and thanks to this site I got keys for Dungeon Defenders, Lucid and Titan Attacks.

Now I feel like I need to make a giveaway soon to keep the balance, or else this site is pointless. Of course I'll wait for a nice game with a 75% discount, I have my bill to pay too ;)

So, I'll make a giveaway to give back to the community and hope that whoever wins at least like the game.