Besides my grandma passing away in January 2021, 2021 was Fanatical for me altough I wish that my skills could developed more but I didn't have a chance because of client/project I am currently assigned to. In 2022 I hope I will be assigned more creative tasks at current company. My Steam backlog kept increasing and I've bought bunch of games during Winter Sale altough I can't play them with GTX 750. And I will not buy new GPU until prices come to normal. On top of that, I've subscribed to Humble Monhtly Choice Premium for 99€.
But I still enter giveaways here. Am I greedy hoarder bastard?

EDIT: Lvl3 train

EDIT2: A bit of help. https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/9RtUOfz

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Am I greedy?

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hmmm, it’s not working, what am I doing wrong..?

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tried it; just sent me to the SG main page. (assuming i entered the characters from the poll correctly)

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Same

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Some of the letters on the code are lowcase. Bruteforced it as it was just 8 options (2^3).

uM9h0, but not able to join as the giveaway is behind a steam group.
Confirmed by sassdrake to be wrong

Regarding the question, it will depend on the number of games you have right now. I can't say nothing as I have quite a big list pending also.

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I think you just found a random GA. Though I don't understand the logic of their puzzle either.

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lol, it didn't crossed my mind that it could be a random one.

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You don't have to brute force it nor be in specific Steam group to enter it.

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At first I thought it was the poll options but the forum just turned all the letters to uppercase by default.

Thanks for the clarification!

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Forum haven't turned all the letters to uppercase by default. :)

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That saved me, though it still took me a couple tries.

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I cannot say yes because I have hoarding issues too :P

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Sorry to hear about your Grandma last year. Let's hope 2022 turns out well for you!

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Yes.
No.
Maybe?

Edit: A deleted comment, does that mean I failed at making a Malcolm in the Middle reference?

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Everybody is greedy ^-^.
I dont think joining giveaways is greedy ,but i guess you should rather join giveaways your pc can handle .
I have a GTX 970 Ti and my pc can handle every game actually with my setup in 1080p .
If you would downgrade your Monitor to a smaller one with 720p you should be able to nearly play every game i think .
I wont give in to scalpers either .^-^

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It isn't hoarding, it's supporting the creatives in a beloved industry!

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I'm so sorry about your grandma. RE: the puzzle, I must be missing something, so confused but it's not working.

Also, I'm in the same boat as you. Only have a school thinkpad to play games but not buying a GPU at these prices.

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if you have speed enough and some of them is compatible you can try play via play.geforcenow.com (or xbox cloud),

also anyway also if 750 it's not able to play games very recent has cyberpunk2077,metro exodus or halo infinite it's unplayable with a 750ti (require dx12 etc or do 10fps etc.)
you can btw play more old but beautiful games without problem and very beautiful as a PREY,shadow of mordor,astroneer,witcher3,sea of thieves etc. the 750ti it's enough if you low the Shadows,Bloom\Blur and some unuseful gfx effect and play 1080p instead of 4k etc.
i recently play ninokuni wrath of the witch and octopath traveler in 750ti these games not require more power but have nice storytelling can play happy

the situation about gpu prices right not it's totally absurd i agree with you,not only this but recently in some countries the Used market has become more fraud than new prices,it's very patetic situation i hope it finish soon so these people stop to scam prices,i see some people get gpu from rubbish place (broken) and then resell it at $999€ instead of sell it at normal price 400€ or half price,this is very insane and i very stress bored about this,hope crysis chip finish soon.
BTW cloud services is very good,geforcenow and xbox cloud gaming can play very well and not need buy new gpu or console or pc,i was able to play half of halo infinite via cloud without any problem

For example you will be able to play Death Stranding via geforcenow also if you own a 750ti,then ok sometimes have delay or artifact,it's not "perfect" same play with local hw\gpu,but it's not that much bad too...better than nothing

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i write "if" and "Compatible" for this reason because i know very well it's not always possible to use it,me too sometimes when voyage to some countries for work can't access them (country not supported),and other times also if i move only city by city too (for not enough speed) so why i say if and compatible,so i mean is if you have access to it,and speed enough and country compatible,because we are in a semiconductor crysis chip (and covid pandemic too) and so it is not a good deal for most of people to buy new hardware now because prices is very high,it's useful to use the cloud for who own old gpu,for example me when" is able to access it " as you wish,with a 750ti but via geforcenow play death stranding or via xbox cloud service halo infinite (that require dx12 gpu and so it's not playable in 750ti)

This said,people when write or talk DON'T need put the "*" asterisks by say "if you have access to,if you have speed for,if your country not censure it,if the service is enabled in your country" and blablabla...
Because implied by default that people will get info from the net and\or from the other people or service support of the service (we are in 2022 not in paleholitic)

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i just let you know that you wrong to think (first) and write me (after) that i "Assume" something when it's clear also from my comment that is not,this is why i write if\compatible.

it's same if someone A say i can't go this road because my car is old
then someone B say "hey maybe u can get a taxi or bus if have enough money or time etc."
then someone C come and say "hey B,Why you assume someone is able get taxy"
But B at least make a comment for to to HELP others,give info about something

but C come for what,only for make polemic or try to find wrong in something other write?
it's a littbe bit same add mayanaise ingredient to a macdonald food that have mayanaise already hahha

and about the my reply, it's education to reply if people ask or comment,you can took a moment too for not do wrong comment or don't reply to me if you don't like my reply , it's not doctor order you to reply to me ha ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Good Day and good Night and good new year you too 😜

yes we Walls Text!

edit:
And if you took tik taktaketetak tiketaktoktok taketetiketitutak ha
https://youtu.be/02vDkMEdIkY?list=PL-BO_IOXVN_yG2sUx_2MiAy2S7daMnxYn&t=177

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Are you hoarding? Yes, probably. Is it bad? Who are we to judge ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Wouldn't blame you for holding off on a GPU really. I think that one is completely reasonable. Also hope you get those better positions to further develop your skills and may your grandma rest in peace!

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Wonder will they be normal in future, or we are just stuck with those horrendous prices for long long time..

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Not greedy, more like having a hoarding issue. Then again, I suspect that many of us here are basically the same. Anyway, I hope this year is kinder to you than the previous one.

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Greed is good. ;)

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2021 was Fanatical for me

Definitely not a bundle addict.

Also I'm in a similarish situation - buying HB, entering (very few, and selected) giveaways, while having more and more games I can't play. Hopefully it will change soon :)

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I think it's due to the thing you crave (ie the gpu upgrade) feeling so out of touch. I was the same for a long time, kept buying lots of cheap bundles because they were such a small amount of money but the games I wanted to play were becoming unplayable. Bought an entirely new rig this year and now I buy half as many games as I did before because the PC spend is still in the back of my mind! I haven't bought a single thing during the steam sale and although I might cave in and buy Teardown I've still got a big enough backlog I should play first that the urge isn't really there. My HB choice annual also just expired and not sure I'll bother redeeming it. Might just keep pausing til a good month comes along or they start handing me discount coupons.

Good luck for 2022

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Rule of Acquisition no. 10:
Greed is eternal.
:)

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i cant say anything because i got same issues alot of games in libaray is rotting xdd.

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I am also trying to find an answer, i am a games hoarder myself, i subscribed to Humble Choice and bought tons of Fanatical bundles as well, plus bought a lot of games from any seasonal sales on Steam, but the games i've played probably around 10% out of all in my library, most of them ended up on idling because i wanted the cards lol..
It's just a "hobby" or obession i think at this point? Because everytime i saw games on sale and they have good reviews, i can't let myself not to think about them all night until i purchased them, despite some of them are probably not my cup of tea..
I wonder is it some kind of disorder or something..

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The first step is to celebrate this year.
Let's worry about it afterwards.

Have a happy new year.(σ・Θ・)σ🐯

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It's okay, sorry to hear about your grandma, though
Happy New Year and stuff, I guess ._

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You're horrible. I get sent into the timeout corner because I tried too many different combinations xD

And I really feel you on your loss. I know they're not directly comparable, but we had to put the dog I had spent 19 years with to sleep in April of last year and live has just not been the same since. I hope your pain dulls quickly and that you will be able to remember all the happy times with your gran!

Wish you all the best for 2022 ♥

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There's a timeout corner? If it is poll options, there are 120 different possibilities, no idea which is the obvious one.

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There is no obvious combination, which is why I went through all of them by hand. Apparently SG doesn't like that.
Didn't know about that before either, but it makes sense to stop people from brute forcing for invite only giveaways using scripts.

The message was something like "There's been some suspicious activity from your IP. Your account has been temporarily suspended. Please try again in a few hours."

So yeah, it was nothing too bad, just surprised me ^^

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i never understand this puzzles xD...you need to know a lot of english to understand?

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You don't need to know a lot of English. :)

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well then i don't understand xD

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