Please be honest. It's anonym to vote. ;)

3 months ago

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Please be honest!

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All of them!
I play some of my wins!
I rarely play my wins!
I'm just a collector, this +1 is beautiful!
I just idle for the trading cards -> profit!
I never touch my wins and I don't care about them!

All of them. Only two (as far as i remember) are unfinished tho. One i didn‘t enjoy and another one i‘m probably half through and i need to either find some motivation to return or i dunno yet.
I priorize wins in any case. Like play them either right away or after finishing my current game.
Luckily i never just joined GAs just for entering 🙃

3 months ago
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Played about 2/3 of them so far, hoping to play all of them if time allows.

3 months ago
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I try to play most of them. Some get stuck in backlog though.. Sometimes I overestimate my interest and unfortunately some get left behind. But I do aim to finish the games I win. Some I manage to get a year after winning, but I try to get to them.

3 months ago
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I try to give them priority

3 months ago
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As much as time permits

3 months ago
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I always enter giveaways with the intention of playing, but sometimes it doesn't happen for a while. Lately I've been entering fewer giveaways and trying to catch up on my old wins.

3 months ago
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All of them without exception. I've only ever entered games I wanted to play. I disdain the idea of just entering to add +1 to my library, just seems greedy. Like Ninglor I prioritize games I've won. And I've played and finished 100% of my games (https://www.backlog-assassins.net/lists/eb6j9ln). None of this "I wanna play all my wins" when I find the time crap :D Also I don't believe 65+ votes "All of them!" has :D

3 months ago
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I don't have enough time to play all the games I have (whether won or bought), but I do family sharing with my little brother and he ends up playing most of them. I wish I had more free time, but work :/

3 months ago
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I try to play all of them, although I know that there are some old wins I will never be able to play (because I was an idiot and entered for some multiplayer-only games... some of them are straight up non-playable at this point). I've been really slow with any new wins lately though. T.T
So, uh... I guess I'll mark "All of them!" since the second option doesn't really sound right...

3 months ago
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I certainly mean only my wins, but I don’t necessarily get to them right away, and my backlog is huge

3 months ago
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voted: play some

actually my backlog-assassin extraordinaire stats are for 285 games won:
24% won't play (meaning, I tried the game or nearly finished but don't plan to play it more)
16% unfinished (... one day I'll finish it... perhaps... surely... or not)
1% beaten (but didn't grind to unlock all the achievements)
4% finished with 100% achievements unlocked
55% never played

to be honest I started 2024 with the idea of at least trying every game I win, but I'm falling behind :( (too many bundles, my ever growing backlog isn't helping)

3 months ago
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I've won 11 games here this month, but I've acquired 80 other Steam games as well as GOG and EGS games, IG too, but those barely count. There's no way I can play them all and do them justice. I do play some though.

If anything, I was more motivated to play an older game again, now that a sequel is coming soon.

I do always farm cards. I mostly buy cheap +1 and card games in bundles with the credit, and I plan to eventually get enough points for a Steam profile.

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The correct answer for me is "I do try". Of course, I had that period of grabbing every game (in my case - every adventure game) in the beginning, and those were mostly games I used to own on CDs/DVDs before Steam and had already played. Basically, those were for collection. Pretty soon I started entering only GAs for games I was actually planning to play, but, well, there are many of them I've never found a mood to try. My biggest shame is Kingdom Come: Deliverance won as a pre-order - I love narrative-driven RPGs, it looks absolutely up my alley, but at first I was scared away by its unfriendliness towards casual gamers like me, then QOL mods appeared, but I still never touched it - not really sure why.

3 months ago
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Slowly but surely, yes, the PAGYWOSG events sure do help with motivation. According to BLAEO i have 8% beaten/completed.

3 months ago
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I give them priority, so I definitely play them!

Just...not always for very long. Sorry.

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I try to play my wins but I staunchly refuse to engage with the backlog mentality again, it only sucked the enjoyment out of gaming back when I tried to dictate what to play based on a list. Instead these days I allow myself to go with the flow and actually end up playing more than before, which as a consequence means that I might install and play a game right after winning it or years after the fact. I do try to write a comment on the GA itself after finishing the game if I enjoyed it so the GA's creator knows that I appreciate the gift, but I must admit that it sometimes feels very awkward to be like "hey I really liked that, thanks" five years down the line so I often get cold feet and end up not writing that comment.

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I got a positive response when I commented that I finally got to beating one of my wins over a decade later.
you should do it! as a gifter I love seeing that people played/enjoyed/beat the game I gifted.

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Most people in the "do you want a thank you" thread seem to really like the 'game was played' feedback. Sounds fun to me as well.

Someone described a well stocked home library like a medicine cabinet, that has what you need when you need it. That's how I've been playing my video games as well, based on what seems fun. Then using the backlog and PAGYWOSG themes as guidelines to find a thing I might have overlooked.

3 months ago
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I try to play as many of them as I can, but my computer can only have so many games downloaded at once, (too lazy to put in the extra storage I bought a year ago) so it takes some time to get to certain games. One day I'll get to them.

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I'm guilty of not playing as much as I want to. Life's pretty busy for me, so I usually spend what freetime I have with my wife, usually watching movies, shows, or playing some games together. Lately we've been on a Minecraft binge. I also have had a slight problem with Balatro lately when I've had a free moment :D I will eventually get around to playing my wins though.

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