Can we just be fair ?

You are talking about it like Steam is something meant for actually playing games. Steam is about buying games and immediately putting them into your backlog forever. And hats.

I probably wouldn't have given away half of what I did if I wasn't able to enter giveaways. And I know I've given out ~4x the value of what I've won. So it's in your best interest for me to ignore what you just said.

Would you like some cheese with your wine?

Random is random. Please refer to the search function in the forums for proof.

You will hate me. On another site, I've won over 100 forum giveaways. The last one to have multiple prizes, I got 3 of them. :D

At first glance, nothing is fair in the fact that ordinary people, like u and me, give games , that they paid for, for no charge.

Now lets not be sour losers , if not, have some cheese with that whine.

Can we just be fair and all give me $5.

Another point to consider: People who have lots of games in their library are more likely to create giveaways than those who only have a few.

I dont enter giveaways for games that I wont play.

I get it and for the most part agree, I won't enter a giveaway for a game I just have no interest in, I only enter if it's something I've been wanting just not enough to lay out the $ for or if it looks like something I would enjoy.

But - when I go through 300 points entering giveaways and have another 300 points in less than 12 hours (not complaining of course) it does affect my "interest threshold" and I will enter for something I'm only curious about or something outside my normal style. But again, it's still gonna be something that has some appeal for one reason or another - maybe it's a classic that I never tried but should of, or the graphics are very cool, or the gameplay / plot / whatever is unique and different, something that sets it apart enough that makes me want to check it out since it's free.

I'm not gonna start entering for Snuggle Truck or pixel-whatever or most platformers or music-based puzzle thing (not dissing 'em I just ain't interested in that style) no matter how quick my points build back up. But I will get more adventurous sometimes and I don't feel like I'm depriving anyone else because a) I am entering for something I actually want and 2) if my points are building up that fast, giving me more chances to enter more giveaways (which hopefully means more chances to actually win one) then so is everyone else'

So it's all good as far as I can see.

Jesus Christ, you've basically spent the entire last 2 weeks playing games. Do you expect everyone here to have that kind of leisure? Ya game nazi.

so it's fair that only some people get to enter giveaway?

I have no strong feelings one way or the other!!!

Perhaps for some people, the number of games on their account reflects how much they enjoy gaming.

Sure, there are probably some collectors who don't play all that much, but there are also avid gamers with a high game count. Also, some users I've seen with only a dozen games on their account still leave their won games unplayed, yet have racked up several thousand hours in DOTA 2 or TF2.

Don't be so quick to judge, especially based on such an irrelevant criterion.

You can't do shit about it.

Thanks everyone for the comments. I wanted to see what people think about this !