A very disappointing result of gifting

Yes it sucks, had that too.

But that's how the humans are, sadly.

It happens. If you're bothered by it, find a private group to share them in or make puzzle giveaways on the forum.You generally get better results there.

Which games are we talking about here?
If it's singleplayer games some plays them offline, so that they won't get interrupted.
(Offline play isn't counted on their playtime)

Maybe they just don't have time at the moment or they have other games as priority, you know, it's not nice to start playing more games don't finish even one. I am sure that they will play the games someday, as you said, these games are pretty good.

I'm so tired of such people. You wanted to gift a game and you did it. Your job here is done. Nuff said.

And some of us have backlogs aswell, smaller games I usually try at once, but bigger will sometimes have to wait for time/space (and no continuum)

Yeah. What's the point of entering a giveaway when you're not gonna play the game.

So, in your first sentence, you say you got a job, then you ask why people haven't played the games you gave out?

Maybe they, too, have jobs. Or girlfriends. Or are students who have just graduated, and are looking at grad jobs? Or maybe they really wanted the game you gave away, but have a backlog of Steam games?

Yes, it sucks. But complaining about it is just childish. You have to accept that a gift is a gift, and as long as the winner plays it before they die, then you have no right to complain. As noted above, if you don't like it then gift to a group, or just gift to people you know irl.

There can be many other reason.If you dont have proof that they are not interested in, you may be wrong.

Somepeople can have limited internet connection to download or their connection is not speedy enough to dl so fast... And many other reasons can happen.

There is a old proverb about giving away " You may have thrown a bread piece into the sea/lake, fish eats but doesn't know it is from you. Only you and conscience" (middle east proverb)

That's pretty sad. I won some games on SteamGifts and am trying to play all of them when I have some time, so I don't understand those who don't play the games they win (... even a little bit).

I, too, have given away a game only to see it shoved in the winner's game library with 0 hours played, 0 gratitude of any kind given and a game library that makes mine pale in comparison... but I believe that there are many who truly want to play these games, so I made another giveaway (which was greatly appreciated, from what I saw :) ) and will continue to make others in the future (if my budget lets me :P).

Backlogs.

Backlogs everywhere.

You won Scary Girl and it's not even on your account. How come you didn't play a gift you won or even activate it?

You won Scary Girl but i dont see it in your libary ...

Yeah, it happens. :(

I honestly admit i often enter giveaways of games when i know i will never play those games

Well, some people gave me games during the Summer Sale and before, and I don't have time to play them (I played a bit like 10 minutes for each game), even if I have free time, because I don't just play. I'm actually watching all the season of Breaking Bad, it's 45 minutes each episodes, plus I watch some animes that come out every week. I also like to browse Reddit and I don't spend all my free time on the computer so yeah, give them some time.

Personally i've won several games here, and i try to play them all, but sometimes i just don't feel like playing some games i have on Steam, as of right now, i'm in the middle of getting the components for my computer, and having a borrowed 4850 doesn't cut it much.

Now that i mention that, i don't mind if the person who won my giveaway hasn't played the game, as i tend to do the same; they'll play when they like to.

Well, I have won some games and never played them too. But not because I don't want them and I don't like them. My computer just can run them good enough for me to actually enjoy (and play normally) but since I know I will get better computer this Winter or next Spring I told giveaway authors that and said I'm sorry that I don't play the games at the moment.

Do you play all games you get? (Gifted or bought) This is the same thing. I haven't played all the games I've bought during summer sale (Heck, I've only played 2-3 games) and its games I've bought. It could time problems, it could be they're interested in playing other games at the moment, it could be hardware problems and thats just to list few. Just think of it this way: you've bought the game to support the developer, you liked the game so much that you had to support their game. Yes, it sucks that some might not ever play the game, but didn't you feel good supporting the devs behind the game?

I haven't played a lot of the games I've won because I'm stuck overseas and don't have access to my PC right now...

"they were some quite good games" - Metro 2033, Fortix (!!!), King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame

Seriously, don't you have bigger problems? If you want possible reasons.

1. Playing other games they're right now more interested in

2. Playing offline (steam don't count those hours you may have played)

3. Suddenly not having much time to play

To be honest I didn't play yet 2 games I won because one of them is not out yet and the second I happened to watch LP of and I don't want to remember solutions to puzzles.

Steamgifts - win a game and a stalker

About 80% of my Steam gaming is in Offline mode, and the only time I am in Online mode is when I am playing and chatting with somebody who is also playing or the game has achievements.

It's kinda easy, instead of making public giveaways, if you are sure the game is going to get used, do private giveaways with extra rules, like playing at least an x% amount of hours to prequels ( if it's a sequel ), playing a certain amount of hours each week, etc

You can be pretty imaginative. Some people might see it a bad move, but I also don't see the point of people with 0 hours played last two weeks, or with less than 25% played ratio entering giveaways.

I doubt I'll ever do a public giveaway, not only for that huge chance of someone who won't never ever use that game, because of the existance of many idlers, fake accounts and so on.

But thats my opinion, If I gift something, I hope it's going to be used. I have to admit tho, that of the games I won, I still have to beat two of them, and two others are because I wanted them for the future. Anyway, I don't enter games I NEVER will use, so 90% of the time I'm sitting at 300points

I only enter giveaways for games I want to play and I do play every game I win but sometimes it can take some time until I play it (yes, even a month or two). My HDD isn't very big and I need most of it for non-game related stuff, so I only install new games after finishing and uninstalling old games (at least bigger games, I usually play games smaller than 1GB rather soon).