About these hour-long giveaways.

But that's what makes it interesting :P Cause people will randomly log on just to see if by chance there is one.

yes but $2 is less than a phone call to your girlfriend :)

Seems my jab at the whiners didn't come across as such.

I'd just like to state now that I don't have a problem with short blink-and-you'll-miss giveaways. They're exactly the sort of thing I like about this site. I was just wondering what other people thought about it and asking the gifters why they choose to do it.

As for being annoyed. Well I think it's well in my rights to feel somewhat down when I miss out on a chance to get something I was interested in. I'm sure as hell not gonna bitch about it though.

But its not random. If all users of steam gifts were equally distributed amongst each timezone in the world, and all got up and went to bed at the same time, then I suppose you could call the giveaway times random.

For example, if 90% of steam gifts users live in North America, then gifters are more likely to create one hour giveaways during normal waking hours for this side of the world. Someone who lives in an opposite timezone, like in Asia would have a far less chance of getting in on these giveaways.

Personally I like the one hour giveaways, but I wouldn't say they are fair to everyone.