What is your giveaway entry plan ?

I fake left then I rush the center.

i throw a grenade and i call for backup

See cool game.
"That looks cool"
Enter.

Wishlist game or awesome game; ENTER! Dont expect to win and say THANKS

First I find out more about the giveaway, talking to its neighbors, spying on it. Then, after I feel I know enough about the giveaway, I arrange an 'accidental' encounter. I bump into it at a coffee shop, or maybe a book store, they're all in the same place these days. Then, slowly, I'll gain the giveaway's trust, become its closest friend.

Then I go on the offensive. I'll slowly wedge the giveaway away from its friends, spreading rumours, turning small lies into offenses, turning disagreement into discontent. I will continue to move closer to the giveaway, driving it further away from them.

I'll then work on occupation, using this agitated state caused by this loss of once close friends to get the giveaway fired, either for lashing out at a superior or slacking off due to depression.

Familial connections are always the hardest, as they usually, no matter the condition, run deep. Still, they are the most abundant with flaws, those of which are specific to each giveaway, which I will exploit. Siblings are the easiest route, convincing a giveaway that it's creator cares more about another giveaway, possibly one of Skyrim or Arkham City, and work on from their. If the giveaway is the only one the creator made, I can still prey on the frivolous or uncaring nature of the creator.

After this, I will be the only one that the giveaway trusts, and all its secrets will belong to me. Then, and only then, will I strike.

See game that looks interesting and I could see myself purchasing > Enter giveaway > Thank giver.

Done. No other criteria needed, points are irrelevant I've never had less then ~180 points in months. Similarly when the giveaway is ending doesn't matter.

Games that look interesting/have tried/already know something about.

When being public giveaways, i try to be cautious about it, picking games that dont worth much, or have an avg of entries around 400 to 600, as my win expectancy is not very high on those.

Usually i have a poll of around 60 to 100 points every day, which is more than enough for me to use.

Personally i was looking to try Faerie Solitaire, and want to get a coop game like Left 4 Dead and the 2nd, so i enter those indiscriminetly, and as i was refreshing, i just realized i won a faerie solitaire copy, out of 1600 entries, which is pretty nice :)

When looking for games, i usually look for those that meet the prior criteria, if i dont find any, i look according to my wishlist (which i should update btw), hoping to find Bastion or something similar, if i dont find anything... i just simply dont spend my points, entering every giveaway for just the sake of doing so is not productive for me, even if i can win.

Waiting for the last 5 seconds to get last entry. Refresh. Damn u internet.

I typically go for 20 points and under, and like now, I'm usually shy just 1 point to enter in a giveaway later in the day when a good one shows up. Won't be entering for Fallout 3.

I drop a few pipe bombs and wait for the giveaway to show up, then I fire off several rounds to get its attention from near cover. When it cloaks and charges me, I maneuver past the pipe bombs and draw it over them, then BOOM! My squad survives.

Look for game of interest.
Enter.
Glad I got that over and done with.
TL;DR: Spend hours strategically picking giveaways, draw up a series of graphs and calculate the probability of winning. Do some irrelevant math work to make it look like it's a big deal then enter.

Find game of interest > Enter.
Really after the Winter Sales I managed to get some much stuff I wanted myself that there are hardly any giveaways for stuff I want now so not really that close to running out of points any time soon.

Be a picky bitch like me, and then there won't be that many games that you want to enter giveaways for. :D

Group giveaways with less than 300 entries or a random pick of a game you'd like, if the giveaway you entered ends in a week or so, you'll forget about it eventually, and there's that awesome feel when you win something you don't remember entering for or simply didn't expect to win. ^^

• Everyday after school I log on.

• Search through games that I want or that are on my wishlist

• Click the link

• Check the give away owners profile and steam

• Click enter

• Say "thanks" or something

• Keep on doing this until my points are finished

Games I want, looks interesting, and/or popular.

I enter all games that i would enjoy.

I enter games when they don't have too many entries and when they seem fun. If they're over 20 points I have to think twice about it.

I enter every game I'd like to play and don't have already. I usally have a lot of leftover points though.. :)

I go in guns blazing with no hope for tomorrow and leave with...no hope for tomorrow.

I only enter for games that I know I definitely want to own, so sometimes (like right now) I sit at 300 points and don't enter anything.

I could enter things that look vaguely interesting just for the sake of spending points and maybe actually winning, but then I would win a game I don't overly want when it could have gone to someone more deserving. So I don't do that! :)

Browse the forums.
Find puzzle giveaway.
Solve puzzle.
Thank the giveaway creator for the puzzle and the giveaway.
Check if the game is at all interesting, if so, enter, otherwise move on.

Yes, I do end up stuck at 300 points most of the time.

Enter for what you want, until you win :p

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do i own the game already?

if not, enter. gotta spend those points somehow otherwise i'll hit the cap

and if i happen to win? i'll add it to my pile of games i'm never going to play

gg money well spent