Hi,
I'm Taleweaver. Long term opinionated guy on gbatemp ever since hanging around slightly longer than "just here to find out how to haxxor my wii". Also a (hopefully former) addict to humble bundles. Those of you who frequent the giving/trading area(1) probably know me as "that guy with far too many games". Because every so often, I post threads offering the chance to give away steam keys (containing games) that either I already have, have no interest in or some other reason (that I don't have a VR set is one that comes to mind). I've collected links to those below for those curious.
2020 was obviously a busy year for them, with large bundles for the Australian fires, black lives matter and the covid situation (oh, and also the itch.io version with nearly 1500 games...though the definition of 'game' sometimes differs). I picked those all up, filtered out what I wanted and gave away the rest. I think I accidentally played a few of those games.
Anyway...one of my new years resolutions is to spend less on games (both board games and video games). I won't exclude ever buying one, but it won't be enough to warrant an actual giveaway (sorry, but I don't do giveaways of one or two games...I don't want it to start revolving around who browses the subforum the most).
There is a "unless..." involved, but it's a long shot. See, what I've noticed is that either more people are sitting on a mountain of steam keys, or people are just returning the favor to me personally because I've given them or their friends free stuff first. Hence this blog entry: it's basically a beggaton, albeit with a delay. In short:
If you have spare steam keys for games you don't want or need, consider keeping them around and (after some time) donating them to me for a giveaway.
The thing about giveaways is that it takes quite some administration (maintaining a list, giving everyone pm's with games and semi-moderating the thread takes some time). The links below show that I'm capable of handling that, as well as that I don't really care about having more games than I currently have (I won't lie: if you offer something of my wishlist, I might participate in the giveaway myself. But I won't hog or redeem codes before anyone else).
Of course: this shoutout goes out only to those who buy MORE games than they're playing, and on the steam platform (itch.io and gog.com work with download links, and unless I'm mistaken, the epic store doesn't even work with redeemable keys). Oh, and only keys from a reliable source (humble bundle and fanatical games come to mind...I'm not sure whether there are other non-shady sites selling stuff).
Should this be you...then drop me a private message, okay? If possible, with an estimate of how many (valid) keys you're willing to contribute.
I'll say this upfront: you'll get no special treats aside a winning tie-breaker among non-contributers and an honorable mention in the OP. It's not that I don't want to, but I tried something similar in one of my giveaways and it lead to people min-maxing things ('here's a 0.1 dollar game steam key. Can I get that free 10 dollar game now? ').
Oh, and three other things I'm thinking of:
1) DO NOT SEND ME STEAM KEYS YET!
2) keep track of which games belong to which keys (you can't see which games are coupled with it until they're redeemed, which defeats the point ).
3) this one's aimed at the moderators: I'm assuming this is all okay to do on gbatemp. If you deem it's leaning too heavily into distributing illegal stuff, then it won't happen (I obviously don't think so myself, but I don't own this forum. I'll abide by gbatemp rules). If so, drop a comment below and I'll edit this entire blog post.
That's all for now. I have no idea what'll come of this, but I already have a 'nothing'. Anything more is a bonus.
Links to my giveaways:
Last summer
Early 2020
end of 2018
2017-2018
mid 2017
first one...spring 2017, I guess
(1): small note: I believe there's a small restriction for entering here. Something like "ten posts minimum" or so. Either way: just be a good temper and you'll get access.
I'm Taleweaver. Long term opinionated guy on gbatemp ever since hanging around slightly longer than "just here to find out how to haxxor my wii". Also a (hopefully former) addict to humble bundles. Those of you who frequent the giving/trading area(1) probably know me as "that guy with far too many games". Because every so often, I post threads offering the chance to give away steam keys (containing games) that either I already have, have no interest in or some other reason (that I don't have a VR set is one that comes to mind). I've collected links to those below for those curious.
2020 was obviously a busy year for them, with large bundles for the Australian fires, black lives matter and the covid situation (oh, and also the itch.io version with nearly 1500 games...though the definition of 'game' sometimes differs). I picked those all up, filtered out what I wanted and gave away the rest. I think I accidentally played a few of those games.
Anyway...one of my new years resolutions is to spend less on games (both board games and video games). I won't exclude ever buying one, but it won't be enough to warrant an actual giveaway (sorry, but I don't do giveaways of one or two games...I don't want it to start revolving around who browses the subforum the most).
There is a "unless..." involved, but it's a long shot. See, what I've noticed is that either more people are sitting on a mountain of steam keys, or people are just returning the favor to me personally because I've given them or their friends free stuff first. Hence this blog entry: it's basically a beggaton, albeit with a delay. In short:
If you have spare steam keys for games you don't want or need, consider keeping them around and (after some time) donating them to me for a giveaway.
The thing about giveaways is that it takes quite some administration (maintaining a list, giving everyone pm's with games and semi-moderating the thread takes some time). The links below show that I'm capable of handling that, as well as that I don't really care about having more games than I currently have (I won't lie: if you offer something of my wishlist, I might participate in the giveaway myself. But I won't hog or redeem codes before anyone else).
Of course: this shoutout goes out only to those who buy MORE games than they're playing, and on the steam platform (itch.io and gog.com work with download links, and unless I'm mistaken, the epic store doesn't even work with redeemable keys). Oh, and only keys from a reliable source (humble bundle and fanatical games come to mind...I'm not sure whether there are other non-shady sites selling stuff).
Should this be you...then drop me a private message, okay? If possible, with an estimate of how many (valid) keys you're willing to contribute.
I'll say this upfront: you'll get no special treats aside a winning tie-breaker among non-contributers and an honorable mention in the OP. It's not that I don't want to, but I tried something similar in one of my giveaways and it lead to people min-maxing things ('here's a 0.1 dollar game steam key. Can I get that free 10 dollar game now?
').Oh, and three other things I'm thinking of:
1) DO NOT SEND ME STEAM KEYS YET!
2) keep track of which games belong to which keys (you can't see which games are coupled with it until they're redeemed, which defeats the point
).3) this one's aimed at the moderators: I'm assuming this is all okay to do on gbatemp. If you deem it's leaning too heavily into distributing illegal stuff, then it won't happen (I obviously don't think so myself, but I don't own this forum. I'll abide by gbatemp rules). If so, drop a comment below and I'll edit this entire blog post.
That's all for now. I have no idea what'll come of this, but I already have a 'nothing'. Anything more is a bonus.
Links to my giveaways:
Last summer
Early 2020
end of 2018
2017-2018
mid 2017
first one...spring 2017, I guess
(1): small note: I believe there's a small restriction for entering here. Something like "ten posts minimum" or so. Either way: just be a good temper and you'll get access.
Or others 
. Saves on time, soap, water and money having to wash them.