Steamgifts - The Website

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  1. Fooshi

    Fooshi For fuck's sake Fooshi

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    Is cool stuffs.

    Basically, loads of Steam giveaways. It pretty much works like this:
    A person creates a giveaway for a game (let's say, Borderlands 2). Others can then enter the giveaway in exchange for a certain amount of points. The "price" to enter the giveaway is decided by the game price in dollars. If the game is worth 20$, you will need 20 points to enter. You start off with 300 points, which over time regenerate, so you can enter more giveaways. The creator of the giveaway has the duty to gift you (if you are the winner) the game advertised in the giveaway. Good shit.

    Don't expect to win anything easily though. I've entered at least 300 giveaways and I have yet to win something.

    If you feel like showing off how nice of a person you are, this is the perfect place! :D
     
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  2. Candles

    Candles CAPTAIN CANDLES, DUN DUN DUN, DUN DUN DUN DUN.

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    According to this website, my public profile isn't public. Bummer.

    EDIT: Suddenly, after trying again for ten minutes and alternatively telling me my profile is private or that I have no games with value, it decided to work.
     
  3. complete_

    complete_ lamer

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    i think i used this for like 1 month a year ago. its how i got one of the indie bundles
     
  4. -=]Kane[=-

    -=]Kane[=- Member

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    Yeah I got Alien vs predator via that site.
     
  5. Grantrithor

    Grantrithor Member

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    is this seriously not a scam? like no russians or chinese people involved?
     
  6. -=]Kane[=-

    -=]Kane[=- Member

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    Well I don't kno about russian or chinese ppl since I got/won alien vs pred from a russian but it's sure no scam.
    You can even log in via steam website.
     
  7. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    I think you have better chances if you all just bug Trickster.
     
  8. -=]Kane[=-

    -=]Kane[=- Member

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    PS: I won with my 24th entry total a game with 1600+ entries :|ove:
     
  9. Devourawr

    Devourawr Member

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    Let's find out which one is faster at getting me ARMA II. Registering now.

    Triiiicksteeeeeeer
    I wanna kill some zombieeeeeeeees
     
  10. ViroMan

    ViroMan Black Hole (*sniff*) Bully

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    I just wana kill trickster or visa versa.
     
  11. RetroFade

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    I like how I've entered like 10 or so giveaways today alone.

    I wonder what the entry/win ratio is...
     
  12. wealthysoup

    wealthysoup Lead Tester

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    1/ the number of entries for that specific gift.

    It's not the hardest ratio to work out :-)
     
  13. -=]Kane[=-

    -=]Kane[=- Member

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    Given there are sometimes multiple giveaways in one but it always says so in the title, always look out for developer giveaways btw, they give like 1000 games out at once sometimes, ofc there will be always like 20k entries in that case, which still gives fair chance though,
    that site is like full of tricksters who don't want the games they bought anymore.
     
  14. Fooshi

    Fooshi For fuck's sake Fooshi

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  15. RetroFade

    RetroFade Member

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    Haha, I meant like:

    I have entered 23 giveaways and not yet won. How many will it take for me to win?

    Not for the specific gift etc...
     
  16. ImSpartacus

    ImSpartacus nerf spec plz

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    You're never guaranteed to win anything, ever. Statistics doesn't do birthday presents.
     
  17. wealthysoup

    wealthysoup Lead Tester

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    Though my first response was a bit tongue in cheek what will give you a better chance of winning :

    Entering 10 draws at 500/1 or 10 draws at 100/1?

    It depends massively on what games you choose to enter.

    Alternatively you could take the number of entries for finished games and average them to give you a pretty accurate answer. I haven't done it but reckon on average about 200 odd entries are needed per prize won
     
  18. RetroFade

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    I also happened to find this: (http://www.steamgifts.com/stats)

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    If you contribute about 50$ to gain access to private giveaways you're pretty much guarenteed something in a short time, given entries are limited.
     
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  19. wealthysoup

    wealthysoup Lead Tester

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  20. Fooshi

    Fooshi For fuck's sake Fooshi

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