will1391: I could use a steam key for Gta San andreas if anyone has some money to spend!
IAmSinistar: And I could use some sex if any supermodels are feeling bored and horny!
Seriously, feels like it is once again time to refresh folks on How To Succeed On The Gifting Threads. Not picking on you specifically, but your post is a sterling example of the kind of request that is all too frequent on these boards.
If you want a gift here, there are some good rules of thumb to follow:
1)
Make a reasonable request. Games that are on sale or games that are part of a bundle where it is permissible to regift the keys are more likely to be granted than a request for a popular AAA title at full price.
2)
Be known. A new user with low rep is an unknown quantity and thus unlikely to stand out. We don't know if you are a decent person, or a scammer who rotates identities, or a clueless one-timer who is hoping for a quick freebie. You have a much better chance of receiving a gift by becoming known in the community, and by contributing to the community in other ways.
3)
Don't be greedy. There are posters in this and other gifting threads who seem to show up on just about every page. Every time a new game comes out, or a new sale, or a new bundle, here they are asking for it. I don't know who has time to play all the games they are asking for, except for the journalists who review games for a living, and they get the games for free. Personally, I am more inclined to pick up something for someone who asks infrequently, because then you feel like they truly want the game they are asking for.
4)
Don't be scattershot. This is related to the above one, where folks ask for 10 or more games in their post. Often this is a compilation of several recent bundles and other offers, and they are hoping to hit the jackpot on one of those keys. But again it puts me off, because it seems less like they really want the specific games as opposed to just wanting games PERIOD.
5)
Don't be a prick. This may be hard to quantify, and even harder to follow if you are in fact a prick. But a
recent thread indicates that there are folks who seem to feel entitled to free games, or who are willing to pursue those ends regardless of how inappropriately they do so. I can tell you right now that nothing shuts the golden goose's sphincter quicker than that.
Hope this has helped, and I don't mean to discourage anyone from asking. Rather, I ask you in kind to remember that there are actual people on the other end of the wishing well, and they like to be treated as such.
I wish some few people asking there will follow those points, but i'm not naive, some don't really care at all >.>.
My only suggestion to add is : a request with a game on sale has better chance to be fuffiled than resquesting a game not on sale . That's obvious... but not for some obviously.
