Agree with everything you said here. My intent was not to close this thread or stop the gifting. I used to gift in this thread way back in the day and even ask for stuff every now and then. But for the last 6-8 to maybe 10 months, all you see is the same people here, day in day out asking for the next game thats on sale. And thats the only place you see them on the forums, unless they're also saying "in" for one of the giveaway threads.
Gifting is great and what set this place apart from other gaming websites. No one would want that to stop and I never said that. Its just the behavior that follows extreme generosity is getting worse and worse here.
Its funny how with the comment I made back then, only three people seem to have replied and none of them were part of the problem. Heck, that one guy had 12 posts in ~2 years of being a member and he chose to reply to this thinking I was speaking about him when I didn't even know who he was and never seen him ask for a gift.
GOG has become more popular which is great, their games have always been awesome, but along with the popularity, the leechers have come and stayed over the past year and then some. The forum is full of them nowadays, in every gifting thread, obviously in the ninja thread and everywhere in between. The threads and conversations are less about gaming and more about nonsense. Which is fine I suppose and why I visit here less and less often anymore. A lot of veteran members are rarely seen as well but the only ones that seem to be cared about are the ones who used to gift. The forums have slowly devolved into a bit of a cesspool with good gaming (or other) conversation going on only occasionally.
Its fine if this is the direction the forum is going and being in the minority, I don't care if my opinion is phased out but I'm putting up my opinion and protesting this type of behavior in my own way. Free games and leeching behavior will win out I'm sure of it but its sad that it overruns this place now.