2014 Back to School HTWingNut NBR Steam Game Giveaway!!!

thanks for the chance wingnut. I'm on my final year now, hoping to get a job right afterward

 

Lots of kids don't do well in school because they sit around playing computer games all day...

 

As long as you're not totally stupid and are willing to cut down on sleep and get by on 4-5 hours of sleep a day, you can get through undergrad spending 70% of your free time either gaming or partying.

Grad school, now that is a very different story.

 

Someone had to be that guy...

 

Well FWIW I can honestly say I spent more time gaming and partying than I did studying during undergrad, and still made it out pretty good. Of course I had to sacrifice some sleep for a few years...

But see, undergrad I got by because I didn't have to know my **** or only had to pretend to know my ****, and I thought I was the ****. Then in grad school I realized I had to know my ****, and that I was **** lol.

Oh but nothing beats the summer after grade 8 where I pretty much played CS and TFC for like 10 hours everyday. It was fun times because I had to wake up right when my parents woke up, and stopped playing just before they got back so I could pretend I didn't use the computer the entire day, so I could get another 2 hours in at night.

Yeah I was pretty addicted.

 

I play way too much WoT and Smash Bros, yet still have a great GPA

 

Thank You for the giveaway! + rep of course! :thumbsup:

I'm starting my postgrad degree on Oct. 27th, plenty of time to play games until then!

 

Your giveaways are massive. Kudos to you for your generosity! PAYDAY 2 seems like fun, but I haven't played a single game since the 30th of June, so I would wind up feeling guilty if I were to enter. Good luck to all the participants, especially those that are low on funds!

 

I know three people who dropped out / got kicked out of college because they had a WoW addiction.

 

Well, that's their problem. Not the fault of Blizzard if they don't have a good grip on self-control.

 

Yep. It's a harsh lesson, but like any addiction, a lot of times it takes something significant to make them wise up. This is why I think it's important for kids to feel the financial pain of college too, because I would think they'd be more likely to be more responsible than to sit and play games all day and fail classes. Maybe one semester, but that should be enough.

On another note, I'm surprised that not more people are choosing mark of the Ninja. It's highly acclaimed and a great stealth scroller.

 

Eh, I'll change my vote to include Mark of the Ninja. I already have my problems with Assault Horizon...

 

Sounds like maturity issues.

No kidding. Whatever happened to self responsibility?

 

Yeah once I started a real full-time job I finally understood why my parents behaved the way they did when I was a kid. Honestly I have no idea how they put up with me sometimes, because if I had kids and they behaved the way I did, I'd <del>give them a beating</del> disconnect their internets.

 

I get so confused as to what people are referring to when they say 'school', 'grad school', 'college' and such on the internet because the terminology used is so different each side of the pond. It's hard to decipher what level of education people are actually describing!

 

grad school = postgrad
college = undergrad, but could technically refer to 2 year community colleges granting associate degrees, although I've never heard it being used as such in the US; in Canada college usually does mean 2 year college

 

I usually refer to the 2yr schools as tech school, community college, etc.

 

Or junior college.

 

Canada : refer as "CEGEP" for junior college (2 years) and "college" for university classes (bsc-msc-phd)
totally out of topic : its my birthday today

 

happy bday!

CEGEP is a Quebec-only thing btw

 

Nope, still have no idea what you guys are talking about...

 

I see. Both undergraduate and postgraduate courses are taught by universities here in Britain. Starting to piece the puzzle together now!

P.S. happy birthday sasuke!

 

Same in the US, for the most part. However, some universities dont have a postgrad program.

 

(Potentially) more Steam games to clutter my backlog while I wait for classes to begin. Great.

 

(sorry post deleted)

 

Unless you're in engineering or one of the "hard sciences" there should be plenty of time for gaming even during the semester. Hell I made it a point to game for 1 hour every week while I was in grad school because I needed a good distraction to keep me sane after spending 60-80 hours in the lab every week.

 

n=1 what studies did you had ?

 

I'm starting MRes Marine Biology in September. While there's no almost no doubt I'll be living most of my life in the lab/out on the field/in the library over the next year, I'm sure I'll still get time to enjoy games. Nothing shall stop me from playing The Witcher 3... NOTHING!!!

 

I never get any luck in lucky draw :laugh:

Never lol

 

CONTEST OVER! CONGRATULATIONS!

Winners have been drawn. A handful did not win anything, so I will have a mini drawing for those users to choose from the remaining games, and then a round 2 and hopefully all the games will be gone.

Here are the winners:

Bearclaw: Company of Heroes 2
Prolixious: Dawn of War 40k Master Collection
trvelbug: Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
gdansk: Rise of Nations Extended Edition
templesa: Tropico 4 Collector's Edition
mattstermh: Max Payne 3 Complete
Prydeless: Pay Day 2
TomJGX: Ace Combat Assault Horizon Enhanced
technos: The Darkness II
Jarhead: Blockland
do Malho: Wargame Escalation and Airland Battle
DaCM: Ace Combat Assault Horizon Enhanced
heibk201: Pay Day 2
Qing Dao: Dawn of War 40k Master Collection
killkenny1: Rise of Nations Extended Edition
luigimario01: Rise of Nations Extended Edition
tbonesan: Dead Island Epidemic
Karamazovmm: The Witcher 2
sasuke256: Pay Day 2
Cakefish: The Witcher 1
matolati: Max Payne Complete
Thierry19: Dead Island Franchise Pack
Mobius 1: Ace Combat Assault Horizon Enhanced
J. Dre: The Witcher 2
octiceps: The Darkness II
Marecki_CLF: Air Conflicts Secret Wars
long2905: Age of Empires II HD


Users that did not win that I will offer a mini-drawing for: Cloudfire, jasonlam, Dragonman, gabrielmocan

What winners need to do: Please wait for me to send an NBR PM. I will either send you your prize by Steam if we're already friends, or if not look for a friend request from me, or if you prefer you can send me your email address so I can send it that way. Please give me some time, these are a lot to distribute.

 

Still angry about being rick rolled.
Its OK man, let it go

Spoiler

Dont think I followed the rules either lol

 

Thanks for the game. Got it. :thumbsup:

 

It's OK. I added your Steam username to the contest spreadsheet... check it out.

 

Ok, I games to users in my friends list, and a bunch of friend requests. The clock starts ticking now. I will give 48 hours to accept the friend invitation and 48 hours to redeem your game after its sent. If you would rather I send by email, please PM me your email address.

Thanks!

 

Gratitude Mr Wingnut for another great giveaway and the game. The champion of NBR is making it rain!

 

Oh yes, came in, saw the one game I wanted, won.


Thanks old man! And congrats to other winners!

 

Thank you very much! The Witcher 2 has been sitting in my backlog of shame for some time now, but now I can start with the original to get the full story of the trilogy!

I was planning on completing Batman Arkham Asylum/City this weekend but I may just have to play The Witcher games instead, although the 5+ hour download estimate from Steam suggests they may have to wait until tomorrow to start them.

Many thanks again, HTWingNut!

 

Awesome stuff champ!

 

Thanks HTWingNut! Checked out the trailer for Blockland and it looks like it'll entertain for quite a while

 

Pfffft, the real winners here is the ones who didnt get picked. Or got picked, depending on how you view it.

Top 10% are the real heroes here. The rest are just Average Joe`s who will get bad grades in school and now owe HTWingNut something.
You are now his b*tch.

It wasnt really a giveaway. Its was more a way to get his posts liked and repped in the future. You all fell for his plan

 

I, for one, welcome our new HTWingNut overlord!

 

Oh look at you, all disappointed and all .
Good thing grades don't mean crap over here, for the most part.

 

Eh, I got a free game out of it. I say it's a fair trade

 

HT, thanks for this.

 

wow lucky me! thanks a ton HTwingnut! just the game i want

 

Finished my MSc in organic chemistry then get fo'd. Naturally my supervisor wanted me to stay on for a PhD and I was just like NO WAY JOSE. (it was amicable though, he understood my reasons and even helped me get my current job)

Well yes and no. You need good enough grades that you don't get screened out in the first round, but yeah beyond that it's all about your real skills and interview skills. It's field-dependent obviously but I'll say for my field you better not show up at the door with a terrible transcript or you'll get laughed home.

 

Thanks WingNut!

If anyone wants to trade Wargame for Darkness II, hit me up! Not sure I can handle this kind of game ATM. Need something mellower LOL.

 

Yes... must... have... more... rep... never... enough... my precious...

 

Wargame is not that mellow. I sent a friend request, accept it and I'll can see what we can do!

 

Woo thank you for CoH2! Loved the first one can't wait to play this one.