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    HTWingNut's NBR Steam Game Lazy, Cheapskate, and Procrastinator Game Giveaway

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Jan 8, 2013.

  1. HTWingNut

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    HTWINGNUT'S NBR STEAM LAZY, CHEAPSKATE, PROCRASTINATOR GAME GIVEAWAY

    Ok, so yo missed the Steam sale because you're lazy, cheap, or just a procrastinator. Not that I should reward such behavior but I ended up with a bunch of games that I can give away. So I am going to do just that, give them away.


    THE GAMES

    The games available for giveaway are as follows (click name for link to Steam page):

    (01) A-10C Warthog (DCS Combat Flight Simulation) - Not for the faint of heart, desire and hardware for real flying required

    (02) Batman Arkham City Game of the Year - includes DLC: Catwoman Pack, Nightwing Bundle Pack, Robin Bundle Pack, Harley Quinn’s Revenge, Challenge Map Pack and Arkham City Skins Pack.

    (03) Civilization III Complete*** - includes Civ III: Play the World and Conquests!

    (04) Civilization IV Complete*** - includes Civ IV, Warlords, Beyond the Sword, Colonization

    (05) Civilization V Game of the Year*** - includes 4 Cradle map packs, Babylon, Spain and Inca, Polynesia, Vikings, Explorer's

    (06) Crysis 2 Maximum Edition - includes Limited Edition unlocks and Reataliation and Decimation Packs

    (07) Darksider's Franchise Pack - includes Darksiders II and all DLC (Darksiders 1 too I think)

    (08) Grand Theft Auto Complete - includes GTA, GTA 2, GTA 3, GTA 4, Liberty City, San Andreas, Vice City

    (09) Hitman Collection - includes Hitman: Blood Money, Hitman: Codename 47 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

    (10) Saints Row The Third Full Package - includes Saints Row The Third and all DLC

    (11) Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic I and II - includes both of these classic games

    (12) Thief Collection - Includes Thief Gold, Thief II: The Metal Age, Thief: Deadly Shadows

    (13) Tomb Raider Collection - includes Tomb Raider I, II, III, IV, V, VI, Legend, Anniversary, Underworld



    HOW TO PLAY!

    The drawing will take place Sunday January 13, 2013 at 13:13. Entries won't be counted after I say so in this thread, sometime on Sunday before that time. Any submissions made after that time will be deleted. You must fill out the form listed at the bottom of this post. It will present you with choosing up to three games. You can win only one game (with the excption of Civilization, see *** note below). The three games are to give you option to win a game if someone else chose the same game and won it before you.

    *** Civilization games - you can win all three if you desire, but you must choose two of the three, or all three of the Civ games in your entry, with no other games chosen. Then if your name is picked, you will win all of the Civ games chosen. If someone wins one of the Civ games before you, then you will win whichever are left. Or if all three are won, you don't win anything.


    THE RULES

    In the traditional vain of my giveaways you MUST follow the RULES or as Willy Wonka says:

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    (1) You must have a valid NBR account, been a member of NBR since November 2012 or earlier with at least 10 posts and at least 1 quality post in 2012 and must not be banned on the date of the drawing.

    (2) You must be of legal age and/or have proper permission and follow laws of your locality, County, State, Country, region to receive, win, and play awarded games.

    (3) You must have a valid Steam account.

    (4) You can only enter ONCE! YOU can only win one game (with exception of Civ games see *** above). I will delete any duplicate entries, only leaving your latest entry for the drawing. Please keep this to a minimum, but it will allow you to change your mind if you care to do so.

    (5) You must claim your prize within 72 hours (that's 3 days for the mathematically challenged) or I will award it to someone else. This just means to PM me or respond to my PM within 72 hours of the drawing with any questions I may have to help award your game. You must activate your game within a week of receiving it or I will award it to someone else. I just want people to use the games, not hoard them, thanks.

    (6) Rules are subject to change at a moment's notice. So PAY ATTENTION!

    (7) You must refer to me as "Old Man".

    (8) You must make a post in this thread stating why you didn't bother to buy these games cheap.


    NOTE THAT THIS DRAWING IS STRICTLY OF MY OWN ACCORD AND IS NOT SPONSORED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH NBR OR ANYONE ELSE!



    ENTER THE DRAWING HERE:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFZDWlIwQmNyQlZnRWNndklCVWlVd1E6MQ#gid=0


    VIEW ENTRIES HERE:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Am9DVMrm7CEfdFZDWlIwQmNyQlZnRWNndklCVWlVd1E
     
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  2. HTWingNut

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    Winners will be announced below!

    AND THE WINNERS ARE:

    GAME WINNER
    A-10C Warthog TomTom2007
    Batman Arkham City dummy27
    Civilization III Prydeless
    Civilization IV Prydeless
    Civilization V Prydeless
    Crysis 2 Metallica93
    Darksiders moviemarketing
    Grand Theft Auto vuman619
    Hitman Arondel
    Saints Row The Third MegaMan X
    Star Wars Knights I & II Garry_L
    Thief Tree_Burner
    Tomb Raider Fat Dragon
    Please PM me that you've won and are still interested in the game! If you are not on my Steam Friend's list, then I will want to confirm your Steam username.

    CONGRATULATIONS!

    Thanks for Playing! :)

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  3. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Entered :)

    Thanks for the giveaway old man!

    Would love to fly the A-10, missed the steam sale because of paypal problems.
     
  4. BlackSabs

    BlackSabs Notebook Consultant

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    Read much?
     
  5. Prydeless

    Prydeless Stupid is

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    Hey, Old Man, can I enter for CiV GotY just for the soundtrack? The upgrade was 5 bucks during the sale, but uh... cheap! :eek:
     
  6. moviemarketing

    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    Dear Old Man,

    Thanks for holding yet another giveaway contest!

    I didn't buy these games because I can't read the darn steam font on my HD projector. Need to switch to big picture mode!

    Now get off my lawn!

    Regards,
     
  7. Waef

    Waef Notebook Guru

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    Thank you for the giveaway, Old Man :D

    Why did I not get these games? Well, you see, I ended up spending money on some keys in Team Fortress 2 instead...
     
  8. hfm

    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    Not entering but.. Great giveaway? You've never heard of the Lazy Cheapskate? It's great enough for you Old Man.
     
  9. Abidderman

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    Old man, generous old man, I didn't partake of the holiday sale because that is a time I work very much. In addition, I am far behind the curve on games and when I play, I usually play games many months behind new releases. I fact, the game I am currently playing is Just Cause, which I received from Quagmire in his Thanksgiving period giveaway.

    It is people like you that help some of us workaholics get a chance to unwind once in a while. Whether I win or not, I think we all are thankful for things like this. Keep up the good work and may great Karma go to you guys/gals that do this.

    Plus I am a hardcore hockey fan too. Sorry, but Go Habs!!!
     
  10. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    Dear Crotchety Old Man:

    I am writing to express my regret at not purchasing the Tomb Raider Collection or Batman Arkham City GotY when they were on sale. It brings me great pain to admit that the blame for such oversight rests squarely on myself. In the harsh light of day, I must accept that I am nothing but a cheapskate. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you, and I humbly request you remit one of the above titles to my Steam account at your convenience and pleasure.

    Sincerely,

    A fellow traveler

    Edit: Just looked at the entries list - double submission must be a problem with Google in China, as I only clicked once and then closed the page.
     
  11. spradhan01

    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks for the giveaway oldman.
     
  12. Tree_Burner

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    You're a crazy old man for giving away all these games. oh well, your loss is my gain.
     
  13. awdsone

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    My wonderful Old Man, I would like to request Civilization V GOTY. I have never played any of the Civ games before so I didn't have a real urge to buy it. If it happens to generously fall into my lap then I would give it a nice amount of play time. Thank you!
     
  14. long2905

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    Dear old man, thanks for the wonderful giveaway. My reason for not getting these games during the last sale is simply because I did get my share of games but unfortunately overlooked some of these gems here. Either because I thought they may go cheaper elsewhere or it was simply not the right time. Anw, thanks for the chance!
     
  15. RogerCD

    RogerCD Notebook Guru

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    Hey Old Man, I didn't bother to buy any of these games cheap because I'm to lazy to link a new credit card to my steam account, and because I know that I'll be distracted from school (Hope I dont win this :p).
     
  16. Metallica93

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    I bought Spec Ops: The Line with my remaining dough as a Christmas present to myself and it was only $10. Thought, "Hm, one game for $10? I think I'll indulge and buy another!" Some time later I went on Steam to find the A-10 Warthog simulator ticking down to 0 seconds. Saddest Steam moment ever because it sounded amazing.

    Alas, I had to change my entry because my friend decided not to let me borrow his joystick and I don't want to spend $100 on something I'll use for one game :( I accidentally added Batman as a third option, anyway. I've always wanted to play the Crysis games, though! Even if I don't win, I can still thank ya ;)

    *shakes head* No... this isn't like me. What is this... this gratitude I feel towards another? No... No, I will have none of it! You tried to trick me! Impressive, most impressive... BUT!
     
  17. ratchetnclank

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    Thanks for the giveaway old man. I entered for tomb raider and KOTOR

    I'd already bought GTA IV and batman in the sale.
     
  18. Arondel

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    Explain why I didn't take advantage of the offers during Summer Sale? Boy, this one's going to be tricky.
    Let's just sum it up to "nation-wide financial and political reasons". Nothing illegal or similar, Old Man. Just couldn't take advantage of any of them! Not one!
    So, yeah. Thanks for having this!

    Cheers :)
     
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    Old man, i spent all my steam Christmas budget before the end of day 4
     
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    Entered Old Man .. entered the comment in the google form .. thanks for tha Giveaway :D
     
  21. crosslimit

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    Old man, thanks alot for the second giveaway in such a short time. I entered for CIV 5 GOTY edition. unfortunately I spent all my money on hardware this christmas.
     
  22. HTWingNut

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    Well I hadn't planned on doing this, just the deals were good, I bought some games for some friends, but they already bought a lot of them too, lol. So figured I'd just donate them to the fat, lazy, cheap, procrastinators. They are people too!

    Of course it should really go to those that work all the time and didn't have time to catch the sales. Then again if they're that busy then they don't fit in because they're likely crazy successful and have no time for games or the likes of us gamer folk. :p
     
  23. bks1987

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    Heya Old Man! Thank you very much! I didn't actually miss the entire Steam sale, but I missed the games when they went for the daily deals due to my being away from home :(
     
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    I was out the whole day when GTAs were on sale for like 75% and was too much of a cheapskate for 50% =(

    Thanks for the giveaway sir wise Old Man
     
  25. Prydeless

    Prydeless Stupid is

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    No love for the natural disasters in Civ III?!
     
  26. Prolixious

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    Old man:

    Being unaccustomed to Steam, I made the Egregious error of buying games too early, which prevented me from buying games in the later sales, and most of my money is reserved for a notebook. Being Lazy, I did not solicit enough change to buy more games.

    Many thanks for the giveaway.
     
  27. bubzers

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    Hey Old Man!

    Thanks for the giveaway! I didn't get these from Steam because I was going to buy them from Amazon. And then I forgot. And then I missed it on Steam. And then I spent my Amazon money on diapers. And then my in-laws visited. And then my parents visited. And then...I forgot what else happened. I'm getting old. I'm tired. I need a nap.
     
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    Thank you old man. I didn't get a chance to purchase these from Steam because I was away from home partying and drinking like no tomorrow.
     
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    I don't qualify as I am a long time lurker, but brand new member, but if i was eligible i would love to see how crysis 2 runs on my new sager with a gtx 675mx.
     
  30. dummy27

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    Thank you old man! I was distracted playing the games I bought that I forgot to check out the others!
     
  31. killkenny1

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    Looks like this old man ;) ;) ;) (in case this old man ;) ;) ;) doesn't see well) gone completely nuts. Gives away free games 'n' stuff.

    I didn't bother to buy these games, because:
    a) blew my budget on other cheap games/booze/women.
    b) I had a feeling a certain old man ;) ;) ;) will be making another after sale giveaway.
     
  32. sasuke256

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    thanks a lot, Old Man,
    didnt buy them because i just cant, we cant buy online stuff here in tunisia (money does not get out of the country for personnal use) it's the law..
    Steam should give us some cards or do some trade with banks to accept payments with our currency !
     
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    Dear Old Man,

    I didnt buy them because I spend all my "holiday steam budget" on planetside 2. Well I guess i'm kind of cheap but i need some boundary with these steam sales.

    Thank you for your awesomeness old man.
     
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    Thanks for the sweet giveaway old man! I didn't buy these games because I was on vacation and didn't have access to a laptop.
     
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    Thank you old man for the giveaway! I am sorry to say that I didn't buy these games on the steam sales as I emptied my wallet instead on a set of other games.
     
  36. hfm

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    I use the steam mobile app to buy things quite a bit.
     
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    new nick for the 'old man' => HTOldNut

    I haven't gotten any of those as they haven't been offered cheap enough ( ... for me ... cough)
     
  38. roughavoc

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    "If I touch your beard Old Man, will you shiver as I slowly stroke your old manly beard? I want to heard you moan and groan as I touch the dead hair that is growing out of your face. I want to take that dead hair and make it my own. I want to become HTWingNut! Old Man"

    Well if I don't get anything I am just going to become an Old Man and touch my non resistant beard
    I didn't but the GAMIEZ because I just spent all the money I saved on a Old Man beard
     
  39. Silverfern

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    didnt buy the games because i was paying more attention to NBR than steam :D thanks old man
     
  40. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    I feel like this guy needs to be ineligible. And maybe reported to the police. That's just creepy.
     
  41. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Nah, he just read to much of that 50 shades crap :D.
     
  42. HTWingNut

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    I thought the same thing, lol.
     
  43. Abidderman

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    Ouch, that hurts old man. ;)
     
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    I simply put am a huge procrastinator :( i kept looking at the steam sale thinking those packs look great and low and behold today they are gone ; ;
    Tis a great idea you have Old Man much appreciated ! :)

    Edit- Thought i joined in November -- again with the dawdling .. can delete ;/
     
  45. vuman619

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    Thanks for the giveaway Old Man, I did not have a chance to buy the games because I was flat broke ><", had to get Christmas Presents for family and the in-laws..
     
  46. Xsonic

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    Honorable Old Man, I didn't buy these games because I was short on money, but thanks a lot for this :D
     
  47. PatchySan

    PatchySan Om Noms Kit Kat

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    Old Man? But I always thought you were a Goldfish...

    And I didn't buy anything from the sales because... errr... I always thought you were a Goldfish?
     
  48. TheDane

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    Apart from the "fat" part, this is me. I am not proud but feel the need to be honest, hoping that the wise, awesome, Old Man will see the purity in my heart and kindly donate a game or a few to a lazy, cheap procrastinator who was just too slow to find his visa card and get it done.

    Thanks!
     
  49. jaug1337

    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    Dear Old Man....

    I am only 19, couldn't afford buying more games lol :(

    Thanks for the donation Old Man! +rep
     
  50. jaug1337

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    hahaha just noticed you ( . Y . ) haha omg

    sorry double post ): i am a bad person
     
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