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    Ultimate Last and Final HTWingNut Steam Game Giveaway... EVER! (Maybe)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Jul 16, 2015.

  1. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    If you can't bother to read this post and abide by the rules, then don't bother to enter this giveaway. Seriously. Yes, I'm a jerk like that. Everything you need to know is posted here. If you have to ask, read it again, and again, until you figure it out.

    I've added a LOT of Steam games to my gift inventory. I have this issue that during the sales I buy a game, but then they offer 4 pack, so I buy it so I don't really save any money. But my gaff is your gain.

    In any case my life has become super duper pooper scooper busy. I rarely have time to play games any more, and don't have friends that play games with me so much any more, except for a few games we all already own. In any case, I just want to clear out my inventory, and never fill it up again.

    Games that are available to give away (and I conveniently provided a link to the Steam page for each):

    Ref / Game / Qty
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    Alien Isolation 1
    2 Awesomenauts 2
    3 Castle Crashers 2
    4 Child of Light 1
    5 Dead Island Epidemic 2
    6 Defense Grid: The Awakening 1
    7 Disco Dodgeball 3
    8 Dying Light 3
    9 Fez 2
    10 Fight the Dragon 3
    11 Gas Guzzlers Extreme 3
    12 Insurgency 3
    13 Interplanetary 3
    14 Killing Floor 2 4
    15 Lunar Flight 3
    16 Mark of the Ninja 2
    17 Mount Your Friends 3
    18 Natural Selection 2 3
    19 Nidhogg 1
    20 Nuclear Dawn 3
    21 Operation Flashpoint: Complete 2
    22 Orion: Prelude 3
    23 Pivvot 3
    24 Postal 2 3
    25 Rise of the Triad 2
    26 Rising Storm/Red Orchestra 2 2
    27 Running with Rifles 3
    28 Sanctum 2 3
    29 Serious Sam 3: BFE 2
    30 Speed Runners 3
    31 Starmade 3
    32 Stealth Bastard Deluxe 1
    33 Super Hexagon 1
    34 Tabletop Simulator 3
    35 TrackMania 2 Stadium 1
    36 Verdun 1914-1918 3
    37 You Must Build a Boat 2
    38 Zombie Army Trilogy 3

    This giveaway actually takes a lot of work believe it or not. And it's all personal money out the window, so please respect the rules, and have patience with me if you win. So for the love of gersh, please read the following rules in order to enter.

    IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THESE RULES, THEN WILLIE WONKA HAS A FEW CHOICE WORDS FOR YOU!



    The drawing will take place sometime the weekend of July 25, 2015.

    There will be multiple drawings until ALL games are exhausted. When you go to fill out the form you can choose up to FIVE games in order of preference that you would like to win. When the drawing happens, and your number is pulled, I will give you whatever game is available in your list in order. So Game Choice 1 first, if not available, then Game Choice 2, etc.

    I will give everyone a chance to win at least one game, unless all their choices are taken. If all games are not gone by end of first drawing, I will do a second drawing, and a third, etc until everything is gone.

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    1. You MUST be an NBR member since BEFORE July 1, 2015 - no exceptions
    2. You MUST have NBR Conversation / Private Message ability at the time of the drawing
    3. You MUST NOT be banned at the time of the drawing
    4. You MUST be wearing clean underwear
    5. You MUST have a valid Steam account at the time of the drawing
    6. You MUST be of legal age to play such contests and abide by all local, state, federal laws which means being of age or having appropriate permission to own and play such games that may be M rated or even owning a game that may be banned in your region or country.
    7. No duplicate entries allowed. You may enter again if you change your mind, but I will delete your earliest entry. If you abuse this (i.e. spamming), I will ban you from the giveaway.
    8. You MUST accept the winning game within a week of being informed of winning and add it to your game inventory or your gift inventory or somewhere, because if you don't it will stay in my inventory and I will probably give it away to someone else.
    9. You MUST fill out the form below. Any incomplete or inaccurate information will result in loss of your entry. I don't have time to guess and figure this stuff out.
    10. Enter the secret phrase 'I can read' in the form at the appropriate location so I know you're reading this.
    11. Rules are subject to change at any time.
    12. You can put multiples of same game entries, and can win the same game multiple times if you wish to get multiples. But you will have to get drawn each time to win multiple copies.
    13. Please post in this thread what your favorite game of all time is (be it console, PC, arcade, whatever).

    ENTRY FORM (PLEASE READ ALL ABOVE RULES BEFORE ENTERING):

    Enter Here (Google Forms): ...ENTRIES CLOSED 01:15AM July 26, 2015...
    See winners in this post here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...veaway-ever-maybe.778712/page-7#post-10050616


    View Entries Here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KEs_LO_rEEBq1cKR2BXBPBgOM4XkrWHwE8nruawmEKQ/edit?usp=sharing

    If you win I will contact you through NBR or Steam for you to claim your prize. I may request your email address for ease of providing prize if we are not friends in Steam.

    GOOD LUCK!
     
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  2. zizimonzter

    zizimonzter Notebook Consultant

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    My favorite game of all time is Metal Gear Solid (PlayStation 1), ooh what a great game.
    Anyway Thank You again HTWingNut!

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  3. octiceps

    octiceps Nimrod

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    Halo PC and Deus Ex

    Thanks for the giveaway
     
  4. Marecki_clf

    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    Quake and Civilization series.

    Sir HTWingNut, thank you for the giveaway! :)
     
  5. hfm

    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    Epic giveaway!
     
  6. TBoneSan

    TBoneSan Laptop Fiend

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    HtWingnut, cheers once again for a great competition. This is very generous of you

    Favourite all time game is Left 4 Dead 2
     
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  7. E.D.U.

    E.D.U. Notebook Deity

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    You're indeed generous, HTWingNut, not many would do so regardless of game duplicate number/library size. Much appreciated!

    Hmm...fave games by system :p: PS1= Pandemonium!/Soul Blade, PS2: GTAIII, PS3: Motorstorm/COD4, PSP: Killzone Liberation, PC: L4D2, GB Systems: Pokemon Series...(N/A for any system that I never owned).
     
  8. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Damn, it looks like I'm not allowed to enter this giveaway... Need to showed first.
    But just in case, for the future use. My favorite all time game is... Seriously? Do I even need to say this. Well OK, it's (obviously) FSX.

    EDIT: yay! I took the shower, now I can enter!!!
     
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  9. Prolixious

    Prolixious Notebook Deity

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    Thanks for the giveaway.

    My favorite game is, perhaps, Final Fantasy 8.
     
  10. demonhotrod

    demonhotrod Notebook Evangelist

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    Amazing giveaway HTWingNut

    Much kind.
    Such swag.
    Many thanks!

    Forgot to add, my favourite game of all time is probably... Team Fortress 2, though Final Fantasy VII comes close
     
  11. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Just put on clean underwear. I'm ready!

    Favorite game is probably Halo 2, but had a lot of fun on BF3.
     
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  12. Rudlin

    Rudlin Notebook Consultant

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    Favourite game? That would most likely be Unreal Tournament. Probably my first addiction too. Heh. I miss those times.
     
  13. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Is that thou?
    Contains bad language
     
  14. James D

    James D Notebook Prophet

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    HALO PC is the favorite game of all times.
    Also Chronicle of Heros is what I liked a lot in the past.

    Thank you for giveaways, HTWingNut!
     
  15. Any_Key

    Any_Key Notebook Evangelist

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    Thank you HTWingNut!

    Favorite Game, because it was the game that got me into PC gaming back in 1992... The Secret of Monkey Island. Deus Ex coming in very very close second place.
     
  16. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    It appears you have some mistakes in your sig. Both "Spieler" and "Unterhalter" are masculine words, meaning you need to use "der" and not "das" with them. Also it should be "Der kleine Spieler" or "Kleiner Spieler."
     
  17. Any_Key

    Any_Key Notebook Evangelist

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    And points to you, thank you for the correction!
     
  18. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Check your "kleine" spelling again :D :vbthumbsup:
     
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  19. Rudlin

    Rudlin Notebook Consultant

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    Hah. Quite possibly.
    Well not really. I played it as a form of relaxation actually. Two towers ctf map, its ambient music. Mesmerising.
     
  20. LanceAvion

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    Well I didn't see this coming, but it's definitely welcome. Thanks for the game-a-polooza HTWingNut!

    Anyways my favorite series of all time is The Elder Scrolls, and Morrowind is my favorite of all of those.
    [​IMG]
     
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  21. HTWingNut

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    eine kleine fräulein
     
  22. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    "Fräulein" is written with capital first letter, just like all nouns in ze German language.
     
  23. Ethrem

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    So I'm so old school steam I don't know how to get my id...
     
  24. Zero989

    Zero989 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Tie between Metal Gear Solid: Tactical Espionage Action and Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne
     
  25. JinKizuite

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    Hey Wing! I think my favourite game would probably be Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo. Just because in the Era of time when there was only Playstation 1 I spent so much of my life with friends playing this game, it was good times. ;w;
     
  26. HTWingNut

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    @Ethrem - Just log into Steam client, left click your username on the upper right, click 'view profile', right click on page that pops us and choose 'copy page url' and paste that in the appropriate field in the form. :)
     
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  27. hfm

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    I forgot to post my favorite game of all time.. Man there's so many fantastic games that I have loved through the years would probably be doing at least 20-30 games a disservice by picking just one. I'm going to pick 3 game changers, for me anyway.

    1. Dungeon Master (1987) (I had it for Amiga), I had a hard time picking this over Bard's Tale, Baldur's Gate or Wasteland, but I had to take it. So..Good..
    2. Doom (1993) - I made so many friendships through this game that still exist
    3. Morrowind (2002) (and the rest of the elder scrolls) - So many good RPGs (Fallout, Wasteland, Witcher...) But I had to give the nod.. Unbelieveable game at the time of release, still good today.
     
  28. sasuke256

    sasuke256 Notebook Deity

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    I'm in and my favorites games are: Resident Evil 3 and Devil May Cry 4..
    Thank you for helping us (poor student inside :D)
     
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  29. Brent R.

    Brent R. Notebook Evangelist

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    So nice of you to do and spend time on a giveaway
     
  30. D2 Ultima

    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    If this was 2 months later, Wingnut would be preventing us from going to school! XD

    Anyway. My favourite games... uhh... I can't pick one. So I'ma list some.
    Mortal Kombat Trilogy
    Dragonquest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
    Final Fantasy X
    Unreal Tournament GOTY ('99)
    Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
    The Binding of Isaac
    Terraria
     
  31. Plur

    Plur Notebook Consultant

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    Very generous giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity to enter.

    My favourite game... It's a tough one as I have enjoyed so many.

    Sanctum 2
    Final Fantasy X
    Killing Floor 2
     
  32. noteless

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    Hrmm. . .

    On PC I'm split between Morrowind and Witcher 2. The witcher has the best atmosphere of any RPG I've played, however morrowind is a game that I've replayed countless times since release.

    On consoles my fav is without a doubt Catherine. The boss levels are some of the most exciting fights I've had in any game.
     
  33. Raidriar

    Raidriar ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

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    Entered the giveaway, thanks for doing this HTWingNut

    Favorite game of all time...probably Final Fantasy X. I've played it at least 12 times and own it on the PS2, PSV, and PS3. PS1, definitely FF8. I own it on PS1, PSP, and PS3, and I've played that about 8-9 times too. PC wise, I really enjoyed Metro 2033 more than anything else. As far as Nintendo, probably a tie between Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess.
     
  34. jaug1337

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    Always a pleasure HTWingNut :D

    Tyvm!!

    EDIT: Oh and favourite games of all time.... cs source, wc3 and bad company 2
     
  35. xavorod

    xavorod Notebook Guru

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    Thanks for this awesome giveaway!

    As for favorite game of all time, that's just too hard to answer. I will go with Planetside2 on pc since it has so many options that I really like on a multiplayer game, but there are many games that could easily take the spot (GTA Vice City, Half Life series, Syphon Filter 2, Super Mario All Stars, Contra 3, Metal Gear Solid, many more...)
     
  36. Kaze No Tamashii

    Kaze No Tamashii Notebook Evangelist

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    awesome giveaway.

    My favorite game of all time is Ghost Online or was reborn in the name of Soul Saver Online but it's dying slowly :(
     
  37. Nomad

    Nomad Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you so much for this give-away!

    My favourite game of all time is Morrowind (with Fallout2 and DeusEx following up close)

    Anyway Thank You again HTWingNut! :D
     
  38. Fe ®

    Fe ® Notebook Geek

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    My favourite GOAT would have to be something from the MK series, maybe UMK3 (like them all in any case).
     
  39. Arondel

    Arondel Notebook Evangelist

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    Favorite games? Descent: Freespace, Fallout series, Half Life trilogy (!)
     
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    Descent Freespace my all-time favorite too. Classic.
     
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  41. Nomad

    Nomad Notebook Consultant

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    Dear HTWingNut,

    I've just checked the entries again and my profile appears with a double entry?

    I didn't mean to cheat or anything.. so please could you delete the last one from the list?

    Thank you! :)
     
  42. noteless

    noteless Notebook Consultant

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    I have both freespaces sitting in my GOG library but have typically struggled to get into them due to their age. Do you have any tips or tweaks to make the game a little more palatable to those interested in playing it now?
     
  43. bvermeul

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    My favorite game up till now is Dungeons & Dragons Online. I'm a P&P gamer, and this scratches the urge to get my game on.
     
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  44. Falco152

    Falco152 Notebook Demon

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    Submission Void

    I usually do manual install cause I like to build the ap branch though haven't been there for a very long time but ...

    Take a look at
    http://www.fsoinstaller.com/ - easy installer to install the graphical improvements and mods

    http://www.hard-light.net/ - additional content / mods / TA

    Suggested Mods:
    Blueplanet
    Diaspora
    FreeSpace Port - FS1 Campaign on FS2
    Inferno
     
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  45. E.D.U.

    E.D.U. Notebook Deity

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    CHEATER ALERT!!!!! I'm joking, I'm joking :p.

    Agreed. This ultimate giveaway has my inner-gamer giddy with excitement if only to see what game generously drops onto my virtual lap (fortunately everyone at least gets a chance at one game, HTWingNut = :cool:).
     
  46. HTWingNut

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    No problem. I noted that you can change it. I always check before the drawing and delete the earliest duplicates. I just don't want someone to spam and enter 20 times. Thanks for bringing it to my attention though.
     
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  47. HTWingNut

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    I'm disappointed. 31 entries is all? For FREE GAMES!? Blech. NBR must be dying.
     
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  48. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Quickly, we must resurrect it at once!
     
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    Ty for all this HTWingNut.
    My most favorite game of all time is definitely The Last of Us. Never a game has gone so deep in emotions and storyline.
     
  50. E.D.U.

    E.D.U. Notebook Deity

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    I AGREE! Proposed solution: make an amendment to the following rule:

    Motion for "No" to be changed to "Many valid." All in favor say aye?

    *33 entrants say "aye" in resounding unison"* :p .

    (NBR is dead, long live NBR!)
     
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