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Merry Christmas: I was one of Steam's Lucky 30 Today

    

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OK, so let's recap. After bundling $60 worth of quality indie games into $5 packages for the last week or so, Steam gives me five games, kind of my choice, for free. 
 
I'll be the first to say that these indie packs have been pretty good the last couple of days. Even if you only see one game you want, it's still only five bucks. I mean, some of the Midweek Madness stuff was hard enough to avoid. Men of War, for example, found its way into my library on an impulse buy, as did Killing Floor. And though that might seem all well and good, any indie pack that has And Yet it Moves, Machinarium or World of Goo that costs even less than those games, while they were on sale, is a winner in my book.
 
OK, so I've been buying a lot of these indie packs. What else? KOTOR for $2.50 seemed like a good deal, Poker Night at the Inventory for a scant $5 (not on sale, but whatever) seemed decent, World of Goo I actually bought ala carte for an incredible $2.50. It's a shame I only jumped on the Steam band wagon only a year or so ago. These deals are almost as good as all the stuff I got for free. 
 
Now, I didn't do the best job keeping my list organized, so my choices might seem a little strange. Allow me to explain: 
Three things contributed to this list: The fact that my primary computer is a Mac, I kept buying games on my wishlist as they went on sale, so I was constantly replacing things, and I thought I wouldn't win anyway, so why bother.  
But, in essence, I got what I wanted. 

 My email client (Sparrow) apparently comes with an aura of +1 black opacity.
 My email client (Sparrow) apparently comes with an aura of +1 black opacity.
Civilization V was the only one I really wanted, so its good I managed to keep that on the top of the list and, for the love of god, not purchase it before I won the contest.  
 
Anyway, if you can take anything away from this crazy, scattershot blog, please consider buying games from indie developers. They're usually priced competitively and come with great support, and in the case of games like And Yet it Moves, are innovative as all hell.
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OK, so let's recap. After bundling $60 worth of quality indie games into $5 packages for the last week or so, Steam gives me five games, kind of my choice, for free. 
 
I'll be the first to say that these indie packs have been pretty good the last couple of days. Even if you only see one game you want, it's still only five bucks. I mean, some of the Midweek Madness stuff was hard enough to avoid. Men of War, for example, found its way into my library on an impulse buy, as did Killing Floor. And though that might seem all well and good, any indie pack that has And Yet it Moves, Machinarium or World of Goo that costs even less than those games, while they were on sale, is a winner in my book.
 
OK, so I've been buying a lot of these indie packs. What else? KOTOR for $2.50 seemed like a good deal, Poker Night at the Inventory for a scant $5 (not on sale, but whatever) seemed decent, World of Goo I actually bought ala carte for an incredible $2.50. It's a shame I only jumped on the Steam band wagon only a year or so ago. These deals are almost as good as all the stuff I got for free. 
 
Now, I didn't do the best job keeping my list organized, so my choices might seem a little strange. Allow me to explain: 
Three things contributed to this list: The fact that my primary computer is a Mac, I kept buying games on my wishlist as they went on sale, so I was constantly replacing things, and I thought I wouldn't win anyway, so why bother.  
But, in essence, I got what I wanted. 

 My email client (Sparrow) apparently comes with an aura of +1 black opacity.
 My email client (Sparrow) apparently comes with an aura of +1 black opacity.
Civilization V was the only one I really wanted, so its good I managed to keep that on the top of the list and, for the love of god, not purchase it before I won the contest.  
 
Anyway, if you can take anything away from this crazy, scattershot blog, please consider buying games from indie developers. They're usually priced competitively and come with great support, and in the case of games like And Yet it Moves, are innovative as all hell.
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Congrats! 
If I had known I could add games that aren't released yet, I would've put Portal 2, BRINK, and Deus Ex on mine. 
 
Didn't matter though, I didn't wins :( 
I found some entertainment looking at what was given away though. 
Turns out 2 copies of League of Legends and 1 copy of APB were given out. GG Steam.

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I want to stab you, but since I don't know who you are I'll just congratulate you.

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Wow, grats dude. Looks like I'll have to buy Witcher 2.

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I wish to join the throngs of (jealous) users in congratulating you. Awesome stuff.

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Awesome. You picked some nice games too ^__^

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You bastard!

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I hate you.

Congratulations though.

(Actually, no hate, just jealousy).

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That's awesome. Congratulations!

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@BeachThunder said:
" Awesome. You picked some nice games too ^__^ "
Yeah, congratulations. Hope you like the Penal Zone and decide to invest in the full season eventually.
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Congratulations friend.

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@BeachThunder said:
" Awesome. You picked some nice games too ^__^ "
Yeah, congratulations. Hope you like the Penal Zone and decide to invest in the full season eventually.
The email is actually a bit misleading. I have the full season, contrary to what the message might say.
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Lucky bastard.  Grats!

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Nice! Hope you enjoy the games. Civ V is super, enjoy wasting all your time. That being said It's super cool that a community member won.

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Congrats, man. Hope those games bring you a lot of enjoyment - both the free ones and the ones you picked up in the sale.

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@extremeradical: even better. have fun with those.
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That's awesome. Congrats bro.
 
I was wondering in anyone would come forward with winning the 'stakes. The Steam forums had a huge thread about that as well.

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I didn't think it was possible to win. Congrats.

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@HitmanAgent47 said:
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I didn't think it was possible to win. Congrats.

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Does your profile lead you to a 500 error page for you too? 
 
Clearly the work of the illuminati.
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@oatz: yes
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I hate you in the most un-hateful way possible. I wanted Civ5 too ):

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Damn, congratulations dude!

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Woo! I was wondering if a Giant Bomber was going to win. :)

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Wow, glad to see one of our Giant Bombers actually win this great contest. Congrats. You better play the hell out of Civ V.

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Grats dude!
*JEALOUS!*

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Congrats. Good choices too.

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Interesting fact: I have thirty times more Steam games than I did one year ago. 
 
All my games are loaded by now, except for Civ and, for obvious reasons, Super Meat Boy. One issue I have with Steam for Mac is that it constantly, for no reason whatsoever, crashes. 
 
Oh, and your jealousy totally nourishes me.

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Awesome! Well done, you're very lucky.

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Oh man, I like your picks. I'm drooling for Civ V.

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Awesome. Congrats.

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Me Too! 
 
Hi hmmisee:

Congrats! You are among the thirty winners of the second day of Steam's Give & Get Wishlist Sweepstakes. You can learn more about it at Steam. Here are the games you won from your wishlist:

Mafia II
Prototype
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Portal 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops

If there are unreleased games on there, we'll add those when they become available. Please check your Steam account in a few hours to see that the games have been added.

Thanks for taking part in this! Happy Holidays from the Steam Team.

Jason Holtman
Steam Team  
 
I'm a happy camper :)

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Great. Congrats!

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Wow, congratulations!  Looks like you stepped in something good.