Not in, but happy 51st birthday to you! And thanks for a year filled with so much generosity!

Lou, congratulations on your upcoming 51st birthday. It's been a very impressive run of giveaways, my hat is off to you sir.

I'm not in for any games, but thought I'd contribute to the topic. It may seem odd coming from me, but I'm now veering into the hate 'em group. I like the odd random giveaway, and I like the recycling of keys, however I do worry that we're actually creating an entitlement culture. It's something that causes me great anxiety, as I'd like to help as many people as possible to enjoy these great games, but then there's this nagging doubt in my mind that I'm actually creating more of an issue than I'm solving when I give games away.

tl;dr; I'm a fruitcake.

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Devil Whiskey sounds cool

I'm in for lugum.
GA are nice but they leave me with feelings of guilt so I prefer to trade on the classifieds page. It gives me more satisfaction to have gotten something I wanted for something I wasn't interested in while someone else got the same.

Thank you again Lou, and happy early birthday ! :-)

I would like to be in for World War I, but I've games to play so I'll pass. Giveaways ? I like it ! I like make some gifts, and trying to sharing a smile around me. See someone smiling is the best gift you can get.

Thanks for your continued generosity, Lou, and I hope you'll have a great, Happy Birthday!

Please, count me in for this gentleman, right below:

LOL. Let's see if I can correct that. ;)

Giveaways? I like them. I like to enter them and I like to make them. ;)

Not in, but thanks Lou for the great giveaway series! Lots of people have had an entertaining time, fun in joining and of course winning. I just wanted to say thanks and contribute to this week's discussion topic.

Giveaways are a nice institution here on GOG. They nurture a culture of giving, but as already mentioned also a culture of taking. However, just because some people overdo the taking, it would be sad to smother the giving. It's like in every society, there's always a strong incentive to defect for personal gain, even though the system would yield the most benefit if everybody would cooperate (check the Take-One-Give-One giveaway thread for an example of both). Perfect cooperation is an ideal never to be accomplished, but as long as we're talking about random giveaways, taking is ruled by Lady Luck anyway. While I also prefer people entering for games they'll actually play (not necessarily right away), I think the main goal of giveaways isn't distributing games, but to make people happy. And somebody who already owns a lot of games has the same right to be happy, as everybody else. On the other hand, if the game to win will never be played, it might find a better home with someone else. The truth lies somewhere in between. This leads to my opinion that giveaways can't be seen and judged as charity events, where only those in need should enter, but as an generous act of giving for the sake of happiness and entertainment of the community. Furthermore it's also like Momo has stated several times before, after a while many takers also become givers and this culture of giving even spreads into real life and that's a very good thing.

St. Patrick's Day Bump

Great job Lou. Thanks for all you have done

I'm in for Dungeon Gate
Demise Ascension
and Call For Heroes

And since I'm in I guess that shows I don't mind giveaways ;)

Not in. I'm assuming your birthday is right around the corner?

I am in for
1. Hinterland: Orc Lords
2. Spells of Gold
3. Planet Alcatraz
4. Demise Ascention

Thanks for this giveaway and all the others you have done.

I like giveaways generaly though I sometimes feel bad for not having the money to do more of my own.

Not in, but thanks for your continued generosity, and for a year of great giveaways. :)

Happy birthday, I'm in for Pathologic .

Giveaway are a good way to give something to another person and make him happy. Ofter we have games we hate, but those games can be enjoyed by another person.

I'm in for Planet Alcatraz.
Lou, thanks for the awesome giveaway.

Giveaways are great for discovering new games. Plus, people who might not have been able to buy a certain game (regional sales-locks, short on cash, etc.) still have a chance to play them.

Happy birthday and thank you for 52 greatly generous giveaways, Lou! Everything must come to an end and your weekly giveaway series has finished in great style.

Not in. Good luck to the participants.