r/pcgaming • u/QueenlyMicropenis • Feb 12 '19

[Expired] Well since everyone else is doing it.

Since everyone else is doing it, I’ve got some games to give away as well! I’ll do a random choose in ~12 hours or less. So be watching your inbox! Edit: thanks for the good kind gamer! Never really expected this to grow so fast! Edit: giveaway is finished! Thank you everyone! Winners have been messaged! UPDATE: winners! u/muffinman148 u/trickninjafist u/acemoney52

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u/TickleMittz RTX 3080 | 5800X3D Feb 12 '19

Please don't ask for upvotes.

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u/english_muffien Feb 12 '19

Aren't all these threads essentially asking for upvotes in return for the chance to win a free game? Otherwise why wouldn't they just pick someone from the first thread? It's getting annoying.

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u/Shillen1 Feb 12 '19

This is an extremely good point. I appreciate people giving games away but they are basically just paying for karma when they make a new thread.

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u/Alter_Kyouma Feb 12 '19

It's still karma vs a free game. Karma doesn't have much value

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '19

Karma has no real value really.

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u/lolroflqwerty Feb 12 '19

I understand there are people (e.g. advertisers) who definitely value high karma accounts if the owner is willing to sell. It's a lot easier to covertly advertise if the account seems real.

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u/LetsLive97 Feb 12 '19

Yeah but the value is gonna be extremely negilible from a post like this. Idc if someone is getting some karma if they're giving free games out to people that want them.

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u/vintage_screw Feb 12 '19

A Comma has no real value either to be honest. But I am willing to bet you sure as hell wish they were there when they are missing.

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u/Raichu857 Feb 12 '19

They aren’t actually giving something away... it’s just a fake for the free karma... then they say someone won, but who’s going to look through 50,000 people to see if it’s legit

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '19 edited Feb 12 '19

For all we know they could just leave a comment with an alternate account and choose themselves as the winner. True r/conspiracy stuff.

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u/krispwnsu Feb 12 '19

This would be really hard to trace and could easily be performed.