Thank you very much for this neat idea and wonderful opportunity to recognize the ceaselessly amazing generosity of this one of a kind community ZFR and also for giving away games so +rep to you. I am
not in for myself but as many others have mentioned it is a really difficult task to select only three from the plethora of incredible giveaways this year so I will just highlight a few others that haven't been mentioned with one exception.
<span class="bold">NameGoo's Pick a card!</span> was really great not only for a very neat idea but the sheer amount of astounding manual effort that went into setting it up. I had a blast in the giveaway yet couldn't believe the tremendous generosity and thoughtfulness displayed by NameGoo, for making the extraordinary effort of writing game keys on all 52 cards of a deck. I know he doesn't get time to participate often in the forum but I really hope that he accepts this well deserved appreciation for his unique and brilliant giveaway this year.
<span class="bold">Dzsono's GOG Community World Cup Pool</span> was arguably the most fun I have had participating in on the forum since it was the first ever such event I competed for which also led to some great conversation with others about the various controversies of the tournament. The efforts Dzsono made to setup and organize the pool as well as regularly updating it was just wonderful and to top off a lot of other members donated games as prizes which resulted in almost all the people that entered the pool receiving a game. Dzsono then distributed all those prizes for over a couple of month atleast yet took nothing for himself and I think it is time that he got something for his outstanding contribution this year.
<span class="bold">TBBBBOB Presents: A Postcard from Foxworks and Sachys</span> has already been recognized by other folks but I would again like to highlight the tremendous efforts of Sachys and foxworks for consistently organizing it every week for over six months give or take a few. Not to mention the exceptionally positive affect this giveaway series has had on the entire forum by safeguarding the interest of all the awesome folks that donate their games to find good homes. It has worked really well as being an excellent replacement for the old ninja thread which also encourages members new and old to actively participate in the forum instead of using arbitrary numbers as a measuring stick. For all this and more I would also like to nominate Chimp n' Cheese for well earned accolades and appreciation this year.
Lastly there have been a huge amount of other great giveaways this year whether with a genuinely interesting topic of discussion, unique twist incorporating a game, highlighting a cool event, sheer spirit of generosity, involving some creative endeavor or just giving away games to bring joy to others without hosting a formal giveaway. So I would like to especially commend a few folks as well this year for such transgressions that always get +rep from me whether I participate or not like akhliber, alloy627, AnonymousGiftBot, awalterj, BillyMaysFan59, Briareos262, budejovice, chevkoch, Coelocanth, cristigale, Cyraxpt, DampSquib, ddickinson, DeMignon, Dischord, dr.schliemann, Enebias, Gonchi, Gnostic, Grargar, grimgroove, HypersomniaLive, IAmSinistar, kazmar, KneetheCap, LinustheBold, LynetteC, madth3, misteryo, Momo1991, PaterAlf, Popinjay, Ragnarblackmane, real.geizterfahr, Rodzaju, RWarehall, samlii, Schnuff, Soccorro, Tallima, Tarnicus, tfishell, trentonlf, vulchor, wolfsrain, wpegg, xckx among many, many others that continue to inspire me to pay it forward as this is by no means a complete list. My sincerest apologies to everyone else that I have failed to mention either due to ignorance or lack of recollection.
