Why was this added to my library?

gentlefury · 07-24-2011, 09:43 AM

I opened up Steam today to find this game I've never heard of added to my library...is this a new thing? Cluttering your library with new free games without your knowledge?

snotyay · 07-24-2011, 10:07 AM

Free weekend

lonewolf1044 · 07-24-2011, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by gentlefury

I opened up Steam today to find this game I've never heard of added to my library...is this a new thing? Cluttering your library with new free games without your knowledge?

The game is not free, it is free to play just for the weekend. The game appears in everybody libary until the free play is over and you still have to install it to play.

avidwriter · 07-24-2011, 12:35 PM

Cluttering your library? As far as I know it doesn't show up if you select installed or some such? People really need to calm down about this, every time this happens I see a thread like this.

Is OCD really that common?

gentlefury · 07-24-2011, 02:06 PM

Its in my library and I've never heard of it. If this becomes a common practice it will become cluttering once there are 10 games I didn't request in there.

MoIeH · 07-24-2011, 02:37 PM

geez what people whine about..

purplellama · 07-24-2011, 03:11 PM

ROFL at the original poster.

angry for assuming they got a free game,
yeah man all those options taking up your brain power.
what a drag.

neema_t · 07-25-2011, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by purplellama

ROFL at the original poster.

angry for assuming they got a free game,
yeah man all those options taking up your brain power.
what a drag.

Well, I can see his point in that if every free game and demo was automatically added to your library, your library would be huge. Of course, you could just select 'Installed' view as I do anyway (too many games, not enough HD space), but even so...

I had a problem recently where my Mac's Steam downloads filled up with loads of stuff I'd never seen or heard of and that I definitely didn't buy, but couldn't even play anyway because it was PC only stuff. Also it was almost all dedicated servers for random crap games that I'd never play anyway. Not great, but not difficult to fix, either, and it never showed up in my PC library either so whatever.

AfterstarX · 07-25-2011, 09:17 AM

You can add all the games you want to see in your favourites tab, but I agree that they should add the free to play games in a category of their own.

There are a lot of free games recently added on steam,but those only appear in your library if you install them and disappear if you unistall them like Spiral Knights and Team fortress 2.
You can find all free to play games in the store under the Genre:Free to Play.

shanghaiedlv · 07-27-2011, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by gentlefury

I opened up Steam today to find this game I've never heard of added to my library...is this a new thing? Cluttering your library with new free games without your knowledge?

This man came up to me and said "you come here all the time, here have a free game for the weekend."

And I said maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan what do I look like, a charity case?

I THREW IT ON THE GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUND.

sonicking917 · 08-04-2011, 01:38 AM

lol And besides, if you don't install them, they go away after the free weekend? what's the big deal? not like it auto-installs them... sheesh...

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07-24-2011, 10:07 AM	#2
snotyay Join Date: May 2009 Reputation: 57 Posts: 385	Free weekend

07-24-2011, 12:35 PM	#4
avidwriter Join Date: Aug 2009 Reputation: 38 Posts: 537	Cluttering your library? As far as I know it doesn't show up if you select installed or some such? People really need to calm down about this, every time this happens I see a thread like this. Is OCD really that common?

07-24-2011, 02:06 PM	#5
gentlefury Join Date: May 2011 Reputation: 109 Posts: 1,831	Its in my library and I've never heard of it. If this becomes a common practice it will become cluttering once there are 10 games I didn't request in there.

07-24-2011, 02:37 PM	#6
MoIeH Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 27 Posts: 535	geez what people whine about..

07-24-2011, 03:11 PM	#7
purplellama Join Date: Jun 2010 Reputation: 107 Posts: 905	ROFL at the original poster. angry for assuming they got a free game, yeah man all those options taking up your brain power. what a drag.

07-25-2011, 09:17 AM	#9
AfterstarX Join Date: Jul 2011 Reputation: 12 Posts: 124	You can add all the games you want to see in your favourites tab, but I agree that they should add the free to play games in a category of their own. There are a lot of free games recently added on steam,but those only appear in your library if you install them and disappear if you unistall them like Spiral Knights and Team fortress 2. You can find all free to play games in the store under the Genre:Free to Play.

08-04-2011, 01:38 AM	#11
sonicking917 Join Date: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 41	lol And besides, if you don't install them, they go away after the free weekend? what's the big deal? not like it auto-installs them... sheesh...