So, the Steam Christmas Sale is basically over, let’s see what the results of the Humble Store Method are.
First, some notes. I decided to also apply this method to games purchased on other sites (GoG, the Humble Store (ironically), Humble Bundle and Humble Weekly Sale, as well as any other store where I may buy games). I also decided to follow the method throughout the year, as opposed to only during sales. It shouldn’t make a big difference, as I get almost all of my games during sales, but this makes it easier to follow.
After looking at my purchase history, I am also not sure if 10% are actually enough. I’ll have to think about increasing it to 20% or even 50%, as 10% appearently do not scare me enough.
My purchases were:
- Bioshock Infinite (7.49 €)
- 2x Chivalry: Medieval Warfare (5.74 € each)
- 2x Shogun 2: Total War (7.49 € each)
- CS:GO (3.49 €)
- Risk of Rain (5.03 €)
- Humble Weekly Sale: Puppy Games (6.66 $ => 4.49 €)
- Stronghold Crusader HD (4.99 $ => 3.77 €)
This leaves us with a grand total of 50.73 €. Damn.
Looking back, I probably should not have purchased Shogun 2 and the Puppy Games Weekly sale. I haven’t played Bioshock infinite yet, Chivalry is great (already sunk 10+ hours into that one), CS:GO is okay (I need more people to play this with), Risk of Rain is RSI-inducingly fun, and, judging from my experience with the original version, Stronghold Crusader HD is probably fun, although I have not played the HD version yet.
So, following the 10% rule, that leaves us with 5.07 €. That’s not very much. So, I’ll just raise the percentage to 25% for this sale, leaving me with 12.68 €. I’ll have to think about the percentage for the next time, but I think 25% is a good first step. I’d set it higher, but I just donated a bunch of money to different organizations at the 30c3 conference and so am a bit short of money at the moment (which is totally not the fault of a lack of restraint on the steam sale, as you can clearly see above. Totally. *ahem*).
So, the only thing left to decide is who will get the money. At the moment, I see a few options:
- The CCC, as they did a great congress this year and did not get any donation from me so far (also because they did not accept it when I tried to give it on day 4 of the congress)
- Netzpolitik.org, for generally being awesome and informative.
- The Tor Project, for generally being awesome and always in need of money
- …?
So, if you have any proposals on who should get the money, write it into the comments. I’ll decide over the weekend and update this post with the results.
Update: I decided that the money will go to netzpolitik.org this time around. I’ve been planning to donate to them for a long time (probably more than a year by now) and somehow never got around to it. And since 12.68 € is a terrible number, I’ll just round up a bit. The only thing left to decide is if it will be 13.37 € or just a plain-old 15 €.
Next time, I’ll pick a different organization, but I’ll decide on that once it becomes relevant.