Question: I believe I understand the calling out for fake rule, but I would like a little clarity since I have been here under a year.

Is it calling out if the user posts that it is an alpha key in the giveaway and then people post underneath that alpha giveaways are not allowed? It isn't making an assumption. I think you are supposed to just report it and not post, but I am not sure when the original giveaway indicates it is against the rules.

Have they started the fire?

Funny how you used "triple a" in the text instead of "AAA". :P

Now on a serious note, many of those giveaways clearly state on their description they're alpha keys. So, maybe those can be deleted without a doubt.

Good luck, poor mods... All that work in a saturday. :/ I'm afraid too many people reporting will lead to multiple reports of the same GA, which might take even more time from the mods to check them out..

I'm afraid the track record for these things is nobody that actually go for it cares one yota even if you stuff the whole forum with threads about it.

BTW games that get abused this way don't end up on the bundle list, usually they are removed completely.

just a suggestion:

why not just remove evolve until November 2 ends then bring it back again? the EVOLVE Alpha ends on November 2 right?
this way, the alpha keys wont be given away and wont work at all when the code is input.
the full game codes will work.

What about people who won them? Will they get suspended for not owning evolve when alpha ends?

What constitutes a AAA game nowadays, especially for games that aren't even out yet?

So people who give away an alpha code will get to keep the CV boost?

apparently this psa is kinda useless.

quote: BEWARE it's a two ALPHA keys for somebody who want to try the game, please dont enter if you are already have it, I would check it before sending. Moderators allowed to giveaway it, so I hope it would be useful for somebody http://www.steamgifts.com/forum/7ZRGz/psa-about-evovle-alpha-keys

Thank you Raiden, Shobo, and the other mods who are dealing with this mess. We appreciate your time and effort in keeping SG a nice place.

Just ban everyone making Alpha giveaways or disable Evolve until monday.

BTW, it says "evovle" in the title instead of "evolve". It might make a difference when using the forum search function.

banhammer incoming!

I really think people shouldn't be able to make Evolve giveaways until after all this free alpha/beta stuff is over. The number of actual game giveaways compare to the number of free key giveaways is just too great. I like the extra points and all, but this is getting pretty stupid. Same goes for other stuff available as a free giveaway, like Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi, and Borealis.

I foresee many "omg I never got cv from mah Evolve GA" threads in the very near future...

I can see a bunch of people getting banned in the future for "not redeeming" their winnings, as the alpha will disappear from their steam account. But the win will remain on sg. Do yourself a favour and don't enter these giveaways. Report any that state they are alpha as it is still against the rules. Report anyone trying to give you an alpha key if you win, and mark it as not received.

When the giveaway description clearly says it's for alpha keys, I don't understand how you can justify not deleting them....

Edit: okay, I guess they are being deleted now

Is this ppl really getting PERMANENT banned? otherwise ill create 99 evolve alpha giveaways myself and get like 9999 dolars contribution LOL, if its only 2-3 days suspension?!?!

Never reported that many giveaways. I don't any of them are for the full game. Just ban them all!