Humble, IndieRoyale & IndieGala Bundles

I agree, that would catch a lot of unwanted giveaways.

that's not quite true. one of the SG users (not admins) claims to have contacted the humble devs and asked if he could give away one of his spare keys to his friend, and the answer was something among the lines of he wouldn't mind. the TOS still say the keys are for personal use only, though.

Unless these are the new rules off course, but then http://www.steamgifts.com/forum/91wob/faq-and-guidelines should be corrected :)

you can't create a giveaway for it. Simple as that. Public/Private or Group.

nope, we are stuck with our games

All gone, good work :)

Unless we're sleeping, we don't miss anything.

I just checked personally, and I did not see anything to that account in their FAQ or Terms of Use (don't quote me on this, I may have overlooked it). I'm not sure where exactly the rule on SG comes from, but as long as it's there, it's there.

Because the winner does not receive the game in a form that abides the rules, and it should at least leave a mark on the giveaway creator's profile, if not lead to a ban.

agreed, this whole thing doesn't make any sense, I know people buy this shit just to give each game separately, but what happens if we genuinely get stuck with spare keys?

People want games, bundle has games, not all people can afford the bundles, people who can most of the time give it away to friends that don't want them or want part of them, so you take what your friends didn't want and try to give it to someone that ACTUALLY wants it and you are not allowed to do that?

... sigh... I gues im stucked with my copy of Ares, and Geminie since my gf only wanted nimbus, and already had sanctum as I bought it for her... Sigh this rules...

I used another site and traded a copy of Beat Hazard for HIB 1, it was the only one I was missing. There's no way HIB 1 unused gift URLs are plentiful, if they're even out there at all anymore, so I wouldn't hold your breath on them showing up here much more. They're getting stricter and stricter about the rules on all this.

If your willing to drop five bucks on a steam game you can always try to trade for some Humble Bundle codes on reddit (this is a lot easier if you have an old account and you are an approved trader, like me). I would be willing to trade you humble indie bundle 2 + 3 + Frozenbyte if you are willing to get me Elder Scrolls: IV that is on sale for 6.24.

I have had a few successful trades with people before (hence the mushroom near my name on Reddit). If you want to trade with me you can add me on steam and gift me the game and I'll send you the codes. If you don't trust me, you can check out the post I just made on reddit and see that I have a mushroom.

FAQ about r/gameswap
"If you see a mushroom by someones name, that means they have completed a successful trade. This usually means they are trustworthy. "

Mods have already said it's more than the bundle groups saying it's okay or not, they have other reasons for now allowing individual keys from bundles.

I'm not sure what they are though, maybe one of the mods could elaborate on it for us?

Done. I was thinking about rephrasing that, but I just removed that part entirely.
Also, can you confirm whether or not it's allowed to give out keys for the HIB2 that are an extra on the HIB3 page?

Thanks. I had trouble finding that part earlier.

The language in their Terms of Service was always the #1 factor for not allowing these keys. Thanks for finding it for IR.

I can't find anywhere in the HiB TOS that expressly prohibits you from disclosing spare keys to any other person. The only part I found similar is one where it prohibits you from showing your (personal, not gift) HiB URL to someone.

Here is a Reply to a Support Request I sent for the Very First One, Which I would assume it apply's to all of them:
http://i.minus.com/idgwBB8BLaZ08.png

So....Take that as you want. I really don't care which way it goes, just wanted to make it clear that they don't care if you give the Steam Key's away.

BTW, this refers to the unique URL you get in e-mail when you purchase an IR Bundle. You must not disclose THAT URL with anyone, but giving away individual Steam or Desura codes is technically fine, according to IR Support, although they prefer if someone wants codes they be be gifted with the whole bundle or buy it themselves.

I kind of think it might even be worthwhile to take out the option to do giveaways for games like Gish, Spacechem, etc.

It seems like 9.5 out of 10 giveways for a "spare key" game will end up being the "spare key" and not an actual Steam gift. I don't think there would be much of a loss if it were impossible to gift individual games like: Gish, Sanctum, Spacechem, etc. etc. etc.

Just my opinion, :)

The only confirmation page that will be implemented, so far, is the rules page when a new member registers. Adding confirmation pages for individual games seems like a lot of effort for very little. Why would we do those games and not the actual bad games that could get someone into trouble? "Oh, sure, you can activate it. Just use a VPN!"

read thread. it's against TOS for both bundles, and there's other reasons.

+1

You can. This is the only type allowed.

actually, that seems to be a normal redeem page, with no guarantee that it's unused. you have to buy the bundle itself as a gift, then you will get a gift page where you can enter the winners email address, but you can't access the steam keys yourself (just as it should be).

You can buy the bundles here and here.
Do not create a giveaway for spare game keys, though. These giveaways are against the rules and they will be removed. You cannot win them.

No, that's exactly what the rules forbid.

You can give away individual keys from Indie Royale bundles (but not on steamgifts.com!). The Humble Bundle "keys are for your personal use only", so you're not really supposed to give those away anywhere.

but not here, until further notice.

That's very interesting...

I wonder if SG mods will change the rules.