By accident winning a game twice - 4 day ban???

Since regifting is illegal he gave me the second one
I had to re-read that twice. Then I laughed pretty hard. "We know this is the rule. So we broke the rule. Why was he banned?!?!"

Not redeeming the key on the winning account is also against the rules so he still broke the rules. You mark the one you use as received and ask the other giveaway maker to get a re-roll; is this really that hard to figure out?

he SHOULD have refused one of the codes and told one of the giveaway makers to reroll it and let the system pick a new winner. just taking both is pretty selfish, he got off lightly at only 4 days.

Maybe I should get someone to ban you too, just so you learn and repent.

As soon as I won a game. I removed my entry to all the other similar titles. If it was sent prior to that I would have instantly contacted one of the people that gave away the item and asked them to reroll as I explained the situation. Odds are this would have avoided the issue entirely. I have a feeling he tried to keep one for his girl which caused him to receive the punishment.

In those rare cases you just let one of the giveaway people know so they can request a reroll.

I remember one time I had several Fortix giveaways up and I had a guy win two of them. He and I got quite the laugh out of it.

Am I too late to point out I don't care? but I hope your not sleeping together as I'm a bit of a prude and hate to think people younger than me are having ... I feel left out and the cat hasn't come near me since last time.

He cheated the system by accepting a copy of a game he already owned, then regifting the extra copy.

The rule against regifting is to prevent exactly what happened here. You both entered, doubling your chances of at least one of you getting a copy, intending to regift any duplicates.

His ban was justified.

I would make good with the community by creating my own giveaway for Smaug's Treasure DLC with a giftable copy, but nothing is forcing you to do so.

twice?? I entered many giveaways and I didnt get anyone. Finally I bought it.

BTW, I have entered more thank 1000 giveaways with 1.74 estimated wins and I have got nothing...

I think the whole idea of rerolling after the key has already been sent is ridiculous.

Since regifting is illegal he gave me the second one.
Id suggest rereading that along with the rules.

2 heads and still failed.

This thread is already 10 hours old and OP still hasn't erased it.

It's probably too taxing on the back end databases but this could be fixed server side by SteamGifts, just auto remove you from any open giveaways for the same game when you win, kinda surprised it doesn't already.

Since regifting is illegal he gave me the second one.

Uh... you do know what regifting means, right? He received the game as a gift from someone on SG, then he gave it to you. That is, he regifted it.

The suspension is fair. He broke the rules. But at the end of the day he got an extra key to give to you and all it cost was a brief suspension. Just take it as a profitable learning experience and be happy.

4 day ban! Well ain't that a kick in the head :p

Only 4? That's stupid.

You mean a 4 day suspension for accepting two copies of the same item. Winning two giveaways of the same item isn't against the rules, but accepting both copies is.

If you accidentally win two giveaways of the same item, you are supposed to ask one of the givers to request a re-roll so someone else who entered can have a fair shot at it.

For a couple of dim bulbs your idiocy sure shines bright at the moment.
One of the main rules was broken, light punishment handed, then you go and bitch about it and fail to realize what rule was actually broken. Who the hell are you to feel so entitled?

The real origin of problem is SteamGift who don't auto reroll if game win twice.

I once won two Dungeon Lords games overnight and in the morning both guys who created giveaways have already sent me the keys. I just asked one of them to make a reroll on his GA and haven`t used the code he sent me. Simple as that.

"Since regifting is illegal he gave me the second one."

Reroll. The ban is fair.

The account that WINS a giveaway must also ACTIVATE it, immediately! Just by not doing so, you break the rules!