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MasterSplinter

Hello, I joined quite along time ago and had went inactive in the online world for a bit. I have a few dozen keys I plan on sharing on here but I noticed some people don't verify the key quick (at the moment waiting 3 days) so I can't create new giveaways until they accept.

What is the etiquette to choose a new winner? Like what time frame should I give these people to accept or pick a new winner?

3 years ago

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RiderOfPhoenix

https://www.steamgifts.com/about/faq

3 years ago
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MasterSplinter

thank you!

3 years ago
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LFPG
(Senior Moderator)

What is the etiquette to choose a new winner?

As you saw; the rules say it's 7 days. As for the etiquette, personally I find 24h to be more than enough already...

3 years ago
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MasterSplinter

These people are all online, have won 100+ giveaways. Wondering what's going on lol, my friend said they possibly might be botting entries.

3 years ago
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Dylldophlo

very unfortunate, some would like to win to play the game as soon as possible.
Sometimes people are just very difficult to understand.

3 years ago
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LFPG
(Senior Moderator)

Yeah quite possibly.
I've had some of those, online all the time yet activate the game like 4 days later...
I even rerolled a few of those because they still hadn't activated after 7 days, while being online regularly. I mentioned that in the reroll ticket, but I don't think any action was ever taken.

3 years ago
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Fluffster

Public GAs can be a pickle sometimes. I have had to reroll GAs up to 10 times because winners already owned the games/DLC. Sometimes you wait a full week for them to redeem without a word.
You definitely should check Unlucky 7. You have made enough GAs to be eligible and that would give you a place to make GAs where people will appreciate them.

Helping newbies get their first wins while getting a better chance of getting your first 7 wins. Not a bad deal ;)

3 years ago
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MasterSplinter

I'm just learning about the groups on here, I had reached out to see if Unlucky 7 will take me on to do giveaways in their group! I'd rather do it for people I know are real people rather than worrying about bots winning.

3 years ago
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IovoI

I highly recommend to create giveaways for Playing Appreciated group and Unlucky 7 group :)

3 years ago
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tysroby

It happened to me once, where a winner was nearing two weeks without checking "received" I checked his Steam profile, the game was activated. So I decided to leave a message on his profile, asking him to kindly check "received". And what do you think I saw? Two other Steamgifts users already had to do the same thing before me. So I blacklisted the fellow.

3 years ago
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quijote3000

A little "trick" would be to make one-hour giveaways (so more chance of being online), and make them at least level 1 or 2 (so less chance of being bots)

3 years ago
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MasterSplinter

Yeah one was level 1, and both people who won have like 40k+ giveaway entries >.> one has 0 giveaways ever and usually always online. Suspicious.

3 years ago
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Closed 3 years ago by MasterSplinter.