Hello :)

Last night, I won a Borderlands 2 giveaway. Obviously it made me really happy, but after an hour or two I got this strange feeling that something is fishy. I checked the profile of the creator, it was made a few hours before I won the game. And he was online on the site after I won the giveaway. Maybe this is just paranoia on my side, but anyway, I have a feeling that I will never see the game I won :/
He (or she) is online right now, but is not trying to contact me or anything :/

11 years ago*

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Wait at least 7 days......

11 years ago
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Wait 7 days or just add him to ask.

11 years ago
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Lols i think this is true, hes also giving away 2 copies of mw3.

11 years ago
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I sometimes too lazy and wait almost a week before contacting the winner. So don't worry, he probably is lazy. XD

11 years ago
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They're waiting for you to give them the game, because isn't that how giveaways work?

11 years ago
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My thoughts exactly!

11 years ago
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lol

That would be about right :)

11 years ago
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Sacrifice a goat, bathe in its' blood and talk to your preferred deity. Bout the best you can do in these cases.

11 years ago
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But I'm fresh out of goats D:

11 years ago
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Here's what I do:

  • Step 1: Check GA: usually the legit guys leave a comment or say something in the description.

  • Step 2: Check SG profile: if they have just registered, or have a number of GAs awaiting feedback, they likely don't understand how SG works.

  • Step 3: Check the steam profile: if the game they are giving away is on their wishlist, or is a premium game (Skyrim etc) that they do not have, chances are high the GA is probably not legit.

If this is the case with you, it may be very possible that the user thought that creating a GA would win him the game. I would highly doubt that you will get the game if it doesn't check out.

Nevertheless, give him a week before marking as not received.

And finally: don't complain too much; you really haven't lost anything, and for every person that doesn't understand SG, there are 100s of very generous people who do.

11 years ago
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Add him and ask if he's going to give you the game.

inb4 he tells you "hey i want borderlandz 2 thanxx"

11 years ago
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no

11 years ago
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yes

11 years ago
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Wait 7 days, if you get it mark as received if you don't get it, mark as not received and move on (I hope that you'll get to mark it as received though, gl).

11 years ago
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I think you just won the right to buy the guy a copy of BL2, you should cheer up! ;)

GL, I hope you actually get the game as it's an awesome one!

11 years ago
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Is it just a coincidence that every time I've seen this happening, the guy had a Call of Duty giveaway too?

11 years ago
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Yeah, sounds awesome, i tried to add her/him on steam. He/she is online right now. Do not enter the another giveaway this person created, it is for Aliens: Colonial Marines.

11 years ago
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Carefull ., no calling out.

11 years ago
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+1, even if it is meant to be a PSA for the better, you aren't allowed to call out users

11 years ago
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My bad, did not know about that, was just trying to warn people to not get into the same situation.

11 years ago
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wait 7 days and buy pregnancy test, then check if youre ok

11 years ago
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Look at the bright side of it.

If you finally don't receive the game, you won't lose anything but you will be able to join groups for those who won a game that they didn't receive :P

Anyway, gl.

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Closed 11 years ago by Thoosa.