If i win a game, do i have to activate the game?

Can I enter a giveaway for a friend?

You should only enter to win giveaways for yourself, and if you win a game, it must be activated and redeemed to the Steam account used during registration. If a friend is interesting in joining giveaways, they'll need to register for their own account.

You have to activate it.

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

Yes you need to activate it, yes it's a bad thing.

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Why did you enter the giveaway, if you do not want the game.
Read the FAQ & guidelines. There is a whole point about "Can I win for a friend?".

Its against the rules. You have to activate the games you win, and you cant regift or trade them.

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

why eneter a giveaway if you dont like the game in first place? wth dude? :p

To add to the things other people here have said: Yes, you need to activate it. On you OWN account, the same one that is connected to your steamgifts account.

You can ask for a reroll if you don't like the game, just make sure you don't use the key or give it to anyone else.

i was expecting a train :|

If i win a game, do i have to activate the game?

YES!

...but i just archived, same as i did in my indiegala games, am i wrong in doing so?

YES, yes you are.

It's like Christmas gifts from close relatives, you gotta hang on to them, or you're an asshole.
Except, in this instance, the individual in question already asked 'Hey, what do you want for Christmas?' and you replied with 'The ugliest sweater possible so I can throw it away.'- so you're already well along to achieving that title. :X

The correct thing to do here would be to write on the giveaway "I no longer have interest in this game, please reroll it." so that someone who actually wants the gift can have it.
Or you can come across as contrary, rude, and selfish- but then, as with any social expressions of the sort, expect people to regard you less favorably due to such actions, as well.

enters giveaway for stuff he doesn't want
complains about getting stuff he didn't want

kappa

According to ArchiStatistics there is 100% chance that you'll enter less giveaways from now on for creating this thread.

According to the same stats, there is approx 68.43% chance that I will enter less giveaways from now on as well :3.

Ask the GA creator to re-roll so that someone who wanted the win can have it and refrain from entering giveaways for games you are not interested in from now on.

Sorry to sound like an old nagging mother, but how do you know you don't like it if you haven't even tried it?
If you aren't sure you'd like it, don't enter. Points are a dime bag a dozen here.

I am looking forward to see when you discover blacklists.

Let's say that the gift of the giveaway is a pink tutu.
If you hadn't participated in the giveaway, nobody would have forced you to wear your pink tutu.
But since you have participated in the giveaway, everyone is expecting you to wear your pink tutu. But what will the giveaway creator will think if he sees you giving away his pink tutu? He'll get mad, because it was a special pink tutu, just for you.

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now do us this pleasure - go here: https://www.steamgifts.com/stats/personal/community scroll down to BlackList numbers and tell us how much did you just win :)

Does not like the game but still enters.Wins said game then ponders giving it to a friend.Then wonders if it is wrong to re-gift.

It was bad from the start and the only excuse was I had spare points am "too cool" to read the rules.Reminds me of those people who are offered an item for free and when asked if they need more they say sure I will take as many as you will give me.They never give a thought to others who may actually want it

Yet people still look at my views of bans and such for not reading rules as harsh and this is one fine example of itThey admit to not even reading the rules.

Still even not reading the rules they should not have to ask if itis it okay to re-gift.After they said they read forum post about it being wrong and they still want confirmation if it is okay.So why did you even make a thread about this.Did not reading the other post confirm it is not allowed.Did you still not read the rules?

Common sense and a bit of logic should alert you to that being wrong and there are rules on websites and to read the F.A.Q./Rules.I guess these days we throw logic out the door.I guess since this is the internet that no real life logic applies and we just use "internet logic" which is makeup rules as we go.

You deserve a ...

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It seems like throughout this thread your tone has been playfully flippant, but I don't know if everyone is gonna take it to be as awesomely cool as you might expect. In the end, your first notable contact with many in the community has been, "hey, can I be an ungrateful prick?" and then upon being told to RTFM, "haha, I'm too cool for school wink."

So it comes off like just one big smirking shitpost, I think.

Maybe make one post of more than a sentence where you indicate that you appreciate the help you've been offered and both understand and intend to comply with the rules. Without easily misunderstood humor.

And then close the thread.

And also consider retiring that Youtube link as a response to being told what the rules are after you explicitly seek advice regarding them.

Sometimes I wonder what are people expecting to happen when they break the rules, I mean IRL you don't get good results when doing so, why would it be different here?

This is why I only enter games that I'm really into. I have had a guy say "wtf, your account has X amount of time and you have won only X games? You're pathetic!". I said to this person that I'm not pathetic, I won't enter a giveaway for a game that I'm not interested in, I would rather give somebody else a chance to win something they like.

Gorduuu, you should do the same! If you have spare points, look for more games that might catch your eye and don't go the one's that you could care less about! Let other people have their chance at winning something they might like.

I usually don't just put people that don't activate my gifts on my blacklist, I report them. I did that on one of my last giveaways 'cause I noticed the winner had won several gifts but he hardly activated any of them, including mine. So I reported the account and now it's permanently suspended. Was the game something extraordinary? Maybe not but there could have been someone interested and didn't get the chance to win cause of people like you, entering games they don't like.

Next time, think before entering. Also, you should ask the giveaway maker to do a reroll.

At least you marked as received, I'm having a bit of trouble with that on my last batch of giveaways. Which has stopped me from having more giveaways. Hurts the community. So,personally I'd be less inclined to Blacklist someone like you rather someone who doesn't mark as received and then doesn't redeem. I'm new though, so I understand everyone else's frustration with this.

Jeez, give the guy a fucking break! He didn't know - yes, he should read rules - yes, of course, but he made some effort and asked politely. Be nice to bambi :)