Should all packs from f2p games be removed from GA list after no matter what was given for free?

No one comments for now xd

Still so quiet... But sadly I don't have anything valuable to say, so I'll just bump the thread ^_^ I keep all those packs hidden, so I don't even know the scale of the problem... But in the end it's up to cg to decide which way is more convenient to deal with that

In before the influx of "CV isn't what this site is about" fromold timers who were here before CV was a thing.

No, I don't think it's a good idea to prevent people who truly want to give these packs from doing so because some people abuse this to give free packs. They'll eventually get their suspension and the people who mark these as received as well (even if, yes, it does usually take a huge amount of time before it happens).

Instead of removing the free stuff from the list they should include it, but make they return 0 towards a level no matter how many they give and cost only 1 p to enter.

This would reduce all these bad giveaways where people pick the soundtrack or some other DLC part and instead give the base game, which is pointless because you can't enter for the DLC unless you have the game.

They should also include a reason on the list why it doesn't return any thing to the level.

There will still be people who make the giveaways for the wrong things, but it should be far less so should help ease the reports to support.

If you remove the free packs the people who do things this way will just do it another way.

Why punish legit users, who want to give away the other packs, for the misdeeds of those who break the rules? If you do this, you may stop the few who break the rules, but you're stopping even more people who wanted to make legit giveaways.

Thanks for useful thread, I don't like all those free swords, potions, skins listed as separate games to give free CV

Well, I don't think it's a good idea. There are many paid DLC for games that have been free. This will just create trouble for people who want to make legit GAs.
For example, BrawlHalla is available through thier site, but the Founders Pack was given away many times due to it bieng in a bundle.

Key was taken, nobody said? At least if they want to ninja, be civilised ninjas.

Found some info, not only Starter pack, but also Star and Synarchy packs were given for free, and ppl who created giveaways for them last days got them from here, they are just jerks decided to keep that information secret to get full contribution from their giveaways, and they did, like that guy who created 16 copies.

http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/Flcrs/free-games-of-glory-guards-of-the-synarchy-pack-and-probably-star-pack

People exploit this for free CV and it's bullshit.

Four days ago I gave away the Dead Island: Epidemic "No-Brainer" Pack. It was legit. It had 1037 entries. It was a key so I had nothing in my inventory to prove that I had it to give other than my word. I had no issues with the giveaway. There were even people commenting on how they were happy to see that someone was doing a legit DI:E DLC giveaway. How did they know? Well, they looked at my profile and saw that I have been here for a while and have already done many giveaways. That's a big clue. I also have 500+ hours playing DI:E. Another good clue.

I don't enter giveaways for five copies of GTAV from someone that just joined a few days prior (especially if they don't even own a copy of it themselves or it's on the giveaway creator's wishlist) and if there seems to be a flood of a particular game or DLC I look to see where all of the copies are coming from and if it was given away for free. I'm cheap that way. I want free games too! If there's a ton of giveaways for something I assume sale or free key from somewhere and check it out. Using common sense when entering is a way to avoid having to use support to fix something that you should have avoided on your own to begin with. It's up to the person that enters to shoulder the "risk" when entering ANY giveaway - not that using points that are free is really taking any risk.

From what I have seen fake giveaways get priority over other reports. Try making one yourself and then don't correct the problem with the person that won and see how long you'll last before getting suspended. I can guarantee you that it won't take "months" to respond to it - especially if the person reporting uses the right category in the dropdown menu when you make your report. I imagine that "Other" is overlooked more than some of the others.

You can also hide the giveaways that you don't want to see. Wouldn't that be easier than implementing another system that just adds more work for the staff?

I have been here over two years and have never had an issue with any giveaways that I have won or made myself. I'm not saying that it won't happen but a lot of the problems described in the OP could be prevented just by the person entering giveaways using common sense when entering and not marking as received if they win and it's not as advertised.