need help with translations?
I know spanish

When's the launch? :o

Will Contributor Value in this current site carry over to Contributor Level?

In the guidelines:

• I would recommend adding examples for referral programs. Something like "this includes but is not limited to Amazon affiliate links, contest links that you must share with friends to gain more entries, etc"
• Minor error in "Regarding trades and giveaways": "All giveaways and (needs something here?) must be for Steam-redeemable products. "
• For the regional restrictions & "VPN activation or other means to bypass regional restrictions." guidelines add that you can give them away in the forums (like the guest passes, beta, etc section). Are these fair game for group/private giveaways (where you can specify e.g. that only people of <country> can enter)? Further, the waters here have been significantly muddied by Steam's very recent attempts to lock games to the region you bought them in.

edit: Also <3

Last chance? Does this mean that the release of SGv2 is very near?

So just to be clear, are you going to transfer our profile statistics (contributor value, etc.) or we'll have to start afresh?

They're adding a trading section? And trading feedback? Seems a little redundant with steamtrades already up. That will be interesting.

Also, the FAQ should have been brief and used simpler words, less sentences, less topics, and more hyperlinks instead of trying to explain everything in its entirety while using obscure English like "simply disappear into the aether". Pictures can help too. I see what you were trying to do with it and that's just too much for the demographic here. You might want to make a separate wiki or SG Bible for any specific details and community thoughts, while leaving the FAQ to just the rules and specifics without any additional thoughts.

"Do not misrepresent the title being given away."
So no more http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/foOls/Half-Life-3?

"Do not, "call out," or implicate anyone who submits giveaways, or misbehaves on or off SteamGifts.com. Please submit a Support Ticket with the details and screenshots of the event, do not comment on any giveaway or thread regarding the potential infraction, do not take to chat with your concerns, never mention anyone by name. Witchhunts, justified or not, will not be tolerated.

Never, under any situation, are you to be actively disrespectful of other users, this includes while informing them of potential rule breaking they may have done. Link them the guidelines and FAQ, let them know they should be better informed before engaging the site, but do not disrespect them. This includes sexism, racism, homophobia, and gender and religion bashing."

These two seem to kind of blend in some areas... Like let's say it looks like someone's regifting. Under the first rule, that's considered "misbehaving" and we should not call out. But then the second rules says that we can tell them they're breaking rules and link them the FAQ? Is that not calling out?

"I have one of the games or DLC from a bundle or pack that has been put up for a giveaway, can I still enter it?

Only with the express permission of the person doing the giveaway, as it is so wasteful to have the duplicate simply disappear into the aether. If the giveaway description says you can, you can, but otherwise assume no and if you are feeling bold, ask the giveaway creator to mention their feelings in that regard in the description section. This is true if you own one title in a bundle or pack, or all but one item in a bundle or pack - the giveaway creator's word is law in this."

Maybe mention that the GA creator can decide that they don't want to give it to someone who owns a part of the pack AFTER the GA ends without ever having made it clear prior to the GA ending? I remember a thread recently in the forums about this and there was a lot of confusion. AFAIK, support usually grants rerolls in that case, no?

I'm glad they changed the CV to levels, It's annoying when I can't enter a giveaway because I am missing a penny.

I would like to translate the FAQ and guidelines into Czech language. How may I do so?

I have a suggestion. Including a pop-quiz regarding the faq and guidelines and making it a prerequisite to creating giveaways (and posting to the forums) for new members. It could, in my humble opinion, drastically reduce the amount of 'fake' giveaways and unnecessary topics.

Maybe you should include that usage of VPN is a TOS-violation.

I know this thread is only for the FAQ, but I contacted support with a suggestion for the new site and they ignored me (no response).

I would like an option to hide games by their platform, for example, hide games that don't support SteamOS/Linux. The best thing would be to put 3 check buttons with each of the platforms and let the user choose any combination of platforms. For example, hide games that don't support Windows and Mac, etc.

I see that there are currently another options for hiding DLC's, etc. already in place.

You could also add options like:

• hide games not available in LANGUAGE
• hide games without controller support
• hide games without trading cards
• etc

These ones are a plus, but the platform one (hiding by platform) I think is REALLY neccessary.
I'm using a plugin currently to show platform support as icons at the side of every game.
This is how SG looks for me with a plugin

PS: I just noticed after writing this, that the new site has also a working forum. I didn't noticed because I'm so used to see recent post on the top of the page... Oh, well... I'd better repost this thing there as a [suggestion]...

-Do not create threads for political or other inflammatory topics, it will only cause trouble.
"inflammatory" is really vague, please specify. Also notice that nowhere it is stated that support has discretional power.

-Keep in mind that on the Internet no one can tell if you are being sarcastic, it is therefore impossible to distinguish between parody and reality. Do not jokingly break rules, it will be treated at face value.
So if "joking" et similar is stated in the comment, it should be no problem and not punishable.

Can people ask for relationship/dating/love advice in forums on SGv2 ?
Will the banned members list from SGv1 be valid for SGv2 ?
Will people that have lost all their giveaway slots on SGv1 be able to create new giveaways on SGv2 ?