Private Games Guideline Update

Looks good and makes sense. Thank you!

I mean it seems kind of obvious.

It has been clear enough even before, certain people will just keep complaining.

as we may need to verify the activation if your account is reviewed in the future

I would have used a different phrasing, because the game will certainly be detected as missing on the next sync and each one after that, it's not a maybe ;)

Thank you for staying abreast of the current changes. Your work is appreciated. :)

I just got online and saw you responded to my request in our discussion board and I see you've posted an announcement for the community as well. Thank you CG, I appreciate it and I know a bunch of other people do as well. :)

Thanks for the update! I thought it was clear enough before but now it explicitly states you can't private any games.

This was a needed change, thanks cg.

I kinda want to look at the world through the eyes of people who think that "rules" like no reselling, must activate aren't enforced and chwcked in any ways because people are nice enough to keep the rules. Because any rudimentary check would be a look at the library, and privating a game blocks that - so it obviously analogue with rulebreaking, or at least generates extra work on the mods.

But if someone doesn't want to understand the whys and hows, then they likely don't even consider this, so it's better to be spelt out. (Should have been done at latest when the change became public, I thought it hadn't been done because it felt redundant from staff's point of view).
So now everyone is happy

Thank you

This is unrelated to the guidelines, but related to the privating of games.
Is there a website where a person can see the historical "owned" game of an account?

Because if someone activates a key for a game and then immediately marks the game as private then they could simply say "the key didn't work", the giveaway creator would need to go out of their way to contact Steam to verify if the key was activated after sending the key or not.

If there's a site where a person can see users historically owned games then you'd easily be able to see if the game was activated for the user before hand or not.

I almost joined a giveaway for Enshrouded now due to having the game private because I didn't want anyone to play it through the family sharing.

This is part of why I asked, because then this historically owned data could maybe be used or implemented on SG? Just a though.

Other, rulebreakers, adressed in the past that "Gifts" are something else as "keys". [So from their point they were allowed to regift/resell the keys and only need to activate the gifts]
Maybe add this too when you are anyway re-write this rule.

I have a question regarding this statement

After activating a gift on your Steam account, do not remove the game or set it to private, as we may need to verify the activation if your account is reviewed in the future.

Previously I have won Half-Life 2: Episode Two on SG and now, after original Half-Life 2 was merged with episodes, it's gone from my library as well as from store. Would my account be suspended for unactivated win in case of such verification?

Sometimes you need to state the obvious...

As others said, it was obvious for many of us as it has been discussed since it was in beta IIRC, about how it would affect SG.
But OFC, again as others said, it was needed so people wouldn't whine about technicalities that probably they searched for after doing the wrong.
Personally, I think seemgly trivial and small changes like this are needed. To avoid exactly that whining and the endless threads that they make.

Just like in r/FGF rules, apparently you must explain the most obvious things and the littlest details to be covered from human stupidity:

Be Respectful. Toxic behaviour isn't wanted on FGF. The assumption before was that it wouldn't need to be said. While it should be common sense, it's now written out.

What about checking the game when marking as received and never check it again after ?
It might be another way to check if the game has been activated and would remove the need to sync with steam librairies...

Cool...

I received a shit ton of blacklists for pointing this out in the previous thread. That spike could cut metal.
Let my harsh humorous language guide your fuccing FAQ for future generations ✌

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what about games that i dont want them in my library, games that i won in +50 copies giveaways ?

Balance in the multiverse is re-established and we moved from common sense and lay of the land to rules ;)

As there's a lot of different cultures and not that good english speakers who might not understand what privating means and also people with different personalities... Who are more prone to anger and some could say being a "Karen" (saw a comment about it). And let's not forget they could be even kids. (I once looked at what post/s I made at 16 or something and yeah I was a "stupid" kid while at the time I thought what I was writing wasn't that cringe etc..)
Anyways, this is a good thing to have the "privating" in FAQ.

PSA: Don't put your hand in the shredder.

Apparently some people need to be told the obvious.

Good update Thanks