You really should though, since you're breaking them.
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could be cuz your a leech lol, winning 10 games and giving nothing, some people do not like seeing leeches
and since you are a regifter who doesnt always activate what he wins lol
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By your logic I should giveaway a game for a game, what is the point of the giveaway then? It sounds more like a trade to me.
..lol
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its common courtesy and a respectable thing to do thats all, you cant be a leech for the rest of your life, living your life as a pure leech is a sad thing and many frown upon it
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No, the respectable thing to do, if you don't want to give away games to people within certain conditions, you simply set a CV / level limit, or make a private giveaway, link to it through the forums, and announce your custom rules there.
It's common courtesy to not insult random people for the lack of foresight in others. :P
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comment deleted yea yea
why so hard on phone
reply edit and permalink written over themself...
just wanted +1
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You should give something, you dont have but it's well received in the comunity to at least make 1 giveaway, not just win. Even low price games count
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I personally don't mind ratio so much(and that is a poor way of comparing it anyway) but for anyone who had enough to enter this site not bother donating even a single cheap game(99% sale is fine, giving free games is the other-and main- reason I add people to blacklist) after winning several is automatic blacklist for me.
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This site is based on users donating games for other users. This works better when more people donate, and it feels more fair. Just entering to win is fine, but if you win a large number of games and don't give anything then people will rightly label you.
That said, at some level this site does function as a gift trading site, where people gift games they don't want to other people who don't need to win them and won't play them.
In your case games seem to fall into two camps: those not played, and those not activated on your account. The second is against SG rules. The first is an indication that you're part of this useless gifting game.
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there are no rules saying who you can and cannot blacklist. GA ctreator will still have to send the gamne, but you just won't be able to enter next ones.
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Why would there be rules about that? Blacklists are personal, if I were to blacklist you because I don't like your avatar that would be a stupid reason, but perfectly allowed.
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People may blacklist whomever they like for any reason.
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I want that Barbie game!!!!1! Look even better than Secret of the magic crystals, my favorite game!!! <3
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It is a bug. Keep trying, press F5. You must smash the bug.
smash, smash, smash, smash!
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I see, I activate all games I get as soon as possible. It might be because I never make a giveaway?
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erm, at least 3 of your wins do not show in your Steam library
edit - 4 :D:
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an important fact is, to activate them on the account that is connected to steamgifts........
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You do get that by "activate" we mean on your own account with which you are registered on this site...? >.>
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Looks like you didn't activate Into The Dark or CastleminerZ when you won them. That could be the reason why you were blacklisted.
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We check your giveaways won then your game library.
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from FAQ:
Can I enter a giveaway for a friend?
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Not very surprising, he didn't even gave anything away in that time.
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Nothing in the rules dictate that every user NEEDS or REQUIRES to give away games. Nor is it against the rules to not read the rules, although both are suggested.
Activating wins on your steam account is required though, which is what you MAY have meant, though the actual comment chain points to giving away and not activating.
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Why he need to? You think you are better with your bundle giveaways?
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You don't need to but it is common courtesy to at least give something to the community in return for winning some games.
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I dont' buy PC games often but when I do it they're a gift for a friend or for myself as I'm not in a situation to giveaway money.
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Most people here don't have a lot of money to spend on games, I know I don't but I did find a way to contribute back to the Steamgifts community even though if it's not AAA titles only.
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You have 2,320 entries and joined three years ago..
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I visit the site frequently, and I did not say I registered recently, I started entering giveaways recently.
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I don't get why it says should. It should say must.
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FAQ:
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.
it states clearly that it must be activated on ones account
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I supposed that was against the rules, so I gave them to my firends
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I understood that from all the people insulting me here..
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You insulted first the rest of entrants for those giveaways who really wanted those games.
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How did I do that? If there is not a game I want and I have 300P why let them go to waste. If I've won it's not like I cheated, it's random. "Only enter to win games you do not already own" not "only the ones you want".
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Sure, but why enter a giveaway if you are not interested in the game at all? It's not like you've payed for the points you get.
Entering a giveaway you are not interested in playing is a bit useless. "Yay I've won a game, to bad I'm never gonna play it"
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I already said I'm probably going to play a game I've won eventually. I don't collect games for the sake of having them in my library.
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I collect games. I have a lot of games I do not play. I do not feel bad for this. I like having them in my library, it makes me feel good, even if they feel lonely. That is the games fault, not mine. I do not feel guilty at all. Sometimes I download them, then delete them. Hopefully it makes them cry.
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You're both quite frank collectors. I sadly do not have time to do so.
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And that is where I'm at fault, I supposed it was regifting on this site.
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Yes, it may be not very clear when you read the FAQ for the first time =) I was a fool, and regifted some of my wins right here, on SG. I thought "I don't like these games, so maybe some other guy will enjoy them". Of course, I was caught after a while, and had my time in a ban. After that I strictly comply with site's rules, they are here for a purpose ;)
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I see, refreshing. I thought I'm not the first to make such a mistake, but everyone here lead me to thinking I'm the worst kind of scum there is.
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Important thing is to learn from your mistakes and never repeat them =) Good luck out there pal, hope you'll rise in people's eyes again ;)
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some people just like to blacklist a winner, because they want to give other people the chance to win their next giveaways.
For public giveaways this is statistical nonsense, but whatever....
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in your case I'd say GA creator looked at your profile, seen something that will get you suspended, reported you to support, blacklisted and requested reroll. If support confirms it and you were not banned for it before, you will be banned, your win will be canceled and given to another random winner and you will find yourself on much much more blacklists from now on :D: Have a nice day :)
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then be happy, last game you leeched before banhammer :D:
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I'm positive you managed to end up in many blacklists thanks to this brilliant thread of yours though.
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You will get a suspension x's the amount of infractions you have.
5 days for each non-activated game. Not a permanent ban.
And it may not even be 5 days for each, depends on the mod doing the math.
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it will, as for first time being caught you will probably get a timed suspension not permament. Idk how it works for multiple offences at te same time. Usually not activaed game = 5 days ban, so in this case it will be probably 20 days or more, but when you get back these blacklists will remain.
Also repeating offences may lead to permament ban.
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I'm not getting caught if I didn't know what I was doing, I'd prefer "noticed". When you do it on purpose is when you get "caught".
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no. like I said before - Ignorantia legis non excusat. You broke the rules, it doesn't matter if you were aware of them or not. You broke them and got caught.
If a shoplifter is grabbed by a police officer while shoplifting and he says "but officer, I was not aware stealing is bad" does it makes him free to go? No. He's still breaking the law he is getting caught and he is getting punished.
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50 shades of getting noticed or getting caught.
Maybe 50 shades of punishment I noticed I needed to get caught up on.
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The later it gets the harder it gets to understand you.
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Word play and complete nonsensical statements, worded in a way that they make sense for just a while.
Hopefully draining the amino acids and proteins needed for a brain to function properly at higher capacity.
Maybe call it 50 shades of getting caught being noticed while wanting punishment 50 times a day.
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Lolololol
I love your sense of humor, PrinceOfJerusalem. I just whitelisted you for it...
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The later it gets the harder it gets to understand you.
You just whitelisted because of this? Cool tiny golden book story bro.
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Not sure what a golden book story is, but yeah. Why not. This thread is a gold mine though. I have been laughing hard at quite a few comments here. His comment was just the icing on the cake.
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Adam is just jelly you don't appreciate his "brilliant" sense of humor and didn't whitelist him instead ;)
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If the man were a foreigner that didn't know an apple growing on a tree in someones backyard had to be asked for, would he be caught then punished for stealing or simply noticed and warned.
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Idk how it works for multiple offences at te same time.
There is your answer.
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Useless? Plenty of implications in my comments - and you took notice in spite of your useless claim of uselessness, but replied nonetheless. Keep digging your own grave, 'tis rather amusing.
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At the time of my reply "If I get banned, that won't matter anyways" I thought the only option was to get permabanned, others said otherwise. Why would you waste time saying I'd get on a lot of blacklists and .. "You don't say.".
This is my thread, I am here to reply, you're here to waste your time.
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Trust me, everyone online is just wasting time.
Some just waste it more effectively, they have optimized their time wasting proficiencies.
They are at max level.
Next thread for the day. How do I level up?
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I agree, your logic applies here. I'm wasting my time effectively replying. He's just stating the obvious.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong. I'm here for my own entertainment, in a public thread, implying you might be a regifter and/or a smurf user. Can't say that I'm disappointed thus far - I mean I've seen better no questioning that, but still.
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users should be able to easily see who has blacklisted them so they can return the favor...
I was blacklisted by someone within minutes of the new sight going live for no apparent reason whatsoever,..
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it didn't have to have anything to do with a new site. A lot of users had their private blacklists in SGv1, the moment SGv2 went live they just imported the old blacklists to the new system.
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There was a user I remember who maintained a public pastebin of all of the users they blacklisted and posted it every time they made a forum giveaway in sgv1.
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If you're referring to me, I wasn't posting it in every forum GA, just in most of them :D:
Also a lot of ppl was doing the same, most of active puzzlers or event makers had permission to use blacklist and one of the rules of using blacklist was to post it at least in GA description for it to have effect. I just posted it on puzzles forum topic as well, so ppl I have blacklisted wouldn't waste time on puzzles if they weren't allowed to enter GA anyway.
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Do members make these Threads on purpose because they feel guilty and want to be caught for not following rules?
I like to think this is their way of making things right after doing things wrong for so long.
I also think it is time for me to go eat some lunch and drink some beer. Go team master plan race.
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it´is like begging for punishment....the only begging allowed @ steamgifts
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Are memes still a thing? *checks calendar* I hope they are.
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They will always be a thing as long people continue doing the same shit over and over.
They will never get old, much like people will never get smart.
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I do not find myself guilty < faux | I don't feel guilty, I simply didn't know I couldn't give the games I won to my friends. My fault for quick-reading through FAQs though.
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Oops, sorry for my english, I meant "I don't feel guilty"
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I do not find myself guilty and I do not feel guilty. Is basically the same thing.
Move on. Close this discussion as recommended and learn from it.
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I believe it is not the same thing, my english is, again, not perfect. But I think I understand the difference between "feeling" and "acknowledging".
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It is okay. No worries. Everyone makes mistakes. Best to own it and move on.
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It's what I'm trying to explain, I did not know I was guilty and i didn't feel the urge to beg for a banhammer.
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You should find yourself guilty. First of all Ignorantia legis non excusat, second of all it is your responsibility to read the rules you agreed on while registering and follow them.
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I meant "I don't feel guily" , my english is not all that perfect.
I did read the FAQ, but I didn't pay much attention, the "you shouldn't give the games you don't need to your friends part" does not stand out.
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I blacklist all winners who don't take the second to say thanks - note: after they've won, not before. Funny enough it's always those with many more wins then games given.
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Well in that case I feel I should say that back when I first joined this site I sent gifts to people's e-mail precisely because I didn't want an answer and added on steam when I wanted one(or for keys). Seemed pretty obvious to me to the point I was completely surprised when I realized some of the people sending e-mails actually expected an answer. Now this could be me being exception and all but over time here I noticed plenty of people thinking the same for e-mail and especially the new key feature.
So there is the problem; a group expects a thanks, another doesn't care either way and the other finds it annoying. And from what I have seen the first and third group aren't really much different in size so unless it is noted in the giveaway(the latter occasionally does so but the former rarely) there isn't really a way to know if giving an answer to e-mail or trying another way of contact for key feature is being polite or being rude. It is why at this point I love when giveaway creators add me on steam that way I don't have to keep wondering or looking through their giveaways hoping for a hint either way.
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Hm, not really sure what to say. To me it is just common sense to say thank you to people who gift me things. I am always so happy myself when winning that I can't help myself but saying thanks. It never crossed my mind anybody could be offended by that.
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I think chrnno is right, if the giveaway description doesn't sa anything and creator put a key or link on /won. It's not opening a way of communication: creator has the e-mail of the winner. And winner shouldn't add creator because can be considered pressure before the key is provided. And if provided by SG, seems that doesn't want to communicate. When some users do tens of giveaways, seems less interested on start a conversation, so the tendency is accept that the creator didn't "open" a communication channel, because it's not interested on such communication.
Probably culture also altere that. I think most of the communications I had on trades and game wins and gifted are considered strange by 90% of my interlocutor. I've been said that in the past some times, and generally is based on culture differences and what is expected of the communicatiions for such purposes.
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I personally follow what troieve described. I consider it rude if the winner does not that me at any point during the process. Leave a comment in the giveaway. Contact me through Steam or leave a message on my profile. Send me a email. The method does not matter but the intention will. This is one of the primary factors why I do not do that many public giveaways anymore. From time to time, I return to drop something on public side hoping that this time it will go differently. Often it does not.
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How can winner send an email if doesn't have creator's mail. Is creator who has winner's mail? If creator sends key by mail or chat, THEN it's when becomes easier to thank and do a more meaningul interaction/chat.
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Ah, yes..I had on candidate, that said NOTHING..I added him on steam and told him he won something - no response.. I sent the gift - no response. After a while I saw my game was lying in his inventory...great feeling! A couple of days later I checked again and he has it now in his library, but I deleted him as friend before he added it and blacklisted him :-/
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Well... maybe calling people assholes has something to do with that ;)
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Having one is not the same as being one. Let's say I have a PC, am I a PC then? ;)
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Theoretically, yes.
Humans are in fact a very efficient chemical computer.
So yea, we are our own PC.
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Damn.. :p Okay other example: I have a cat but I'm not a cat... or am I?
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Adam, "having" and "being" is not the same thing. I replied to the wrong one, sorry.
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My being has an asshole, so I like being an asshole. An asshole I must have, as I have to be an asshole.
Lettuce not get into the contextual meanings in writing of my native language.
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Just read what the creator posts once in a while, apart from mindlessly joining his group:
"New 73 key giveaway. Go register for your copy and check to see if you won one of the last ones. If you won a copy you have been added to blacklist temporarily and you won't be able to join further giveaways. Thank you more to come as people collect their keys."
I've also blacklisted you and reported for not activating the gifts you've won, enjoy!
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Reading seems to be an issue with the OP.
He may want to work on that required life skill.
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Many of the comments here seem to be very insulting, even if I'm at fault and you're correct does not give you the right to insult me. Do you read every ToA you come across?
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I am not insulting you. I am stating a fact. You do not take time to read, even the easiest print to see.
Chill your font, everything will be okay. And yes, yes I do.
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yep, I do so before I accept them. I f I don't like something I don't enter the contract / use the service etc.
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I've found the information you were looking for in 2 minutes not knowing what group you had to be in to enter the giveaway and I couldn't check that on SteamGifts. You were so lazy that you haven't even read the opening post of the group you've been invited to, only the free game was what mattered to you.
And there's no doubt IF you are at fault. You are, case closed.
Anyway, leaving this topic open will only evolve to even more of "beating a dead horse" kind of thread. I believe you've seen your wrongs already. My advice: close this topic, wait till your ban is over, read the rules and participate in a mannered way.
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I'm not saying I'm not at fault, clearly I am. After all aren't these free giveaways?
I don't puss out, I'm going to wait for a ban, I am not going to read the rules as I already did 30 minutes ago and I am indeed going to participate in a mannered way as I intended to since I joined the site.
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from your perspective these are free GAs. From perspective of GA creator - he had to pay with his own money (eventually his time if he farmed them on tremor or something like that) for each and every GA he's made. If you were to spend your hard earned cash on game to give away to someone else you'd want it to go to the person who actually wants the game for himself not just to freely profit from something you paid for via trading or regifting.
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Yes, that is my perspective and that is the truth, they are free for me. A GA creator decides whether to GA a game or not, it's his choice. He can not do it and avoid me having a chance of getting it, he can make a private giveaway, he has so much choices. I'm taking what's given to me, if it's not obligatory to give back I won't if I don't want to.
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he decides to give the game away thinking that winner will follow the rules and activate it, not regift it and when found out spend next hours stating how he was entitled to it, how even if he broke the rules he feels everything is fine. You don't only broke the rules, you continuously show yourself as entitled ungrateful little brat.
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When we're fast & furiously typing, we tend to make a lot of spelling mistakes. Calm down, I can barely understand what you're saying.
I am not entitled, show me where I claimed to have priviledge and special treatment.
I am not ungrateful, I don't show appreciaton, but I certainly feel grateful to everyone making ga's.
And "little brat" is just an insult I believe I am not deserving.
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First of all you lie here: http://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/5iqVlDU just to change your mind when you find out we may actually see you are lying here: http://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/0LMtApU. That makes you a little brat, cause this is what little brats do - they lie straight to your face and when caught on it pretend they didn't.
You show your entitlement here: http://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/2dstvsU, also in multiple comments where you say how you don't feel guilty at all, because you just didn't bother to read the rules and follow them, which somehow makes it fine for you not to follow them.
And you are ungrateful, because you simply are. You don't care because these are just "free GAs" (http://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/0unGP5T) nothing more so what does it matter if you regift them to your friends or not.
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Oh dude, you and people with your attitude. We need the technology to make such accounts impossible to register, or be blacklisted by default. Just posting to bump and make it possible that you appear on as many lists a s possible.
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I suggest to you Sir, to buying those games that you have not activated in your account yet . You can use " Trade section " to find them too !.
Ban island is really boring !.There`s nothing to make you happy like funny gifs that you can find them much here in this awesome forum .
Plz, Say NO to Ban hammer coming to you !
Plz, See the dark future in ban island that will surround you .
Plz, notice there is no one to talk to you in ban island :( !.Just some spirits talking themselves
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I am not as fortunate to be able to afford 4 games in an instant. I welcome thee ban island! I really couldn't care less if I got permabanned, yes it would be a shame but I can always find a way to buy a game if I REALLY wanted to play it.
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No offense, but can i ask you why you Entered those giveaways that you have won if you REALLY didnt supposed to play them ?
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http://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/2dstvsU
he didn't want point "goes to waste" and SG says "Only enter to win games you do not already own" not "only the ones you want"... =.=
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Eventually, I'd play them of course. I wouldn't let a working game go to waste, I'm not collecting games just to have them.
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But you still don't own the games you won, since you didn't activate them. As such, you can't play them.
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But YOU can't, and you certainly can't be said to collect games if you aren't even activating them yourself.
The important thing is that you are owning up to your mistake and willing to accept you are wrong, and not making up stupid excuses why your rule breaking isn't really breaking the rules. You'll probably get a temporary ban, but can't really say how long.
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so you don't want to play the games and you're even unsure if your friends play them.... but still you took the chance away from someone who really wanted to play the game, when they entered the GAs. not exactly a nice thing to do.
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This thread was such a funny read XD
Just so much nonsense.
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Dont worry, maybe this help you understand why you've been blacklisted (same as every one of us who win on those GAs)
For the supporters on our greenlight campaign the key distribution will begin now and we will have giveaways until everyone receives their keys. It is going to be done through steamgifts. If you want your key just go enter the giveaway. Winners will be temporarily added to my steamgift blacklist so no one will be able to win more than once. These giveaways are DeadlyProfits4U group only giveaways, don't worry if you don't win I will be running these frequently and expanding the giveaway size when possible(i'm currently limited to 96 giveaways). The link can be found below for the first 50 key giveaway.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/deadlyprofits4u#announcements?p=2
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I allways use level on my giveaways to dodge people like you.
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Was it the "Deadly Profits"?
I think that this was a vote and get a key group. So when a user get its key, he get blacklisted to avoid him to enter future giveaways of the same promo.
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I've never thought I would blacklist someone. This is a momentous day indeed.
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I know what you mean though. Blacklists are a way to give your games to people who you think deserve them. Nothing to be ashamed of using.
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It says you're suspended but also that you're online. Mind blown.
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suspended user may log into the site, but all he will be able to access and see is just Support section. This way you can appeal if you believe your suspension is unfair.
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Blacklisted for not activating many of the games that you've won. Enjoy your two weeks!
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guess more like almost 3 weeks ;) 4 games not activated should equal 20 day ban. but as long as 20 is less than 21 it will show 2 weeks ;)
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Yes, much like everything else with math and dates on a profile, you can hover over it and it will show the end date of suspension.
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nice, that i didn't know - you learn something new every day!
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Ahh, I see. I just seen the big red '2 weeks remaining' text & left it at that. lol
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We need less users like Geneen. If everyone just entered giveaways and didnt give away anything, there would be no giveaways.
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Maybe his attitude will change when he comes back in 2 weeks. Likely he made it on to several BL's due to this thread anyway.
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his own fault. he could close the topic and minimize damage, especially as multiple ppl told him to close it, wait his ban and come back, but he kept bumping it himself telling how he doesn't feel guilty and how it's ok, he just didn't read the rules, because who would have read all of them. he got what he deserves ;p
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"You do not have permission to view this giveaway, since you've been blacklisted by the giveaway creator." is what appears when I try to see tha page of a game I won. Why? Is it a bug? Did I do something wrong?
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