Maybe not suspend them, but don't allow them to enter any giveaway until the game appear on their account or they have contacted support to sort the issue if there was actually a problem. Technically, the first sync after they clicked received should show the game. (Wouldn't work for DLC but better than no check at all)
The received checkbox would have to be locked though, because abusers will simply uncheck it to be able to enter giveaways again.
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^ This, prevents both fraud and people who forget to get out of giveaways if they entered more than one.
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If you mark the giveaway as received when it's not... then maybe you deserve to be locked out of future giveaways.
But if clicked by mistake and it locks up after a while, they would have to write a support ticket to get it fixed. It's better to have a few idiots write to support than a bunch of scammers unchecking their received status to enter more giveaways.
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it would mess the database somehow -_- as speaking of redundancy.
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The info is already in the database, the code juts needs to check if the game was ever won and marked as received before giving you the opportunity to enter.
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Even if this idea is put to use, he could theoretically still trade the game away for personal profit
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Doesn't prevent the person to trade the game but prevent him/her to enter another giveaway for the same game. Still better than nothing.
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I don't think steamgifts can do that. Steam always lets the user choose what to do with his/her new game and it would be hard for steamgifts as a third party site to change that!
But if possible, it will be a great change. I promise the number of entries in giveaways drop significantly (because of obvious reasons).
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If you go to http://www.steamgifts.com/sync, you'll see the game that Steamgifts know you have.
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I think the thread creator is saying that once a gift is won on here, it automatically goes to the list of owned games that can be viewed on Steamgifts, not automatically added to their library on Steam.
Personally, I think this idea is on the right track, it's not quite there yet though.
My opinion is that if a gift is marked as received, if the user has not activated it on their account by the next sync, something along the lines of a warning or suspension will occur.
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When someone win a game and it is received, it might be a good idea to automatically add this game permanently to the user game list. The user won't be able to enter a game if he already win, no need for sync, this may also help against regifter and fake giveaway.
Also, when a game is marked as received, lock the choice after 2 weeks or 1 month.
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