beta are not allowed by the way except for some games
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The Ship and Dota 2 are all legit copies that people got as extras (for activating the game or already owning it), so what exactly makes the people giving them away crooks?
What was that about ignorance?
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If I had to pay to get DOTA and than I get gift key than why am I not allowed to give it?
If I bought Ship and get free Ship key than why am I not allowed to give it?
... and why I'm allowed to give my free Civ5 while You refuse me right to giveaway other freebies?
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If you're referring to the 10k giveaway that happened recently, you'd get a key to active on your account, and you'd automatically get 2 gift copies of the game delivered to your inventory upon activating it. They're not "keys", so people are going to be compelled to give them away so they don't rot in their inventory but instead go to someone who might enjoy playing the game. Also, if contributor value is the issue, you don't get a single cent added to your value if you already have the 30$ cap, because it's a bundle game. And getting to 30$ is easy enough just by virtue of giving away some games that have previously been in other bundles, right? So what's the problem again?
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What would this new rule be, exactly? "Thou shalt not give away extra copies of a game you have"? Or maybe "You may only give something away if you've paid full price for it"?
People are still entering these giveaways, so clearly there's a place for them to exist. If you're not interested, then by all means, to quote your post, "please just stfu and gtfo".
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If there are people exploiting, then punish those people. You don't make massive changes to site policy that will outlaw legitimate giveaways just to stop a few exploiters.
If someone gets a game for free, legitimately, and then gives it away, why do you care that they got it for free? Be grateful that they decided to pass it on, and stop looking gift horses in the mouth.
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Why not just put the "bundle" tag on Dota 2 and the Ship?
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This. If you're too lazy/stupid to use the tools available to you, then stop bitching and moaning about how the site doesn't work the way you want it to.
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looking at your profile tells me I shouldnt give a fuck about what you think. Still... Free Frozen Synapses for buying Frozen Synapse should be banned in your opinion,too....free games won on the sales or on other occasions... The difference: Dota was only given 1 copy to those who already have it. Shadowgrounds was no restrictions at all. One person could get 100 hundred keys without having the game at all. Valley without wind was a keygen. Other exploited keys were taken from pages and you could get masses,too,without owning the game. Dota beta isnt like other betas,too. You can buy Dota on steam. Dota was initially tied to your account or won as a token directly from steam. Other betas spam keys on different sites that are quickly taken (or used up by some guys that take way more than one key for themself). Those keys are not tied to your account,they dont cost anything and ppl won't get the full game after that.
Besides...dota has been added to bundle games to stop exploitation by giving away loads of them.
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I think the problems (either 300P cap and flooding) would be solved if:
and this doesn't require any rule change.
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alright.Considering that DOTA 2 and Ship are already in bundle list (which i admit is my bad for not checking it out) and further site rules would only complicate things,i will stop here and be satisfy with free points come like a summer rain.Thank you for your time checking this thread and have a good day.
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This is not about free games, it is all about the OP being scared of "winning" less games because others can enter contributor giveaways he wanted to hog for himself.
Contributor giveaways are nothing more than public giveaways and only if you get into the higher tiers of contributing(which you will most likely never get with "free" stuff) your "chances" really make a difference.
Stop believing that the contribution system is the alpha and omega and instead get active in the community.
inb4 stfu leecher etc. :o
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and by "changes" i refer to the changes in SG's rule.We need a new rule,about giveaways of freebies.
Before anyone says "you don't have to join if you don't like it", let me set it straight that (please just stfu and gtfo,and) i have not (and never will) joined a single DOTA 2 or The Ship Giveaway.But still, it is a piss to my eyes that this site, steam gifts, a site that is maintained by its community's GENEROSITY, is plagued with exploited freebies by some crooks who abuse others generosity (the Ship and Shadowground) or with passes for a game that will be fucking free-to-play after official release.I do understand that there are those who couldn't get a free key or want to play DOTA 2, but i'm sorry, when those exploited freebies take nearly over the fucking site then,something needs to be done.
In the end,it is always up to SG's admins,but this is my opinion about the matter.
EDIT:Considering that DOTA 2 and Ship are already in bundle list (which i admit is my bad for not checking it out) and further site rules would only complicate things,i will stop here and be satisfy with free points come like a summer rain.Thank you for your time checking this thread and have a good day.
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