I havent noticed any like that. Maybe I just own goty for everything, or complete everything. And also. No im not a fan of it.

If people can afford to buy the base game, shouldn't be entering the GOTY for dlcs.
But if people won the base game, would prefer they try save up and get the DLC if they enjoy the game.

I am perfectly fine with people entering the GOTY edition of games

Its up to the person who puts in the points to do what they want.

Cthulhu 2012.

I think you shouldn't enter giveaways like this only for DLCs if you already own the base game. It just doesn't make sense. Why would you ruin the most precious (and most expensive) part of the gift?

Off with their heads?

I don't like when people who have the game and some of the DLCs enter the giveaways for the complete pack. It's okay if, let's say, he owns Guild Wars, but enters a giveaway for the Trilogy, that means he would get 2 games. But if he has Magicka and say, 2 dlcs, and enters the collection, he would get the DLCs that don't really change the base game, then I don't like it. I never enter if I have the majority of the games from the bundle/collection.

Possibly allow the person who is giving the GOTY assign rules that the people who enter must abide by? Even if it's a public giveaway. If they aren't followed, then the person who conducted the giveaway can request a re-roll?

You don't need DLC to enjoy a game. You do need a game to enjoy a game. So no, I don't think people who own the base game should enter GOTY copies just for the DLC.

I would say no...

I would deny the right. For this reason I haven't entered the Portal Bundle Giveaway because I already owned the first one. Although I really wanted the 2nd as well.

I am somehow surprised that this wasn't imposed from the beginning.

I'm completely indifferent. I say allow the giveaway maker to decide still.

libertarian viewpoint would be less restrictions, less interference, more personal choice.

I think it's a terrible thing to do. You're nuking part of what someone is giving you. That's incredibly lame, especially for a site like this. Should only be allowable if the creator okays it.

i never enter gaems i own the base game for. that is rude and wasting the gifters money. Unless the game gives yu a gift copy in which case you can play it forward.

I wouldn't do it. Question is, can the decision be automated?

These giveaways nowadays seem to always have a few thousand entries so its not like banning these people would increase your odds that much guys.

Honestly, just let them enter, who cares?

Maybe for games where the DLC outweigh the price of the game anyways e.g. Borderlands, NV.

Make it an option before creating a giveaway.

Well the dlc's are sold separately for some reason, so i would say NO, sounds unfair specially when some dlcs are too way much more cheap than base game.
Well i would make some changes too, like for example increasing the entry points of any game and also make only visible the games that are listed on user wishlist, this way would make people sent a entry ONLY to the games they want instead join every entry they can.

I saw once someone trying trade the serious sam: second encounter that got for free in this giveaway website, that piss me off a lot...

In cases like Borderlands I would say it's Ok considering the cost of the DLCs exceed the cost of the game itself. But for Brink and Killing Floor complete packs I would say it's not really fair considering how the DLCs are just $1 skins.

I have personally avoided entering complete packs because I have some of the games in the pack. As well as Goty edition or anything else similiar.
Even though I want some of the other ones in the pack.

I think it depends on the game but for the most part you do pay the full 'cost' to get a shot to win so it seems fair to me since your odds to win are low indeed.

Maybe create a giveaway option where you (as the gifter) can choose if you accept people who already have the base game :)

It should be allowed. I'm too tired to write 70 paragraphs explaining why I think so, so here's the short version. As long as someone might win something they didn't previously own, it only makes sense, to allow them to enter. The amount of the game lost doesn't matter. It actually makes more sense to only allow users with the base game to enter GOTY giveaways, because they know they'll enjoy the content, while others can only guess they'll enjoy it and could potentially be disappointed and not play it as much. Also the amount of fun someone can get from a game/DLC is relative, so someone could play the DLC for 90 hours while others wont bother finishing the base game.
BTW, who the hell would enter something like Magicka Complete for the nippon DLC anyway? People know better. They understand it's not worth it.
BTW 2.0, actually, the gifter should be able to control everything. It's his game.