At this point, I think you should just close this thread.
It's going nowhere.
Most people and support saw that guy's post as begging. He has been suspended. End of story.
You're not doing yourself any favor by keeping the thread opened.

I was suspended for an obvious trading joke in a trading thread (I think it was during the era of Dota gifts). And I think it was well deserved.

To clarify the difficulties of translation, I provide my own translation from the dictionary about "but":

I wish you provided an example with "I know begging isn't allowed here, BUT".
I know begging isn't allowed here, BUT [it's not begging]? Maybe.
I know begging isn't allowed here, BUT [I'm gonna try it anyway]? Sounds more plausible.

So your friend had a brain fart and screwed up. It's fine, it can happen to anyone. Just relax. It's not the end of the world, it's three days only ffs.

All those friendly comments... I wonder if those people also kick beggars when they see one in the streets...

That being said, boring topic and I understand that we don't want the forums to be flooded with "hey do you guys have a key for X?" topics 👀
(and if someone is thinking of asking "why did you reply to a boring topic?": I'd have ignored the topic had it had no responses, but seeing it already had a whole page of hate, I thought I'd balance this a little bit)

Don't waste your time like this. Moderators have the absolute right to decide whether or not to suspend.

So you better talk to them. Our opinions won't matter much.

To me it's just a lesson to learn and a fact you need to accept if you want to continue using this site. Much like the blacklist system right now.

he dun goofed and got a 3-day ban, not a big deal. i mean i wouldn't necessarily call it 'begging', though ask almost anyone else here and you'll find there's apparently no difference between 'asking' and 'begging'. just the culture on here, i guess. that being said, even asking on here is disallowed as that would imply a trade offer. he's been here over 5 years and should know not to make a thread asking for a freebie, there are other places for that.

This is overdramatisation cranked all the way to eleven if i'd seen one.

He begged. He got 3 days. End of story. Незачем натягивать сову на глобус.

Аргументация от уровня юзера в шаге от копротивления за барина, если что. У меня испанский стыд, пожалуйста, больше не делай так.

Yes

Begging to stop others begging is acceptable, what do you think?

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True??
I feel that the reasons for all Suspensions are not explicitly stated.
👀ooO(What speculation produces speculation. It will be a hotbed for such discussions and conspiracy theories.)

In this place, There is no history log list of penalties.
If all users see a history of past penalties, that's why they'll use it to regulate GA entry and exit.
I feel that the act of asking for details of penalties is the same as this.

By the way, I hate cheating.
I also hate doing too much.
However, individual ideas are respected to some extent.
Don't ZAP people who want too much.
I don't ZAP anyone who doesn't do the same thing as I do.

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only this.

He was begging and it makes no difference if he is begging for a relative.

There's a reason that it's not allowed.

That person might genuinely be looking for an extra copy of a free game for his nephew, but countless others might be looking for an extra copy of a game so that they can trade it. If one incident of "begging" is allowed, then other people will use it as a precedent for asking for even bigger things. When they get in trouble, they use the excuse... "But Bob asked for a game for his nephew here and nothing was done(insert link), how is this any different?"

So, regardless of reasons for begging, everyone gets the same punishment. Even if they are level 10 with good standing. It's just easier to have ONE rule that everyone follows. There is no need to go into reasons behind the begging. This is the internet, and there is no way of knowing anyone's true intentions.

Anyway, it's only 3 days. No big deal. ;)

All of this made me think that we could use a spare-giveaway-keys thread. But ONLY for keys currently or veeery recently in a giveaway.. For the purpose of not ending up in a dusty place, "go bad", get lost or posted for a bot to grab.

Totally off topic of course..

As for this one.. I don't know.. It's quite ethically grey area but as a rule.. It is indirect asking for a key. It was not "hey who can give me x key for my nephew?" but "anyone has an extra key for x [for my nephew]?". Your problem here is simple. On the one hand he never said the word "give me" but then again from how it is written there is nowhere else the question of who has a spare key would lead.. I haven't seen the orignal thread and how all of this started and all my info come from here. I also don't speak Russian but I'm Greek and MANY words/phrases and the way to say things is different.. But this one was simple..

In theory he didn't asked for a key. It was cleverly constructed as to try to not technically brake any rule (which is why you can say he didn't asked YET) but it is suggestive. Reason behind this is simple: why ask for the presence of a key someone else needs? 100 people will say I have a spare key 100 will say I don't have. Then what? It has 0 purpose to simply ask how many have an extra key of something without asking anything else while mentioning that you know someone who wants it. You don't technically ask for it but then again there is no other reason left. And he didn't care for info, finding cheap, etc etc etc. From what I understand the question was simple "who has a spare key of X? my nephew didn't win the competition". This is an illogical sentence unless you add an implying part. So it maybe carefully constracted but it is what it is..

If the suspension was fair or not or why this rule exist is totally outside the scope of this post.

No matter how you phrase this the problem is not the "but".
Ask yourself this: If I don't want a key, if I don't want info for a key, if a relative doesn't have that key but I do and then I go ask who has a spare key laying around but I don't say to them give it tome if you can, then what am I doing? Writting without reason and wondering how many people have a spare key that my nephew wants to see how unlucky he is?.. :/ It doesn't sound right to me :P

It has been clarified MANY times that any form of asking for free keys is considered "begging" and is not allowed on this website. It's really that simple. It doesn't matter if you actually say "I want a free key" or if you say "I am just curious as to whether some keys are available". On this website those are the same thing.

As far as the penalty -- it could have been a simple warning if it looked like maybe the user wasn't familiar with the rules... but when someone says "I know the rules, but I'm going to do this prohibited thing anyway"... that is ALWAYS going to be result in a suspension.

it was clear begging. End of story.

Okay. Let's go to the logical next step, pretending that no rule was broken there. What follows if I would've been like, I have a key. Does he ask for it, which would be considered begging? Would he message me on Steam and try to buy or trade it from me? Also against the rules. Even if you could say that him asking the question of "does anyone have a key?" not explicitly fall under begging, any additional messages would've broken rules. His financial status, SteamGifts level, the language barrier, or any other thing you want to bring up does not change that he was breaking rules/going to. No one asks "does anyone have this key" without following up with some sort of attempt to obtain it, all of which are against the rules.

I use this website for a bit already, and know this kind of threads will not gather much sympathy. Like you already can see.

The only thing this thread is doing is being a spotlight for thread that was closed. I wouldn't even know there was an issue if not for it. Just like many other users of this forum. So instead of helping your friend / fellow you pour gasoline over the cigarette butt.

I think it would be best to close this thread to avoid more negativity, and direct inquiries to SG support. Forums are not a place where users can decide on how the site rules should be written or followed. Unless it's thread made by the site admin to discuss changes in the guidelines.