Yeah, anti bot measure is one of the reasons, and level 2 is very easy for them to achieve actually. I was told at lvl 5 there is less of them, just achieved it myself and will see.
Another reason people might wanna do it is to give back to specifically people who also contributed a lot to the website, kinda similar in that regard to group giveaways, but more public.
TLDR, even when i do something like region restricted GA among multiple groups and whitelist, I still set it to AT LEAST lvl 1, so I know people tried to give something back to community
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Yeah I suppose that's a good reason. If everyone on level 5, the you have an even better chance of winning the game, too, right?
And about the bots, yeah, my first giveaway was wide open and I refreshed the giveaway page in like the first 15-20 seconds and I saw it already had like 50+ entries. I highly doubt 50 people immediately tried to claim it within 15 seconds...
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When you set a level, that is the minimum level required to access the GA. In theory, most bots are level 0-2. Higher level you choose means that person in theory gave away a lot of games on here and really contributed to the site.
If you want to make sure you're giving to humans, your best bet is sgtools, invite only, specific groups, etc.
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Just realised I myself have yet to create a GA using SGtools, only through other "anti-bot" measures
Should give it a try next time I create a thread!
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Yeah, I apologize, but I honestly am not sure what you mean by all of this lol
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It's normal to learn and ask those things as you go, don't worry too much. I myself only created public Giveaways and joined everything i see for most of my 1st year here.
Read FAQ, join discussions, ask questions (although you can keep it as one thread and just update topic like "new question added" to not spam forum threads.
You'll discover specific groups and people who are happy to help
Keep an eye out for Unlucky 7, they might be a great help to you in a few months when you struggle to win
Best of luck!
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In my opinion, it is about the community. If you use the level as a filter, you can aim with your GA for those who help to build the community with their own GAs. It is not necessary, but a cute plus. On the other hand, you inspire the leechers to create giveaways for leveling reasons so they can also help build the community.
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best of both worlds: Sgtools.
A humble 0.4 or so real CV filter ensures not only do u reach the users in the lower levels. But also that your gift goes to someone who isnt here to leach off the generosity of the gifters.
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You mean put your giveaways behind an sgtools link? So that people have to come to the forum, read all the threads, find yours, then maybe manage to jump through sgtools filters?
The whole point of Steam Gifts is for a centralized place for giveaways, and it has tools like levels and regions and groups. I don't like sgtools giveaway filters. They're unnecessary and annoying to deal with.
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The other ones answere your question.
So i give a additional advice.
Always check your winners with https://www.sgtools.info/activation . If something red appears there then request for a reroll and copy the sgtools link of the user in the ticket.
Only this way get the ones that don't activate a win (trade or resell the keys) are punished.
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I recently posted asking about how to level up, but as a secondary question, when you create a giveaway, you can select the tier of whom the giveaway is available to.
What's the point or reason of that? Like, for me, giving a game away, I'd prefer to give it to anyone (human at least) so anyone can enjoy it. I don't see a reason why I would give a game away to someone who is, let's say, level 7, only.
The ONLY reason I can think to set it to Level 2 at the highest, is because I'm sure there are a-hole bots on here that just try to snag games away from actual real people.
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