hmm,
punch club - 24 keys, removed
Shadow warrior - 10 000 keys, still on the list (looks like removed only special edition)
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Orly giveaways are presumably still not added to the free list, and Alienware giveaways with a high level requirement seem to typically get a pass as well. Given the quantity of the keys and that they'll go down to level 3, that one seems like it could be an oversight.
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You can created giveaways for punch club right now...
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Take a look at bundle games list...
Punch Club
http://store.steampowered.com/app/394310/
Sep 20, 2016
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that's when it was bundled - not the same thing my friend.
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maybe its just a bug or something, they will not remove a game just because of 24 copies
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I totally agree to that!!!!! 24keys? grb to stop this GA there are other examples out ther, even games with high "wishlisted" positions
it points the question up again,
why not even 0 points GA instead
and if they bring those games (if ever) back to life, cuz of whatever reason, u gather the points later on
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I don't know what the cutoff is but simply judging by how improbable it is to win a game with several hundred copies offered on that site, it is a shame to lose games on SG...
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1100 entries per round yeah to win punch club.
Orly does a new giveaway like each week, the free list will grow alot that way.
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it is!!!! they should reconsider from GA to GA or setup a higher count like at 1000free keys is a game to be deleted as giveable`?
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It was was a Tier 2 game in Humble Jumbo Bundle 7 last month. That's why it is on the list and not because of the Orlygift giveaway.
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Im still confused as why is shadow warrior not removed from the list ... its 4 days x 10k keys ...
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high lvl requirements means it is difficult to obtain more then 1copy, therefore very little abuse will come of it with the exception of those that want to giveaway their only obtained copy.
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Which if you do a little search was quite a few already :|
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think the amount visible on SG suggests that many have reached that level :)
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yeah. and it will get worse as they lower the requirements too, but imo its not really worthy of pulling from the GA list entirely.
i wouldn't be opposed to it being pulled for the duration of the alienware GA though, if returned after.
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10,000 keys as they reduce the requirements - yeah you are right that will get worse ! - I guess it comes down to when to decide to pull - before the drama - or as it's happening :P (thankfully, not my problem)
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yeah, idk.. i guess it can get outta hand.. but hasn't yet at least really imo.. and no joke, so glad it isn't us this stuff falls on, regardless of which decision they go with, someone won't be happy.
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:( It's always sad when good games get removed from the lists
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Definitely a weird decision. They only had 24 keys so the chances at winning were pretty low. Now they are running Runestone Keeper, again 1 key per 1 hour / total 24 keys, so I wonder if that game is also going to be deleted from the GA list. :/
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I think that whoever is responsible for such decisions should really have a look at the orlygift site before making a unilateral decision.
Games from Orly giveaways are actually typically NOT added to the free games list, regardless of quantity, ever since the point where Orly implemented similar activation requirements to SG, locking any accounts that didn't end up with the game in their account and prohibiting entry from those that already own it in account.
Unless that outlook has changed, I imagine it was added to the list by accident or for some other reason.
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+1 I really wanted Punch Club and would be sad if I do not have a chance to win it here :'(
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Yeah, that's pretty unfair. And I wanted to win it. :/ They should enable the option to give it away.
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Very odd indeed. Sucks for the developers too - now nobody will by it for giveaways. Hopefully it's just a mistake and will get fixed.
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so that is why there are so many Shadow warrior games being farmed for CV at the moment :)
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If you have reasonable arguments why such a decission is unjustified then you can always submit a support ticket. Higher chance for receiving an official response at least.
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I don't think that would make a much of a difference truth be told, I don't think the community has much say regarding the rules of the site. Maybe I am wrong on that, but at the end of the day I am not so interested in one specific case, I just think that its a shame to ban a game (or all the future games under similar circumstances) over something that can scarce affect the website.
The reality is that games are banned so that people don't abuse the cv system with games that were given for free, and it makes sense when those were given en masse, but if you think about it, it just seems more of a loss than gain for the site, when a desirable game is banned over a few dozen potential regifts...
More than anything I wanted to know what others thought about it, as I said I don't think opening a ticket over this would amount to something, but on the other hand maybe I am wrong in my thinking and others can point out why (it has happened before... too many times...).
PS. by all account it seems my assumption was wrong and that similar cases have been resolved via tickets....
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don't think that would make a much of a difference
I once thought so too, but several games have returned in cases like these
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jatan answered onto this thread. I think u maybe changed the list this time
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Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I wanted to WIN
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Pretty sure this was removed in error, I already messaged to readd
PS: please submit a support ticket next time this happens
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cool, good to know :)
thanks for the input mate, will do next time :)
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thanks for info. should the alienware "Shadow Warrior" ga with lvl req's go to that list though? i don't remember the last one, and so far the current one isn't abused to heavily, but it might get out of hand as they lower the requirements.
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Not many of the other games that been given away on orlygift (if none?) have been removed from the GA list afaik.
Why it happend this time I have no clue, but indeed it's just lame.. :|
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Two weeks ago I created a ticket with another game that was given away at orlygift, and I got this answer by a Moderator:
"This game has been removed from the giveaway list due to it being given away for free in a promotion on Orlygift. Games that were given away for free on other sites are not allowed on Steamgifts."
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Lol the other people posting after you didn't check if it could be given away. It looks fixed now ^^
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i don't know why they removed the game, orlygift is so restrictive like for example; you can't enter if you already own the game and if you did not activate your wins you can't enter furture giveaways, so i dont see the point to remove a game that where for free in that site
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yeah I agree, it was 24 copies...not a massive GA of few thousands...
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I see that punch club which was given away at orlygift has been removed from SG.
I think that whoever is responsible for such decisions should really have a look at the orlygift site before making a unilateral decision. I think they gave away a rather limited number of copies of punch club (something like 4 keys / hour for a day), certainly it did not seem enough to warrant removing the game from SG - especially if you consider that even on giveaways with a couple of hundred copies on orlygift, the chance to win one is not very good.
For instance runestone keeper is now being given away and its not far from how many punch club copies were given. Why remove a game given away there when its like 24 copies - or even 100 copies, it makes no sense ?
The principle here should be, not to deprive SG of a game because of a limited giveaway on one site.... it does seem right.
I understand when orlygift gives many thousands of copies of a game, but when its a few (even a couple of hundred copies) it makes no sense....
I guess I could be wrong, just seems a bit extreme.
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