Suggestion: No Giveaways Until X Time Registered

fakers are just mofos..., i'll accept a 2 days wait time ;) then they are looking forward to that second day to give away and they can explore how this system works. If they dont know it they just make giveaways because they think it is good.

+infinite. 2-5 days sounds okay to me.

I bet 80% of the people in SG couldn't even be bothered to read the forums or the guidelines.
And i don't see why they would be bothered even if this was implemented.
This also doesn't prevent people who are just here to troll by creating fake giftaways.

Alternate suggestion: create a slideshow with the various rules, paired images of what this means (or just written in different languages), for our non-english speakers. You must complete the slideshow and click "accept" after you sign up before you can do ANYTHING on the site.

Giant flashing warnings the first time you create a giveaway, accepting the rules of giveaways and explaining they need to purchase said gift.

Obv once you have a giveaway under your belt you'd never see this warning again.

This has been suggested time and time and time again. The answer has and always will be no.

Just open a Page FIRST TIME HERE on create Giveaway space 1st time the people oppens and explain :)

Are fake giveaways really that big a deal?

Maybe if the first time someone tries to post a giveaway, they should have to tick a box that says they acknowledge that they have read and agree to the FAQ rules and understand that breaking these rules and/or not following through on gifting the winner may result in a permanent ban.

Also, when a user selects certain problematic games (such as SMNC and games from bundles currently being sold), there should be a warning reiterating the applicable FAQ rule(s) that they have to dismiss before posting.

Gabe once said that DRMs are wrong way of doing things.. Instead, we need to gather some metrics and from them try to deduce some correlations.

No, only a time-delay doesn't work.

I don't know how hard it is to develop, but I would suggest the following: In the first 30 days you can only create giveaways of items in your inventory. To do so, you have to select them in your inventory (compare the TF2Outpost site, which does so for TF2 items).
When you actually see your inventory by creating a giveaway, most people should get the hint that THEY give something away.

Ok, we'll wait untill they have 2 months old and over 185 entries, then you'd be the one complaining you can't win anything.

Can't you just make AWESOMELY BIG AND COLORFUL box that appears when first giveaway is made where it's written with big letters something like "remember, you WILL have to GIVE someone a NEW COPY of a game, you HAVE TO BUY it (or obtain in other way) and it CAN NOT be something you have in your account"?

Why not just forward new users to the FAQ about giveaways when they make their first giveaway. Picture this, they sign up, and immediately run to the make giveaway page. They put in the info and then hit submit, BAM a pop-up showing the FAQ is shown and can NOT be closed for 15secs or so. After 15 secs, the "I have read blah blah" link appears and the giveaway goes through.

I think if someone is not going to read any of the faq/rules when they join - they're not going to read them later either...

And the jerks will still be jerks when their minimum time ends

We've been over this suggestion before, we have absolutely no plans to restrict the accounts of new members. We have other changes in mind, but until then, report, submit a support ticket if necessary, PM a mod when it's an emergency, and move along.