Seeing a large surge of people going "Omg only $30 CV WAI ;____:", it reminded me of when I was stupid like that, too. I wanted to see how many of the forum-goers HONESTLY didn't know all of the rules and/or broke some. I still expect to see people go "Well I read the FAQ as soon as I joined because I'm a competent blah blah blah", but I wanna see the truth. As for me: I didn't know about the FAQ until having the used the site for about 2-3 months. Here's every rule that I broke:

  • Winning multiple copies of one game
  • Regifting
  • Necro'ing

And of course, I got suspended for a whopping 2 weeks, and basically vowed to never come back. That didn't work out xD. I was also tempted to make a thread about my CV not working right. I had about $55 CV, and after having given away a second copy of The Ship, I had noticed that my CV hadn't gone up. I was going to ask in a thread, having noted I had seen people's CV break at $30 all the time, but then decided to just ask someone in the group I was in at the time. At least I had given away non-bundle games too, eh?

Now it's your turn. Tell us your story

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When I first found this site, my steam account was not worth enough to join, so while I waited I did browse through a lot of the rules FAQ stuff...

I would not say that I'm really up to date on all the rules though cause some of the stuff I just had a quick look at. For instance, i was not aware that there is a rule against necro'ing, I just didn't do it cause I know very few forums that look favorably on it ;-)

It took me a while to figure out where the $30 come from, cause i remembered the part about the 20%, but 20% of nothing is still nothing... Only recently saw the "details" thread about the 25$ moved etc.

If anything, I broke some of the common courtesy stuff like leaving a thank you on every thing I join etc. I read the descriptions and if there is something worth reacting I post, but just posting "thank you" seemed empty cause I though joining implied me being thankful for the offer. but then i was reminded how many inconsiderate people are out there that don't think about the fact that the gifts have to come from someone...

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The first thing i read was the FAQ. A page asking me to enter through steam? i studied the page for months before entering :D.

But i have troubles with the CV system to understand how it worked. Then i understanded fast.

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It does take common sense to know you should hide a dead hooker but it would take more than that to oblige all the rules on a site on the internet. Why? How dafuq should I know? Send your ticket to God, Gaben, CG, master of the universe, he-man, whoever you prefer.

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I still find it werid the FAQ is all the way at the bottom of the page.

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It is also a sticky at the top of the forums.

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unstill i got banned :D

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I strolled through them right away, but always make a double take when I plan to do something new.

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did not read rules.

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I lurked for a while and it seemed to work pretty well for me. Haven't really had any issues with breaking any rules

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I still am.

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The only rule I might have broken is calling out, but I am not sure about that either.

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I've always known about the rules. I usually read them when I sign up on a website. (You wouldn't believe what some websites have you agree to, in their terms and conditions outlines, more than occasionally you'll agree to them selling your information to company's.)

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I may have read the rules for the giveaways, but the forum stuff I honestly assume is basic, don't be a complete dick rules.

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I have never done anything that broke the rules, but there was a span of a few day when i didn't know them

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I actually read the rules as soon as I found this site, because before I found this, I had stumbeled across too many fake giveaway sites I felt the need to know what this actually was. I doubt I read all of the rules though, I possibly still haven't, but I do believe I know what it's all about now ;P

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Did not break any yet. Well, I'm new to SG after all :)

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Aplied common sense. Read rules about forum before posting.
When I won a game, read all carefully as it was a fake giveaway and meant problems.
Broken rules (not voluntary) won a giveaway of a game that just activated a key for it. Site was stuck and couldn't leave all the ga. Attempted to reject the game won, but author had sent the key by mail, so it was complicated. I had done something wrong with a dlc, but don't remember it well, but fixed it too.
And it seems that someone considered I call out someone. Attempted to fix it but got kicked meanwhile. Fast mods:-D

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I read through them all when I wanted to make my first GA, which was pretty soon after I joined (a few days?). I knew most basic forum rules (i.e. dont be a dick), and most of the others are common sense.
I dont normally read FAQs or rules to forums, but seeing as this site is more than a forum I felt I had to just so I fully understood the process of whats happening.

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I have 2 steam accounts. Made 2 SG accounts, 1 for each, BAM, 9 months ban.

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I read the rules and the privacy policy before I ever joined the site. I thought it was a scam at first, so I had to make sure it was legitimate.

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This was my thinking exactly, I did the same thing. I do tend to be a "read the instructions" kind of person in general, though, so maybe I'm not the demographic OP is asking about.

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from the start, things like this are suspicious at first :P plus i kept to myself like a leech at first until i understand this wasnt such a bad site not to mention it helped me discover bundles ~

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Took me about a week.

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30 sec!!!
i always read the rules, or search for them if i am confused

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I read it right before I joined, the site seemed suspicious at first.

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I'm always Necro'ing.

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makes sense

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I've been here since the beginning of this site. This is the first time I've ever heard about any "rules"

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Closed 11 years ago by Bassnium.