Accepting a suspected regift?

Well, depends on the game value ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

You could talk to the creator, ask if they know the rules. Maybe you can save them, they'll activate the game and you'll agree to delete the giveaway you won. Happy ending - except you don't get a new game.

Accepting a regift won't get you into trouble, it will only get the gifter in trouble once support finds out about it.

Most people don't realize that re-gifting isn't allowed. The nice thing would be to make that giveaway creator aware of the rules and let them ask for a deletion for the re-gift giveaway.

1. Accept.
2. Live happily ever after.

If you don't accept it someone else will... Maybe someone who won't be looking in someone else profile... who knows.
You can contact him and tell him you are winner but regifting is forbidden and help him if he is new here and don't know how this site work.

Best choice depending on the point of view:

• For your game collection: Accept the giveaway and you won't get in trouble.
• Greedy and snitch: Accept the giveaway and alert the support
• Good Karma: make that giveaway creator aware of the rules and accept the deletion of the GA
• Good karma but no one is too carefull: make that giveaway creator aware of the rules and accept the deletion of the GA but keep an eye on the creator just to make sure he doesn't do it again

Also know that some users including me gift (wishlisted) games that they don't own themselves.

You... I mean your friend... won't get in troubles for accepting the regift. Go on, activate it and mark it as received, and then either move on or report the GA creator to the support, depending on how evil are you feeling :D

Thanks folks. My friend didn't want to post and get considered calling people out.

I'm trying to add the gifter on steam to talk to them a bit, as their account is super new. I'll see if we can get this worked out. He'll survive if he doesn't play this game, as his backlog already daunting. If it haunts him, i can always go and buy it for him.

~David.