In the beginning I did check everything, but I got very tired of making giveaways (like I told Sleepycat its too much work to make giveaways this way)
Then I decided I had to choose or to stop making giveaways or not to care what the winner does with game
I chose the last option

What do you check when someone wins your giveaway?

1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)
1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?
1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?
1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?
1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?
1f. .......................

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I only check their SG profile to get a general idea about their won to given ratio and to see if they didn't regift anything previously.
If their won:given ratio is something insane like 70 wins to 0 given, I sometimes blacklist them (not always, though).

Once I send the game, it's theirs and I don't check if they played it or even if they activated it, as that's no longer my problem :D

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1a. Yes. If there's any doubt in my mind that the person has been suspended, I open a ticket for a reroll. I just had 33 giveaways end and seven of them have pending rerolls right now. I expect to get three of them rerolled, "the suspension has already been served" on three, and the last one is a really weird case where I have no idea what will happen. But it could be rerolls on all seven, so it's worth checking.
1b. Yes. It makes checking for 1c easier if I'm 100% sure they didn't have the game before I clicked send.
1c. Yes. And I do file user reports on non-activations after a week, or sooner if a regift giveaway goes up.
1d. Nope. What you do with the game is your own business. I've played all my wins because I think it's polite, but I don't see any reason to require it.
1e. Absolutely not. I've posted quite a few times defending blacklists as totally free for anyone to do whatever they want with them. If people who have me blacklisted still want to enter my giveaways, they are welcome to do so.

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I was only doing:
1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?

because I believe it's unfair for others to give a 2nd key of a game to someone. I had the same problems with you (browser freezing), so I stopped. I'm sure there are better ways of checking, but I haven't checked yet.

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Bump. :3

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Because of this thread I went to check some recent winners of my giveaways...one of them in almost 40 games not only won the same game more than once, but also didn't activate any game he won. Think I will start checking for activated wins after this.

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)

Yes

1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?

No (only DLCs I check)

1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?

Sometimes

1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?

No

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?

No

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)
no

1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?
yes

1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?
no

1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?
no

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?
no

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1a. No
1b. Yes
1c. No
1d. No
1e. No, don't even know how to do that O.o
1f. Thank you, Yoshi :)

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1e try entering their giveaways if you are bl it will say so

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Yeah. That's true. But still. No, I don't think I'm going to check that :)

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not all

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators) - The most recent ones yes
1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you? - No, but I will now that you've mentioned it
1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam? - Yes
1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you? - Not really, I couldn't care less. But if it's an AAA game or an otherwise popular/demanded game I will.
1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner? - Not really no

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins

Now that I know how to do it, yeah... I haven't always done it.

1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?

Oh yeah. Always.

1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?

Yup. For future reference, mostly.

1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?

No. Maybe they don't feel like playing right away. Maybe they tried it and found out they didn't like it.
I don't feel like stalking my winners, I just hope they are happy with the game :)

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?

It never even crossed my mind, to be honest...

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1a. Yes.
1b. Yes.
1c. Yes.
1d. No.
1e. Yes.

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Im still learning my way around here, so all I check is if the winner has received gifts but never contributed. I wont withold the winnings, but I will blacklist them for future ga's. I try to be reasonable in that, new people probably just havent yet, while the guy with 4 years... 50 wins... yet not one ga is a blacklist if I ever seen one.

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All of my giveaways come with a free, thorough inspection.

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators) - yes
1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you? - no
1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam? - no
1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you? - no
1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted by the winner? - yes

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Thanks for the game; couldn't find any other way to do this.

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np enjoy the game :)

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