It's no surprise we're behind on tickets, but we're quickly catching up with the help of some new moderators and tools at their disposal. This one is no exception. First off, if you have a ticket in support for a reroll request, it's been automatically closed, with a link to this thread. We're moving all requests for a new winner into an updated system with a handful of improvements to speed things up.


How do I request a new winner?

Head over to the View Created page, and open up the winner for one of your giveaways. You'll see a button next to their name saying Request New Winner. Clicking this button will forward you over to a form, where you can select a reason, and provide additional notes.


Available reasons

  1. Did Not Meet Requirements (Private/Group Only)
  2. Did Not Own Base Game for DLC
  3. Leaked Giveaway (Private Only)
  4. Majority of Bundle Exists in Their Account
  5. No Longer a Group Member (Group Only)
  6. Other
  7. Previously Won the Game, or Already on Account
  8. Regifted or Did Not Activate Previous Wins This Month
  9. Suspended or Inappropriate Behavior
  10. Unable to Contact Through Steam or E-mail
  11. Winner Rejected Gift

What happens next?

Once you submit a request, a support ticket is automatically created with the appropriate information for moderators to review. Any additional notes you provided are added as the first comment. If at any time you want to cancel the request, you can close the support ticket, or cancel from the View Created page.

Moderators have the ability to deny or approve requests with the push of a button. An automated message will appear on your ticket based on the moderator's selection. If it's denied, and you feel you left out important information, you can always submit a request again.


Security

Requests for a new winner must go through this process. Winners are locked, and cannot be rerolled by a moderator until a request is submitted. As we grow our team of moderators in the future, this ensures everything is logged, and giveaways cannot be rerolled without the permission of the creator.

Moderators cannot reroll their own giveaways, they need to be approved by another moderator going through the above process. Similiar to the previous point, this will allow us to safely expand our moderator team.

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Keep it up!

12 years ago
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I think you should have made clear what's SG policy about "VAC locked account" when it comes to rerolls.

12 years ago
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I second this, there was a thread about it just earlier tonight.

12 years ago
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I say use a "cheaters never win" policy

12 years ago
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The policy seems clear to me:

  • If it's a public giveaway, then VAC banned accounts can still win.
  • If it's a group giveaway, you'll have to kick them from your group.
  • If it's private, anything goes.
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Well, it should be really clear about if VAC ban can be a reason for reroll. Or maybe every situation is checked on its own in that case?

Easiest example I can think off: VAC ban vs DOTA 2 giveaway.

12 years ago
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I think it's pretty clear that under ordinary circumstances on a public giveaway, VAC bans are not a reason to request a reroll--you cannot place such special restrictions on public giveaways. Public giveaway means anyone that the SteamGifts website allows to enter (e.g., banned people, people with too low a feedback score, people without enough points for the giveaway) can enter, and if they win, you've already agreed to give them the game, VAC or otherwise.

On the other hand, giveaways that CAN have special restrictions, such as private giveaways, certainly could have a restriction of "No VAC bans on your profile" if you clear it with Support first, and then that would be a valid reroll request to make if your winner had been VAC banned.

12 years ago
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So, if VAC banned account would win public DOTA 2 (all DOTA2 servers are Valve's, so they are vac secured, aren't they?), there would be no chance of re-roll, ergo making whole giveaway kinda-pointless?

12 years ago
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Awesome! I have a not received feedback on my account, because the winner didn't meet the requirements and I had to wait very long for the support, so he marked it as nit received. Finally I can get rid of that and give the game to someone who really deserves it.

12 years ago
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Same here :) just submitted with the new system, so hopefully the game can go out soon

12 years ago
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Already approved! Awesome!!

12 years ago
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Same here :)

12 years ago
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Very nice addition! I can finally have my giveaway rerolled after 5 weeks or so.

12 years ago
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Submited the request for reroll, show me your magic now

12 years ago
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Oh wow that was exceptionally fast, i must say i'm impressed

12 years ago
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Yeah :D

12 years ago
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That's cool cg. Keep em cming :D

12 years ago
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Great idea!

12 years ago
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nice!

12 years ago
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Well done!

12 years ago
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That's really awesome, I hope it won't be abused by some people.

12 years ago
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It's not automated. Which means that if someone tries to abuse it, the mods will abuse him.

12 years ago
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Oh, I didn't catch that.

12 years ago
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good work cg! keep it up :)

12 years ago
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Good, good.

12 years ago
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oh, i love this one!
setting up new puzzled giveaways at the very moment and last time i had problems with leakers, thanks to you, the mods, i've gotten the reroll i wanted and the leaker didn't win.
However, now it's a lot easier if i get troubles with leakers again! THANKS

12 years ago
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That's nice. Glad I didn't have to reroll so far :)

12 years ago
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awesome update :)

12 years ago
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cool :)

12 years ago
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Thanks for this and the reroll of my giveaway!

12 years ago
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Another good work!

12 years ago
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Thank you so much :D

12 years ago
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Sounds really good, but what happens if a creator doesn't like the person who won (VAC ban, country, language, attitude) and simply makes up a reason like "was rejecting my steam request and E-Mail", is there any way to for the previous winner to see what he missed so in case it's not correct he can open up a support ticket?
It won't get him back the game but the creator will be notified not to abuse this system anymore.

I can still request a new winner even though the original winner and myself already marked it as received. Guess you can deactivate this option if both say everything went fine?

12 years ago
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Very interesting update. Simplyfing it but still keeping mod control is good, may help avoid abuse of this system.

12 years ago
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Good job!

12 years ago
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bad

12 years ago
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Thank you very much for this new feature! :)

12 years ago
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Closed 12 years ago by cg.