Dev mass blacklisting for supplying duplicate keys?

Kinda sounds like the dev knew what they were doing, which would be extremely shitty on there part

I got not-used key. But many dup keys were in alienwaarena giveaway

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that sux.. just mark it not received after the one week period though.. as many people that are reporting that, there is no way support will just change feedback on you.

After some investigating (I love investigating) I've found the giveaway in question.
The giveaway description says: "We are talking with Steamgifts to sort out the duplicate issue."

Not sure how they plan to resolve an issue that they are responsible for by getting in touch with Steamgifts. Not only that, but I am extremely confused as of why they would blacklist people for asking about their duplicate keys. If they were to say, "we made a mistake, we'll try to get it resolved quickly" then I'd be less suspicious of their actions, but right now I can't say this looks very professional. From denying the fact that keys are used, when it's very obvious that they are, to straight out claiming they haven't won the giveaway (which, while I have no reliable proof to confirm, I doubt that so many users would lie about this in order to try and get free keys).

All in all, I'm willing to give the giveaway creator the benefit of the doubt. I'll bookmark the giveaway for future reference.

Mash Lores? Crash Doors? Smash Wars?

I got nothing.

All the keys would be activated at a similar time (when the giveaway ended) . Maybe codes were used more than once here and on the Alienware giveaway hosted at the same time. If duplicates were given in the giveaway, it would be whoever activated the key first that had no problem. My key was already activated- received same response & blacklisting as original poster.

Mashed Borscht?

Flash Sporks?

my alienware key was duped too, but they made a 2nd ga instead of user blaming lol..

Man, that is really shitty. I hope it all gets sorted out... Or, failing that, word manages to get around and they wind up with a fuckload of bad PR. That would be acceptable, if not ideal.

I got a good key, but, since the dev's been suspended, I don't think you will get a new key.

"Suspended: 9 months remaining", damn

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Update for anyone who cares, The dev reached out and it appears I am no longer blacklisted and they replaced the duplicate key I was given with a new unused key.