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Antho2ab

Hi there ! Yesterday i won for the first time, the reward was the humble indie bundle 4 :)
The guy who create this contest add me on steam then he give me the key and i use it.
Few minutes later, i saw that there were not Cave story+ and Gratuitous Space Battles has indicate in the bundle !

What the fuck happened ? Is it "normal" ?
Thx for your help ;)

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Vermilion

Cave Story+ and Gratuitous Space Battles were available to those who paid more than the average bundle price

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C4nn1b4l

These games are beat the avarages games i think you get a lower priced key (1$) thats not include all title ..

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Antho2ab

Sorry i'm not english and i don't undurstand... What did you mean ? :P

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Oxol

When you buy a Humble Bundle, you can choose between two; either you pay more than the average buyer does (usually about $5) or you pay less. If you pay more than average, you get more games.

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Antho2ab

OK now i undurstand ;)

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Oxol

It's normal, as the other keys are BTA in their own keys. So yeah, it's normal, although I think the gifter should have specified it was the below average bundle, although SG haven't added that as a game category.

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ss9c1

Did it say below average? edit: No, it didn't.
On December 13, 2011, the fourth main Humble Indie Bundle was released. The bundle included five games, Jamestown by Final Form Games, Bit.Trip Runner by Gaijin Games, Super Meat Boy by Team Meat, Shank by Klei Entertainment and NightSky by Nicalis. Paying more than the current average price grants the buyer two additional games: Cave Story+ by Nicalis and Gratuitous Space Battles by Positech Games.

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ZeikJT

There apparently isn't an option to select above/below average for #4 bundle. It would have been nice of the poster to write in the description whether it was one or the other, but they didn't.

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nopieleft

Dude stop bitching, you have one of the best win rates around. Here for info

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Antho2ab

I'm not bitching at all !

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nopieleft

Maybe the word fuck and please use google.

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Oxol

You weren't until "What the fuck happened?"

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Abominati0n

^^ this. Remember, you get FREE games. Do not complain

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Antho2ab

Yeah i know and i'm happy :D
Bcs i win

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Antho2ab

Owww Ok so if it were + expensive, i'll get all the features ?

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Antho2ab

Ok thx for your answers

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andreadandrea

normal? i would say it is not normal to spend 3 days in steamgifts.com, enter 10 giveaways and win one with 3611 entrants.

i would call you plain lucky.

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Antho2ab

^_^ yeah i saw the numbers of player

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MDuh

If you didn't get those 2 bonus games try contacting the giveaway creator first. If he cannot provide those 2 bonus games, marked the gift as not received

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Antho2ab

Yes, yesterday (after he gave me the key) i "erase" him from my friend list but then he don't answer so i can't tell him the problem >:(

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ceildric

Why should he mark as not received? There is only one SG option for giving HiB 4. There is no above or below average options. While it might have been nice if the giver had mentioned which it was, it's not technically required.

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Shad0WeN

To my knowledge you are not supposed to give away only partial bundles. You are misrepresenting the giveaway by only giving a partial bundle, getting contributor credit (whole bundles count as normal value) that you should not be entitled to because you didn't actually give the correct (read: entire) thing, and regardless of what is written in the description it is inaccurate and misleading.

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ceildric

As far as we know, the gifter did not give away a partial bundle. There is only one HiB 4 listed to giveaway. It does not state that it is for the BTA.

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jatan11t
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If you list it as a bundle, you have to give an unused gift URL. The "key" mentioned in the OP implies that this gift was a misrepresentation.

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ceildric

Please see my reply to your other post, though I will reiterate, there is no misrepresentation if the gifter bought a below average HiB 4. He simply sent a key instead of a gift url. If he had sent a gift url the OP would be in the same boat of not having the BTA games and be wondering what to do.

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jatan11t
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I deleted that post because I replied to the wrong one >_>. Not entirely sure what you typed out.

I agree with your assessment though. The Humble Bundle 4 giveaway choice does not say Above Average so there is no obligation to give a BTA bundle.

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ceildric

Besides what I repeated about the BTA not being necessarily required, I asked the source of your information about gift urls being a requirement. I had never heard of this rule before so I checked and could not find it attested to in the FAQ. As far as I know it's not mentioned on the create-a-giveaway page either.

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jatan11t
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I don't think it's in the FAQ anywhere, but I think it's common sense. If you list a full bundle, you need to include everything in the bundle. This includes the soundtracks, DRM free versions, etc.

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ceildric

Would make sense yes, and I would do this, but, perhaps it is understandable how someone might not think they had to do this?

I guess all of my posts boil down to, I think the gifter's etiquette could improve, but I don't think he deserves a "not received" on his record.

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jatan11t
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It's up to the OP to decide. I don't care either way :/

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MDuh

the bundle was valued at 6$ ~5.45

That means it supposed to be a BTA price

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Shierzhi

But there's no option to give the non-BTA for the HiB4. The other's have it. It's not like the guy gave BLOPS2 and wrote in the description (This is actually fortix). It's fair as it is.

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ceildric

That is a point though how is the average person supposed to recognize that when creating a giveaway? An item's value is not displayed until AFTER you create a giveaway, and again, there is only one option for this particular HiB to be given away.

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Shierzhi

You're not allowed to gift the bundle key, iirc. For HiB, you have to give the bundle url. But in the specific case of the HiB4, I guess it doesn't matter.

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Antho2ab

Ok guys i will but what will happened ? :P

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MattyMatt

Nothing.

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