dont know why, but some people in your giveaway was just stupid people, like angry at you and so on
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There have been a lot problems in the past where people used the games in the bundle as a way to give away the bundle while it was still for sale.
I am not a mod, but I doubt you'd get banned on your first offense when you were trying to give a legit game away.
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People figured you were trying to abuse the system.
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One reason we don't allow the games from Humble Bundles is because we would have to then verify each giveaway if it's from a bundle or not. We've tried several different solutions on how to handle the Bundles and games from them, and this has worked out the best for the SteamGifts team and community. Otherwise we would have 50 SpaceChem keys an hour being submitted again while trying to PM or wait for a response if it's a Steam key or giftable copy.
I don't think we'll reverse the policy about submitting games from Humbles while it's still on sale because of the mess it created. Thank you for your feedback and I apologize if anyone became a bit rabid in your giveaway page. We do not condone this type of behavior.
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Thanks for your timely and kind response. I understand now that issue mainly pertains to the CD keys, correct? I can see how that could cause problems.
Is it possible to create a system that checks your STEAM gift inventory? Then maybe when a new HIB or something similar comes out, selecting it from a list would check your inventory and either allow the posting or disallow it accordingly. I'm not a coder or web developer, but the team here has already created tools to check the net worth of your STEAM page. Of course, this would probably require manually inputting which games require this system and whatnot. Just an idea.
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A system that checks your Steam gift inventory would require members of the site to leave their inventory and/or profile public. It's been said since the beginning that we will never force members to keep their profile or inventory public to be able to use this site.
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It seems that once the current HiB (offering SMB) is over you can submit it as long as you assure (as you have done already) that it isn't the individual key from the bundle. I think that's the reason it is still "available" in the gift drop down menu.
Thanks for trying! We all appreciate it and I'm sure a lucky winner will be very pleased some day soon.
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But you'd just need to look at my inventory... My SMB giveaway was just deleted. No big deal I guess.
Nevermind, my inventory might not be public :o
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Because you'd be costing the humble bundle people gobs of money. Every paypal transaction costs them $0.30 and 5% of the sale (i only vaguely remember those numbers, so they might be slgihtly different). When people pay $0.01 for a bundle they get a net loss. Most people feel it's best not to encourage people to cause a charity organization to lose money.
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ok a group that is providing money to charity, or does the charity thing even matter? you're getting some awesome games, and you're going to make the devs PAY for the privilege of giving you games? it still makes you a dick. no matter how you quibble the semantics
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The main issue I took with bundles is it almost ties a monetary number to point gain. So, it encourages the purchase of bundles at the lowest possible price for the maximum point gain. I honestly wouldn't even fret if we outlawed them all together, I don't want to encourage people to rip off the developers.
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Hey,
I had a few games in my inventory from a fray in Steam trading, including a copy of SMB. Since trading them for other games or for metal and whatnot wasn't going so well, I decided to try out this site. I'd seen the site before while it was invite only but could never get in.
I made up a bit of a 'schedule' if you will, of weekend giveaways. SMB, then Overlord Pack, Magicka Collection, then GTA Pack.
I guess I should have read the FAQ first, but it never really crossed my mind to check the current HIB; probably wouldn't have even if I checked the FAQ first I doubt it would have crossed my mind.
So basically a bunch of people reported me and I guess I wait to get banned or whatever, but I want to know why? Whats wrong with giving a game away that happens to be on the HIB? If I'm not mistaken STEAM doesn't give you extra copies of games you already own on the HIB.
The only LOGICAL reason I can see is because HIB supports charity. But its a name your own price pack, and its not like I'm stealing business from them.
So please, someone explain it to me. I want to know what made my act of giving an act of high treason of some sort.
Cheers,
Hells High
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