How is this fair, a clear case of a leecher.

Sucks but public. Next time try a private one and only share the link with those you want.

Joins the group

From a Bungle? A Mr. Bungle CD? They came with games? Cool!

PD: in b4 sebastien

I think it's lame and it sucks but there's not much you can do. Short of creating your own invite-only group and carefully deciding who is in it or not, there's no way to insure that an undesirable person will be able to enter your giveaway. Even links to private giveaways can easily be leaked. Seeing as to how you can already make group giveaways that are only visible to certain people it would be nice to have an option for a new 'invite-only' type of private giveaway.

Contribution limits, my friend ... contribution limits.

Yeah, I made a private group for people from a forum I use to prevent that from happening. Means I'll get random leechers adding me then requesting invites, but beats them just adding themselves to every group.

He won fair and square, give him the game.

It's a public giveaway. And yes, giveaways in open-to-everyone groups and private giveaways that are posted on the forum are pretty much the same.

I've had public giveaway winners that were so happy they won something that they gave me a small DLC as a thank you present just because they won. And I've had public giveaway winners that outright told me they didn't care about the game and had no intention of playing it ever, they just entered the giveaway to win something.

That's the thing with public giveaways, you get the most leechers, the most assholes and the most annoyances. But you also get the occasionally winner that so thrilled he won and ends up with 100+ hours spent on the game. It has plenty of disadvantages from private giveaways but also some advantages.

You chose a public group for your giveaway. That's not his fault. There are rules in place.

I suppose you could always take the hit and not deliver the game. You can then recreate it with whatever credentials you desire. You'll be at 93% positive feedback and lose one of your giveaway creation opportunities.

Nobody broke any rules so you're obligated to deliver the game. If you don't due to your personal opinion of the giveaway winner, that's on you and you have to take the consequences.

I hope your employer has the same opinion on matters. When it's time for the paycheck he'll juts think fuck this leecher, comes here for my money only. The finger bird he flips will be your monthly reward.

So wait was he suspended over this? I just noticed OP is suspended is all...

Anyways, I think he should get it.

Meh, that's nothing, I once saw someone with over 1.200 groups who obviously just entered every group he saw on accounts of regular forum members (I only noticed because random Russian adding himself to Steam Group for niche RPG forum users as well as all my other groups was pretty unusual). As soon as I asked why join so many groups, he unadded me and went private with account -.-

Yeah, some people do that, and some groups have to be open because they are official steam groups of certain websites and forums... or do they? Anyway, give them the key and learn from the experience - next time create a private giveaway and share it on the forums, ask for entries to write forum nickname in the comments. If the winner is not a forum member, ask for a re-roll on the grounds of leaked private giveaway.

One solution is making the group invite-only, the other is already suggested and IMHO best way to control your giveaway - making a private giveaway. That way you can ask for re-rolls.

My solution is a bit different in nature.

I suggest you stick to a simple rule-of-thumb: Never, ever, ever look-up details on a winner. Just send 'em the key/gift with a "Congrats" note, and be done with it.

You'll save yourself a lot of grief that way and not have the fun sucked out of giving.

:)

250? I have 400 at second month(and now have 517 xD)

But why you didn't make contribution? Why you crying now? Your fault - your problem,

OP is suspended xD

suspended lol