I want to advice that you set a minimum level for your future GAs, i recommend min. level 2, because each one that gave one, not free, game is, at least, level 1.
Easy solution to hold the worst rulesbreakers, win resellers, autojoiner user and bots outside (40% of the level 0 accounts have infractions for unactivated or multiple wins + the ammount of used autojoiners are much more as in higher levels).
And besides that it lowers the cases of problems with your winners.

You can check accounts/your winners with:
http://www.sgtools.info/activation
http://www.sgtools.info/multiple-wins

If someone have red marks there request a reroll and put the link(s) into the support ticket.

https://www.steamgifts.com/stats/community/users
Scroll down to the bottom and look at the "per level" info and you see 970k are level 0, only around 165k have a level, 113k of them are level 1. So around 15% of the members from sg gave something and only 4% gave more as 5 games.

Infos and tests, made from a other user:
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/2RCI0/werewolf-the-apocalypse-heart-of-the-forest
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Q0WKE/farnham-fables (The interesting stats)

Have a nice day

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Caedo

I've considered that, but as someone that wasn't able to actually give back with anything for quite a while when I joined this site, I don't feel like penalizing everyone because some people are jerks that will take advantage of it.

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Masafor

I fully understand that domeone don't want to penalize users for a bunch of jerks.

But as easy example, the half of the comments before and after my comment are clearly from autojoiners with activated thanks script. I am, sadly, not allowed to name them or i would be punished for "calling out".

They are, of course, only the iceberg tip that is visible. The most autojoiner users don't use the integrated thanks script.

Last time, 2 years ago, that sg checked for autojoiners they handed out 1.6k suspensions after they announced 2x that they will check it and punish for the use of it.
That means, around, 10% of the active sg accounts got catched at that time -they got only a 2 days suspension-, after what happen were 2x announced (i must say/highlight this again).

Since that time it got, much, worse :o(
Nowadays only 15% of the active members read descriptions in GAs, dozens of tests from many people shown that very clearly.
Do 2x a GA for the same game. 1x public and 1x invite only. Post the invite only link UNHIDDEN/OPENLY in the description of the public one and you see it with your own eyes.

Besides that have each one, that are able to enter sg, a PC/Laptop and a Steamaccount with unbundled games worth $100+. So none is totally poor and can't spend 10 cents to reach level 1 or $1-5 (depending on the source and game you buy for the gifts) to reach level 2. It give a lot of ways to get free keys that still give cv here on sg, so it is possible to reach high levels without to pay one cent.

I don't expect that each one give something but people that are since years on sg and never made a GA but won hundreds aren't the people that should recieve more.

But in the end to check the winners with sgtools on unactivated wins before sending the win, helps a bit too and can be done from each one.

Have a nice week.

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NeoAng3L

Thankyou - Grazie!!

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