For various reasons I have found myself without access to a PC for the foreseeable future, meaning probably longer than a month...

Now, I have 2 won GAs that I cannot activate, I have alleged the creator of 1 to my plight and they seem to be OK with me marking as received but I have yet to contact the other...

Anyway, the main reason i'm making his thread is so that Support ate hopefully aware of my situation should anyone turn me in for not activating (and yes, I fully intend to activate both games as soon as possible, they're not going to be fodder for regifting), but I also wanted to ask if you all think I should really be entering GAs when I have no way to activate them? I thought not...

8 years ago

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One question I would have before passing any type of judgement, is simply this. Did you know you wouldn't have access to a PC or not when the GA winner was announced?

8 years ago
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No, it was in for repairs when I won the first and survived long enough for me to see that I'd won the second...but died while I was attending to urgent kid-business and before I could activate either :-/

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Considering it wasn't a planned absence from a computer and you are at least trying to make amends I'd say you are in the right at the moment. But I also agree with what zelghadis said about informing Support and trying to find another PC even if it is only to activate them.

8 years ago
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just look at his profile, hes clean as a SG user can be

8 years ago
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Not denying it at all. It seems like a truly honest mistake and I hope to ill comes from it.

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First of all - sending Support Ticket seems like a much better idea to inform Support of your situation than writing on forums. Topic will probably get burined on forums before any of them even notice it.
As for entering - if you doesn't know when you will be able to activate anything - I would advise not. First of all even if you're informing support - you are still generating them more unnecessary work. Because people will keep reporting you - the more GAs you win the more they will see you didn't activate, the more they will report, the more support will have to look through and waste their time instead of solving actual problems.
Also - try to gain access to any PC - visit some of your friends or something, and just activate your current wins there.

8 years ago
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Thera a Support Ticket to cover my situation? I didn't even think about that for some reason, I'll look into that now, thanks :-)

8 years ago
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If there is no category for your specific situation - what do you think category Other is for? :D:
Anyway good luck - and like I said - try to get access to some PC just to activate these 2 wins - it will also save you from false reports and Support form unnecessary work ;)

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What Zelghadis says - ticket. Those from Other category get looked at pretty quick. At least it was the case with mine - I got a reply within a day, and everything was settled perfectly. So I add my voice and urge you to just send a ticket :)

8 years ago
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Couldn't you just find some way to access a computer where you can install Steam and activate them? You don't have to install them immediately. Use steam guard and phone authentication and you should be pretty safe still.

8 years ago
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The authentication wouldn't be a problem as I have email access on my phone so I can retrieve the code, but finding a PC I can use to activate will be a rather lather problem as I have no friends "in real life" :-/

8 years ago
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then visit an internet cafe?

8 years ago
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As far as I know there aren't any where I live and I have no transport to the nearest lave that would have one

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I can't reply to your link message, my phone keeps loading the link...anyway, 2 of those places aren't street addresses, 1 is 40 minutes drive away and I have no transport, at least 1 is closed (Video Ezy) and at least 3 others are just cafes/restaurants with no public Internet access unless you have your own computer :-/

8 years ago
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Perhaps a good opportunity to make some new friends? Any family with PC?

8 years ago
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"Hello, I'm your new neighbor. Can I borrow some sugar and use your pc?"

8 years ago
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I'd say " Why not" xP

8 years ago
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You should not mark it as received. If you've come to an understanding with the giveaway creator, that understanding should be "I'll mark it in a month when I*m able" not "I'll mark it received now, but activate it later".
The second could get you banned, while the first wouldn't be a mark against the creator (unless you mark it as not received).

8 years ago
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Would it really matter in the bigger scheme of things since the suspension will likely be over long before I can get back on a PC?

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but all the backlists you get into in the meantime from people not aware of your situation will remain after your suspension ends and when you come back.

8 years ago
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Blacklists don't bother me much, if I'm honest

8 years ago
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Heh...what if Support only discovers it the day before you're about to come back?

8 years ago
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They'll see the date of this thread and the date of the Ticket I sent in and realise I'm [legit](MC Hammer - 2 Legit 2 Quit (1991): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ5IaFGY7tY) ;-)

8 years ago
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That should have been legit but my damn phone won't let me edit :-(

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So when is the PC coming back? We can time it so that you get suspended the day you get back ;)

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I don't know, sadly, but I'll let you know when I'm back on one and you can suspend me then :P

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I think that's a good solution. Hopefully the GA creators are understanding. I know if it was me I'd let you (RowdyOne) wait a month to mark it received. I have enough giveaway slots that I could do without one for a month.

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I would say that, if the creator agrees, you should mark it as received when you get the gift, meaning he/she could send the gift as soon as you are able to activate it. As far as I know if you mark it as not received withing the first seven days the game will be marked as "Awaiting feedback" afterwards, so that's maybe a bit better than a game marked as not received in someones profile. Otherwise tell them to reroll if you really have no chance of activating it and don't wanna risk the suspension or any trouble at all. Not judging you for anything here btw, I don't know why you are not able to access any PC but I bet it wasn't intentional.

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Then he can just remove the feedback and is good to go, since it will definitely go to Awaiting Feeback then.

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8 years ago
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Okay, you're right. I'd like to say that I forgot about that, but I haven't read this particular line in the guidelines. Well... Seems like his only option is to let the creator reroll then. :/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Mf5JUcTQs
unfinished dream
this has blow me away yeasterday

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