Idea for a new Rule

Just create giveaways with "better" CV level. Problem solved. :) Or if someone has good level and still is in leecher ratio and u don't want give him another games, use blacklist...
(i don't like leechers too, but if you set this "anti leech" rule as legit site rule, you can expect much crying about it.

Some will leech on purpose, but there are also who can't afford it.

no we don´t need more rules....we indeed need some rules with less room for interpretation, but this is a different story.
What you demand is more or less more options for setting up giveaways. Like not only a level, also a minimum ratio. A minimum number of giveaways created and so on. But as a general rule....seriously more rules that nobody cares about.....

u forgot why SG was created ?

You feel scammed because of wha???

bye a present for your friend for a cristmass and send him bill

There are group and private giveaways for it. Not to mention whitelisted ones.

They would leave the site, no doubt about that. Especially if they are being forced to contribute.
Also less people, less ad revenue

Discussed and concluded before. Just blacklist, level up your GAs and move on...

I'd prefer for 'leechers' to overcome their 'leechiness' on their own free will, rather than to be forced to do it even if it means more 'leechers' :-P

As long as we can't differentiate the people who can't buy or can't afford games from the ones with leecher mentality, it's a bad idea. And just to throw some dirt on myself as well: how's that worse if one gives 1 and wins his 20th game while owning only 30-40 than me winning another one? While I enter only for games I intend to play, at some cases they would end up in a better place by getting won by a leecher. I think as long as you can make filter the people you don't like to win (CV limit for users who don't give, invite only groups for ratio, activity or other special things) we're good. I don't think it's a good idea to make a fix rule about such a negligent thing. ( Jackass users and rule-breakers are more of a problem than "leechers" )

You can:

• Do Group-only giveaways.
• Do Whitelist-only giveaways.
• Whitelist people who meet your criteria.
• Keep blacklisting people who don't.

No. There should (and will never be) any sort of punishment for people who have chosen not to contribute.

This site gives users the ability to list giveaways to exclude those who have not contributed. The person who is giving away the game has choices to restrict users from entering the giveaway (level, groups, private, black/whitelist). If the person giving away a game is not happy with the winner, they should not have allowed that person to gain entry.

That reminds me how one of my steammates was frustrated when he sent some christmas gifts to his friends and got nothing but thanks in return.

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I believe the poll says the correct reply.

inb4 and no

I know that feeling bro. I was and I am complaining here for a looong time about leeches ( :> ) but for different purpose - not activating previous wins...
If you want to give something on public - level 5/6+ have usually (!) less leeches. Unfortunatelly... less =/= nobody...
If you want to contribute in any way - I suggest groups with ratio requirement and whitelist.

This site is not a gamble site, but a giveaway site. That rule would be horrible. I prefer to giveaway a game to someone who has little possibilities to buy the said game and plans to play it, than to someone who has a lot of games out of which he only played 10. And again, we should point our negative energy towards people who break the rules, not towards people who don't create giveaways!

well. When i open steamgifts.com on chrome, top there , on the page name, it says " Free Steam Games and Steam Keys"
Also, there is people like me, for example, who giveaway some games when the price is right, and when we can. The games we get on steam are region locked, and in bundles the prices aren't 'that good ' compared if we get one by one in promotion on steam. I am talking about Brazil, btw. We get in the mix, if you think about. For some people,steamgifts is the only way to get games,if not, people go for piracy. So, is really hard to apply your ' new rule' :S (1 US$ is 4 RS$, its really a LOT )

Not sure this belongs in the Off-Topic section. Also, like everyone else said, CV levels are enough to keep out leechers if you feel so inclined.

I think this can do more harm than good. Some leechers may decide that if their main account became useless for them, it's OK to make several alt accounts and farm games even faster.

You do realize that every single one of us was "leech" at the beginning? Of course, some just were there for 5 min that takes to create first GA, some for a couple of weeks while they were figuring out things around here and some for longer because of some other circumstances you are not aware of. It's not up to us to decide when anyone feel comfortable (or even able) to contribute. If you want have strict control over who exactly can enter YOUR giveaways - steamgifts offer more then enough tools for that.

Edit: I meant more common term of a 'leech' as a person who haven't contributed anything.

No. But maybe some system like this: If your ratio is worse than X, your chances of winning would be reduced by X% (max 50%).
PS: The ratio should be calculated with the Real CV.