People posting for games they already have:

From what I understand, the creator doesn't want it mandatory for everyone to make their steam profiles public.

Your account needs to be public for the site to get that information, cg was not sure that forcing people to make their accounts public was the right thing to do.

Unfortunately, it seems there are a fair number of bad apples in here. I'd say it may be for the best to give people the choice of going public, or not being able to take part. These people who're just joining every giveaway are not doing themselves any favours, they're putting a bad taste into the mouths of everyone with some scruples.

I really like this idea

This would be nice.

I like this idea more on the fact that I don't want to see giveaways for games I already have =)

-_- i already told this idea to CG 2 days ago so ...

I think those a great ideas! Filter results and be able to create giveaways for people that only has X game on their wishlist.

Indeed.

More then a filter, it should just not let you enter for games you own.

I'd like to know this as well. I know the winner is chosen randomly, but I don't want to give the game to someone who already has it (especially when I specified NOT TO ENTER if they do), and I don't want a negative image for not giving the winner the game.

I'd say hold off on sending them the code until you can straighten it out for sure.

I concur; I entered all the portal giveaways after loosing on 4 giveaways. I check the site frequently to make sure that, in the off chance that I do win, I can withdraw from the others on time and give others a fair (and improved) chance of winning. However, some of the giveaways for the same game end at the same time or very close to one another. Maybe the times should be arranged so that there is a difference of at least 30 mins between giveaways for the same game? There is the possibility, however, that this was designed especially so that people choose one or the other (if giveaways for the same game end at the same time, I usually don't enter both which is the quickest solution to my moral problems).

This would be the case in an ideal world, but quite frankly it isn't.

Why do you think we're discussing this? Because the a bunch of the "community" hasn't shown any self discipline and has entered multiple giveaways for games they already have.

Yeah. They have no control.

How about in cases of pack giveaways? There one open right now for the Half-Life Anthology, and I would've liked to enter for Opposing Force, Blue Shift and Team Fortress Classic. But I already have Half-Life! :s Oh well, might as well buy them and enter a different giveaway instead.

Your Steam account has to be worth a minimum of $30 to even register. I think that's a bit better requirement than, say, encouraging people to spam to raise their rank.