i want to enter giveaways for games i already own so i can make a profit
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I want to win the games you already own, so gimme your account info!
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I want to live the life you already have, so let me wear your skin!
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but... you're not mr baer. that's mr baer's thing.
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Shit, you can have the whole thing! Although, I insist on keeping the skin covering my hands and fingers. It would be too messy to play games otherwise. The rest of it is useless, though.
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Sync your SG account before any free weekend. (Wednesday or Thursday is good.)
I don't think this will work. Actually, syncing on mid-week was my habit in SGv1 and it worked well. But in SGv2:
User data is automatically updated and synced on a regular basis, but you can force a sync to instantly update your avatar.
A few weeks ago, there was a free weekend that had 6 games. Even though I force-synced on mid-week, the scheduled-sync was still carried out on weekend. After adding some games to my account and re-sync, I am able to join giveaways for those games again, but now my game list on SG has 6 unknown games. So I think adding new game / joining Steam groups are the best solutions at the moment.
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Redeem a game/DLC to your account, or join a Steam group. This should refresh Steam's API. Then, sync your SG account.
This will be really useful, thanks Khalaq!
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I tried to word the title of this thread so that it would show up on a search. I think I did OK on that. P
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It would be great if cg added sticky threads to forum, or if he could mark this one as announcement..
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Agree. I hope this one can be in the announcement category. Khalaq, you did a great job. I just want more people notice this. After all , prevention is better than a cure.
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It'd still require people to use the search first though...
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Bump! Very useful stuff here. I think adding this to the FAQ is in order.
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I joined a steam group, but SG still thinks I have skyrim.
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You could try buying something. That has been shown to work.
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I have the same problem and during this week I "joined a new group" and "activated IBomber Defense Pacific" but I can't buy anything through the store, not because money but because all online banking services are blocked here. I played the game when it was free then deleted it and synced just now and it doesn't show in my library but it's still "Exists in Account"
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Find a free to play game on steam and and it to your library, it worked for me.
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This is a recurring issue caused by differences between Steam and SteamGifts. I thought I would post this here as a response to any future "I can't enter giveaways for a game I don't own" threads.
The technical explanation:
What this means to you:
Note: It has been rumored that joining a Steam group may also refresh the API, but this has not been confirmed.
If there are any additions or corrections that need to be made (or adjustments for clarity's sake), please let me know and I will edit this. Special thanks go out to all of those who have worked on finding this solution and letting those of us at SG know about it.
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