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Do we receive points when fake giveaways are created?

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pdabremer

I saw a guy minutes ago creating giveaways of games he doesn't have. He registered less than an hour ago, so I guess he doesn't have the gift, and created the giveaway by mistake.

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Winn

He may give away keys.

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cxiong93

more often than not, people think games are magically created and that they need to borrow the game generator from support.

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Delorian

This and he deleted them. In 20min he maxed his giveaway limit and can't do anything anymore.

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Raverkid

Sucks to be him.

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cxiong93

not really. If he was at least somewhat bright, he would have created just one to see what would have happened. At the very least, he should know that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

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Raverkid

You don't think it sucks for him that now he can never create a legit giveaway? All those .$01 contributor giveaways will be forever out of reach. Yeah, I think it sucks to be him at least a little. Granted he's probably an idiot and might have never created a legit giveaway anyway but now he'll never have the opportunity. Fine by me.

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Shad0WeN

well when you see that someone registered 15 minutes ago and immediately puts up giveaways for AC III and AoE III complete pack, I would say that is a big red flag right there.

I asked him in Spanish if he understood that he had to provide the games and give them to the winner, and he subsequently deleted the giveaways, so yeah...

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elochai934

Sounds like he thought that by creating them; that he was going to get the games hisself from users giving them to him. Which is just stupid at best if he really thinks you can just ask people to give you the game. He should of used his head and figured out that this is like a lotto. People put up a game to give, and people enter to win the draw.

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Shad0WeN

You would think that would be common sense even if they are a non-English speaker. But some people are dumb though, what can I tell you...

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Nock

No one has explained this so well as you just did, my compliments sir.

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Lorkhan

Yes, you do.

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Thorwaechter

And you lose them again when the giveaways get deleted.

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Lorkhan

If you're asking then I don't think so.
If you're stating it then I still don't think so.

When a giveaway gets deleted, the ones that enter receive their points back.

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Baines

Hrm, if the points are removed when the giveaways are deleted, can you go negative? I've never seen my own points go negative, but it could just be that I was never in a situation to notice.

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Shad0WeN

which is exactly what makes me think that maybe any point(s) generated are not taken back

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elochai934

I don't believe so, I deleted a giveaway that I had set the time on wrong. No one had entered it yet because it was deleted so fast. When I deleted it, it said that everyone who entered it would get there points back.

So yes you would get your points back, however I don't think you can go over the 300 points cap. So if your account has 300 points and a giveaway your entered into gets deleted; you will not get the points. But if you only got like 5 points, then yes your points should be returned to you.

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MrCastiglia

Yes you can go over 300. If you were at the cap and a 60p giveaway you had entered was deleted you'd be at 360 points.

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elochai934

ah thats good to know, I was just guessing with the 300 cap limited that you couldn't go pass it no matter what. Thanks for clearing that up.

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pdabremer

But you loose it when he deletes the fake giveaway, right? Otherwise that may be considered a bug, since people can abuse from it.

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Delorian

Yup, no net gain. At least he deleted them and didn't let them go out and disappoint someone.

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Shad0WeN

I'm not sure about this one way or the other, but if the point generation is not rescinded then it seems to me it would have made more sense to have points be generated when a giveaway ends, or even when a gift is marked as sent or received, and not when the giveaway is created. That being said, it probably doesn't matter much in the grander scheme of things.

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Lorkhan

A user can make only a certain number of giveaways either fake or delete them in order to create points. After a certain number he won't be able to make any more.

Also the creator doesn't receive points for giveaways himself created.

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Shad0WeN

thanks, but yes, I am aware of those things.

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LIGrenadier

The points you gained from the giveaway are taken away. Since this is 5% of the game cost, this is likely a point or two for most games.

If you entered the fake giveaway though, the points spent on it are returned to you. You don't lose them.

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chairmankao

My impression was that the fractional points we receive are NOT removed.

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KilluaZaoldyeck

Well at least he deleted them without asking to subscribe to his youtube channel. But on the matter of Not Received, I think the people should receive -game value from doing that.

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Closed 12 years ago by pdabremer.