Make a new private group and invite only people you wanna give a chance to win. Probably the easiest solution right now.
Comment has been collapsed.
I hadn't thought of that, but yeah, puzzles would be pointless using Will's tactic.
Comment has been collapsed.
The puzzles you're thinking of, at least. You can easily tell people to send you the answer through e-mail in order to be invited.
Comment has been collapsed.
True, but that's a hassle for someone who doesn't check his e-mail constantly.
Comment has been collapsed.
yeah, you can do this already. i found a private giveaway once that was specific to a group
Comment has been collapsed.
Really? I mean I've seen a few private giveaways where the host is like "Only open to those from the S.Gifts group" or whatever, but that doesn't stop those who aren't in the group from entering.
Comment has been collapsed.
In other words, what you want is a private giveaway that none of your intended participants can share.
Probably the only way to do that is as WilliWuerstchen said. The downside would be you'd need to check who is/isn't in the group every time you make a giveaway. You can either kick everyone after a giveaway has ended and then let them back in for a later one, or let them stay and next time carefully add/remove who is and isn't watching your stream. First might be easier since you could just briefly make the group public and then private again after they've joined, but only if you're not worried about lurkers watching your stream getting in.
Comment has been collapsed.
This is a good idea, but i think that, when creating a private-group giveaway, the gifter could get some options at his disposal, like seeing if the entry belongs in the group you mentioned, and if dont, you can either report or kick him out yourself.
Another idea i have is to simply change a bit how the private giveaways system work, in the way that, whoever gets the link, needs to also get a unique key to enter that giveaway, sort of like the Steam Guard system which sends a unique key everytime you want to log in a computer who doesnt have the cookies of the site loaded already (alot of work for mods here unfortunetly).
Comment has been collapsed.
Sure, but then the original winner can mark "not recieved" and it counts against you.
Comment has been collapsed.
You could also just do the giveaway outside of SteamGifts. Make a list of those you want to have a chance to win. Number them. Then use Random.org yourself to choose a winner. Done! :)
Comment has been collapsed.
Except that still allows others outside the target to access it if they get the link.
Comment has been collapsed.
I don't think you are understanding your own thing anymore. There is NO point to this feature. Your private link is being shared to people watching, whether they are in the group or not. If you don't want people watching to enter that aren't in the group, then they could just join the group after clicking the link.
Comment has been collapsed.
Of course I'm understanding my suggestion, it just may be I'm not explaining it well enough. You're clearly misunderstanding it.
Comment has been collapsed.
27 Comments - Last post 25 minutes ago by Mayanaise
2 Comments - Last post 31 minutes ago by sagan
22 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by OsManiaC
200 Comments - Last post 3 hours ago by W3GA
16,952 Comments - Last post 4 hours ago by Csiki
22 Comments - Last post 4 hours ago by Seibitsu
851 Comments - Last post 5 hours ago by MeguminShiro
142 Comments - Last post 1 minute ago by APocketfulofStars
366 Comments - Last post 4 minutes ago by ucho
1,065 Comments - Last post 10 minutes ago by quijote3000
30,189 Comments - Last post 37 minutes ago by HowCanSheSlap
17,703 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by RDMCz
277 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by Patxxv
315 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by Lugum
Basically, I'm suggesting something combining private and group-only options. As in like a private it doesn't show up on the list, but only people in the selected group can enter.
For example, if I wanted to give Skyrim to a few friends, I'd make it private, but to avoid those outside of my target area entering the private giveaway (because those get spread sometimes) I could, in addition, set it to my stream's Steam group so that only those within the group who have the link can enter.
Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but I searched the forum and didn't see it.
Comment has been collapsed.