I lose the best game I won >_<

It doesn't matter, what matters is keeping you from being suspended for having a win that isn't activated on your account. (There are a lot of people that use this site that love to report people for every little thing... >_> )

No, it shouldn't. This thread contains a good reason.

I won Skyrim back when it was still in its preorder phase, the guy got it for me but then recanted it. I talked to Support, they said to mark it as not received, so I did. I actually own the game myself now from it going on sale. If the guy ever DOES talk to me, I feel he still owes me a copy so I plan to put in a support ticket asking permission to put the copy he gives me as a giveaway (I wouldn't consider it regifting, personally, since it's been over a year and I own the game).

Yep^^, if he bought the game and gave it away, he should not be able to reverse the process.

So, if you have stolen goods in your possession you should be allowed to keep them? I don't know about the law where you are but here if you have stolen goods it will be taken back. The game was not paid for so it was revoked, no matter who has it now. In case of a trade, Valve will usually give you back whatever you traded for it if you ask nicely. If you got it as a gift, then you simply lose the game.

Because that totally couldn't be abused at all. No siree.

LEMME JUST BUY A BUNCH OF GAMES, GIFT THEM TO MY FRIENDS, AND THEN DO A CHARGEBACK.

FREE GAMES FOR EVERYONE!

Say someone steals a car from a car dealership. Then they give the car to their friend. In which country do the laws say that the friend get to keep the car?

Answer: none of them because that would be stupid as hell

so you'd get to keep a car I stole and gave to you?
heh, sorry. not how it works

think about it. if I stole something gave it to a friend who then sold it and somehow the money found its way to me...
it'd be a legal clusterfuck if that was considered legit.

before you go saying somebody should be "penalized by the law" it'd be a good idea to know what the law actually is. or at least to have a gram of common sense on your side.

lost the game :|

+1 .. lmao!! So many folks are so clueless!!

Thanks again. Checking your tickets, i don't see one about this. We can't see user reports still. Please put it in a ticket and we'll do what we can.

If your question is why should it be removed, then it's because of SG rules.
"Do not call out submitters in giveaways. Please click the report button or submit a ticket, do not comment on the giveaway claiming the giveaway to be fake. "

No calling out. There's no way of knowing the creator didn't trade for it and got screwed in the whole deal himself, but people jumping to conclusions could start an unjustified witch hunt, just for example. If someone suspects wrongdoing on the part of another user, it should be reported to support and not acted on otherwise. We'll take care of it.

and he still more valuable user than you with your 0 giveaway.

Fanboys all over the place... I'm not impressed. Keep living in your dream worlds. Being new here doesn't make me any less suitable to report an user when I catch him breaking the rules, yet no one answers to this reports (might be because half of the users here are reselling/trading their gifts anyway).

But just so you know, the ignore function works as intended, so don't stress yourself further.

I've been here for months and in some ways I agree. Everyone likes to cry foul about calling out fake giveaways and yet the staff here isn't doing their part to stop them from occurring in the first place by putting better (and simple) measures into place. Sometimes I wonder whether they just enjoy suspending people who speak out and only want this to be fixed, rather than actually addressing the issue at the source.

On newly registered accounts, why hasn't something like a 30-day waiting period to create any giveaways been put in place? That would be very easy to implement. Also, how about combining that with a form that all users have to read and fill out in English (only once), answering some questions to verify that they understand how the site works before being able to make any giveaways? That would require a little more work but still doesn't seem like it would be too hard. I think those 2 things combined would be a good start and you could make adjustments from there. It wouldn't stop all false giveaways but it would help curtail many of them imo.

That's just one example.

Yes and no. I think there is something to be said for how easy it is to sympathize with someone who won so much good stuff.

Usually just twice, and yes, they do ban you and can pass the case to law enforcement if they think it's too fishy.

That's why giving away games you get in a trade should be done at your own risk. If you want to avoid this situation, give away games you buy yourself, or get in trade from a reputable source.

It was a gift though, you never paid for it so I'm pretty sure Steam wouldn't penalize you for something you never did.