At the moment, I am looking to add some cool dudes and dudettes to my Whitelist. Current Whitelist count: 335 :)

Hello there.
My views on this changed, so I will post an update. All these criteria have just one goal: To find active members of SG who don't cheat, don't leech, don't game the system, do play fair and are contributing to this site with giving away stuff.

  • I am only considering "Real CV", not the "normal" CV SG shows. You can find your own numbers via SGTools.
  • I am looking to add members whose Real CV ratio is over 1:1. The higher your real CV sent is in contrast to your real CV won, the more likely it is for me to add you. That means: Someone with a 2:1 sent:won ratio is more likely to be added than someone with a 1.1:1 ratio.
  • If you have multiple or non-activated wins, you're out. Except when I can clearly see that those are really old and you learned from your mistakes.
  • I am not considering leechers.
  • I am not considering members with a ratio lower than 1:1 in real CV.
  • I am not considering you if you only give in small groups with the intention of CV farming (kinda hard for me to find out, but I am trying).
  • I am not considering you if I can clearly see that you exploited the system with the intention of CV farming (giving away many copies of $1 bundles that result in a high CV value, giving away many copies of price glitches that can only be bought in a certain country but give full CV, giving away overpriced games and so on). If you do "normal" giveaways and give 1 or 2 copies of those bundles away, it's all good in my book. As long as the other giveaways are the majority by far.
  • Members have to be active. If you didn't do a giveaway in the last 12 months, you're out. The more recent your giveaways are, the better.
  • If you're only doing 1 or 2 giveaways per month, you will most likely not be considered.
  • If you're complaining and complaining and making drama why I added X but not added you, then you are not who I am looking for.
  • If you're VAC banned, you're making it hard for me to add you. I will look at it on a case by case basis.
  • If you're blacklisted, you're blacklisted for a reason. No, I will not remove you. You don't have to ask in this thread. You don't have to create drama.
  • You should have done some public giveaways since your registration date. I know that this may sound ridiculous coming from me at a time where I stopped doing public giveaways. But until I changed the way I am giving away my games, I only did public giveaways. I am looking for something similar within you. So if I only see private giveaways due to trains or puzzles and such, please provide a link to the corresponding thread in the forum. Otherwise I have no way to check if those privates weren't "circle jerks".
  • If you're only giving away region restricted games and are winning mostly ROW games, you probably will not be considered.
  • Oh, one more thing: You don't have to add me to your WL in return. If you want to, that's completely up to you. But you don't have to. I am not looking for a 1:1 whitelist exchange of some sorts.

Aaaaaaand that's it! Kinda easy to get on my Whitelist, isn't it? ;)

6 years ago*

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Bump!

6 years ago
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I would like to be in WL.if there are vacancies :)

6 years ago
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Hey there. Tough and close call. Your overall real CV sent could be a little bit higher, if you ask me. But since your real CV sent for public giveaways is much higher than your real CV won for public giveaways, I will make an exception and add you to my WL :)

6 years ago
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Thx for the consideration :)

6 years ago
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You're welcome

6 years ago
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Hi, i'm new here but i already gave 2 games away, could you add me to your whitelist?
thanks a lot!

6 years ago
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Hello and welcome to Steamgifts. Would have been nice if you took a look at the opening posting to this thread, tho. So the answer to your question is No.

6 years ago
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Thanks, oh yeah sorry missed that part.
Have a nice day

6 years ago
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No problem and likewise :)

6 years ago
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May I join?

6 years ago
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You're looking promising :) Keep it up and I am sure sometime in the future you will be added to my WL, just not now

6 years ago
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An application to your whitelist.

SGTools

6 years ago
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All those private giveaways, are they events you do on the forums? Or what kind of giveaways are those?

6 years ago
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I see. Welcome to my WL, then :)

6 years ago
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"xpand my whitelist with people that are somewhat of a pillar to this site/community" ?

My fanclub calls me the nazi of the community. Lmao, does that count as a pillar?

Joke aside, have fun searching :p

6 years ago
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6 years ago
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hmmm?

6 years ago
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Maybe I qualify for your whitelist? 😅

6 years ago
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You're already on it and you don't know that? oO
XD

6 years ago
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XD

6 years ago
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oh...😅

Now you are on mine 😎

6 years ago
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Thank you ;)

6 years ago
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check me out

6 years ago
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I did. You're a hot frog

6 years ago
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I understand why you'd want to whitelist people, and I've nothing against that, but if we're being completely honest, isn't the point of this website to give away games for 'free', and having the chance to win games, for 'free'? I mean, I'm here because I have about ZED money to spend on games, and here I have the possibility to get them anyways (which makes people who give away games even more awesome of course), but it might be a good thing to remind oneself of from time to time. (This is not meant to be hostile, I'm just half-playing the devils advocate for a bit here.)

I agree about following rules, a 100%.

6 years ago
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Perfectly fine to ask.

You see, I am here for nearly 5 years. And in this time I had to deal with so many leechers, cheaters, liars, *#+holes, ungrateful people that I am just fed up with it. I deliberately did many public giveaways because I did not want SG to turn to a kind of an "elitist club" where only a few could win. Without public giveaways SG would probably die or at least would lose most of it's members, I guess.

But there were so many problems with winners of said public giveaways.
Sometimes the key was re-given or given to a friend (it might even have been sold) and they asked for another one, many times a winner had already many not-activated wins and was still here because all of those infractions were in the past, I was insulted, harassed, sometimes even "threatened" (for a lack of a better word), many winners couldn't give a rats *** to even say "Thank you" after winning and so on.

So in the years I tried many different ways to find a formula to help me get rid of those people. I slowly but steadily raised the entry level, I tried trains, private giveaways, SGTools, region restricted giveaways and such. Whatever I did made the % of the ungrateful winners decline, but I couldn't get rid of them. Here at SG, there are ***holes and cheaters throughout all levels. Ones level doesn't say anything about if they play by the rules or not. Hell, there was a Lvl 10 perma-banned in the last months who only did private giveaways for five of his real life friends to raise his level, so that he can auto-join most public giveaways to raise his winning percentage. Thank god he was finally caught by support.

The straw that broke my back was my last thread that I did where someone even wrote down a failsafe method for any winner of a giveaway to lie and cheat and to trie to enforce the giveaway creator to hand over a second key.

That was it for me. I am done with public giveaways. I tried for nearly five years to give my excess keys away on SG in a way that many people had a chance to win those games and to hopefully find a winner that is happy that he got a game for free. Now I just gave up. In the future I am only doing giveaways for my whitelist because that guarantees that I am only dealing with nice people that help to keep this site alive, who give more than they win and who appreciate a win.

Sorry for the long answer. Guess I had to finally get it off my chest.

6 years ago*
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Man, I feel sorry for you that your disappointment has reached such a high level you were pushed to such measures. I perfectly understand though and hope your new tactics (for a lack of a better word) is more satysfying now :)

Out of curiosity – have you had any unpleasant experience with a winner since you've started creating whitelist-only giveaways?

6 years ago
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Thank you for your kind words :)
To answer your question: No, never had any problems with a winner from my WL. All those peeps from my WL are a bunch of cool girls and guys :)

6 years ago
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That's nice to hear! May it always stay this way – good luck! :)

6 years ago
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No problem, and I agree with you, I just wanted to make a note to not forget us people in the more "quiet" categories, if that makes sense?

6 years ago
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It does :)

6 years ago
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I am just curious of your opinion on my stats
no hard feelings, just genuinely curious

6 years ago
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I'm not too sure what you want to know. You wouldn't qualify for my WL because your ratio between real CV sent and real CV won is too close. And to be honest, all those group giveaways with only 2-5 entries look fishy to me.

6 years ago
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Should have phrased it more clearly. Just wanted to know you view through the context of your personal WL requirements :)
Its unfortunate that i can't qualify for WL but i guess that can't be helped given the nature of some of the groups i am in.
The group giveaways you are talking about are actually part of various groups, there is a group where there is a separate point system rule from SG, to kinda make things more interesting i guess? Most of the better giveaways you see are part of an exclusive group for people that want to give good games but want their winners to play too, so requirements are a bit harsher so lesser members, thus fewer entries. Whereas some of the fewer entries ones are for other groups that maybe because users already have the game or they just simply don't want it.
TLDR: The group giveaways are for various groups with various rules, quality of the games are a good indicator of the groups
P.S. Just ask me if you want further details, i don't mind.

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I'm just careful when I see things like that. There was a time - I think 2017, maybe even 2016 - when support banned quite a lot of people. Those people were in small, private groups consisting of five members to a maximum of ten members. Within these groups they passed giveaways around. A would create a giveaway, B to F enter, B would Win, B would make a new giveaway, A/C/D/E/F enter and so on. Thus they boosted their CV to enter legitimate giveaways by other users. There were some of those groups around but luckily support caught many of them. So that's why I was sceptical. Please don't take it personal :)

6 years ago
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I can see why :) I think support only caught them cause of the amount rerolls they be requesting all the time, as to determine the winner is the only constant they cannot control if they are farming up group CV. No offense taken :)

6 years ago
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So, do you think I qualify to be whitelisted?
I do a lot of invite-only giveaways, they are either part of various "events" like the Community Trains or for me to be able to protect them with a basic SGTools filter ;)

I'm not really a "pillar of the community" though, lol.

6 years ago
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Already checked you a few days ago. You're the opposite of what I am looking for because your real CV won is higher than your real CV sent. Which means, moneywise (kinda), you take more than you give. So it is a No from me.

6 years ago
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Oh, so you're one of those people who cares about the "real CV" crap :/ Alright.

6 years ago
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Do I qualify?

6 years ago
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Indeed, you do :)

6 years ago
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Thank you!
I have been reading comments here and I realised some people are confused about CV ratiosyou want. Maybe instead of saying you shall have given away way more than you have won you could define an acceptable ratio for your WL. This can save you some time too :)

6 years ago
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Well, I don't have a set ratio. Of course I'd like to see a ratio of 2 sent to 1 won in real CV, but I don't solely go for this. There might be a person who is 1:1 and has given 25 games and won 400. But all those 400 wins might be small bundled games and all his 25 giveaways may be full value (50 CV) and unbundled games. In this case looking only at ratio would disqualify him but looking at the unbundled giveaways may qualify him. You know what I mean? :)

6 years ago
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Yeah I unders... well... thats a very complicated way to WL people. Hah, just kidding! :P It is your right how to chose and I think these criterias are based on your 5 years of experience in SteamGifts.

6 years ago
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Complicated? Maybe. Thorough? Indeed! :D It helped me to compile a WL of nearly 300 cool dudes and duderettes

6 years ago
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Yeah it is thorough and I love how much attention you pay to it :D

6 years ago
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May I join?

6 years ago
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You may. Welcome to my WL :)

6 years ago
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View attached image.
6 years ago
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Who is this EWE you're talking about? ;) You're welcome

6 years ago
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What are criteria bro? May i join?

6 years ago
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Please have a look at the opening posting to this thread to get an idea of who I'm looking for

6 years ago
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Here, take some Sushi! ^^

6 years ago
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Thank you very much! I indeed like me some Sushi from time to time :)

6 years ago
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Everyone likes Sushi! ^^
And I like your idea! Stay the generous person you are! <3

6 years ago
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Thank you very much and have a nice weekend :)

6 years ago
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You too!

6 years ago
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May I join? thanks for the chances :)

6 years ago
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Please don't take it personal but giving 45 games in six years is not really what I meant when I was saying I am looking for people who keep this site going forward.. :)

6 years ago
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I think I may have the profile.

Have a nice day anyway

6 years ago
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No, you don't. But thank you and likewise, may you have a nice weekend :)

6 years ago
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May I?

6 years ago
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I have to say No, sorry

6 years ago
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<3

6 years ago
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Would like to join your wl if I meet the requirements. :)

6 years ago
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You do :) Welcome to my WL

6 years ago
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Thanks and wish you a nice weekend :)

6 years ago
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Not sure if I qualify, but I'll throw my name into the hat anyways :)
I don't give away as many games as I used to, but when I do I try and make sure they're decent quality and/or in high demand.

6 years ago*
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You said it yourself, the number of giveaways in the last 12 months is not that high. But I'll give it a try :)

6 years ago
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Here is to trying, invite ones usually been for jigidi events (don't like circle jerks).

6 years ago
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I know who you are from the forums and I checked you quite a lot in the past. Sadly, I can not add you. Your real CV won is nearly twice as high as your real CV sent so to be quite blunt, considering the numbers, you are the opposite of who I am looking for. Sorry :-/

6 years ago
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Maybe i already asked you in the past too, i don't know.

But that's because of won stuff like The Sonic/Dreamcast collection, which someone also just buys for $2 bucks and the likes yet get 100 worth of cv (although bundled) but that sort of thing also goes back for a winner that it immediately bring them 100p down, same goes for things that are expensive and from humble bundle monthlies like Mortal Kombat.

And you are adding a bunch of people that are just too new to have won more games to get a bad ratio (and since the new point system, have alot less chance on winning) added with just a $1 bundle they given, and also even some that did a bunch of group ones with <10 people but whatever.
You taking them over someone who done plenty of jigidi's (hundreds) and made people happy according to your rule but others who gave a bunch of cheap (viva) bundles who were slightly unlucky in winning enough, gets your whitelist.

I have 200 more sents, maybe not real cv, but that doesn't count why, because it's "bundle trash" / real cv not racking up so much because i can't afford much more expensiver tiers or a humble monthly?
I am not angry about it or anything, but just saying how going on the raw system can be a bit crooked. Have a nice weekend.

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The numbers given out by SG can safely be ignored. They don't represent what's really up. You said it yourself: Someone buys a game for 2 bucks that is worth 100CV. Real CV tries to correct this flaw. So the only numbers I take into consideration are http://www.sgtools.info/sent/Lugum/newestfirst versus http://www.sgtools.info/won/Lugum/newestfirst. And those numbers are not on your side. Sorry.

Edit: Since you edited your post I will edit mine as well :D I am sorry that you feel rejected, that was not my intention. But please accept that I will not add you to my WL. Thank you and have a nice weekend yourself :)

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There is no need to link, but still for some reason to you 200 sents more (meaning 200 people more that are enjoying a game from me (but also to others who got more sents) that means nothing to you, you can't really give a good explanation why you would count that as any less.

And you do whitelist people with half that have been group ones (in a circle jerk) and the rest added with a Viva Bundle, that were just unlucky still to have won enough to get a more bad raw cv.

Kudos to all good real gifters with 600 sents and 10 wins and the likes, and some people whitelist by that, but you are not doing that but also those who barely just got here and examples like that, it's just weird.
I don't care one single bit about being in your whitelist or not, but i think i am free to state my opinion on it by the system you maintaining your whitelists.
I have only checked your last 20! pages and i don't know how far it goes, but all were whitelist only and level 7+ / region ones thus created it's own elitism, you asking people to have done public ones but alot just aren't level 7 and with that you leaving out alot of people yourself, and why you wouldn't have been on mine either anyway.

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I'd like to join, if possible...

6 years ago
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You're already on my WL, buddy.. :-P

6 years ago
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Damn, so close XD

6 years ago
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Your ratio is fine. Welcome to my WL :)

6 years ago
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Cool, thanks! :D

6 years ago
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Do me! Do me!

6 years ago
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But... But... I don't even know how you look like oO

6 years ago
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lol well exaclty like my avatar duh

J/K, I meant, can you assess my eligibility to be accepted into your highly exclusive whitelist?

6 years ago
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Well, NOLF 1 & 2 were really great games, so.. :)

Considering WL I have to decline. You are too inactive for my personal taste with 51 giveaways in four years. Sorry. Please don't take it personal.
Oh, btw: It's not highly exclusive, at least not for me ^^

6 years ago
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I don't take it personally at all, no worries, just trying to mingle. Btw, I registered 4 years ago, but only became active in August last year, so it's more like 51 giveaways is 8 months.

6 years ago
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That's nice to hear. Keep it up and I'm sure you will sneak your way in my WL :)

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