Giveaway a Gift. But counted as Bundle game. Why?

The way I interpreted what R0N1 wrote was pack deals in general on steam, not specifically the ones with very deep discounts.

nobody has code that long

That's where you are wrong.

If you'd knew they will get un-bundled after 2 years, would you keep them?

Turns out, I still have some Humble Bundle #3 key to activate...

I have game keys older than 2 years left.

I think, that it would be good if bundled games would count as bundled only if you giveaway a bundle link or a key, but if you have steam gift in inventory you will get the full points price of it (AFAIK you can't make bundle link or a key will transfer to steam gift and appear in invemtory).
I understand the reasons of the rule, but from other side if the game was bundled long ago, not much people will want to buy it full price in steam store to contribute it for 15%.

Personally I also wish to communicate with my winners. It would be weird if I added them in Steam but then told them to go look for the key in SG, I guess :s

Actually it can do good if you want to level up......That "Tip" doesn't make since....Just before you buy the game, research it to make sure it hasn't been bundled.

There are definitelly people like you described, those who make higher lvl GAs as a genuine "Thank you" to the other "contributors". No doubt about that. But then there are also people who do high level GAs solely because they disregard those lower level people and they feel that they should get something back for their games, misunderstanding the difference between "giving" and "trading" (whether they realize it or not).

I don't think that people do public unrestricted GAs because they "don't care about the games". In my opinion, they do it to give every single SG user the equall chance to enter, and that's what I believe is the intended SG spirit. Simply put, they "contribute" to everyone, while some of the people who do whitelist and/or private high level GAs mostly contribute to the few people they deem "worthy".

I didn't mean the *"people who do unrestricted (or level 1) GAs are the true contributors" sentence to imply that I look down on those who do higher level GAs, I don't. It was meant to imply that (as I said above) I believe this should be the general SG spirit :)

Isn't creating a free game giveaway for high level contributors like sending a fat check to a billionaire who gives a lot to charity? And kinda counter-productive and defeating the whole "charity" aspect of the site?

I agree with this person in some parts. My only reason for doing lvl 3 giveaways is that I don't want any problems (people not knowing how the site works etc.) and I blacklist people if they're rude.

It's more like randomness on what people you find. The most appreciative people I found so far were level 0 or 1.

Totally with you on what you're saying here, I even often 'level" give aways in public groups. At first I thought it was snobbish, but as you begin to get some experience, the people that DO give aways more frequently seem to take greater care in marking yours received, thanking you, and generally making it a better experience overall. (Probably because they understand the BAD examples)

On the other hand, there are some that would like to be in the community but simply can not afford to.

Agreed BUT if you WANT to giveaway a 50 dollar game, you are better off looking for a "non-bundled" 50 dollar game to giveaway so you get credit for it rather than just a bundled credit. You can still want to giveaway something, but also like to get the credit...otherwise why bother with the site? just stroll peoples wishlists and give them the game if they have it wishlisted.

i have to admit, i am a CV whore. xD even now, although it's completely pointless at level 10 anyway, i like to see my CV increasing. i guess it's the same as in games. you just like to see your stats grow. ;)