No giveaway entry for no-players

What happens if someone wants to give away a game and at the time doesn't care to own or play it only to later change his/her mind and want to play it?

And u join the givaway cause u want to win it just to trade it or give away once again.

You know me so well.

u join the givaway cause u want to win it just to trade it or give away

It's against the rules, if you did this yourself, let us know and we'll report you.

u win it, u play it

Yeah, rite...

once i gave away a game that ireally wanted to play(9 month ago) and then i bough it on recent christmas sale ..... i wanted to play it so much but i decided to give it away first and if i won that game here i would definitely play it....

anyway this rule dosent make sense .......

I've given away games on my wishlist before. Just because I choose to be generous doesn't mean I don't want to play the game myself.

I like it when topics (threads) are formatted, have polls, and contain giveaways. And pie, cannot forget having pies. Or cake.. Which is a lie anyways.

with respect for your opinion , i don`t agree with this type of rules .

i believe all should have right to participate in a giveaway even they had that game already .

sorry for english .

I ve given away games that i still didnt had, like fortix... and such like games

So, I can't give away game that I actually want? Nonsense.

And u join the givaway cause u want to win it just to trade it or give away once again. Giveaways should be for players - u win it, u play it.

This is already taken care by the rule that tells you you must activate the game on your account. No need to punish people who change their mind or those who are willing to give away games even if they want them too.

Some contributors give away games they really want. That kind of generosity is maybe difficult to understand, but it'll be really stupid to punish them for being selfless...

''And u join the givaway cause u want to win it just to trade it or give away once again''

You cannot win a game then give it away, you have to keep it.

no.

Ok, it is all true. But :

A - you have to activate the game you won via giveaway.com on your steam account
From FAQ : "You should only enter to win giveaways for yourself, and if you win a game, it must be activated and redeemed to the Steam account used during registration"

B - you cannot technically give away or sell games from your steam account -

C - you activate a game you own and are interested in playing it (not always - as you mentioned)

A + B = you win games to play it

I think, that if u want to trade a game you own you can use "Trades".
"Giveaway" should be for ppl interested in activating and playing games from giveaways.

Maybe the basic idea is too strict. But there is no punishment for breaking the mentioned rule of the portal.

If you want to make a giveaway for "devoted" players, not traders, you dont have such option. This can be implemented as an option to choose during the creation of giweaway process. This one for everyone, that one for contributors, that one for players :)

Of course - you will never know...

Thanks for your opinions.

I can kind of see your point of view about this subject, but I don't think users should be barred from entering giveaways for games they've given away. I have no intention of playing Skyrim at the moment, yet I'm giving away 4 copies on SG because I don't want the game right now. So should I be barred from entering a Skyrim giveaway months from now if I happen to become interested in it?

That's like saying if I buy a cake for a friend, I don't want any cake for myself for the rest of my life. :P People change their minds all the time, no decision is ever set in stone.

EDIT: Are we talking about people who win a giveaway and trade the prize? Or is this about people who give away games on their with list?

this i is also a pretty standard thread, right?
if i like a game, or its on my wishlist (most of the time if B happens, A is also the true),
and i want to share it, why do i have to keep it?
for example, some time ago i made a nihilumbra GA.
i don´t have it on my account, its on my wishlist,
but i thought, "man, its a pretty nice game, lets make someone happy!"
who are you to judge me, only because i keep entering GAs for this game now?

It's funny how the people who regularly make suggestions about giveaways and blacklists and such are the ones who have given away very little of value...

No. Users shouldn't be punished for giving things away.

Your missing the point. Steam is a game collecting simulator. But seriously if you do win a game at least play it.

I can see your point.
I have only bought non-bundle games to give them away and I'm only buying 1$ bundles for myself.
I really like LEGO games so i gave away a few keys. Never bought one for myself.

There are people who gave away hundreds of games already (or even a thousand) and haven't won much compared to that. It would be pretty unfair to make a rule like this retroactively.

Terrible idea. I gave away games I would rather have owned. Why? Because it looked like a nice game, that other could enjoy while I play some other games I already own. Doesn't mean I don't want it.

No, NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

It's illegal to regift games you won, so everything you said does not apply.

Its against the rules, true. But how to prove it. It is a fiction.
I just try to think of a tool which would "help" ppl to obey that rule.
Now, when u have to put a key of the game while creating a giveaway it is possible to implement a function to compare newly inserted keys with these previously inserted. If the system finds the duplicate (key already used in previous giveaway) we would have a proof. And ban.
Maybe it already works this way....