About the Humble Bundles (specifically Gish)

Reasonable enough imo. It's just a matter of rules here that people choose to break. that's about it, isn't it?

Raiden, are you the fucking warden of SG? Jesus Christ, let it go. People broke a rule, and in doing so are giving away a free game. Not everyone who is giving it away is a piece of shit like you think and got the Bundle for a penny.

Stop being such a tool, leave people alone, and let Cult worry about the shit that HE is in control of.

Just realized you talked to someone with the same first as mr.ripfel and would probably sound just like him lmao

The problem with it I think is it floods the site with points, thus making the 5 dollars(or whatever) the site says its worth mean very little if people put up a ton that they got for 1 cent.

Well... my two cents:

On one hand, many people (me included) now simply have a key that would never be used, because they have the game already. It could also be given directly, to a manually selected person.

On the other hand, there are simply some rules here. And rules are supposed to be either enforced, or changed. Having a rule which the "ballsy" users violate without any consequence, while the "timid" ones obey it, doesn't make any sense.

So my question is: is this particular rule going to be
a) changed
b) enforced
c) ignored
?

(EDIT: To be clear, I don't care whether the answer is a) or b), as long as it's not c).)
(EDIT 2: Yay, it seems the answer is b). :-))

It's true that if you already have the game it would be nice to give it away, but wouldn't it work best to maybe just keep the rule about no bundles while they're still being sold, while allowing individual keys to be given out?

http://i.imgur.com/LH3v5.png

^ When users see that, the Rules/FAQ sticky thread on the forums means jack shit. That is on the top of every page whenever you go to create a giveaway. It sends mixed messages to giveaway creators.

While I will say that I knowingly broke the rule about HIB keys in regards to Gish, I did so because 1) I already own Gish and 2) I wasn't one of these scumbags who bought the bundle for a penny. And, at this point, if people are GIVING AWAY Gish (even those that bought it for a penny) who honestly gives a shit? At the time of Gish being added you couldn't get it without paying the $5 minimum and if you were one of the snakes who bought it for a penny but don't want Gish, giving it away is the next best thing, I guess.

All of these white knights, moral high road riders, and all the other dick riders here need to lay off. The Gishstravaganza that happened tonight is not a big deal, everyone getting butt hurt over it needs to calm down. Let the winners enjoy their free gifts at the expense of a rule bend, this one time.

We experienced a total of 57 Gish giveaways in under 3 hours. It generates a ton of points, gives users feedback credit for games we don't allow, and we want members that win to have full access to the bundle they won. This is the ensure they are entitled to anything else added to the bundle. Like what happened when SpaceChem was added. There are a lot of factors weighing in on the decision to only allow complete bundles, so the decision was made and it has since been enforced.

Please note this wasn't an easy decision, and it wasn't a moderator only decision. The community also demanded change because of the massive amount of Humble spam. Previously, we were experiencing 100 giveaways per hour.