I have noticed that i can enter giveways of dlc that i already own, can i enter and win them? i think i shouldnt but why can i? if i won them i could just regift them or give them to a friend but that is against the rules...

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...go on?

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I press enter by mistake :P

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If you already own what's being given away then, no, you can't enter for it. And it's against the rules to not claim what you win on your account.

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he can but he shouldn't.

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The point is some dlc are not listed by steam in the games so it cant be sync here.
I can enter for dlc i already own but i don't do it because it's really pointless. And even if i win "by mistake" i'll tell to the gifter to ask for a reroll.
But i guess some people have no problems to regift it or trade it and make profits.

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It's one of the rules in the site guidelines: "Don't enter for games you already own." I'm guessing that applies to DLC too. Regardless of whether or not the system can pick it up on your account, you're still not supposed to enter for stuff you already have.

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Of course that applies to dlc too. What i'm saying is since we can't verify it, i'm guessing some greedy people try to win it on purpose to regift or trade it.

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Yeah i dont enter them too but i was just curious :P

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I mistakenly entered and won a DLC giveaway once (I had forgotten that the humblebundle that contained Awesomenauts already included the Cluck DLC), and I simply apologized and explained that to the gifter and asked him to request a reroll. He was understanding and even commended my honesty.

Now, if there's even a doubt about a DLC, I'll fire up my Steam client and double-check to see if I have it before entering a giveaway for it.

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I saw the guy (don't remember profile name) that won 5 DLC's "Guardians of Middle-earth: Smaug's Treasure" and I think he is not going to stop:). Btw reported him.

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I once won a DLC for a game I didn't owned. I contacted with the GA creator, give him the gift back and told him to reroll.
So yeah, the system fucks up.

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TBH, entering a GA for a dlc to a game you don't own doesn't sound like the system that fucked up.

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I now it was my fault, in my defence it was a private giveaway I found, it had few minutes left and just 4 or 5 entries. I enetered without thinking much, and realiced the mistake when I got the gift on my mail. I could have kept the gift, but I prefered to give it back to the GA creator.
I won't blame you if you add me to your black list for this.

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"I won't blame you if you add me to your black list for this."

I may be an asshole, but I'm not THAT kind of asshole (that uses blacklists).

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There are some really sensitive people around here that lurks the forum looking for users that misbehave to add to their blacklists, a sad true. I don't blame them and their need for feel a little power over someone else, that's why I tend to openly give them autorisation to ban me.

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It sounds like the system fucked up. Most of the time it should show missing base game.

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Unless the GA was deleted from his account, the only private dlc GA he won is for Just Cause 2, which he owns, so I'm not sure exactly what's going on here or why the situation arose. He would need to tell us what the dlc was for.

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Payday 2, when you ask for reroll the entry dissapears from your won list an ends up in someone else profile.
I needed to ask for a reroll twice in my last GA, somehow the system kept choosing people that already won Dead Bits soundtrack. So the system does fuck up plenty of times.
Edit: Am I keeping this thread alive all by myself? I gonna stop commenting and let it die.

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Steam doesn't list most DLCs on your profile, so this site can't identify them as Owned, so they will show up, along with collections including them.

You shouldn't enter for items you already own, and if you are caught doing so and accepting them, the ban hammer will come down on you.

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Yeah i know, i never entered for dlcs that i already own but i was curious :p

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Use SG+ and hide them.

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if you win twice the same DLC... you are on for a suspension!

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