OK, so I was trying to remove my entry from a giveaway (from the "Manage Giveaways" page) and there was a delay while the page updated. I was a bit impatient, so I clicked again. Still waiting... So, I clicked again, only the page updated and I ended up clicking on my Metro Last Light entry and losing that entry, as well.

dOh!

That was a private giveaway with only one day left on it, and now I have no idea where to find it so that I might re-enter...! Why did you do this to me, you clicking finger?! WHY?!?

I am a sad panda, now.... (

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Check your Firefox Browse History ?

11 years ago
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+1.

11 years ago
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That only works if you've actually visited the page of the giveaway. The "Manage Giveaways" page updates automatically when you click on something, meaning I can't back up. I tried searching for it, but no luck. It's probably from a forum posting long-since buried. P

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But how can you enter a giveaway without going to the giveaway page?

11 years ago
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should be in the history. The day you joined that giveaway you had to enter that page. so ummm try filtering your history on Metro and open all of those untill you run into the right one?

11 years ago
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As I mention farther down, I only keep my history for a day.

11 years ago
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time to cry :P

11 years ago
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I suppose it wasn't the Halloween giveaway, heh?

11 years ago
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No, that one still has a week left and is easy to find.

11 years ago
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Browser history is your friend

11 years ago
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It's not in my browser history. I only keep one day's worth of history in my browser.

11 years ago
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thats the sign of a p0rn watcher...maybe its time to raise your history up and just not watch that stuff so you have no worries lmao

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Uh... No. It's a habit acquired through 35 years of dealing with computer hackers, ad-spammers, junk-mailers, et cetera, along with many years of being a computer consultant which results in a desire to keep everything running "clean" and efficiently. On top of that, you can throw in the knowledge that 90% of anything I might need to look up in the history is going to be less than 24-hours old.

If I had been willing to fill my computer with useless crap, however, I would still have had to sift through probably four-weeks' worth of URL's to find it.

11 years ago
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Well you omitted that detail on the thread. You can bookmark private giveaways and cleen bookmarks daily/weekly as a countermeasure :)

11 years ago
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its good to do that cause of normal trackers. you know any add that pops up =/

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I've got a few no-tracker/ad-blocker things installed, to boot. I rarely have problems, these days, even when the kids go net-surfing on my computer.

Speaking of kids, if I could just find a device that keeps grape jelly out of my keyboard,...

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The page doesn't vanish when you click on remove entry. Are you perhaps not telling us the full story?

11 years ago
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Go to http://www.steamgifts.com/manage/entries . Pick a private giveaway and click on "Remove Entry." Now, try to get it back without knowing where to look for it and you will begin to understand my problem.

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ah well... I always open the individual GA page from the entry list rather than clicking directly on remove entry from there :)

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This is certainly a situation which argues in favor of that. )

11 years ago
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i'll never figure out :/

11 years ago
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Yup, put Metro on the nav bar and MAGIC

11 years ago
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Nope. That only works if it's in browser history.

11 years ago
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Sigh i'm stuck at the watering hole...
In case you really looking for group giveaway for metro - this one?
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/aeCsi/metro-last-light/page/15

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Nice try, but that one is public instead of private. Public giveaways can be searched for if you accidentally remove your entry.

As for the watering hole, you want a giveaway page.

11 years ago
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im really bad at this..i can't find it :C

11 years ago
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I can't find it, either. I guess neither one of us will be entering that particular giveaway for Metro. P

11 years ago
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well.. actually you are the creator so xD... lol =P

11 years ago
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I'm talking about the Metro Last Light giveaway I was in. I don't know what you're talking about.

11 years ago
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Hidden GA/puzzle

11 years ago
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It was probably from Hallooween thread, check there.

11 years ago
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No, it wasn't. This giveaway had one day left on it, not one week.

Oh, well... Life goes on.

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Something similar happened to me. I was removing entries to Terraria giveaways because I won it on one of the other giveaways, and at some point I missed a click and removed some other giveaway but couldn't remember which one it was since I wasn't paying much attention.

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This was the one giveaway you would have won. The staff, sensing this, took appropriate steps to avert this catastrophe. For it is written in the book of Ceegee: "Lo, there shall come a wanderer from the Internet, and his name shall be that of Creation, but his actions shall be that of Death. For he shall receive without payment, and the Gods of Chance will grow wroth, and smite the Earth with everlasting loss. Those with ears to hear, heed my words."

11 years ago
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AHAH! It all makes sense, now...!

11 years ago
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Plot twist: the giveaway was for Bad Rats.

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Couldnt you just hit "backwards" from the page you were in? it will go back to the previous page which "Metro Last Light" giveaway was still visible in the list, giving you access to the giveaway page itself. I solve my problem that way.

11 years ago
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Nope, can't do that. Hitting "Back" triggers a resending of the data, resulting in a simple refreshing of the page.

11 years ago
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You did yourself in.

11 years ago
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aye P

11 years ago
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Look in your browser history. I've done this before myself.

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Oh, I did this once. Lost out on a private Tomb Raider giveaway.

I've learned that you should open the page in a separate tab first before leaving.

11 years ago
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You wouldn't have won it anyway. :D

11 years ago
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It was a private giveaway with 1 entry. I should know since I've created it

11 years ago
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2,232 entries and no win! Seriously you think you could win that one?

11 years ago
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lol

Good point. )

11 years ago
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Surely you remember at least vaguely where you had found it before? If it was a forum thread search for key words and the title might pop up. If someone send you the link privately hunt them down and ask then nicely for it again. Or you could check your usual groups' announcements in case it was there.
If not... well, carry on. :)

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I tried.... I searched through three pages of forum topics, but to no avail. ( I guess I just wasn't meant to win that giveaway. (Sounds familiar, doesn't it?)

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Closed 11 years ago by Khalaq.