Unless the publisher disallows that during sale, like Valve does with CS:GO
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They do that? Do you happen to know any other publishers/games with such restrictions?
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You can't store Mount & Blade: Warband in your inventory either
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Had to test it and wow. I've never even considered they'd be restricting something like this!
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+1 you can store them in ur inv
Can you email a gift to yourself and then forward the email to the giveaway winner to redeem on Steam?
you can also email them to your self on your email if u have a secondary email :) but even if u email them those gifts wont leave your inv until the guy accepts them
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That's my question :)
I don't know if it is tracked by email address, that's the only flaw. I may test this and get back.
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How does this work? I don't own the game, so how would I go about this method?
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depends on where you bought it, but usually you just click redeem and it gives you a key then you give that key away in the giveaway or you can store it in a text document til your ready to give it away,i redeem all my keys on all the sites and store them in a text doc that way i dont have to worry about the site running out of keys and me not getting one at a later date.
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That would be correct. The key (no pun intended) problem is the inability to store VAC ban games in inventory.
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-Select purchase as gift
-Select store in inventory
-When you're sending the game to the winner, find it in your inventory and select "Send via email"
Steam actively warns against emailing games to yourself, so I wouldn't go for your idea, plus this way's just so much simpler
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You can't do that anymore with VAC/game ban enabled games. The game I want to giveaway falls under this category.
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And that right there is the best example of lack of foresight, problem solving, and critical thinking.
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You can enter that link directly in the key field when creating a giveaway by the way
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I didn't even think of that, thanks for the tip :)
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Could you take a look at edit 3 regarding a possible issue?
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I'll be giving away a few games very, very soon, including two copies of an unbundled community wish list. Before I can do so, however, I need to know something:
Can you email a gift to yourself and then forward the email to the giveaway winner to redeem on Steam?
I ask because the sale for the game ends on 8/29 and I'd like to be able to store it until I check winner for VAC ban/multiple wins. Since we can no longer store most games in inventory, I need a way of protecting the price in case (God forbid) I need to reroll.
Let me know if you have experience with this. Many thanks.
Edit: To clarify, Valve removed the ability to store VAC and game ban enabled games in inventory, and gifting a game to a person who has been banned will block any future ability to gift that game. I will most likely use SGTools to check entrants, but I will be SOL if the sale ends before I can reroll (It's 70% off right now).
Edit 2: Solved! According to multiple users, you can store gifts via an email, then send it to the recipient after checking for rule-following. The recipient can then redeem the gift since the gift link is not tied to the email it is sent to.
Edit 3: I just noticed something on the gift link. At the very end it says "redeemer=mastermonopoly%40live.com ". Is this going to cause a problem, i.e. linking the gift link to the email address?
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