I don't know why I keep running into this. But giving away games that aren't on the giveaway list as another game is against the rules. So if you try to giveaway say "Afterfall Insanity" as "Afterfall Conquest: Episode 1" That's an illegal giveaway. I really don't know why people think this is okay. You're cheating the system and in a way scamming people. I am hell-bent on getting a copy of Magicka for example and I can't tell you how many giveaways I entered that I found out towards the end were for a beta key of Magicka: Wizard Wars or something.

Stop trying to giveaway games as other games. It doesn't matter if you say in the description "By the way, this isn't a copy of (X), this is a copy of (Y)." You're still going against the rules.

If you want to give away the game, just use this website or just make some kind of random event where people have to do something to win a game. Even if it's just, make something that makes you laugh the hardest in a hour. Or draw you a picture or something.

Also by the way, by using itstoohard.com. It's a challenge for people to solve your puzzle and possibly get the key at the end. Maybe even if they have to solve the questions, add you. And then say a phrase you made up or something. Just make sure they know what they're solving the puzzle for, meaning what the game they're going to get is.

Also people will think i'm a killjoy for saying all of this, at the same time. But by letting those giveaways go. Everyone gets points. So why hurt that? I guess I agree to an extent. But you have to realize. Games that are taken off the list were extremely exploited keys. It means there's goddamn tons of them, and people got those keys for absolutely free. That's why they're not there or even have a asterisk saying you're going to get an unusually lowered amount of CV for it. It's cause it was very high in rotation and a ton of people got their mitts on those keys at no cost.
So the winner is getting a piece of crap they could've gotten awhile back if they were fast enough to find where they were being distributed.

Also.
There's a lot of people here who pay their hard-earned cash (and not as hard-earned for some) to buy games to giveaway here. That you get to get ahead giving away games that aren't even the game as advertised and get the CV for it when others actually spent that money for the game and aren't as ahead as you. Who paid less, if nothing at all. And it's not even a game that was advertised to be given away.
I personally am annoyed by that. I buy every game I giveaway on this account (on the exception of Conquest, and Quest Run, that I traded for). Even the ones that are bundled in my giveaways I bought off the steam store to giveaway here. So while you get to giveaway exploited keys and get ahead big time and into higher level giveaways. People who spend their money to giveaway games are held back and are less rewarded for their generosity.

So if you want to give away your keys, try the methods I mentioned above. In the end your key goes to someone else, who wanted the game. And you don't hurt people who pay money to giveaway games here and you don't abuse the system. Even if it's unintentionally, I understand, that's fine. It happens. But please, now you know. Please just giveaway your keys and games in these other methods or other creative ways.

"Misrepresenting the game being given away is against the site rules. Please report any giveaways like that to support." -Sleepycat (Support)

Edit: "What they fail to realise is that their giveaway actually hurts the winning party cause they do not get the game that they supposedly won and in return are wide open to a suspension if that is noticed from anyone and brought to support.-"

This is a valid point. If someone notices that a game that wasn't the one as advertised isn't in their library. They can be suspended or consequenced for your giveaway. This is another reason why you should not giveaway titles that aren't the ones as advertised. It hurts people in the community more than you think.

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No fucking shit, Sherlock.

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its annoying to see ppl give away greenman welcome pack games too,i see ppl making like 10-15 emails to get those games for free and give them away here to gain level.

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Thanks

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I hadn't noticed you anywhere here until know, I might of overlooked you plenty of times as I tend to think that your avatars are that character you created or at least something having to do with a furry type thingy.......idk...just sayin

a lot of ppl have mentioned that the people who actually do this wouldn't care anyways, and the people who read this don't usually do it. but me personally don't really know wut to say about CV or anything of the sort, i do kinda feel wronged by all the exploits people try to make for that CV value but i also kinda stopped being terribly active on here, and i tend to giveaway stuff personally to individuals instead of on here

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but I agree with you :P

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but I've seen people who do a giveaway and then write 'There's a problem in the giveaway so I'll be giving instead a key of X(a game that was given out for free)

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