But this process could have taken several days or weeks if both of us were busy while living in different time zones.

Isn't that why they invented stuff like messaging and e-mail?

Honestly? Sounds like you're just impatient.

"But this process could have taken several days or weeks..."

OHNOOOOOOOTHEHORRORRRRRRRERRRR I'LL BE DEAD BY THEN!!!1one

When a gifter asks for a reroll, it has to be investigated and granted (or not) by SG support, no ? I think an automatic reroll feature on the winner side could take some work off for the support. Never used reroll so I may be completly wrong...

+1
I won a DLC and only noticed after I won that I already had it.
Giveaway could not be rerolled due to support cant check which DLC you own :(

I can see big possibility for such a system to be exploited. Like just ask bunch of people to enter, and then them making reroll requests as long as designated person is chosen and wins. For example he bought a game from creator, but thanks to such system not only he/she receives a game, but creator also receives CV.

While cretor requests a reroll he must give a very good valid reason, winner may just say "well, after a bit of thought Idecided I don't really want this game".

correct me if i'm wrong. But isn't the winner only notified that they have won a game after the person who created the giveaway checks the "I sent this gift" box? otherwise if the creator re-rolls, the person who originally won would be complaining about not receiving their winning gift? I don't know, i've never re-rolled or won anything yet so i'm not sure how this process works.

However, i do think that if you have won a game and you already won it in another giveaway and so you have two copies, You should be allowed to give it away again yourself in another giveaway you create, but it should be marked with a notification that it is a "re-gifted" copy as they have already won it, so they are not penalized for re-gifting and no CV is gained. Or you could just tell the creator that you already have it and ask them to re-roll. I do think that the process for the creator to re-roll gifts that the winner has already won should be a quicker process than those for other reasons. Not sure if the system is that sophisticated though lol.

Would be fun to ask for a new winner on the gift I won but didnt receive.. evil laugh

Nor will receive because the gifter never bothered to check how SG and steam work /sigh Just my luck.

On a more serious note, some valid problems have been raised but the idea is interesting.

One problem with this would be if you rerolled from one guy, and the second one you won from never actually delivered. Hopefully that would be a rare occurrence, but I'd hate to be the one to have that happen to me.

I won a giveaway I entered before I grew impatient and bought it. A reroll on my end would have helped greatly.

It would have to require support approval, because if it was automated, there'd be too many users who click it thinking it gives them the game.

And support would end up getting way more "requests" because that's what they think it does, or, they'd say "It's been 2 hours and I don't have my game yet!!!11!". There would be way more pointless requests from those who don't understand how it works than actual legitimate requests.