Wow. I did my mathy-geeky-how-big-is-your-p-thingie to Khalaq and got p=0.0086%. That is about 1 over 11600... Damn!
That said, if the 340K members were active, it is more or less expected that we would see about 340K/11600 = 30 people with that kind of record. But again, being in the 30 unluckiest out of 340K is.... wow.
Get that man/woman to a small private group, quickly!
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EDIT: yikes, SG doesn't like ASCII art now, does it...
Seriously though, I hope you didn't accept the gift if you already owned it. It's just not cool.
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Just stop joining giveaways for games you already own, stupid.
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..?
It's called your Steam Library. Look at it some time before you enter every damn thing you see, perhaps?
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Doesn't always work as the Steam API doesn't always show all DLC / games. The sync uses the same API, so you'll get the same problems. To be sure, I always check my library first if I'm not entirely sure whether I do or don't own something already.
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i hate it when people make giveaways and hey don't know that their giving the game
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he only has 173 games, even still, should still realise you already had the game
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I have over a thousand game, yet I still manage to figure out which game I have and which I don't. Then again, I enter for games I'm genuinely interested in playing instead of entering everything in sight like a complete moron.
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Hmm... so you should be reported for accepting a gift you already have?
Ignorance is no excuse in law. ;)
Have a great holiday! :D
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good luck in the Champions League ;D
Hope ManU face my team, Leverkusen.
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Probably able to enter because of this: Steam broken, sync disabled
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still, you have to manually click Enter, you should've checked the game.
who enters something without knowing the prize
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Maybe this advanced technique could work for you too?
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do not enter GAs of games you already own? And stop crying.
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you can check your steam account for games you allready own.
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Also you can use the SG+ filter to hide the many giveaways which, by default, still show up even though the games are registered on your Steam account.
If you can't remember whether you own a game or not, chances are you're not sufficiently interested in it to be entering the giveaway.
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Wow, dude! You really are unlucky! o_O I expected to see the usual "joined 200 GAs and still not win anything"-whine, but hell.. entering 2,611 giveaways with estimated wins of 6.2 and then winning just a soundtrack-DLC o_O That would suck even if you didn´t already own it. Guess it is high time for you to join one of those giveaway-groups for unlucky people to increase your chances.
Also some Advice:
Dont regift, sell or even keep that Soundtrack, because thats against the rules and will get you banned (just in case you didn´t know). You have to contact the giveaway-creator and tell him he has to reroll and pick another winner.
There are problems with identifying some of the games in the steam-libary (especially with DLCs), so they wont get filtered out if you already own them. I dont have any insight, but my guess is, that the problem is more on steam´s side then on SGs and the SG-Mods would make a workaround for every single game and as soon as steam changes something in their database, a lot of the games (and maybe new ones) would have the same problem again.. thats why I think the problem will not change, as it would be too much work.. but you can use this Addon to make things easier.. it lets you filter out certain games, so whenever you see a game or DLC you already own, klick on "add to filter" and you´ll never see it again and wont enter it by accident in the future ;)
Helps a lot!
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Most DLC are not reported by Steam so there's no way for Steamgifts to know beforehand if you already have them. It's up to you to keep track of what you already have. There are a few games also that don't correclty register so SG has no way of knowing you have it. At the other end of the spectrum, there's also free weekend games that shows up on your account even though you never purchased them.
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Most DLC are not reported by Steam so there's no way to know beforehand if you already have them.
You can tell by trying to gift through Steam store. Add to cart, select 'send to friends' and scroll down the list. If it says they own, then they own it.
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I meant the fact that the Steamgifts website has no way of knowing what games/DLC you have if Steam doesn't report them all. Edited my post to make it more obvious.
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...? You go to your damn library, right click on the game the DLC is for, and view all DLC you already have for the game. Some games' DLC appears as a separate entry in your library, right above or below the game. What's so friggin' hard here?
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Hey, I'm not the one having issues and entering giveaways for games I one. :P
I was just explaining to Sildorian why some games/DLC don't register correctly on Steamgifts as already owned. In the end, it's everyone's responsibility to look in their own library before entering for something they might already have.
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Hey OP,
I really hope you told the maker of the giveaway you won that you already had the game, and that he should get a re-roll, instead of accepting it and trading it off / regifting it..
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Then all is good. Big font removed, just wanted to grab your attention :)
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i'd like to point out two things:
a)if you dont remember what you bought in the last week that is a little sad
b) accounts on SG sync once every week automatically, therefore you wouldn't be able to enter in a giveaway for things bought prior to that week...
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a) Bundles have a shit load of games that I never keep track of. I don't see how it is sad.
b) I personally notice this isn't entirely true for some games. I been able to enter giveaways that include dlc collections. I have been doing so for awhile just for some dlc, but that seems like a waste for an entire game so I stopped... Though I am sure other people still do :(
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The problem is in Steam, not SG, some games and DLCs dont show in your game list in Steam so there isnt any way to be added to your game list in SG
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.. The problem is in the Steam API. You can view your games and DLC in your library and check if you own something or not prior to entering just fine. The Steam API doesn't properly report all games / DLC to the syncing script.
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Well, knowing what games and DLC you have doesn't hurt. Checking also doesn't.
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I allready had it..... Why can i join giveaways that gives games i allready own?? Look at my entries, i doubt anyone are so unlucky as me (whining)
Like Miner wars arena , serious sam: the second encounter, zombie driver hd soundtrack, alan wake... Argh !
Fix it so unlucky guys like me don't win games i allready own.
And yes. I have selected the option thingy that removes so i don't join giveaways for games i allready have ;)
ill make an giveaway when im home from turkey aight? <3
Edit: Ofc ive talked to the guy that i won the game from, and i do know what games i have, i just didnt know i had that dlc (sometimes its gone from the steam library).
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