Summer Seal is sleeping (keys are over for this day, but we might come back! You can follow us at twitter @frozenbyte to get the information immediately!). No more keys will be given out today and hopefully it will completely stop. It was abused greatly. Individuals have got hundreds of keys.

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I haven't even gotten a single one lol

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+1

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i got 3 in one go

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Shadowgrounds will stop today but will contine tommorrow so there's still a chance

1 decade ago
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Lol. I never even manage to get it to spin okay much less win anything.

1 decade ago
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I actually won one key right at the final minute and added my email. But, Frozenbyte told me that the system is not going to count it. Oh well I won numerous of Trine & Trine 2 keys

1 decade ago
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finally lol.

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+1

Why can't you people make a private or group giveaways ?

You are just making a mess here!

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Just blacklist people that abused it...

1 decade ago
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What a retarded comment. I made 1 giveaway with it cause I spinned a few times and got a game I already have.

So now I am an abuser for having some fun and giving the result away while I alreay spent some good money for other giveaways? None of my games I gave away were keys.. Thats one way to look at it I guess...

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+1

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He did say "people that abused it", as in, not just a single copy but multiple ones.

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Why you may ask. Looks this wasn't the intention with this genorous giveaway from the dev. I see this as people won the Dwarf!? giveaway and gave away the game.

1 decade ago
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because people abused the system and got many keys, then gave them away, this was not to be charitable but to increase their contribution level here so they could GET MORE STUFF. so i agree with those saying punish the abusers.

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+1

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They should simply remove it completely from being able to be given away, it's completely wrecked the concept of the contributor status.

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+1

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Yup

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There is nothing wrong with the term abused.

Frozenbyte didn't create that site so people could get keys and increase their contributor status on steamgifts.

The fact the people took the opportunity to nab Frozenbyte's intellectual property and give it away as their own is the very definition of abuse.

Actually let me google that for you;
Abuse is the improper usage or treatment for a bad purpose, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit.

Hmm sure seems solid.

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FrozenByte created a site that dispenses a potentially unlimited amount of keys with basically no strings attached. I can do whatever I want with them. I can assure you that they would not give a shit if I gave away their keys by the dozen. They're being given away in any case. Unless someone starts actually re-selling the keys for a profit later, what's it to them?

The only party that might care is SteamGifts because a bunch of people are getting "contributor status" without really contributing anything very much.

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Oh Really!?
That is just patently false, frozenbyte isn't setting out to supply individuals with dozens of keys, whatever led you to that belief is the same rational people use to flood steamgifts with items for personal gain.

In fact on that very site (summerseal.com) it states;
"And please respect the seals, don't abuse the system! :)"

If peoples idea of proper use revolves around farming keys for non personal use, and personal gain, well then I guess the issue lies more with society, or in this case, this community.

Any reasonable and prudent person would identify what is happening here as abuse. If you want to rationalize it differently that is up to you.

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There are 5 prizes. I wanted Shadowgrounds Survivor. In trying to get it, I won a Trine 75% off key, Trine 2 75% off key, and several Shadowgrounds keys. This is in, no way, abusing the system. If they wanted, they would just not allow a combination to spin on a redeemed IP (similarly how they check when you can or cannot spin). So, once again, how is getting multiple of one of the 5 keys available abusing their lottery system?

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If you clicked on the "Troubleshooting" link on the SummerSeal page, it EXPLICITLY stated "Don't abuse this" at the bottom.

That's a string. A very weak string in a corner nobody is going to look at, maybe, but it's a string.

1 decade ago
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i didn't get any xD

1 decade ago
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Nooooooooooo!!! I didn't got one yet! :(

1 decade ago
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Everyone knows that Shadowground is used to abuse steamgifts for contribute and point pumping. And still everyone does it. I say - everyone who started Shadowground giveaway should be banned.

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nah I would just say make them having zero contribute value for it.

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They did harm anyway, everyone got insane amount of points because of that.

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I like it.

1 decade ago
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Although I like it, probably just setting it to zero or a temp suspension is more in order.

1 decade ago
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oh no i didn't get my trine 2 discount coupon. I dont care about shadowgrounds.

1 decade ago
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same

1 decade ago
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You want one I have an extra

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COURAGE

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I didn't get my key in my inbox.

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Well there is a billion giveaways of the game on steamgifts. Most only have 30 entries so try that if you want

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At least i won Shadowgrounds here because in the spin is impossible for me.

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I only got one shadowground key and I gave it away, however I won a ton of trine 2 coupons that I had to give out to random people because I have no use for them

1 decade ago
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I didnt get any either. :\

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I love your avatar :x

1 decade ago
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"It was abused greatly. Individuals have got hundreds of keys."
100 Keys? I don't think so. :P

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I saw a few threads on forums where there was 100-200 keys all unused. They used proxys and bots ect.

1 decade ago
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I have tried that like 10 times and got 3 keys and it seemed to reset every few minutes. I think it might be possible.

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Got 1 game and 2 coupons :P

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And yet I legit don't have Shadowgrounds and never got a key because I literately found out about the summer seal 30 minutes ago. Pfft. I don't understand why the company did that. They lost a lot of money, and probably lost any to all chances of making money from the Shadowground games in the future.

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Shadowgrounds barely has sales anymore, and its old, so they were not making money from it.

But believe me, this will be great advertisment to Trine, they will surely cash some sales because of this.

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Well at they there was a point to the madness.

1 decade ago
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Sorry to hear that. I used it three times and got both games- used both and thats it.
No idea why these guys have to abuse everything.
But anyway, the idea behind it was and is great. Thanks for the summerseal!

1 decade ago
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thank god!!!

these shadowgrounds are unbearable...

1 decade ago
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I have three standard -75% off coupon for Trine 2.
Add me on Steam, first come first served, 100% free.

1 decade ago
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I got both shadowgrounds with frozenbyte bundle a year ago, but still i would like to win each prize (on summer seal) so i hope they wont stop it.

1 decade ago
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u really know what are u talking about?
it needs to stop!!!

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Yes i Know, but you sir dont know. There are abusers and users who dont abuse the system. They got key for free so they gave it out. Stop being stupid or maybe someone like you will forbid air transport, because abusers use it to destroy skyscrapers or transfer drugs -_-

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I got a key in my 11th spin :) Added it to my library.

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only about 200 shadow giveaways!!! we need more

1 decade ago
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i just got a coupon, too bad

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I hope for a key disable...

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For what reason?

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Contributors, contributors everywhere...

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