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Sponsor Account? (Need mod answer!)

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CorneliousJD

This is an odd question... indeed.

Right now my group/website runs giveaways by individual user accounts, but we'd be interested in getting a sponsor account on here, I created a Steam account as a type of "Sponsor" account, it's just got our logo as an avatar and would be nice to run giveaways as that user instead of our personal accounts.

We run some dedicated servers, so the SteamGifts account would come from a separate IP address and we wouldn't be entering ANY giveaways at all on it, just gifting from it. (In fact you guys should fully support this type of user account, a sponsor who is unable to enter giveaways, only create them, bypassing the $50 restriction)

Is it against the rules to do so? Is there any way to get it signed up without $50 on it?

13 years ago*

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GintheCat

that is actually a cool idea. I hope you get the okay.

13 years ago
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Deadlock44

I understand you are asking for a mod, but i could tell you a reason why they might say no.
The main reason they would say no is for troll accounts. If people could keep making accounts, they could keep auctioning fake games, which in turn could kill the community. You seem like a nice guy that would never do that, but if they made it available for everyone, you could imagine what would happen.

13 years ago
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CorneliousJD

Right, I don't think they should open it up to anyone, but legitimate groups and websites/businesses that want to actually give away games on the site should be allowed to do so without the need to have it credited to a personal account.

13 years ago
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CorneliousJD

Bump. Hoping to get an answer here soon, have some good plans for giveaways from that account.

13 years ago
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Arsenic

^good guy

13 years ago
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CorneliousJD

Thanks for the vouch Arsenic.

As anyone can see our group has exploded in numbers and we're ready to offer some real good gifts coming up real soon. In fact I'm sitting on some that I don't want to gift under personal accounts for the moment.

13 years ago
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ShAd0wolfblade

^agree

13 years ago
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chronicdiscord

^Terrible guy, ate my father and kidnapped my hamster.

13 years ago
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Arsenic

^ i usualy rape 9 african kid a day. im not bad at all ...

13 years ago
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Moro

^ Arent You a poison?

13 years ago
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Arsenic

oh shit , that right. but im in the africa water ... hehe

13 years ago
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Exactually

I think this would be an awesome idea. It would be great to hear about accounts with 0 entries and have no interest in entering giveaways.

13 years ago
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iDMostwanted

Look GlaPos up. 0 giveaways entered and gave for $ 2500 games away.

And yes, it would be a great idea, good luck !

13 years ago
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Veidali

Not good idea.
If i create a lot of "sponsor account", which doesn't have any games, I'll be able to make a lot of fake giveaways.
May be you are "good guys", but IMHO it's not good idea

13 years ago
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CorneliousJD

The idea behind this is not just anyone would be able to create sponsor accounts, but regardless. I had a chat w/ cg about this, it's all taken care of now. sponsor counts are in the cards for the future as well, once more interest in them comes up and they can be handled properly. (to avoid the kinds of issues you just described)

13 years ago
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NeoCore

I think you would need some sought of security check, like a deposit or something :/

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Closed 13 years ago by CorneliousJD.