So the winner of my GA has yet to activate his win. He hasn't logged in his SG account in days and time shows that it was even before the GA ended. I tried to add him as a friend on steam but he ignored it and possibly blocked me (cause when I try to add him back, steam reports an error).

Any solution to my current predicament?

I'll post some GAs when this is resolved...

8 years ago

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Ask for reroll?

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8 years ago
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wait seven days then reroll

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+1

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Should I leave the key as sent?

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I would, that way if they do log on they can activate it. After the 7 days if they haven't logged on and you get it rerolled, they wouldn't have seen the key.

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yes then delete it after 7 days otherwise it could get rerolled and they activate the key and the new winner will be given dup key

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+1

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Not sure if it still works, but when you get that error you usually block the person and then unblock him... After doing that you might be able to add him again.

8 years ago
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did that, sent another friend request... waiting now

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For cases like this you can add an "Custom Info Box" at top of your profile explaining winner why you add him. Since most users check the adder's profiles, it will help greatly.

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did you sent him an email?

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Ok, I will give you one (I hope usefull) advice about what you can try. If his profile isn't private you can message him by leaving comment of any of his screenshots from any game. He will see when he comes online on Steam notification and he will see comment. That always worked for me when I needed inform some player who has not allowed comments by non friends. You really can try that, but also, as I see when I checked your created giveaways, only 3 days passed and by SG rules, it must pass 7 days, then you are allowed to reroll for new winner. Good luck with this issues. :)

8 years ago
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Nice tip, thanks!

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Sent a email telling he won a giveaway in Steamgifts but don't write the key there. Just tell him to login, activate the key in his account and check as receive.

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+1 to that, had one blocking me too, email solved it

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all of those, plus: have some patience. there's people who doesn't log on steam or sg everyday. i've had more than a couple of winners that took longer than 7 days to activate.

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Tried to block and unblock him.
If this fails, I'll try to comment on a screenshot;
if not, I'll send him an email.

If all else fails, will re-roll after 7days.

Thanks for the tip guys

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That's why you don't make a public GA with more than 3-4 days? xD

Anyway good luck
I hope he'll online soon

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