In the beginning I did check everything, but I got very tired of making giveaways (like I told Sleepycat its too much work to make giveaways this way)
Then I decided I had to choose or to stop making giveaways or not to care what the winner does with game
I chose the last option

What do you check when someone wins your giveaway?

1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)
1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?
1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?
1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?
1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?
1f. .......................

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My answers
1a. Not anymore, I thought we had to do this, but Sleepycat said we only need to check our own games, so I stopped doing this
1b. Not anymore, I did check this untill a few weeks ago. But when someone has a lot of games, my browser always gives a script error, so it cost me too much time to do this
1c. Nope, never done this
1d. No, I really dont care if someone plays my givingaways
1e. Yes This way (by looking who entered my giveaways) I found around 10 people who have blacklisted me :P, I returned them the favor. If you want off let me off too ;)

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)

Yes

1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?

Yes

1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?

No, I hope that the giveaway creator for their next win will check that

1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?

No

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?

No, and it would be hard to check for me unless they have a public giveaway for a game I don't own running, since I can view all giveaways.

I also check for multiple accounts since I have tools to help me looking for that.

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since I can view all giveaways. ...also check for multiple accounts

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Everything you've said plus I check if the winner still is in the group or not.

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+1
it is quite a lot of work to check a winner that way but I am convinced that it is necessary to keep the community healthy

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Pretty much the same, plus (sometimes) groups. 1c-reason is didn't remember or have time to do that.

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So if somebody do not activate wins (8 wins, for example) I should report and request reroll?

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Yes you should. Just the reroll ticket is enough, you don't need to create a separate user report.

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Well, than I'm a poop-head.

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Do you check if the winner :

1a. activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)
1b. already has the game he/she won from you?

yes, thanks to SG tools, make them easy

1c. activated your giveaway game on steam?

yes, after mark as received and at least remind him for once

1d. plays the game he/she won from you?

sometimes

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?

nope XD

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I only check if the winner already has the game . While it would be nice if the winner plays the game, once they win and activate it then it's theirs to do as they please. I stil didn't get to play all the games I have won here yet, so I surely am not going to judge or criticize someone else for not doing it either.

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I check where they are from (pure curiosity) and and the amount of, if any, region restricted giveaways.
Those are besides the rule break and ownership check..

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same here

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See below for SGTool script by SilentGuy below :-)

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haha yes I actually told sleepycat that I would stop making giveaways. I'm too lazy to check it all

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See below for SilentGuys links to SGTool scripts :-)

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^this.

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I do check the first two things, third one should be checked by the next person as TJ mentioned above, and I don't bother with the last two.

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)

Yes

1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?

Sometimes. If it's longer giveaway or something that got bundled recently, I do. But if I give away older bundled games, such as ones from bundles made ~3 months ago, I don't, usually. I didn't get a reroll request from such giveaway anyway, so it seems it's OK.

1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?

No, I don't care. It's SG who should enforce this rule, not me. My part is done after sending the game and receiving received mark, although if that guy won second game from me after he marked received, I'd do that as in 1a.

1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?

No, I don't give a damn - it's his game, he can do whatever he wants with it, as long as he follows SG rules.

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?

Usually I do, but I never blacklist back. I didn't spot any winner who blacklisted me yet, but I'd make sure to deliver it in last hour of last 6th day.

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I love that last one :-)

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I use SilentGuy's script and check "Not activated" and "Multiple Wins" within seconds.
If the game I share is more valuable, I also check if the winner already owns it.

Everything else: Nope.

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I request a fingerprint and DNA sample also, got to be thorough! :P

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No urine test?

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Hmmm. Good idea :)

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)

I do check him out on sgtools. that's why I made the profile link thingy...

1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?

actually, that's something I forget most of the time, but that is a good idea in general.

1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?

Nah, most of the time it's gift and forget for me ;-)

1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?

See the one above

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?

Hm, never thought about that actually...

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Going to check it out. I Always use Microsoft edge browser, so this one wont let me use any addons
Got to learn to use Firefox
Thanks for the link

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Well, you can also manually put the names here:

It might be possible to use a bookmarklet in IE/Edge but I'm not sure (That would essentially be a bookmark or favorite or whatever it's called that does some javascript to automatically open the sgtools page for that user)

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wow that helps a lot thanks
add those links to my bookmarks :)))

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Don't use firefox! Use chrome! J/K ... Either one actually... Then you need one of the script monkey extensions... Then you can be using scripts for SG... They seriously make your life a lot easier.

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yes got it installed but for whatever reason I still use Edge
Got to force myself to change that

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Edge is a pile of crap :D

Sorry... I'm not a fan of any microsoft browers.
They just aren't as secure, and lock you into the way things work. Every time I'm starting up a new computer, or helping my parents or relatives with one, I remove all IE/Edge links and replace with their preference, Chrome or Firefox and replace default browser setting as well. Then I don't have to worry about them using bad browsers. :)

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I agree with you if its about IE but Edge is till now the safest one, I doesnt allow any addon (even Norton doesnt get an approval to make a addon)

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I don't really see how that makes it safer, only keeps you in a cell. Personally my SG experience is Black not white. I have scripts that help making GAs a snap instead of taking forever, I have adblockers for most sites running. Why would I want to limit myself to having none of those things, because Microsoft is too crappy with their code to support extensions and be safe?

:D

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haha :D you are right
Got the script installed on Firefox now lets use it :)

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First thing I do is install Chrome (:

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How did you survive without knowing about those two URLs? ;)
With those two or even better SilentGuy's add-ons work will get quite easy.

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yeah I know thats why I told the mod I wanted to stop making giveaways cause with one winner I was busy for 20 minutes haha :P
Now I can check things again :)))

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I don't think I checked anyone till I learned about those scripts. It was too much work. Now it's three middle clicks for each winner. Wait a few moments for it to load, or pull up the next winner and repeat the process then go back once they've all loaded.

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And then report them all for not being casual gifters ;)

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I'm not a casual gifter :)

I'm a serial gifter. I think this has been made clear many times before. I'm not in the Student camp of denying that which is true ;)

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installed your script :) Thats easy. Now I can check everything too. Manually it cost too much time. Thanks :)

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have a bump

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)
Yes.

1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?
No, but perhaps i will do from now on. Since SG autosyncs once a week i thought we were covered by it.

1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?
No.

1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?
No.

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?
No.

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1a. 1b. and 1c

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a. - I use SGtools :) for activations/double wins. In my last 5 ga had to reroll about 6-7 times because of that xD
b. - not really
c. d. when I'm bored i check old GA for this if the game in my opinion was worth playing. Don't do it anymore as in most cases they were just farmed for cards and abandonned :(
e. - sometimes

Edit - I always also check if the winner doesn't have this game already.

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators). Yes
1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?. Yes
1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?. Yes
1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?. Nope
1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner? Nope.
1f..... I still lock his/her steam profile to have 100% sure if he/she doesn't have the game.

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators) - only his last wins

1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you? - No :(

1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam? - No

1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you? - no

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner? - No

1f. .......................
I check the winners Ratio and
sometimes I check his/her Steam Profile, do we love the same games or is there something very negative for me etc

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Thanks for a shot at Shadow Ninja: Apocalypse. :)

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only 1a and 1b

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a-b-c, use SGtools easy.

d-e, I don't really care or mind

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yes I got to go learn this
Normally I use Edge as browser
So I got to change it to firefox

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I just only check for if the winner already has the game, and I take a look at the Steam profile too, to see if not a scammer.

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)

Yes. I just use SGtools for this

1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?

No. I usually look at their recent wins, but that's about it. Exception being for collections, where I will check to make sure that the winner does not already have a large portion of it.

1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?

No. Once the gift has been delivered, I usually don't do any further checks.

1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?

No.

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?

No

If there's an SGtools check before the giveaway, I'll also make sure that the winner entered the legitimate way (and blacklist anyone who did not) before delivering the gift.

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Exactly the same here.

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I do nothing!
If I give a game away, the winner may do whatever he want with that game.

I don´t care.

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1a. Do you check if the winner activated all his/her wins (so also giveaways from other creators)

Just a quick Sgtools check, and only with recent history. If they have not activated a game they won two years ago, I presume they have already served their suspension.

1b. Do you check if the winner already has the game he/she won from you?

Sometimes.

1c. Do you check if the winner activated your giveaway game on steam?

Usually I do. I don't care if they play it or not, but we all agree to respect the rules here when we enter a giveaway.

1d. Do you check if the winner plays the game he/she won from you?

Never done that.

1e. Do you check if you got blacklisted bij the winner?

Never done that.

1f. .......................

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You'd be surprised how many haven't served their time from years ago. I used to think that way to, but then started double checking just in case and about 25% of them have gotten away with it because not enough people check.

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Yeah, that's why people like this go away unpunished for months.

Once I got someone with few unactivated wins in span of few months. Suspension was longer due to number of games, but as it's their first infraction they can continue to not activate games, as they have 3 hits before they will be suspended permanently. So they can activate few bundled games, and continue to not activate recent wins to the point they will be catched once again.

That's why I report even really old things, even when I know that it's most probably "already served". But as there is no way of us to know it, people just spam support with unnecessary tickets xD

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Yeah, I'm the same. I report any violation, but then also tag the date with SG++ on their userprofile and the reason I reported there.
i.e. Multi 05-30-16 - So if they have already served, I won't report multi wins on them again, unless it occurs after the date in my tag. Same with NonActivations :D
I'll spam support, but only for things I haven't yet :D

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