Entering a GA for which you have a key

There's no rule against it. It's just up to you and your conscience. To be honest, I did that once but I felt bad afterwards so now I don't.

I think now cg can see whats the giveaway key and what key did you won. But since you don't have the game IN your library - you're free to join a giveaway for that game. However I may be wrong, but since you are giving away another copy and that the copy you won, your pretty much okey with that. But still im not sure, so wait for more comments/suggestions.

Well, it's your own key and you can do as you wish with it. Winning a GA is still winning a GA, regardless if you have a key or gift available. It's not re-gifting as long as you activated the key that you won. I, personally, do not. BUT, I have given away games from my wishlist that I still enter for, since I don't have it. It's basically the same concept, no matter if you give it away first and then win it, or if you win it (and activate it) and then give it away another time.

I occasionally do this, but never on purpose. It's never been an issue, since I've never won a game that I have a spare key for (that I know of), and most of my spare keys are spares because I lose track of them, not because I intend to activate them later or don't want to activate them.

You can by rules, but you know, why should you enter and reducing chances of others who doesn't have that game?

Have been tempted sometimes, however, in the end, it made me feel guilty about it so never did (accidents excluded and I'm talking about keys you plan to use for yourself - if you don't win - not keys bought specifically to give away). It is allowed though.

NO.

I would never ever do that.

If I have the key I:

1. Use it
2. Give it
3. There's no third option.

There is clearly no rule that mentions anything about it, it wouldn't be traceable either so this is not to discuss. The only thing is the ethics dealing with it. I would never enter something I want when I have a key/gift for the game if I want to trade it. When it's about keeping it to give it away, that's something else.

Edit: I'll deal with this myself, there was some input in this thread I am able to use.

i see no problem with that. you wouldn't break any rules as long as you don't have that game in your library before winning it, and you activate it when the ga creator sends it.

I have The Witcher 3 on GOG, and no, I don't enter in giveaways of the same game for Steam. Just an example.

I had this problem a while back I had a key for Scourge, but I had entered a few giveaways with Scourge. I thought if I won it there I would just create a giveaway with it to give it to someone else, but I never won and I stopped (I think I only entered like 5 of them all public with no level requirements) now the key still sits in my notepad with a few others I haven't used nor created a GA for.

Honestly is just better being honest (ahah the irony)

This issues was raised a couple of times before... bottom line: not illegal; hard to enforce if it was illegal; most of the people don't like persons who do that and now, when you we have "blacklists", this move could put you on some.

I've done it a few times when I knew that I'll eventually buy the bunde (Killer 3 ) but that little sound in my ear told me " what if you win it before? You'll have an extra copy" - and while I really wanted to give it to a friend, but in the meanwhile two things happened:
-realized how stupidly and greedily I acted

• he also bought the bundle
  No harm done as I didn't win it, but since then I never enter for games I have activation keys for. While there's no rule against it, it just doesn't feel good to do so.
  Also, I never enter for giveaways I already have at GOG... besides Torchlight..hmm...I should give up the idea, I would never grin out it's achievement :)

To me, entering feels like I wasted the money used to buy my copy.

As new user one thing I wonder is, what if I buy some game that I don't own and I don't really want that much for now, only for a giveaway, I create the giveaway and it goes ok, and some time later I win that same game on a giveaway.

Have anyone seen that be confused with regift? There is a game now on sale at a bundle website that I'm in no hurry to play, its a good promo so I was thinking to buy it to make a giveaway and wait for another sale to buy it for me, or join giveaways to try win a copy for myself.

Could I be blacklisted by mistake or people check dates and stuff?

(Its not a game from a bundle, its at the bundle site store)

I think it's fine. You can compare it to having spare money to buy a game you want, but you don't want to spend the money, and instead enter giveaways. No one can tell you what to do.

I call this the "Fortix Dilemma": You do not own Fortix, yet you are not allowed to buy Fortix for yourself per the rule. So you enter Fortix giveaways for yourself while you have multiple copies of Fortix in your inventory for pending Fortix giveaways... Fortix.

As long as you activate your win, it's fine.

I have won a giveaway then noticed i bought the game in a bundle a week before... I felt kinda foolish

You can do as you please.

yolo and enter the giveaway

Pretty much what MuahahahaMeow said. You could either win a game and then give it away or you give it away and then win it. Both situations are the same, just reversed how it happens.