Most common reason of blacklisting
I sometimes wanted something like whitelist GA option for blacklist to create GA with some crappy game to show them that they don't deserve anytinhg better :P
After that I take my pills and I feel better...
PS. Of course I forgot - when you vote for "Other" write in comment what is other ^^
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Well, I vote for the missing "I don't use blacklist" option. It never leads to good things when you give such a power to people.
Although my current favourite is a certain high-level user who blacklisted me because I didn't agree with him. :)
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It's in my category "stupid reason" unless you insulted him. I never liked people who use arguments ad persona.
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Nah, I really just expressed my opinion in general about how I disagree with the concept of "if a person won 9 games and made 2 giveaways, (s)he is a leecher, but a person with a 900/1000 is not".
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One argument in favour is, if you blacklist people whom for some reason you don't want to win your giveaways, then you are increasing the chances of those people you might want to win it, even if just slightly.
One could manage a whitelist and have GAs made for it, however, this leaves way too many people out. Thus, one can argue it's a better method to blacklist than to whitelist.
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That is true, and it could be a valid reason if GA groups wouldn't exist. Most people who want a specific group to win/not win, they just use some GA group as a condition.
I think the blacklist has to do more with the fact that the mods are understaffed and they want people to be able to blacklist rule breakers for the few weeks it takes for a ticket to go through and have them suspended/banned.
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^ This. I have never blacklisted anyone and I'm against blacklisting.
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^^ This is so true... I've seen 2 giveaways on a thread and I found out that I was blacklisted by the people who created the giveaways... One decided to remove the blacklist, the other didn't care at all... Like there's the block communication on steam and I use it for scammers only, but in here, there's no reason at all to use it... Unless they're regifters...
When there's a free game people are like insta-blacklisting the ones giving it away even if the promotion of the free game is over... and like I don't even care.
I wonder what will happen if I giveaway a Mafia II key that I got for free 2 years ago or so... will people be happy or they will comment "that game was free 2 years ago and blacklist me too? xD
To the people that blacklist like crazy: Atleast "save" the reason why you blacklisted the person, or follow like a "personal rule" like myself on steam, the Block all communication will only be used for scammers.
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I personally would really appreciate it, since that game is still quite expensive, but I wouldn't mind playing it.
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blacklisted me because I didn't agree with him
“If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do.”
― Bertrand Russell
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Well, I whitelisted you to balance out the karma here. 😉😎👍
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You are not addict because if you are I am too, but I am not so you are not.
Do you understand?
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The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. inb4 blacklisted
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You should seriously find a cure for your blacklisting addiction (and for your paranoia regarding the word "addiction") as soon as possible.
Reported to the SG medical corps.
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Who are these people who say these terrible things about you addict student 123?Name them.I will clear your name Barbie addict,addict,all the kinds of addict <3
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But you said that you're offline
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LIES I call you an addict all the time and I'm on your whitelist.
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You are addicted to finding people to call you not an addict.
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So you blacklist people for telling the truth? O.o
Shame on you!
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Student123 and Addiction, sitting in the tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love.
Then comes marriage.
Then comes giveaway in the SGarriage,
Sucking its thumb,
Wetting its pants,
Doing the give'a, give'a dance!
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You are a student! Admit it! Admit it now! YOU'RE A STUDENT! You learn things! Admit it! And then admit you love Barbie!
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You are both addict and not addict. In superposition...
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Another option missing (and main reason for me): not saying thank you AFTER winning a giveaway.
A quick word, costs nothing, and yet seems impossible for some.
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I read yesterday about somebody who was blacklisted because he said thanks after wining GA...
This is why I created options:
"Thanks" comment
and
No "Thanks" comment
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+1 Half of my blacklist is filled by people who don't take a single second to leave a simple "thx"...
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I blacklist mainly for breaking rules, and sometimes if an user is really behaving like an ass in a discussion.
Things I never blacklist for : having a bad ratio, commenting on my giveaways, not commenting on my giveaways, not thanking me after winning, having a different opinion than me.
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Solid reasoning both ways (I hold basically the same listing values)
One thing I do wish was an option would be a small tag area in the blacklist list, for a reason why the person is there, so that the list could be reviewed to see if the person has changed their ways.
(Yes I know you can just make a text file for this....but, I'm lazy and I have too many random text files anyway) =p
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Usertags are a feature of the Steamgifts++ script
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I blacklist all of the rule abusers (not activating games, multiple wins, etc.). What's more if someone wins my GA and doesn't even care enough to post a thanks after he got the copy, then I blacklist him too.
Sometimes, if someone is really aggressive and offensive on the forum/in GA comments I report and blacklist them as well.
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no exceptions at all? someone breaks a rule => blacklist? that is exactly what i personally don't like (and therefore not do myself). i remember making several mistakes when i was new here. i made up for them (like i bought the game i didn't activate back then). and now i would say i am a worthy member of the SG community. so i try to give everyone a second chance. if a guy is new here and regifts a game, that's not enough reason for me to blacklist him. if he did this 5 times in a row, after being informed that what he does is wrong - then yes, i will probably put him on my special list. but i want to be really sure that he deserves it. and a single offense is not enough in my opinion.
just my 2 cents... :)
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Well, the procedure is as follows for me:
- Spot a regifter/someone who doesn't activate.
- Report and blacklist.
- Check ticket every day:
- If banned/suspended -> remains on blacklist
- If ticket cleared by the Support without a ban -> cancel blacklist
- If GA deleted/game activated/win rerolled -> cancel ticket & blacklist
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While i do agree with you, even if someone BLs someone for even one small one-time offence, doesn't mean he has to stay blacklisted for life.
Blacklisted user can always show improvement and be unlisted afterwards.
At least, speaking only for myself, if i do blacklist people for rule-breaking (unless it's already more offen than i'm willing to bother to count), i don't necessarily keep them there till kingdom come. :)
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Blacklist for potato? It is possible? Anyway breaking puzzle rules is good reason of blacklisting...
edit: grama:)
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I have 0 people on my blacklist, so no reason for blacklisting...
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I blacklist anybody who uses the letter A and also the ones who doesn't think the same way I do... No wait, I don't because that would just be silly.
I did try to have a BL with people who won way more than they gave but that didn't last long because... yeah, it was silly reason.
So right now I have 0 on my BL, it's not that i'm against it, I just haven't seen anything that warrants a blacklisting.
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I blacklist people who give away free games. As soon as some site gives away a free game then suddenly there are pages full of giveaways for that game. Just no.
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Well… this is how I finally won Silent Age, which is the free game for IGN prime members…
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as far as I know, small / limited / restrited GAs of free games elsewhere don't really count
one thing that pisses me off is for example, recently there was a GA of some game, I didn't manage to get one :( ...an hour late? 2 hours?
yet there were people here on SG giving away 4 copies... ROFL fknd idiots
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I blacklist regifters and people who abuse free games (like an user who gave away 10 copies of Burstfire). For any other kind of people who breaks a rule I'd rather know why did they do it instead of blindly blacklist them
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Regifters / leechers (read as win (much) more then given) / guys who creating fake giveaways / post refs. on forum / post stupid post like begging, nagging etc. or if he have free gift copy of Dungeons Deffenders Collection (with gift copi mark) and tell me its 50€ gift and want 20 cs:go keys for it and i say him nope =iam idiot who know nothing :D
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I remember dude on SG who tried trade won game - he was stupid enough to make thread about that.
End of this was obvious - blacklist train.
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Mostly people that were rude to someone, but I try not to use the blacklist too much. My whitelist is far larger.
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People who break the rules here in general. Most of my blacklist contains people who didn't activate their games and/or tried to regift them. And people who have been around for a while, but tried to abuse free key giveaways to get CV.
But there are a lot of other reasons but most of them are from just 1 or 2 people per reason.
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- 1 rude people
- 2 dumb/stupid comments (like discussing the rules)
- 3 konrad
- 4 bots
- 5 blacklisted by someone
yesterday i removed all leeches/bad ratio users from my blacklist as i noticed i'm only doing lv2-3+ GAs, which prevents all 0-ga creators from entering mine.
i don't blacklist for breaking the rules, i just report them so they pay with a suspension.
if people keep ignoring the rules they will be banned in no time.
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How can one tell if it's a bot? That would certainly end up on my blacklist if I knew for certain.
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Your point 3 got me intrigued...
Is that some forum joke I missed, or just some language difference?
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konrad is like having alzheimer's but you just forget about manners, become close-minded and start reporting everyone for inappropiate behavior.
you could say it's a forum joke. :3
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Seeing as how I love to say stupid stuff I wonder how I've avoided your BL :P
I also have pretty much no level 0-1s on my list as I gave up doing those give aways for several reasons.
I do probably have one of the highest level blacklists though... I tend to blacklist high level users that only give to their own small groups, but enter public ones. Or higher levels (4+) that haven't done any public/large group give aways in like 2 years+
But my BL flows like water, so sometimes I'll see someone who's on it now doing differently and I'll pop them right off. I also TRY not to have people in groups I'm in on my blacklist, but some folks that have me on theirs are certainly getting mine.
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now now, silly comments are fine, else i would be banned already :3
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I'm a simple man, I see rudeness I press blacklist.
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I like regifting, but I block regifters. Cannot block myself though.
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So you say that you are regifter or I misunderstood something?
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I picked "Insulting somebody", but "Being regifter" and "Creating fake GA for promo stuff" are both also true.
Basically: Inappropriate behavior (and on purpose) = Blacklist.
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Same here :) I don't like blacklisting at all, but if someone blacklist me, certainly he don't want to see my giveaways too.
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Wait, people actually blacklist for "thanks" comments? I thought they didn't actually mean it
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I mean there's story there. gather around the campfire. Let's assume Peaches created 43 giveaways in celebration for Mario kissing her or something. Peach specifically mentioned in the giveaway description not to say thanks or only comment if you really want to by sending her funny gifs or interesting facts or recommend tv show/novel to her. But some people thanked on all of her 40+ giveaways with same "thankso/"comment in under 1minute. Peach let that pass. this happened for 8-9 times a day N she felt like she was getting spammed by people using scripts to enter or disrespecting her by ignoring her simple wish for 43 times. Peach blacklisted such users.
End of story.
I on the other hand BL for no other reason than they don't like tentacles or trains.
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Well I guess I never got that feeling cause I didn't give away major games, so good point
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you don't need to
I've given away twice 3 bundle games at the same time, even wrote on description "no thanks psl", yet some people just make the exact same ty comment on all 3... as in WTF? not a big issue as it only means 100 message notifications which take a minute to go through, but I may randomly take a look at such a person's profile and try to figure what to do
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It's been a while since the last time I've played a game from this series but isn't Peach who kisses Mario?
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no idea tbh XD
i was eating peach and after naming one character peach..next name popped in my head was mario..
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+1 to this. I did this on my first few GAs here, only because I was tired of the goddamn bots I kept encountering. Not to mention, if a person cannot bother to read the description of the GA they are trying to enter, then they usually aren't actually interested in the game they are entering for.
I stopped doing this soon after, but I might consider doing it if I do too many GAs at a time.
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A long time ago, in galaxy far far away...
Wait! That's not it. That was in old SG site you could ask about reroll if winner haven't filled instructions in description.
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So regifting, trading or selling. I sometimes activated game some time after wining just because I pressed wrong button (add to eq) and realized later ^^
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I wait 7 days until they activate the game. And I have only 2 people on my blacklist.
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I once avtivated game after a month because I forgot about it - I didn't do it before a trip and then forgot and +- after a month I activated it :P
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I feel like you should have add the option like 'being toxic' :P
I mean it's not the most common reason (I think) but I think that angry, hatefull people 'deserve' place in that poll.
And I'm kinda suprised about that 'thanks' comments having (right now) 14 votes. I mean, yeah, they can be annoying but IF GA creator didn't stated that he don't want to hear that I think it's not enough reason to blacklist someone.
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I sometimes see something like blacklist war - blacklisting everyone for everything with no reason, with stupid reason, with sensible reason.
For what you blacklist most often and for what you were (if you know about that).
It can be interesting in my opinion.
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