No. You must activate the gift. You're not allowed to regift it.
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More accurately stated you may get suspended, at least if you draw too much attention to yourself, like by regifting a mass giveaway game, or making a thread to ask if you can regift. Then even if you do get suspended, it seems like they get to keep their CV, and come back later. I guess it's why they're listed as something that seems to have less of a rigidly authoritative name like "guidelines," rather than something more strict, like "rules."
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I won a game of which the key was already used. I talked to the guy and he was a nice person, but didn't have another key. I decided to mark the gift as received anyway... and got a 5 day temp ban for not activating a won gift.
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and rightly so.
i mean, if you want to be nice ask the GA maker to delete the GA and if you agree no harm done. he only loses a GA slot and no one is the wiser. live and learn right?
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You must redeem the copy that you won, but if you like it you can always giveaway other copies of the game.
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Don't worry, this is exactly were the duck is supposed to go.
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You must activate your wins but you are allowed to then give away another copy of a game you've won.
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^ This. No matter how the OP's question is interpreted, this answer will be the correct one.
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For those who like to keep their profiles private, it's worth pointing out that if you give away another copy of a game you've won it's a good idea to ensure that your profile is kept public while your giveaway is running so that people can see that you actually did activate the game you won.
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so you marked won game and didnt activate it, see what will fappen here
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ehhehehehheheh, just noticed
and yet, he will have another chance, trying to cheat the system and nothing will happen
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Not if it is proven to be a multi-account. The punishment for that is permaban.
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and how one can prove it ? is it even possible without accused person admitting it ?
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I dunno, cg and the support gods have their own hoodoo voodoo magic to determine that. I'm just a mere mortal.
I would imagine there are patterns in CV abuse, also something about IP addresses and such
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It doesn't even matter if it is an alt account of someone else's account, trying to exploit the giveaway feedback to boost CV = permaban for all accounts involved
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Yep. And reported his buddy Akemble01 for not activating his wins.
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Wow, I'd be pretty disappointed if I were to give away GTA5, Ark, and Dying light and only got 1 entry for 2 and none for dying light?
What a bummer, no CV earned.
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Well, he didn't even send it if you check the "winner"'s profile.
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That can't be true... who would mark something received that was never sent?
We have to assume everything is legit here, I'm sure there was just a general lack of interest in the titles by his whitelist, can't blame them, those are titles that potentially could garner little to no interest in people.
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Akemble is his buddy so he marks as received. Problem is that it doesn't count to CV if there is only 1 entry so they both kinda gave a fk ;)
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wonder if he knows only the 1st 5 BEEP's count for cv and i think 4&5 are slashed in 1/2, though 15% of $5 is next to nothing anyway. he should have really read the faq before giving all that stuff way for "free"
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thanks i knew something changed after 5. the 15% is what you get in CV for gifting any bundled game if i'm not mistaken. i was just pointing out 15% of $5 is already next to nothing even before the extra devaluing after gifting 5 copies.
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From what I hear, a giveaway must have at least a certain number of entries for it to affect your CV, so those would be what looks like failed attempts to exploit CV gains at least.
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Grand theft auto,ark survival?Whats wrong with this?And no....
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YES, but only if you won this game somewhere else :P (you'll have to activate all games won on SteamGifts to not get banned)
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1) if you won the game you have to activate it on your Steam account.
2) if you bought another key for the same game - yes, you can give it away.
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i might be mistaken but i think at least a bilion ppl before you wrote that, but to be sure write that again
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this feels like a deja vu and by deja vu i mean seeing some sketchy giveaways ;)
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This is why pandas are becoming extinct, you guys.
You know, besides the whole "don't feel like mating" thing.
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what a great break though for Zoology . Who though that exploit CV also could make panda extinct
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That should be on the GA creation page. "Everytime you make a fake giveaway/try to exploit CV a cute panda dies in pain."
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honestly how many time we see someone make a thread... gather attention...etc only to get discover by our valiant SG detective
I lost counting already
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copy/paste from faq:
Won gifts should be activated to the Steam account used during registration, and they should not be regifted, traded, or sold.
Allow the giveaway creator one week to send the gift. Please be patient and do not contact them during this time. If the gift is not received after one week, you may contact the giveaway creator on Steam to follow-up.
Winners should correctly mark their gift as received or not received within one week of the giveaway closing. This feedback should be kept up-to-date if the status of the gift changes.
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