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Dantefromhell89 said:
In those quantities? How?! 0o

Well, yeah but we should keep an eye on him, seriously.
I remember the last time someone has flooded GA section with Armor DLCs and in the aftermath those were fakes more often than not. :unsure:
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For the Armor DLC it's maybe multi accounting on givee or keyhub. For the AGFPRO DLC it used to drop very often on Feudalife, so maybe a stash that was never used. And for the Ice Bastion DLC, it's currently given very often on DIG in their less-than-one-buck-DLCs-giveaways that are there everyday (i have a lot of those myself, i use them to maintain my positive review for Feudalife everyday).
 
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ratsy2 said:
So, first 10 GA have 700+ entries and others only ~5. It totally doesn't look like someone is using 700 alts to insure positive feedback.
All right, move on. Nothing to see here, please disperse.
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so after one GA ends no one could join the next one, right?..
 
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No, join his own GA & set + to himself. Or it's just horde of bots that joins all 0 level GAs with high iS cost. Or is it 700 random people who really want this DLC? We never know. After first 10 GAs bots ran out of iS coins -> 700+ entries by bots / 5+ entries by real folks
 
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ratsy2 said:
No, join his own GA & set + to himself. Or it's just horde of bots that joins all 0 level GAs with high iS cost. Or is it 700 random people who really want this DLC? We never know. After first 10 GAs bots ran out of iS coins -> 700+ entries by bots / 5+ entries by real folks
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Well, we'll see by the reaction of the winners only, I guess... 🤷‍♂️
 
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Uploader: PurpleDwarfDisaster

Giveaway for a game that is already free on Steam (without Steam trading card drops enabled)


Uploader: Yevgen38

Giveaways for in-game codes/keys and not the base game or a DLC.


Uploader: niwra

Same as above.
 
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mzklightning said:
2. As @nirjor has stated, the beta key giveaways give the full amount of giveaway experience for a product that is not the full game. (Not to mention that the entry price is calculated on the price for the full game as well) This usually leaves the person who wins the giveaway with access to the game until its release date, when they have to pay for the full game. If it is not in the rules (Which I will be emailing Paula from IndieGala Customer Support for clarification on), it at the very least goes against the spirit of a giveaway section, which is intended for full game and qualifying DLC keys only.

Speaking of which:


Uploader: Drew

Giveaway marked as for the "Prologue" for the game, and this game is in the play testing period on Steam. Possible Non-complete game and/or Beta key giveaway.
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Well, there is nothing to guess here, all the keys for F4E are just for the prologue, there were a lot of them in Lootboy cards, and if I am not mistaken later there was some site where you could take these keys just like that.
I well remember that in the summer there was an opportunity to create a giveaway specifically for Project F4E Playtest, using a separate link, and then it was clearly visible in the name of the giveaway, even the banner had the inscription Project F4E Prologue. I myself created several of these, because in my opinion, everything was clearly visible without any explanations and descriptions in the comments. But then indiegala blocked the ability to create exactly those giveaways with that link, so i deleted all F4E lootboy cards.
So somehow I doubt support say how good it is to create giveaways for beta keys.
 
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Uploader: PurpleDwarfDisaster

Giveaway for a game that is already free on Steam (without Steam trading card drops enabled)


Uploader: Yevgen38

Giveaways for in-game codes/keys and not the base game or a DLC.


Uploader: niwra

Same as above.
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No. This battlerite royale crap is activated as steam DLC with a normal steam key.
The giveaways are still misleading and should not be created in my opinion, as the name says it's a full game, but it's actually just DLC, but they're not in-game codes.
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P.S. the key is still working if anyone needs it, for me they are just garbage :)
 
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mzklightning said:
@Dantefromhell89 @nirjor :

I've received a response from Paula from IndieGala Customer Support regarding giveaways of Alpha/Beta/Playtesting keys:

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So, per the above message from Paula, Alpha/Beta/Playtesting keys are not allowed to be given away in the Giveaways section of the IndieGala website.

Hopefully this puts this argument to rest.
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Well, I can see that someone "can receive a negative feedback for those keys" and that was the part I was okay with from the start, if you can remember what I've said previously.
But yeah, okay. Congrats on your successful venture.
Strangely enough, you HAVEN'T asked anything about reporting those giveaways as well as she HAVEN'T said anything about it)) But that just a neat detail, I guess.^,^
 
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Dantefromhell89 said:
Strangely enough, you HAVEN'T asked anything about reporting those giveaways as well as she HAVEN'T said anything about it)) But that just a neat detail, I guess.^,^
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Well I'm hope that the IndieGala staff actively pays attention to this thread.

I'm not going to be dead-set on getting someone into official trouble for the Alpha/Beta keys unless someone starts posting them en masse.

I'm more letting people be aware that it is against the rules in the hopes that the behavior stops on its own.
 
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vic-viper said:
No. This battlerite royale crap is activated as steam DLC with a normal steam key.
The giveaways are still misleading and should not be created in my opinion, as the name says it's a full game, but it's actually just DLC, but they're not in-game codes.
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P.S. the key is still working if anyone needs it, for me they are just garbage :)
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Thanks for informing me of this fact.

I will still be reporting those here though, as the entry fee is calculated from the price vs. popularity ratio of the full game.
 
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mzklightning said:
Well I'm hope that the IndieGala staff actively pays attention to this thread.

I'm not going to be dead-set on getting someone into official trouble for the Alpha/Beta keys unless someone starts posting them en masse.

I'm more letting people be aware that it is against the rules in the hopes that the behavior stops on its own.
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Well, THAT sounds pretty much nice and justified. Can't argue))
 
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A lot to report today:


Uploader: niwra

Another giveaway of "Boost Pack Key" and not a full DLC.


Uploader: DarkKettlePoisonous (AKA ɹƎ✩ⱯS)

Same as above


Uploader: RiseOfIndie

Giveaway for a game not currently available on Steam. (planned release in 3 months) Possible Alpha/Beta/PreRelease code.


Uploader: ★彡[黒ひげ]彡★

Same as above.


Uploader: Frogger

Giveaway for a DLC that's already free on Steam.
 
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mzklightning said:
Thanks for informing me of this fact.

I will still be reporting those here though, as the entry fee is calculated from the price vs. popularity ratio of the full game.
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Wow, the entrance ticket is 15iS, I thought it was 1iS max. Then it really needs attention.
 
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mzklightning said:

Uploader: ★彡[黒ひげ]彡★

Giveaway for a game not currently available on Steam. (planned release in 3 months) Possible Alpha/Beta/PreRelease code.
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Dude, let's go back.
If you aren't sure than why you're reporting this giveaway?
Also, it's a full game (at least it should be, and if the key's valid it's indeed a working game even though it says "for Beta Testing").
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I have both of those (you've mentioned Jollyball few days ago), there was an event from the developers/publishers themselves and they gave those keys to everyone who become one of their's newsletter subscriber. Considering it's indeed from the same user (and AGAIN, if the key is indeed valid), it's pretty much okay situation and you SHOULDN'T report those two giveaways.
Do a better research BEFORE commenting here, please.
 
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