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[Narga95]

Since on the topic of giveaways, a bit of a tangent, but... I'm annoyed that the gameplay giveaway goes down and "wastes" your feedback bonus. Missed yesterday completely due to schedule, and then today, no benefit from feedback because it took too long to reopen. I don't really have a good solution other than to let the user choose when to "redeem" the bonus indiegala server's day reset, or better transparency to let us know exactly when it will expire, because it's impossible to tell as it is. It was good that they tied participation into a reward like this, but I am beyond frustrated trying to function by their invisible clock.

Nothing else you can do about that honestly, the malus reduction is only a benefit of the joys of giving away games. Well, that would be the natural way of thinking if everyone who won those keys weren't abusers or bots, so it's understandable seeing doing giveaways here only as a matter of getting a -2 on the challenge.

Like co2no said, it's better to reduce the level for your giveaways since the higher the level the more chances your giveaway is going to be won to a n abuser that's going to trade your game for something. I too have experienced an influx of abuser once I got to level 4 (can't even contact them because of private profiles or they don't log there because they're alts) and it's been days since someone put the games as received, obviously before I was getting a lot of "fast" feedbacks while doing it at level 1/2/3 (but even there at level 3 it was a bit noticeable).

All this really makes you lose interest in doing giveaways of your own, even if they're games you win in the challenges that you have no use.

 

[Zeph4Sure]

The fact that this thread is 60+ pages and indiegala isn't really doing anything demonstrable to counteract it is already a bad sign.
I had hope that they would after a while, but it seems that's just not going to happen.

I've noticed that a lot of these alt accounts seem to be banning people too.
I've found a few users that have "banned" me and they've never even won a giveaway from me.

 

[ココ奈⁉]

The fact that this thread is 60+ pages and indiegala isn't really doing anything demonstrable to counteract it is already a bad sign.
I had hope that they would after a while, but it seems that's just not going to happen.

I've noticed that a lot of these alt accounts seem to be banning people too.
I've found a few users that have "banned" me and they've never even won a giveaway from me.

You can find out if you are being banned from a giveaway? I mean I never joined any giveaways since I never won any so I am pretty unfamiliar with that section.

 

[Kid Kidding]

You can find out if you are being banned from a giveaway? I mean I never joined any giveaways since I never won any so I am pretty unfamiliar with that section.

Yes, I got one in the past: "You are currently banned".
I am still trying to ban the banner, but the trade-id's you need are really well hidden by Indiegala ...
PS. BTW: If you never joined a giveaway you are sure to never win one!

 

[ココ奈⁉]

Yes, I got one in the past: "You are currently banned".
I am still trying to ban the banner, but the trade-id's you need are really well hidden by Indiegala ...
PS. BTW: If you never joined a giveaway you are sure to never win one!

I see! I never knew that! Well I had been trying almost daily for 3 months when I started all 240is and nothing so gave up. Luck is never on my side

 

[WizardStan]

So curious thing: I just encountered 3 giveaways which are "No longer available" with the giver having more than 10 negative feedback. A possibility that support may be doing something?

 

[Kid Kidding]

Yeah, I think so too. But I am not sure.
Oh, and it happens quite often that giveaways are no longer available.

 

[Zeph4Sure]

I have noticed a few where it says "giveaways are no longer available" -- but I check later and they have more entries.
I suspect these may be bans also, though no way to tell without asking support.

 

[Derpowitz]

Hey guys ever wonder why you never get to win anything on Alienware Arena because the keys were all gobbled up within 5 minutes?

From user "teq_pro":

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741802

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741803

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741807

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741808

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741809

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741810

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741811

From user "a414045":

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741816

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741817

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741818

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/heroes-generals-14-day-veteran-membership/741819

Please give these new and totally not fake accounts a warm welcome by upvoting them so they can come steal all the giveaway keys here too!

 

[SneakyHorse]

https://www.indiegala.com/giveaways/card/quake-champions-platinum-packs/741848

"Warning, is not redeemed through Steam"

 

[SlayerofDragons]

Indiegala really needs to add a regex check to ensure that what is entered is a steam format key. That way it wouldn't be possible to create these in the first place.

 

[MadLibrarian]

3 of my last 5 ended giveaways don't show the winner's name on the 'Completed created' section. Never happened before even once. If I click on the giveaway I can see the winner there (but clicking on it there takes me to their forum profile) so this way I don't have a direct link to the winner's trade profile. I know there's a way to find the trade profile manually but most probably are not aware.

Has anyone else experienced this blank winner issue recently?

 

[Zoliv]

I have seen it often even in the past. I thought it was banned people, but no. No clue.

 

[Narga95]

Seems like this guy created a lot of demo key giveaways from Intel.

 

[MadLibrarian]

Seems like this guy created a lot of demo key giveaways from Intel.

He's a serial cheater. He gave away lots of Back 4 Blood beta keys last month, too.

 

[Zeph4Sure]

Damn what a shame.
It's pretty obvious what he's doing, still no enforcement.

 

[MadLibrarian]

Many Black Geyser giveaways up today (all of them with beta keys most likely). Many don't even have the decency to at least write in the description that it's for the beta.

 

[Chii-chan]

Many Black Geyser giveaways up today (all of them with beta keys most likely). Many don't even have the decency to at least write in the description that it's for the beta.

Looking at the accounts making them, they have a similar number of giveaway feedbacks total, and the same creation & activity date. Probably multi-account from the same person

 

[MadLibrarian]

Giveaways are currently flooded with trial keys from Alienware that will expire on October 11th.

If you see a giveaway for Mable & The Wood, Double Cross, Cyber Hook or Adventures of Chris the given away keys are 99% sure to be from Alienware and are beta/trial keys. The keys will expire on October 11th and the games will be removed from your library if you already activated them. If you win one of these giveaways please leave negative feedback.

Meanwhile the Facerig Studios DLC scam is still going strong, too. It's utterly disappointing to look at the giveaway section. I don't know why IG staff doesn't care about how it tarnishes the site's reputation. If Steamgifts and Alienware can use community mods so could IG.

 

[LightSageWish]

Giveaways are currently flooded with trial keys from Alienware that will expire on October 11th.

If you see a giveaway for Mable & The Wood, Double Cross, Cyber Hook or Adventures of Chris the given away keys are 99% sure to be from Alienware and are beta/trial keys. The keys will expire on October 11th and the games will be removed from your library if you already activated them. If you win one of these giveaways please leave negative feedback.

Meanwhile the Facerig Studios DLC scam is still going strong, too. It's utterly disappointing to look at the giveaway section. I don't know why IG staff doesn't care about how it tarnishes the site's reputation. If Steamgifts and Alienware can use community mods so could IG.

I wish I had seen this post before I accepted the win of "Mable & The Wood" - or had looked at Alienware before