Cavalary: Just to settle this part of the discussion, BenKii
rejected My_Acc-My_Fortress's first nom (for being a too new account, though it was all too obvious from the get go whose alt it is, which would be another reason), but then Doc0075
stepped in to second the nom, and in my view (and it seems also in BenKii's) Doc's backing weighs enough to end the discussions about eligibility.
You must be joking...
First of all, neither you nor Doc have any say in the
application of rules and any "magical bypassess" to them ( cough
double standards cough ).
Neither you, nor Doc, is the administrator of current edition of the giveaway.
What kind of logic is this anyway?
Yes, Doc IS a reputable member of this giveaway - at that - he has donated OBSCENE amount of keys, costing a small fortune...
But that doesn't mean he can just "snap a finger and legitimize a rules bypass"...
If we EVER go down this path - if we allow people to basically "you donate enough and you became board member" - what direction do you think the giveaway would go?
What would stop somebody like that to nominate "seemingly random" people, but in reality eg friends, family, and whatnot, or generally "people of interest to them", and "automatically pass the nomination check", JUST BECAUSE "they are reputable" ?
WHAT FOR is the administrator in this giveaway?
What for, if somebody could just throw a bag of money and just have a say, magically?
Isn't that, like,
textbook case of corrutpion?
" But Doc said... "
This is such a ridiculous logic...
Smh.
Should we be deeply thankful to Doc0075 for his many and highly expensive contributions across the years? YES, that would generally be sane thing to do.
Should Doc magically have any "special privilages" just because he threw obscene amount of money around? NO And I think, I'm not sure ( and Doc, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong ), but I THINK Doc would actually feel INSULTED at the suggestion that he, who has spent a lot of money, has authority to decide over the giveaway he has no administrative oversight off of, JUST BECASUE he spent a lot of money.
Even just
suggesting that "Doc nominated somebody, so
the nomination must be honored BECASUE Doc has been throwing cash at us for long enough[/i] is just an INSANE twist of reality.
And while at it,
2 weeks have passed since this:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_community_giveaway_6th_edition/post5079 This was on
2024, June 25.
and
now suddenly the account is eligible somehow?!
HOW? Isn't THIS
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_community_giveaway_6th_edition/post5437 mis-application of the rules??
o__O
The account info says " Registered: Jun 2024 ".
The account in question isn't even 1 month old...
How old
exactly is "old enough" anyway?????
Bessanti: That doesn't even make sense. You mean to say the hoster said no for obvious reasons, which violates rules, but all it took was a yay from "one powerful boi"?
Well that sets the precedent then: hoarders welcome, just get sponsored by this person.
Ruvika: I once seconded an user, this user didn't have enough forum activity recently, but always chat with him, and even help me with some problems, is a legit user so I back him up. I think the rules of the giveaway is to avoid games go to people that are not part of GOG or users that are there just for the free games.
Gee,
nepotism...
Interesting...
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