I'm not trying to troll, but how does the whole "rep" thing work? is that other users upvoting my posts? sheer number of posts?

i'm sorry for the bother.

This, and also you can get +5(?) rep for answering some topic marked as question or just by posting (+1 rep per day).

EDIT: Example of topic marked as question: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/help_me_find_this_game_2

Thank you! I really appreciate it!

As the OP says though, the "reputation" mentioned there, what makes one eligible for this giveaway, has nothing to do with the number showing under your name, but is a matter of being active enough on the forums for long enough that others who are very active start to know who you are, and not for any bad reasons.

But yes, that number works partially by tallying up and down votes, partially by question answers, partially by days with posts. Each day you post at least once you get +1 (so that's just for the first post of the day, nothing additional for more than one per day). For each question where your post is marked as the answer you get +5. Past that, each post that has a slightly positive vote tally (I think +1 or +2) gets you +1, each one that has more (I think +3 or more) will be marked as "high rated" and get you +3 (so no more than +3 for one post, regardless of how high the tally goes). But that applies for negative votes as well, -1 for each post with a slightly negative tally, -3 for "low rated" ones. I think there's a maximum total per day, think it was 12 points, either positive or negative, but not sure of that at all. May even be 6, and likely excludes the points from question answers, but really don't know, should be others who do.

Thank you! I really appreciate the explanation! I had figured the OP meant "the rep you have in my head from me recognizing you (or not)," but having the Rep System explained in such detail was very helpful. :D

Right, I'm at last back. I apologize greatly to everyone for the massive delay after delay. It's not being fair to any of you, and I appreciate everyone's undying patience. Huge thanks to those who kept track of the requests for me, now it's time for me to get back on the ball. I'm gonna do grantings in batches and it'll take me a while, so bear with me while I take care of it all. If anybody sees me make any mistakes, please correct me.
All granted.

Beaten to it, I'm afraid. Sorry!

I'm afraid you guys don't really qualify for the Community Giveaway. Hang around the forum more and return after being a bit more active.
Denied due to lack of participation.

Many thanks to zeogold and Doc0075 for generosity!

Welcome back, zeo! And don’t be afraid if you ever need to be AFK again :)

Thank you Doc0075 for Witcher 3. There's quite a number of games in my library that comes from your kindness to the the community here.

No need to worry Zeogold, maybe we just spoiled by your diligent effort to get the codes instantly.

It looks to me like I was beat to the game by someone above.

If that is the case, I'd like to ask for Battle Chasers: Nightwar again for this month, since I see it on the updated list.

Thanks, zeo!

Thanks to the anonymous donor for his/her generosity in providing Order of the Thorne and to zeogold for his untiring work on this thread.

Er, sorry to confuse you. I was basically erasing things on the list one-by-one as I granted requests to make sure I got things right. You just got in before I got rid of the rest of the Battle Chasers keys. Everything still isn't fully updated, I'll make a post when it is.

Thanks zeo and Doc0075 for the game! It's time to storm some dungeo... no, wait! It's time to storm some fools storming my dungeon!

That was a heck of an undertaking you went through zeo, but welcome back and thank you and Doc0075 for Divinity OS!

Thanks! However the daggered MDK code didn't work for whatever reason. It's no big deal though and I'm very appreciative for Empire! Thanks again.

Edit: MDK issue was worked out. Thanks Zeo!