Robette: But Wpegg doesn't have an exhausting authority over what people make of his thread...
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I agree with Azrael and Keeveek since having codes just vanish in the Internet nirvana does get very annoying and spoils the fun of giving anything.
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I really fail to see why someone would make this a matter of principal in regards of keeping the original arbitrary rule-set when it obviously struggles to handle the situation appropriately.
No, but it's good manners to respect an OP's intentions behind/unwritten rules concerning a thread is it not?
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Yes, but you all have MANY other threads for preventing such things(personal giveaway threads and other threads where anyone can give games with stricter requirements)......this is the only(afaik) thread that is setup for people to give out games specifically without limits to anyone who can get them quickest. As such, you can see why I would rather that "beauty" wasn't spoiled by bringing rep/join date requirements into the giveaways here.
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As I just said, if one wants to keep scammers from getting codes there's plenty of other threads for that...why force such things into this one as well?
Azrael360: I understand your point of view, and I respect that. All started back in October, and from then, because a few users, the most known was Anasto, created multiple accounts (and editing the country of origin) interpreting as a different person each time to cheat and scam many people. Now they are caught after a couple of weeks at most, but to prevent that, every gifter has implemented a different way to gift theirs games.
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There was a huge discussion back in October/November in this thread about that. And although now these rules had been softened, is very common the "reply first" and from time to time, the extra requirements. That's why I understand the position of keeveek in giving his game. Me too, after October, I have used the "first reply" a few times. Maybe keeveek wanted to gift his game fast, instead of creating a different thread for a giveaway. So is understandable to think in the Ninja Thread to gift something fast like he did.
And if one wants to prevent scammers from getting codes there are many other threads for that/ways to do that. It;s not like being asked not to impose such limits in this thread prevents gifters from imposing limits in other threads/gifting their games with such limits in other threads, right?
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I never meant to say he shouldn't do it, though....just that I felt it went against this thread's nature(I also wouldn't want to see everyone/many more starting to do it & this thread turning into a not-so-ninja thread.). I never meant to try to impose my will on anyone or upset him & I hope he didn't get too upset over what I said.