A group for giveaways of once-free games

IMPORTANT NOTE: Requests to join from users who didn't go through the first two steps below will be denied.

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**GA creators:** GAs for this group must *not* be shared with other groups or your whitelist (as I can't enforce the rules by kicking non-members). If the key you give doesn't work, you need to provide another one. If you can't provide another, the winner is still obligated to agree to GA deletion, but this is counted as a strike against you. 3 strikes and you're out of the group. After every 30 successful GAs, a strike is cleared (at least in principle, I'll need to remember to do this manually).
**GA joiners:** If the key you get doesn't work, let the GA creator know and give them a chance to provide another key. If they can't, you're obligated to agree to GA deletion. If you don't agree to GA deletion even once, you're out of the group.

Note that it's up to GA winners to let me know that a GA they won was deleted because the key wasn't good. I have no other way to know about it, so please report when this happens.

Anyone, including Level 0 users can join, and there is absolutely no obligation to create GAs. There are however a few requirements to join the group:
- Clean profile: No unactivated wins, no trade bans, not on my blacklist
- If your ratio is worse than 0.2 (i.e. you won at least 5 times more than you gave), you need to have at least 10% of your wins (for games with achievements) played. Trying to cheat will result in a permanent ban from joining the group.

Note: Due to a Valve policy change[www.steamgifts.com] inviting users to the group is more complex than I'd want it to be. If you're dedicated enough to go through the following steps, you earned it ;-)

Here's what you need to do to join the group:

1. Check the above requirements, and if you meet them go here[www.itstoohard.com] and agree to the terms
2. You'll get a URL to an SGTools filter (this is used to enforce the clean profile requirements). Click *Check Requirements* and then *Get Giveaway link* to get a link to the an invite-only GA
3. Leave a comment in this GA with your Steam user name, then follow the link in the GA description and click the *Request to Join* button

I check pending requests every few days, so be patient. Requests from users who didn't go through the first two steps below will be denied.

Useful links:

- Recruit thread on SG[www.steamgifts.com]
- Membership terms[www.itstoohard.com]
- Giveaways list on SG[www.steamgifts.com]
- Giveaways thread

Good luck!