Almost every event we had has taught us something new of what a member's behaviour or understanding can be like, so I was asked and though so myself to make our rules crystal clear to everyone. Hopefully this topic will leave no space for misunderstanding of how things work here. Every new member will be expected to check out this topic.

So here are our rules in more detail:

All of our members are primarily members of the SteamGifts community. Thus they are expected and required to behave according to SteamGifts rules.

Every member is required to create at least one giveaway of a non bundled game which for future reference will be called "primary giveaway". The member can create as many secondary giveaways as he/she wishes.

It was decided by our members that bundled giveaways are considered those included in the SG bundle list[www.steamgifts.com] plus the games included in any HB Monthly bundle. You don't have to declare upfront which of your giveaways is your primary, any of your giveaways that fits the description can be your primary but there should be at least one of your giveaways that fulfills as primary.

For a giveaway to be considered as primary it should have a minimum count of entries that is set to one fifth (1/5) of the group's size. So when we have 60 members it should at least gather 12 entries, while at 70 members it should gather 14 entries etc. Harassing members to enter for your giveaways is a fault and can lead to a kick.

It is generally suggested that you don't discriminate between members regarding their ability to enter for your giveaways. It is required though that your primary giveaway has no level requirement.

The main idea behind this group is that all giveaways created should all end at the same time. That time will be decided before any giveaway is created and all members will be notified about it (if not already on group's main page).

Since all giveaways end at the same time we can't have multiple giveaways of the same game since some might win a game twice. Multiple copy giveaways cause no such problem. Extended/Complete/GOTY etc editions are still considered as the same game.

In addition to the previous rule, all giveaways should be region free copies. Due to some countries' regulations even ROW are restricted but we can live with that exception. It is a common courtesy as well to not have other members of the group blacklisted, for the duration of the event. If you find out that you are blacklisted by another member, please contact me first. It must also be mentioned that all giveaways are to be created for this group only and not shared with any other group or whitelist.

In order for mods to validate that everyone has a primary giveaway there is always a 48h of "giveaway silence" where no more giveaways are created. Mods check that everyone has a valid primary giveaway and that there is no need to kick anyone. So, you are expected to have a valid primary giveaway before the last 48h mark. The group members must have time to get notified that a member has been kicked (if any) so that they re-roll any of his wins.

This group is based on generosity, please be kind and comment on all giveaways you enter. I will not enforce this rule its mostly an ethical rule.

Unfortunately release dates on games on Steam are not always accurate but even worse is the case with vague or TBA dates. We want to make sure that winners will soon enjoy their wins, but we also don't want to exclude great games getting released soon. Thus a 3 month period after the end of each event is allowed for the release date of a pre-order game to be given away.

The new Steam Gifting rules make our gifting lives hard, so in order to make sure we don't miss any discount during sales because our winners are not in our friendlist already, we need to be prepared beforehand. No need to keep everyone in your friendlist after the event ends and giveaway winners received their gifts, if you don't want to.

Using our new site for reservations gives us the tools to check who is using scripts to gain advantage over reservation phases. The purpose of having a site is to make reservations easier for everyone.

These are the rules of the group but it is advised to check the Group FAQ as well.