Braggadar: I must say: admitting you have no qualms with breaking the rules is a bold move.
There are many other places online which has people giving away Prime/GOG keys with zero conditions over how you'll use it. I suggest if you want to give a family member or friend a key you obtain one from one of those places, not this
community giveaway.
This will be an answer to all who mentioned me, as I see most replys sponsor a similar stance.
I'm bold about
thinking the rules should not
always be obeyed... or alternatively be changed somewhat to allow more leeway,
I'm
not saying I intend to break them or support those who did. This is a dissucusion - always obiding the current conditions would not stirr much ability for change. But of course I'm accepting the wishes of the majority (and the OP, who has the last rulling) over this, as I'm with any other rule - everyone should persist in playing fair in the field.
While I still hold behind my words that
if I got an Amazon Key, and later decided I rather give it to a friend, it
shouldn't be considered an offence, I have yet to do so,
and proposed being forward in advance, both to encourage transperancy, and to allow the OP (and manager of said giveaway) to have said governance - if BenKii feels such request should not be granted, he has the sole descrition and decision to say
it wasn't granted on these grounds. I think in such a case it would be the right thing to do, regardless of the outcome.
But I won't ask for such if it wasn't clear this can be allowed (to some extent, maybe just for FreeForMany giveaways - such as Gog Giveaway / Prime / Other sites keys, maybe
only once they reach the
Expiring Temp Freebies: status), in the rules.
I know there are many other fronts where there are giveaways and "code drops" and "code asking" that don't require active community participation (though some do, to a level).
But while on other "giveaways" the risk of not recieving the key is due to the limited chances, This giveaway is the only one
that I am aware of - where recieving the key is gurunteed, based on the status of the key and its requirements (generaly speaking, given supply & demand, and not including starred keys that
are clearly not part of this inquiry).
If I, for the matter, wish to give a friend - not actively participating in the community - a key I think he can like (but I don't need it), and I see it being offered, I don't have the option to nominee him as A. Unless this is a "no participation required"* he won't be entitled to recieve it. B. He will likely won't see it, including the chat from BenKii even if approved.
So this can't be addressed through the regular rules, eventhough such a request is "technicaly" originating from a "qualified" member of the community (not me, I'm talking about an hypothtical member) - that should otherwize be granted... but the current rules don't allow. That's why I am asking about the prospect of altering them.
* For keys deemed as A. I don't think there is much to talk about as I doubt people are that keen on letting these expire even post BenKii deciding he rather they didn't - some of these are dropped afterwards anyway in the ninja thread.
