For well over a year I put most of my evenings into running the group and arranging lots of fun events for our member base of 70,000+.
I engaged in a long conversation with Steam support who would not specify what I had done wrong and would not re-enable the group. Today (one week later), I managed to get the reason out of them.
The reason - we had been running contests on our Steam forum which is against the terms of service. Contests outside of Steam are okay but it seems that within Steam they are not permitted. I did not realise this and it had never been brought to my attention that this was against any rules. There are also many other groups which run contests regularly so it never crossed my mind.
I'm asking for you to sign my petition so that all my hard work has not been in vain. Our group promotes indie devs and finds you the best deals for Steam redeemable games.
In the event that the group is re-enabled, I'm prepared to close off the forums and announcements completely so that we don't post anything which Steam disagrees with.
Thanks for your time.
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Reached 5,000 supporters
July 7, 2014
May 26, 2014
The petition has reached one thousand signatures. This milestone confirms that a significant community remains invested in the future of the group despite the recent administrative action.
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 26, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
May 8, 2014
May 8, 2014
We are approaching one hundred signatures and the momentum is becoming impossible for the platform to ignore. Please direct your friends to this page so we can reach this milestone and demonstrate the scale of our community.
3,354 Comments
Who's gaming now is one of the few good groups that actually has information im looking for and excellent topics. Please re-enable the group. there are far worse offenders. The admin seems like he will follow rules now that he knows about them. don't discourage community participation. thanks
I think a warning would have been more appropriate instead of instantly disabling the group. If the owner is willing to abide by the rules that he is aware of now, i think it is fair that the group be re-opened again as it is a source of news to many who have subscribed.
Bah, this is complete balogna. There are thousands of Steam groups that hold contests every day, and Steam targets this group? This group does more giving than contests, and they have the nerve to shut down such a charitable group.
"Who's Gaming Now?!" is a great group run by some great people (Carl, Josh, D,..). I know Carl has spent countless hours of his life, just to promote great indie games. Mistakes are made, but a first-time offence warning would be appreciated by myself and I believe the entire group.
This group was great! The one strike you're out policy is stupid, and why would game giveaways be agaisnt a policy? Steam is about games, and giving away your unused/unneeded games is helping many others!
please bring the group back! I miss it
WGN
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For well over a year I put most of my evenings into running the group and arranging lots of fun events for our member base of 70,000+.
I engaged in a long conversation with Steam support who would not specify what I had done wrong and would not re-enable the group. Today (one week later), I managed to get the reason out of them.
The reason - we had been running contests on our Steam forum which is against the terms of service. Contests outside of Steam are okay but it seems that within Steam they are not permitted. I did not realise this and it had never been brought to my attention that this was against any rules. There are also many other groups which run contests regularly so it never crossed my mind.
I'm asking for you to sign my petition so that all my hard work has not been in vain. Our group promotes indie devs and finds you the best deals for Steam redeemable games.
In the event that the group is re-enabled, I'm prepared to close off the forums and announcements completely so that we don't post anything which Steam disagrees with.
Thanks for your time.
Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
July 7, 2014
May 26, 2014
The petition has reached one thousand signatures. This milestone confirms that a significant community remains invested in the future of the group despite the recent administrative action.
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 26, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
May 8, 2014
May 8, 2014
We are approaching one hundred signatures and the momentum is becoming impossible for the platform to ignore. Please direct your friends to this page so we can reach this milestone and demonstrate the scale of our community.
3,354 Comments
This is ridiculous. You guys didn't do anything that other groups aren't also doing, en masse. Also, I'd love to see the actual part of the TOS that specifies this inane "rule".
Who's gaming now is one of the few good groups that actually has information im looking for and excellent topics. Please re-enable the group. there are far worse offenders. The admin seems like he will follow rules now that he knows about them. don't discourage community participation. thanks
I think a warning would have been more appropriate instead of instantly disabling the group. If the owner is willing to abide by the rules that he is aware of now, i think it is fair that the group be re-opened again as it is a source of news to many who have subscribed.
Bah, this is complete balogna. There are thousands of Steam groups that hold contests every day, and Steam targets this group? This group does more giving than contests, and they have the nerve to shut down such a charitable group.
"Who's Gaming Now?!" is a great group run by some great people (Carl, Josh, D,..). I know Carl has spent countless hours of his life, just to promote great indie games. Mistakes are made, but a first-time offence warning would be appreciated by myself and I believe the entire group.
This group was great! The one strike you're out policy is stupid, and why would game giveaways be agaisnt a policy? Steam is about games, and giving away your unused/unneeded games is helping many others!
please bring the group back! I miss it
WGN
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This is ridiculous. You guys didn't do anything that other groups aren't also doing, en masse. Also, I'd love to see the actual part of the TOS that specifies this inane "rule".