Just last Thursday, Valve officially announced an upcoming Steam Deck raffle on its Twitter account, saying that the company will be attending The Game Awards, which is scheduled to be held on the morning of December 9 Taiwan time. 512GB Steam Deck, which is a high priced model. In addition to celebrating the upcoming TGA Awards ceremony, Valve emphasized that this event is also to celebrate that Steam Deck has enough inventory.
According to the official news, players only need to log into the Steam platform and go to the event page to register to participate. However, there are actually many very important rules and conditions behind this event, which must be fully respected in order to participate. But at present, even players who meet some conditions still encounter some problems in registering.
In celebration of @thegameawards and Steam Deck being available, we are giving away a 512GB Steam Deck per minute of the broadcast on December 8th!
Find out more and register for the giveaway here: https://t.co/yX0V4D8FGO
(everyone gets a Steam Pal sticker) pic.twitter.com/sszM49VHQw
— Steam Bridge (@OnDeck) November 30, 2022
“To celebrate The Game Awards and sufficient Steam Deck inventory, we will be giving away a 512GB Steam Deck console every minute at the awards ceremony on December 9th! For event details, visit https://store.steampowered.com/sale/thegameawardssteamdeckdrop2022」
The rules are like this, after players register on the official event page, they can set the time in the calendar, and when the TGA Awards Ceremony officially starts broadcasting on the morning of December 9, they will be notified, and then until like Watch it on Steam.tv to enter an instant prize draw. Although the rules themselves seem quite simple, there are actually many restrictions behind this game. For example, only players living in North America, Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union can participate, otherwise they cannot register at all. And even using a VPN is useless due to shipping restrictions.
Additionally, to verify that the player actually lives in these designated areas, the player’s Steam account must have a purchase record between November 14, 2021 and November 14, 2022. Therefore, even players living in North America, Canada , UK and EU must have bought the game during that year, which also means that local players cannot create a large number of new accounts at the same time to dominate the lottery share. . On the other hand, the player’s account must not have any “bad record” or limit the account. These rules seem fair, but there’s more.
After the event was officially opened for registration, many Steam players began to reflect on the Twitter platform that they clearly met all the conditions and requirements in the event specifications, but still could not register smoothly. Some players have successfully completed registration after several reorganizations. Soon after, Valve officially released a statement on the Twitter platform, saying that they have fixed the issue that prevented players from registering for the event smoothly, but there are still some players who meet all the criteria are rejected.
Bye! For people who were having trouble signing up despite being eligible, we just fixed a few things on our side and it should be fine. Please visit here to register for the giveaway: https://t.co/yX0V4D8FGO https://t.co/BNyIalm8vM
— Steam Bridge (@OnDeck) December 1, 2022
“For those players who are clearly eligible but are having issues registering, we have resolved some issues on our side and should now be able to register without any issues,” Valve said in this post.
On the other hand, regardless of eligibility, Steam players worldwide will be able to claim a Steam Pal-themed animated sticker when they log in and go to the event page.
