Just last Thursday, Valve officially announced the upcoming Steam Deck lottery on its Twitter account, saying that the company will be at The Game Awards, which is expected to be held on the morning of December 9, Taiwan time “Send one every minute ” 512GB Steam Deck, which is a model with a high price. 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 in on 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 complied with in order to participate. But right now, even players who meet certain conditions are still encountering some problems when registering.
While celebrating @thegameawards and Steam Deck in stock, we’re giving away one 512GB Steam Deck every minute of the broadcast on December 8th!
Learn more and sign up for the giveaway here: https://t.co/yX0V4D8FGO
(everyone gets a Steam Pal sticker) pic.twitter.com/sszM49VHQw
— Steam Deck (@OnDeck) November 30, 2022
“To celebrate The Game Awards and the ample Steam Deck lineup, we’ll 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, once players have registered on the official page of the event, 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 as long as Watch it on Steam.tv to be eligible for an instant draw. Although the rules themselves sound quite simple, in reality there are 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 pointless due to shipping restrictions.
Additionally, in order to verify that the player actually resides in these designated areas, the player’s Steam account must have a purchase record between November 14, 2021 and November 14, 2022. Therefore, there must be even players living in North America, Canada, the UK, and the EU 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’ r quota. . On the other hand, the player’s account should not have any “bad records” or limit the account. These rules sound fair, but there is more to it than that.
After the event 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 specification, but still could not register smoothly. Some players successfully completed the registration after several reorganizations. Shortly afterwards, Valve officially released a statement on the Twitter platform, saying that they have fixed the problem that caused players to be unable to register for the event in smooth, but some Players who meet all the criteria are still rejected.
Hello! For people who had trouble registering even though they were eligible, we put a few things on our side and it should be good to go. Visit here to register for the giveaway: https://t.co/yX0V4D8FGO https://t.co/BNyIalm8vM
— Steam Deck (@OnDeck) December 1, 2022
“For those players who are clearly eligible but are having problems registering, we’ve fixed some issues on our end and should now be able to register smoothly.” 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.
