Steam Gave Me A Free Game?

[Emperor Nero]

So I have a steam account that I never got on because all I had on it was Civilization 5 and up until just recently I didn't have a computer that played it. I just got on like 10 minutes ago to download it now that I got a computer that will play it and I have Dawn of War 2 on my account... Did they give me a free game? Has this ever happened to anyone?


It would be good to mention, I suppose, that I am unfamiliar with the Steam platform.

 

[Emperor Nero]

Thanks, I thought I had just done something and got a free game. haha

 

[Ivy Bridge]

haha unlikely, I should also mention never to buy a Steam game with PayPal and never to except a Steam gift from a random person.

Just curious, why not? About the PayPal/gift thing. I only have a few games on Steam, but I kinda wanted to buy a game with PayPal in the future lol and I've gotten a few gifts from people. Just wanna be sure I'm not putting my account in jeopardy

 

[gds08]

^ I was about to ask the same thing because I have recieved lots of gifts and bought like 20 games with paypal :S.

 

[Ivy Bridge]

Because if your PayPal was ever hacked and that person claimed back from Valve. That automatically locks your entire Steam account from use, all your games everything are inaccessible. And a lot of people have found that PayPal just push the disputes to your favor when the dispute is in progress, and if that happens your entire Steam account is gone, forever. No matter how many games you have bought they will just disable you.

Oh and I said don't accept gifts off random people as they can just claim back over PayPal and your account is suspended for a few days until Valve sort it all out. You get your account back of course but no one likes having their account knocked off for a week for something that wasn't their fault.

Unlikely situations I know, but if you have a £500+ worth Steam account that can be taken away as quick as that, I certainly wouldn't want to risk it. If you want to pay with PayPal, make sure your PayPal + PC is secure before doing so. This is rare I know, but it has happened to people in the past.

Oh cool, I figured it was going to be something more sinister than that. I'm pretty confident my PC + PayPal is secure. And the gifts I received were from trusted gifters here at Sythe

Thanks for the words of caution though.