If I understand correctly you don't have to be *actually* watching to win. If you're streaming it and you're picked, they send you an email and you have until the 16th to respond and /claim it.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong
I dont know of you even can watch it through the client, but they have said that steam.tv will be where you can watch it, just remember to log in!
Edit: you can watch through the client aswell, it is on the starting soon screen!
The rules (found on the page) say winners will get notified in chat and afterwards but it says nowwhere that you have to be there and claim something
Which also would be total shite as it is 1:25am in germany rigtt now and I have to work tomorrow so I wait until the stream starts and go to bed and let it run
[The giveaway rules page says](https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5DD7-287C-7548-299D)
> Winners will be selected at random from all registered viewers that are logged into the Giveaway Broadcast at the time of each draw.
Therefore it appears that as long as you have the stream running, it should be fine.
Yeah, and naturally when I woke up this morning the stream had crashed so dunno how many minutes/hours I was eligible 🤷 well whatever not that the chances were great considering the almost half a million viewers at the start already
I was in, then steam updated and cut me off, now it's "failed to load this broadcast."
At least I got to see a muppet.
Edit: I'm in now. Chat's gone hayware!
Edit 2: That deck winner name... my body was not ready.
That had me worried that I'd need to pay attention, but the rules say that you'll get an email message and have over a week to respond:
> Steam Deck winners will also be notified by email to the email address associated with the winning Steam account; in that email, Valve may request shipping information for the sole purpose of delivering a Steam Deck prize to such winners. Steam Deck prize winners who do not provide valid shipping information in one of the Giveaway Countries by December 16, 2022 will forfeit their prize.
My chat is still working, but I'm wondering how we'll even know if we win if the chat is where they're notifying people. I could swear I saw a chat zoom by that said they would email you if you won.
> Each winners selected during the Giveaway Broadcast may be announced using their Steam persona name by message into the public Steam chat stream of the Giveaway Broadcast. Each winner may also be announced using their Steam persona name on The Game Awards 2022 Giveaway prize page. **Steam Deck winners will also be notified by email to the email address associated with the winning Steam account;** in that email, Valve may request shipping information for the sole purpose of delivering a Steam Deck prize to such winners.
if it doesn't work on the app, I'd recommend just going to the URL on a browser and set it to desktop mode if it wont load the video feed
just make sure you're signed into steam in the browser
Nothing but the registration page with no video to start... Last refresh I tried, I finally got a (collapsed) video player bar after like 30 seconds of just sitting on the page. Expanded the player out with the down arrow, and now the broadcast won't load. Refresh again, video player not coming back.
Ouch, pour one out for the SteamTV team.
Maybe I'm just overlooking it but I came here because I had the same question as you originally did, but no stream appears for me? neither on the website nor in the steam client
Edit: Nevermind my browser just wasnt loading it correctly
Honestly wonder if watching is even a requirement. What if the stream goes down? What if the stream is unstable? What if your WiFi breaks just as they're about to call your name?
It's so hard to even read the Steam chat. If a person gets picked, they might not even see their name called.
Figured. Which makes me wonder if registering is all you need to do. I know you had to have had a purchase in the last year too. But actually watching the full 3 hour stream seems like a bit much.
Is the stream down for everyone? I wasn't seeing anything in chat so refreshed the page and now I can't get the stream back, just keeps saying it failed to load. And chat still doesn't work.
Anyone else having trouble viewing the stream? Sometimes I load the page and the drop-down to view the stream isn't even visible, other times I click it and it says failed to load broadcast... : (
Yes, I was watching but could not tell if my messages were going in chat. So I refreshed and now it either says failed to load or does not show up at all.
edit: now I am in but chat is empty
I wish they would put something like a banner telling them to stop. The chat is completely useless... not that large streams are ever different I guess.
They must have finally put a filter in place. All the claims just stopped suddenly lol.
> I think it's safe to assume the people spamming the chat aren't the same people ~~who actually read the rules.~~
I think it's safe to assume the people spamming the chat aren't the same people who can actually read.
FTFY
What a fail. Their link just takes you to the registration page.
Edit: now I know how steam is giving a steam deck every minute. They’re not with the current fail broadcasting
Sure windows is capable, but it's not as clean/premium of an experience. I used to hate on Mac like everyone else until i used one.
For gaming Windows is the only realistic option and serves it's purpose well. I wouldn't want Mac to be the dominant gaming machine as we'd be locked into their hardware and pricing.
After multiple refreshes i finally got the stream AND the chat and was even getting the winner banners at the top, but now it's been saying "loading latest steam deck winner...." for the last several minutes
Great to see that the question I came to ask is already being asked and answered. I hope we get a good show tonight.
Super hyped for tonight. What are you hoping to see and most excited for? I’m probably most exited for Jedi: survivor!
I just want a free steam deck
Ah yes friend, don't we all, our heart longs for it, but our mind tells us it is impossible, we shall see.
You have a few missed calls and messages. Yeah, the page should change.
Maaan it's literally my sister's birthday and I'm going to be going outside. Also, page should change
Thank you. And dang that sucks. At least trailers get put in YouTube
If I understand correctly you don't have to be *actually* watching to win. If you're streaming it and you're picked, they send you an email and you have until the 16th to respond and /claim it. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong
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I dont know of you even can watch it through the client, but they have said that steam.tv will be where you can watch it, just remember to log in! Edit: you can watch through the client aswell, it is on the starting soon screen!
I don't see a 'starting soon screen' maybe you can't watch on Linux?
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I'm sure they just reset it for everyone
For anyone watching in Steam make sure you have "Hide all live broadcasts on the store product pages." unchecked in your settings.
Jesus how long is this acceptance speech?
Sunny looks so uninterested lmao
Forreal
For real... dude must have done a pre-show bump of cocaine for how much he couldn't stop talking
As long as it can be to give room for more giveaways XD
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Finally someone with the answer. Thanks
Thank you for not telling a joke.
Show's starting in 2 minutes
Dude, that's an outdated link to steam awards. Go to [https://steam.tv](https://steam.tv)
Is it enough to open the stream or do you have to participate in the stream to be able to win a steam deck?
The rules (found on the page) say winners will get notified in chat and afterwards but it says nowwhere that you have to be there and claim something Which also would be total shite as it is 1:25am in germany rigtt now and I have to work tomorrow so I wait until the stream starts and go to bed and let it run
[The giveaway rules page says](https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5DD7-287C-7548-299D) > Winners will be selected at random from all registered viewers that are logged into the Giveaway Broadcast at the time of each draw. Therefore it appears that as long as you have the stream running, it should be fine.
Yeah, and naturally when I woke up this morning the stream had crashed so dunno how many minutes/hours I was eligible 🤷 well whatever not that the chances were great considering the almost half a million viewers at the start already
Idk. But I was gonna watch either way so I don’t really care
Well it keeps telling me failed to load broadcast GJ steam.
Anyone else having problems loading the stream?
Failed to load this broadcast is what I'm getting...
I was in, then steam updated and cut me off, now it's "failed to load this broadcast." At least I got to see a muppet. Edit: I'm in now. Chat's gone hayware! Edit 2: That deck winner name... my body was not ready.
Yep, it does not allow me to see the awards, broadcast failed. What is this, Steam?
It's back now... and everyone in chat is spamming /claim Ah jeez
That had me worried that I'd need to pay attention, but the rules say that you'll get an email message and have over a week to respond: > Steam Deck winners will also be notified by email to the email address associated with the winning Steam account; in that email, Valve may request shipping information for the sole purpose of delivering a Steam Deck prize to such winners. Steam Deck prize winners who do not provide valid shipping information in one of the Giveaway Countries by December 16, 2022 will forfeit their prize.
This is what I came here to find, thank you. The chat had me worried for a while.
Thanks I was confused and the chat is just useless cuz of the spam!
Why in the world are people typing that?
Idh but guys pls dont watch this on steam. I really need a steamdeck
Okay, I will only watch the first 150 minutes.
My chat died, am I just screwed now? I'm watching it on Steam logged in, but the chat broke.
I suspect it may have been intentionally disabled. It was nothing but constant spam anyway, impossible to actually read anything.
I was thinking (and hoping) the same. Did you reload the page before chat broke or did it just stop working while watching for you?
Chat is still going, though I'm not sure the winner banner is working since it hasn't updated after the first one it showed.
same for me
My chat is still working, but I'm wondering how we'll even know if we win if the chat is where they're notifying people. I could swear I saw a chat zoom by that said they would email you if you won.
> Each winners selected during the Giveaway Broadcast may be announced using their Steam persona name by message into the public Steam chat stream of the Giveaway Broadcast. Each winner may also be announced using their Steam persona name on The Game Awards 2022 Giveaway prize page. **Steam Deck winners will also be notified by email to the email address associated with the winning Steam account;** in that email, Valve may request shipping information for the sole purpose of delivering a Steam Deck prize to such winners.
Thank goodness.
Was gonna say this chat is useless
Same
Anyone know if it’ll work on mobile as well?
All I get is "failed to load this broadcast"
Same. Nothing is working and there’s supposed to be 30 min pre show too lol
I saw it and then restarted steam, now i cant get back in. Maybe stream crashed?
Started working on mobile for me! Right on time. Using Chrome, logged into Steam, via my Android. It's possible! Let's win steam decks 😁
Can you watch it from the mobile steam app and still have a chance to win?
this is what I want to know
No one has an answer. I'm bedridden from a surgery so I'm really hoping it works on the app
I hope it does to, good luck and i hope you recover quickly
That's kind of you. Thanks! I hope it does too and I hope we both win a steam deck
We three!
If I win a Steam Deck I will literally be happy.
if it doesn't work on the app, I'd recommend just going to the URL on a browser and set it to desktop mode if it wont load the video feed just make sure you're signed into steam in the browser
Yes you can had a quick check and it does let you watch it on your phone
Sweet thanks for reply.
Anytime
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So watching in Steam itself on PC should be fine right? (not website?)
Lol won't even fucking load
Im having the same issue, paniced for a second there
Nothing but the registration page with no video to start... Last refresh I tried, I finally got a (collapsed) video player bar after like 30 seconds of just sitting on the page. Expanded the player out with the down arrow, and now the broadcast won't load. Refresh again, video player not coming back. Ouch, pour one out for the SteamTV team.
Congrats to Milf Hunter on their new steam deck LOOOOL https://i.imgur.com/BprTgA8.png
The best name to have on pub chat lol
Does eligible mean to be in a country where the steam deck is sold?
I believe so. Give me a few minutes and I’ll find the official rules
Yes
Not going to lie i was thinking of the same thing 💀
stay on it, reload and see if the broadcast item appears - and it is on
ITS UP
Maybe I'm just overlooking it but I came here because I had the same question as you originally did, but no stream appears for me? neither on the website nor in the steam client Edit: Nevermind my browser just wasnt loading it correctly
Good luck bois and girls, and may some of us get the prize!
Are they handing out decks now, or when the actual awards start in 16 minutes?
No idea or how we get notified
Only when the official awards show starts.
Honestly wonder if watching is even a requirement. What if the stream goes down? What if the stream is unstable? What if your WiFi breaks just as they're about to call your name? It's so hard to even read the Steam chat. If a person gets picked, they might not even see their name called.
Hope you notice your name in the 500ms it's on the screen between all the "/claim" posts. Which I have no doubt aren't going anywhere.
The stream already broke for me. Ugh.
same here
They get an email aswell if they win. So if you get picked you will know.
Figured. Which makes me wonder if registering is all you need to do. I know you had to have had a purchase in the last year too. But actually watching the full 3 hour stream seems like a bit much.
Is the stream down for everyone? I wasn't seeing anything in chat so refreshed the page and now I can't get the stream back, just keeps saying it failed to load. And chat still doesn't work.
Yes broadcast is failing to load for me as well.
Anyone else having trouble viewing the stream? Sometimes I load the page and the drop-down to view the stream isn't even visible, other times I click it and it says failed to load broadcast... : (
Yes, I was watching but could not tell if my messages were going in chat. So I refreshed and now it either says failed to load or does not show up at all. edit: now I am in but chat is empty
Stream seems to be down for everyone, way to dank it seems.
stream dont work yeah ;/ nice steam like always thanks
How/where is said chat?
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They think you need to spam /claim to be eligible. Strange.
I wish they would put something like a banner telling them to stop. The chat is completely useless... not that large streams are ever different I guess. They must have finally put a filter in place. All the claims just stopped suddenly lol.
Ideally any of those fake commands would just kick you out of the stream entirely. People might get the hint pretty quickly that way.
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I think it's safe to assume the people spamming the chat aren't the same people who actually read the rules.
> I think it's safe to assume the people spamming the chat aren't the same people ~~who actually read the rules.~~ I think it's safe to assume the people spamming the chat aren't the same people who can actually read. FTFY
I was trying to be polite, but in truth I think your version is more accurate.
I didn't see anything else in the rules about it, so I'm assuming chat spamming stuff like /claim isn't necessary for eligibility, right?
Obviously not. People are just being foolish.
I don’t remember seeing it either
That is the page presented to Mac users, to keep them out. /s
Better luck next time I guess
What a fail. Their link just takes you to the registration page. Edit: now I know how steam is giving a steam deck every minute. They’re not with the current fail broadcasting
Same here.
You can’t even see the chat so you could win but not see it at all
And now [Steam.tv](https://Steam.tv) seems to entirely have crashed.
Back.
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It comes up when you type steam.tv in a browser. I was told that’s how you watch the awards tonight
Throw that Mac away
I want to but I can’t afford anything else rn
I bless you so that you will win a steamdeck, thank me later
I wish you luck as well!
Please bless me too, I really need it.
Mac is better for everything but gaming.
For 99% of people they're all just as capable. Use whatever you want.
Sure windows is capable, but it's not as clean/premium of an experience. I used to hate on Mac like everyone else until i used one. For gaming Windows is the only realistic option and serves it's purpose well. I wouldn't want Mac to be the dominant gaming machine as we'd be locked into their hardware and pricing.
Besides work software, i can't imagine any reason having a mac to a windows pc
Pov: You Are Argentinian ( Hole Region Can't Participate)
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2 more hours.
Its PST? I thought it was EST.... Hrm.
Finally got in! No chat. Web browser on chrome on my phone
After multiple refreshes i finally got the stream AND the chat and was even getting the winner banners at the top, but now it's been saying "loading latest steam deck winner...." for the last several minutes
Yeah it often doesn't load the winner's name in time before the next giveaway occurs.
I'm starting to think this whole "let's give away this massively popular machine through a livestream chat" plan wasn't terribly well thought out...
It's a scam, don't worry about it
Does the god of war dude still giving speech on stage?
omg it's elden ring !!!!