Moving Away from Invites

OMG!

Ho boy, now it's going to get harder to win gifts now. Not that I'm complaining...

Smart move. I'm sure it doesn't need saying but keep an eye on how many points people are accruing - unless you want millions of people entering every single giveaway, of course.

Yay for refunds. Quick question: what if you had the max number of unused invites? They would be worth >300P.

Good move, by the way, I feel that the site got to a size where they were no longer needed.

So pretty much anyone can join now?
It's going to be impossible to win giveaways.

LOl can I get the points back from my unsent invitations?

Well this is interesting.

Sounds good to me!
-Edit.. oh wait. more fake entries and stuff then? Noooo!

So an open registration system them?

Haven't won anything yet, won't do anyway so I don't mind
Why not let more users join the fun of raffling

Yea same as janac. Please keep the intives, or giveaways like Skyrim or MW3 has like 10000 participants, and the change to win would be preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetty small, even in smaller giveaways.

That is an AMAZING idea! It means you are all ready for a crapload of fake giveaways right?

So this means that the site is open to everyone with $50 in games, correct? I hope you mods keep your fingers on the ban buttons, because I foresee alot of fake giveaways and scammers rushing into the site.

I guess it's okay, considering everyone can get invites everywhere now, but I'd kinda like some certification for being a veteran member =P

Can't wait to see giveaways with 10000+ entries! And 2000 fake contests because people think that they'll get for free the games they are meant to give away! (Not really, everyone is welcome unless this means a new wave of scammers on the site)

So does this mean everybody can join now, or nobody can join anymore ???!!?

Ah, I feel upset about it
Now it's going to be twice as hard to win a giveaways =[

So this means registration is closed? Or anybody can join now?

Could you please clarify a bit better the OP please lokonopa. Does this mean that the site will be public and its registrations open to everyone or that the registrations are now closed and invites are over? From the feedback it seems that what people understood from this varies a bit. Thanks in advance

I don't know about this. Yes, the site is big, but this is gonna skyrocket out of control. I've got a feeling we're gonna be seeing 10,000 entry giveaways soon.

And little aside from that point, once this goes "public," whatever community we had here is going to be gone. People will disregard the rules and not hold to the ideals of SteamGifts that people around here generally follow now.

Dayum shame, Jimmy.

NOOOOO lets FAKE giveaways start now

You're going to need more mods :)

My opinion is that admins should have prevented fakes by requiring to have the game in you inventory in your first few giveaways before doing this.

This seems rather premature.
I do believe it would have been the better plan to first put a better system to prevent fake giveaways (i.e. check if the user owns a gift copy of the game) in place before opening the site like this.

Whether it generally is/was a good idea, only time will tell.