Point System Update

This.

An extremely strict system needs to be set up to ban anyone who makes fake giveaways! Usually FRAUDSTERS are able to be easily tricked into doing things that majorly violate STEAMS EULA or whatever and they lose their account, BUT I can't chase down every n00b and it can be time consuming. So, if we could just give them a chance to fix it

People should also have to giveaway a game to activate their account with the ability to enter giveaways.

AUDITS! Gamers who win a giveaway and then who are not found to have even played the game will subsequently be banned unless they giveaway 2 games of equal or lesser value. Their could be a time delay of a week to a month.

Anyone who types like they have Downs Syndrome e.g. "How r u doing? OMG Hai! So nice 2 c u sk8erboi cul8r boi" or any person who creates a single sentence with >3 words spelled improperly = BAN unless of course, a game is given away.

Also RUSSIAN...posting a single Russian character forces you to live in a tundra filled wasteland where dreams die before they are born and the only comfort comes from the bottom of a bottle of potato vodka.

I'd also like to be able to link accounts so that my bro and I could link our accounts to give games away under both our names. Right now we just use his account to giveaway and he'll just buy me something of value if he wins on his account. Linking might be a bit confusing though....oh well.

Don't forget, you can always remove an entry while a giveaway is open and the points will be returned.

yah they dont get any points...I think the idea is to stop fake giveaways. Gifting a game should be its own reward anyway so I like it

I agree

Agreed. However, we're still trying to figure out the best way to reward contributors. I'm wondering if we could work in the wishlist page. When their gift is marked received, we could send them a certain number of points based on the level of interest for their gift, how unique it is to the site, and the overall value. This way, a user would be better rewarded for gifting something like Universe Sandbox, a $10 game that's found on a large number of wishlists, compared to another copy of Dirt 3, even though it's valued higher.

I agree. I also wonder if the reason for the fake giveaways is the 10% of the point value or creating a point sink for everyone else's points so the creator has a better chance to win geniune giveaways. If it's the latter then it should be safe to reward the creator with 10% of the point value.

Just a thought.

This is the first thing that came to my head when i read that gifters don't get any points. I was going to giveaway a 30 dollar game but then i realized that the only thing i would receive in exchange is the good feeling of helping other people, but no points. I was interested in getting points too.

Granted, I am new here, so my opinion doesn't carry much heft. I think the gifter should be rewarded with something for adding into the system. Why give away games to strangers if nothing is gained. Granted, being philanthropic is its own reward, but I'm sure a few added points will also tempt those in it for personal gain.

That being said, if the issue is about fake giveaways being abused to gain free points, then add in a verification process and for those who fail it should be reviewed and subsequently banned if fowl play is afoot. If that is too harsh, you could put in a three strike rule.

Πάλι καλά που τους είπες τι να κάνουν...

Translation: You shouldn't have said that...

It shouldn't make any difference since the relation is always 5% of the points in gift value.
Whether there is 5 million dollars worth of giveaways of $50, the proportion of points available is always at the same level relative to gifts.

considering you've been here a month with almost 350 game entries I think you will manage....
-_-

I like this more than the the current rules, and I'm not really feeling what good lowering the percentage count has done. Somebody on SA said it best - "I'd rather enter 100 giveaways I can't win than 5."