Point Refund Upon Losing Giveaway

Well, when the site first started, we had people madly entering everything they could click. The point system has drastically cut what people enter for. I'm sure we'll tinker with it in the future, though.

I really don't think its needed. Right now you get 10% of the cost of every giveaway created (although a bit more because its rounded up). This keeps the number of entries in any given giveaway reasonable. As soon as you give people more points, giveaways will go from having 200-300 entries, to having 1000-2000 entries. Personally, I would not bother entering a giveaway if I had a one in 1000 chance.

I dont think you should be refunded at all, your using those points at a chance to win something, simple as that. Do you get your money back when you go to a carnival and throw balls at bottles to try and win something, NO.

I don't think we need anymore points. Infact I think the opposite might be the better answer.

Points are there to make sure you govern your entries carfully. Just because there's 20 copies of portal up for grabs doesn't mean you should enter each of them.

Loss is a bases of the site and it should be seen as such. Does it really matter if you lose when chances are there will be another oppunity in a few weeks?

A wise man once said "Losing is fun". It makes sense in this context as well, consider yourself privileged that someone open the giveaway out of their own generosity and that you have an invite.

Anyway, if you're anything like me who has a decent collection of steam games and/or picky about games then you'll often be beset with a large amount of points. Which you only then dump the points into a game or an invite because you don't like "sitting" at 300 points.

Saying it might encourage more giveaways to be posted "somehow" is pretty naive. This whole post can be summed up as "I want to enter more giveaways," but you didn't think it through. Every one would get more points and more people would be entering the giveaways you are entering, lowering your chances of winning. Keep the point system the same until we run into problems with it.

Considering many people have claimed they already basically enter every single giveaway of any game they don't already have and that isn't a 50 dollar game, I don't think this is necessary. Remember, people still get points for games posted that they already own, which they obviously then have no reason to enter for, thus basically giving them 'free' points in terms of their actual pool of games they could potentially enter. One should be entering for games that you really want, not just any game you can get your hands on. If everyone enters for everything even if they don't even want it, that's a progressively smaller and smaller chance that a person who really, desperately wants the particular game will get it over someone who is indifferent.

I think the rewarded points for a giveaway made needs to be lowered.

10% of in points per the price of the giveaway is a lot. Especially when a lot of giveaways are just the same. How many Portal giveaways are there on here? Personally, I think 5% would seem reasonable. This would definitely get people to think about what games they want to enter and what they should save their points for. Is there going to be a $50 game giveaway in the next few days or do I want to go ahead and put myself in for multiple 3p entries.

I also think any giveaway that isn't valued at $10 or more shouldn't produce points, not even fractions if that may be the case. I doubt it would affect anyone making giveaways for these items, but it would also add more caution with what to do with your points.

That's like entering the lottery and saying "uhhh I didn't win I want half my money back". It's not going to happen

i think we should only be refunded if the giveaway appears to be a scam in the end.