Contributor giveaways are something that was instituted to give people the option of rewarding people who were already contributing to the SteamGifts community in the first place. They were not intended to be something that would cause people to try and abuse the system by inflating their contribution value. That's why measures were taken and continue to be taken to prevent the worst forms of this abuse. Most of you probably already know all this.

What really makes no sense, though, is how people are still trying, and how much so many people obsess over their precious 'value.' Honestly, if you're just trying to get your value up to enter contributor giveaways, leave. Just stop. Grab your things and go. This is not the place for you. Contributor giveaways aren't even that exclusive unless you get a ridiculously high value. You're better off just saving your money and buying the games you want if you're only trying to raise your value for selfish reasons.

tl;dr: Stop wasting your time and money worrying about your value. If you think it's a good investment, you're an idiot.

Edit: For those of you who don't understand the reasons behind this post, it's mostly in response to how many people I see whining about issues with their contributor value who obviously would never make giveaways at all except to try and raise it. As stated previously, take it somewhere else. This is not an investment or a trade-off. Stop expecting to get something in return for your contributions, warm fuzzies aside.

Second edit: Really guys? Only 11 entries? I just italicized the link letters in my post. I wouldn't even call this a puzzle. You should be able to spot these by now. SteamGifts, I am disappoint.

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Screw giveaways! M&Ms are cooler!

12 years ago
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Muns&Mens? I agree

12 years ago
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Wow, someone is mad.

12 years ago
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Actually, no. I'm fairly pleased at the moment. Unless, of course, you mean insane, in which case I prefer the term 'mentally hilarious.'

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12 years ago
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No.

12 years ago
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You nailed it!

12 years ago
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My two cents. If anything you can "spend" contributor value to gain access to certain giveaways thus lowering your overall value so people who do more giveaways can join these higher point total giveaways more often. Great site so far though.

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That's why I think that givaways with higher contributor value then you have should be hidden for people who don't qualify.
Another idea is to make the contributor value based on the actual woth of the game not on the steam price (the ship for example) or on the sale price. Though it'd be a bit unfair for some people.

12 years ago
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wait i get warm fuzzies??? SHOBO,I WANT THEM NOW. GIB ME!

12 years ago
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Has this man been denied his fair share of fuzzy? Who would be so cruel to do this?

12 years ago
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I always knew this site is a scam

12 years ago
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You should seriously write a support ticket for that as system seems to be bugged on your case. Each completed giveaway should bring you a healthy package full of warm fuzzies. My personal favourite flavour is orange sweet candy.

12 years ago
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Looking at all the replies above it seems like the ones who should read this post, aren't visiting the forum.

12 years ago
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My value, you say? Well, let's see- the clothes I'm wearing right now are worth roughly 10 dollars (because, hey, I sure wouldn't buy clothes that have been worn for half a decade for more) and I myself am worth 1 dollar (because we all know that's how much a human costs). So my "value" in the moment is about 11$... damn, I'm cheap. Oh, wait, found some gum in my pocket- 11.10$!

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12 years ago
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I'll pay $0.99 for a nice, clean kidney.

12 years ago
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Value might be much higher than that.

12 years ago
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depends how you want to break it down, really.

12 years ago
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Aye, though I would personally count a working organ to be more valueable than its decomposition.

12 years ago
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your hugs are priceless!

12 years ago
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don't you just love seeing that green bar

12 years ago
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agree in some senses

12 years ago
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My value is awesome. I hope it never changes.

12 years ago
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Lol nice.

12 years ago
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I whole-heartedly agree.

12 years ago
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Thanks!

12 years ago
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agreed

12 years ago
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life is a gift, you should value it

12 years ago
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Man creates a system... Men obsess over how to break said system... The ultimate sad truth of humanity. Both creation and destruction are in our nature.

12 years ago
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Surprised no one commented saying "BUT", I guess they don't wanna get flamed on. I guess the SG users are evolving afterall! lol

12 years ago
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I agree wbarton for however much my opinion might matter to you anyway.

12 years ago
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if you don't like the whining stop reading the forum topics about contributor value. You don't have to read them and get annoyed you know?

12 years ago
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It isn't a good investment? Scheiße. I'm firing my financial adviser tomorrow. :-)

12 years ago
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I see a $ sign... so I thought it was important D:

12 years ago
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'Solution' up.

12 years ago
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11 entries but 30 comments. :)

12 years ago
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True enough. I usually expect to see more like 100-200 people finding forum giveaways unless it's an especially hard puzzle, though. Could always be worse, I suppose.

12 years ago
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One of the few giveaways where you actually get more comments than entries :D

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Closed 12 years ago by wbarton.