GalaGiveaways Fires Volley... into Foot.

Didn't GalaGiveaways shoot themselves in the foot the moment they registered the domain name? Everything since then has been sticking sharp objects in the gangrenous wound to try to pick out the buckshot.

tfw people actually think that anything Gala related is worth giving a shit about

I feel this should be on their forum instead of here...But anyway...tried it, left it and never went back. As it should be ;)

I won two things on the first day and thought it was pretty cool, but it seems now they're doing nothing but progressively fucking up what could have been another good giveaway site. Don't think I've even been on there in days.

I don't understand the hatred. You're angry because some website is giving stuff away for free? You can't seriously be jealous because they're "competition" for SG. Honestly, I'm baffled.

The lay-out is horrible. I won a giveaway (hurray) there and had to mark it as received, but couldn't find where...

I like how they only have searching by "app ID" instead of game name.

I won 4 games on it so it's not so bad. The 10k limit was fine as it was tho, you can't really enter anything with 1k. 0.o

I haven't won anything there, so dunno about ease-of-use or anything, but it's been fun trying so far, at least. I'm a member of three giveaway sites (all I know of), and will admit GG is my least favorite, but still, I simply can't find fault with a place that's basically a charity site. Complaining about anything in general, beyond administrative/rules gaffs as mentioned above, feels wrong, somehow.

Edit: Meant to say GG is least favorite, not SG. lol (Oops) Fixed.

I gift "normal" items here, and bundled items on GG (as they are worthless here), i get the most of it for both sites... it's win-win :P

I would guess that they are trying to do something about the point devaluation that they caused when they based starting points on the size of your Steam library. Skimming through, it looks like there are plenty of giveaways below 1000 points now, though they are all bundle games. That number will probably go up a bit more, as people give away bundle games so that they can get enough points to enter the giveaways that cost more than the daily allowance.

There will still be really high entry cost giveaways, though. New people joining are still going to get a flood of points, there are probably still large amounts of points floating around, and people will figure out the best ways to amass points off of 1000 point and below giveaways. Just as the 1000-25000 point giveaways will continue to exist, where people try to bankroll larger amounts off of others who break the daily allowance.

They aren't good at balancing things huh

This is why I don't enter anything that costs more than 1000 points.

People who created giveaways with 200,000 points to enter during the first few days were smart as they took all the points from those who didn't read the FAQ. They'll be sitting on mountains of points while everyone else is stuck at the daily amounts you're given.

well I was already storing points in long giveaways as is(as there is not that much I want there), guess there is a good reason to continue that

Yeah... Gala Giveaways is a complete fail... That site doesn't have much hope the way it's being run as of today... :S

I've spent over 325,000 points and have absolutely nothing to show for it... I've seen quite a few people on there spend around 100,000 and have half a dozen wins. -_-

If 1,000 points is the new "reset" value for 48 hours I highly doubt I'll return to use the site anymore.

Wait....they changed it from 2,500 point per 48 hours reset to 1,000 points now?

Ok, how the hell do you verify your account? I keep trying and all it does is start and stop, never completes

I enjoyed it for the first 450000 points i had. Used them all (200000 on one giveaway...that I won!) and won 3 games. Half life 1 source Half life deathmatch, and dead rising 2!

I won two TF2.

I'm doing it right?