What do you think of the SG contributor system?

Though i am going to vote yes i sometimes have serious doubts about the system. To give you an example, when a 1 dollar dlc is open only to contributors who collaborated with more than 1000 dollars worth of games, I feel that the system is at least "funny". So while i do think that this is an indispensable part of this site (that actually made me give away two games and a movie) it should, i do not know, be changed to a 3 or 4 levels system and also levels or collaboration requirements should go according to the game's value. To put it differently, if someone wants to give away the most acclaimed, most expected, and expensive game it is ok to restrict it to those who contribute the most but when it is a cheap old bundled game it is not.

One part of me likes it and one part of me dislikes it. Mostly because of how people react to it. I don't really care if we have a contributor system or not, however, I feel like a lot of people are being judged because of it. It's "bad" to give away bundled games because they are cheap, but a lot of people can only afford to give away cheap games. I don't know, I just don't like seeing all the hate around but it is a nice way to give thanks to people who contribute to the community (and yes I think people who give away bundled games contribute as well - and I understand the problem here when it comes to the value). Maybe it needs a few changes but I can't really suggest anything that would work better. Personally, for me all that counts is that I make a person happy when they see that green notice on the screen and realizing they won a game. :)

There should be an option for REFORM. I don't want to get rid of it totally or keep it as is. CHANGE IT!

Voted to remove it the contributor amounts was mostly just groups sharing points off groups anyways.

If there was a seperate public contributor and group contributor amount it would be good though

ATM just remove it completely, the current system is just set-up for constant abuse and contributor stat maxing

Also prefer to have an rpg leveling system for this game called steamgifts

If people want to give games away they will do so regardless, whether they give to people they know or not is up to them

I vote for "remove it" but both options are wrong. Improve it, there are so many good suggestions in this thread.

It's perfectly fine, keep it. It helps a lot!

• A member since the site came out of invite only

Too easily abused and broken, if it doesn't work - get rid of it or fix it

Keep it. I am making well to reach $50 contributor stuff!

I will just say that should I chose to give away a game I feel I should have the right to chose if freeloaders are allowed to try win it or not.
People with no contribution do not help this website in any way whatsoever.
Freeloaders do not provide the website with giveaways,
Freeloaders do not provide points to use on giveaways either,
People still make open giveaways but if somebody should CHOSE to limit their giveaway to people who keep the site running, So be it.

Furthermore, it makes starting a giveaway appealing. To gain access to more exclusive giveaways. Which all helps keep this website running.

I don't really mind. but please let a devalued game still contribute to the gifts value. if you don't want to use the full value, make it $1 or even less if you have too. And please update the bundle listing, like Indoe Gala, so we can gift the full package without giving key sparingly.

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HEY CG HERE'S AN IDEA

You could grab the average value of a bundle, divide by the number of games, and use THAT as a contributor value for any game that's given away from a bundle. The users giving away the bundle games should get contribution value equal to what they paid for for that game.

Also, if the bundle has non-steam games in it, divide the value by the number of steam games only.

Is good, yes?

I voted to remove it, but at the same time I'm not sure I care; I guess with the fluctuation of prices it does get annoying to have contributor value though. As an example the first two Serious Sam giveaways I did were at one time 50p each, now they're down to five; I have a Franchise pack in my inventory that I've done as a puzzle a few times that nobody solved...at one point the value was 350 USD (or 150p) and now it's down to 40p, which is bothersome.

A advice on "submit a gift" page with the contribuitor points to receive (not all people know "*" significate on this page) can evade a lot of future problems.

After 7 days and nights of thought I finally have the solution to CV problem.

Non bundled games give regular CV.

Bundled games give randomly generated CV from 0 to full price if user's given away bundled games only. The probability of it being 0 is 85%, full price something like 1%.

I think it's not necessary. SG worked just fine before that as well. People were actually making giveaways because they wanted to make somebody happy, not because they needed to raise their contributor value, sometimes just dropping something lame after realising the contributor value is high, but they can get it cheap.

i think we should keep it, or else this site would die because it's no sense donating games when you have nothing left

Like for me Contributor lvl should be still on this site.

It's alright I suppose - some may lose motivation to make giveaways if removed. Not me, I gift bundle keys.. :D

It doesn't need to be removed, but it does need to be revised a bit.

I can understand the thought that a game that's part of a bundle shouldn't be worth its full value... but then, why would a game bought for 75% off during a steam sale be worth its full value? And if I contribute a $50 game, should my contributor value drop as the game's price does?

Contributor system is a joke. If you want to restrict the number of entries, actually you can just let your giveaway only 1 hour. Or an option to limit the maximum players instead of this contributor system. Like on Galagiveaways.

APossibly going to be shot down here, but I've seen lots of people saying fix it, don't remove it.

Here is my idea to fix it: have a split value system.

Non bundle listed games count as full price, and bundle games count as a second total at full price. People can then make CV giveaways where you specify with or without bundle value...

For example, someone gives a $20 game, and a $15 bundle listed game. He/She can currently enter CV giveaways for $35. In my idea he/she could enter a $20 CV giveaway if the giveaway creator specified CV without bundle value or a $35 CV giveaway as current if the creator didn't specify without bundle value.

The creator specified the with/without clause whilst making the giveaway as an extension to setting the value. I.e. have a box for a number saying without bundle value and one saying with bundle value. To give to people who haven't given bundle games set the second box to 0. To give to all contributors, set a value in both boxes. To give only to the people who give bundle games, set the first box to 0 and et a value in the second box.

I think this would help the situation as it gives people credit for gifting (the full value of what they have given away is shown possibly as in my example: $20+15) BUT it also allows creators to create CV giveaways to thank contributors who might not have used a humble bundle or other bundle to boost contributor value.

Whilst typing this I thought of one improvement: the bundle listed games only count in the second total if the game is given away multiple times by the user or the site is flooded with giveaways for that game (by flooded I mean either a big spike of giveaways for that game or a general large increase in giveaways.)

Feel free to start shooting me now, improvements / ideas equally welcome.

Please remove it.

I'm not a fan of getting rid of the CV system entirely, but at the same time I think it does need a bit of rework.

I for one thing that rather than basing 'CV' on the current Steam Price of the game (bringing up all the issues with bundles, farming, etc) it should be based on the number of people entering the giveaway.

Someone gifting Bioshock Infinite or Skyrim probably deserves more recognition than someone gifting ten copies of iBomber Defense, and this would likely be reflected in the number of entries vs. active users in that time.

The difficulty is that longer giveaways would gain more entries, but I'm sure there is some way to adjust for this.

When it comes down to it though, there isn't going to be a completely fair system that's also not open to abuse and is practical to implement. The current CV system seems to be the most practical of all possible systems, although I would think that locking in CV at the time an item was gifted would be fair - a person shouldn't lose CV simply because a game they paid for and gave away is now in a bundle.

Another option would be to only allow users to receive the CV once for any item that is in a bundle. It would allow people to receive CV, but it would help to limit farming.

Voted for "Keep it. Contributor giveaways are an important aspect of the community."
Everything is fine as it is :)