So GalaGiveaways has a new giveaway option.....

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It hurts my eyes...

maybe but I won a game on my first day there, so I'm willing to give it a try.

But why would you say that?

cough

But i win Cortex Command and Trapped Dead, its a joke?

That's going too far. It's as copy-pasted as almost everything else the Gala people do, but there's no reason to dismiss it entirely. Just look at their bundles, they went from mediocre to the best within a year. Their store routinely offers great deals. And you can tell they're working on the giveaway site because there are changes almost every day. I expect it to shake off its copycat reputation and become unique on its own within the year.

+1

mooh

i still put in just one vote entry if its a game i dont want, if its a game i want i put in all 10, so there is still higher odds depending on if you want it

It is not the same because automatic point regen is capped at 2,4k (atm). So if an entry costs 2k you can enter once, then you start gaining points and as soon as you have 2k you can cancel your entry and enter again for double, 4k and you can work your way up like that to 10 entries. If entry costed 20k (10x2k) it would be much harder to do it (with the previous type you would at least end up with few entries) or even impossible if giveaway's end date would be close.
So in conclusion: No, it's not the exact same thing.

I don't understand, how is it the same?

Your points regen to a max of 1000 every day. Or... you could create giveaways yourself.

Way to be uninformed. 2400 is the current max and you get 200 points per hour until you reach the cap. And on topic, the feature is currently restricted to a max of 10 entries at the same giveaway. How it works: the system calculates the total amount of points invested in that specific giveaway and your chances of winning are higher, depending on how many points you have spent.
Example given by gala: for a 1k points giveaway:
-player 1 used 1k points
-player 2 5k points
-player 3 4k points
-player 4 10k points.
For this giveaway, the total amount of points is equal to 20k(10+5+4+1), giving the following percentages of winning:
-player 1: 5%
-player 2: 25%
-player 3: 20%
-player 4: 50%
If you ask me, it's a pretty good system.

So I've got ~500000 points and there are almost no games I want... Problem?

Kind of like Steam Gifts, right? ;)

Well first off, if you know webdesign, like php,js and such you'd know it would take more than some basic classes to do.
2nd, if you know how to make that site better and can contribute to it, why don't you email them and say so.
3rd the whole topic of this thread was to talk about the new update to galagiveaways not the sites design.

I agree, it's a gimmick. A pretty nice one, why not.

Don't come crying if you catch herpes later :3

You can get a lot of points by making giveaways, and bundle games aren't treated differently from other games, so getting more points is in not a problem whatever you contribute.

They changed the rules to make it more advantageous to make low point giveaways. It used to be a lot less fair at the start.