Regarding old Bundled Games

Eh... hopefully people don't give them away because they don't get much contributor points off of them. I like the system the way it is, but I fear soon every indie game will be considered "bundle games" at the rate Indie Gala is going combined with Royale, Groupees...

Indie Gala, Royale, and Groupees need to learn to limit their timeframes... I like the rate Humble Bundle (well technically the Android one counts) and Bundle in a Box is going.

so ppl hold back their bundle games,wait til you get more points again and then do the giveaways? Ppl shouldnt be so concerned about their contributor value

Maybe the solution is to limit the number of concurrent giveaways per-game instead of altering their value. That would prevent bundle games from flooding the giveaways without penalizing people who got the game through other means or diminishing the chance of indie games being given away.

No.

Give to give, don't give to get.

I've been wondering myself if games should "lose" their bundle status after a certain amount of time after they have appeared in a bundle. I know contributor value isn't all that important to some people, but to some it's a crucial variable when choosing what games to give away.

If I'm making a giveaway and I had to choose between a game that doesn't net me contributor value and a game that nets me full value, I'm going to go for the latter one. If I have to spend an equal amount of money for both of them, I might as well choose the one that gives more back to me.

All this talk about give to give and dont worry about contribution value is stupid. If this was the case, they should ban contribution levels to enter in give aways and groups. Today there is like 20 give aways up for over 1000 dollar contribution. Who legitimately has given away that much and doesnt have Magicka that wants it? The whole system promotes abuse to enter in better and more selective give-aways.

To be honest, I don't really care about contribution because making it to over a grand isn't likely for me anytime soon... and If I did give away that much, Im doubting there would be anything here for me that I actually want and didn't buy.

The problem mention above is the biggest problem, imo. Games like Bastion, Dustforce, and Torchlight are fucking phenomenal games! By removing contribution from them makes it far less rewarding to gift these games over lesser titles. You don't go out of your way to lower contribution for steam's daily deal, deal of the week, or summer sale?

I love this site. I've only ever won one game, but since the contribution change, any extra keys I have or games I buy that may have previously been in a bundle, I dont give away here. I give them away over Facebook, Twitter, or at random forums. They seem to appreciate it far more.

Would a filter option that you can select it's a giftable copy rather than key, be simpler. Other than dota2 and the ship the majority of games that are thrown up from things such as bundles are keys or unredeemable urls. So in cases such as bundled items the giftable copies essentially are worth more (I understand you can get the keys legitmately for more without steam, but at least it increases chances or likes of bastion giveaways) Then give the winner an option to confirm it was a giftable copy and if not the contributer gets the lower value + a strike for trying to beat the system.

Unfortunately this wouldn't work.

If we said after x months that bundle games were no longer considered bundles people would just hold on to the keys until those x months were passed. People will always find a way to abuse something.