Ratio system

Nope. There are already too many rules on steamgifts. If you want to implement ratio rules, then you can use sgtools.

there is a ratio based system of the admins choosing. you may not like the level system, but that is the way the admin felt it should be. there is additionally already another alternative though (sgtools), and it sparks controversy with some users due to it's existence as it is. so cg certainly wouldn't take things any further in that ratio department.

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It only works with private giveaways, so if you're not a frequent observer of forum giveaways, it'd presumably be easy to overlook.
It works quite well, however, as does simply making private groups [or using your whitelist] and inviting users that meet your criteria- though that requires a lot more manual effort, to be sure.

If you look at my HOG Giveaways thread here, you can see an example SGT filter [under the 'Private Gateway' link].

Here's a much simpler [albeit expired] filter, that more clearly shows how you can use SGT for the ratio restrictions you were mentioning.

make whitelist GAs and add people you like to it. manual filtering is way better than any ratio or cv filter you could apply.
there's not much else you can do.

I think a ratio of 1:10 for example will not bother anyone, and will force major leechers to participate minimum !

I think it may be just an economic issue. The more people is here, the more money the owner gets for advertisements. With strict rules like that, there would be less people and less people = less money.

I dont have time for this. Thats why I using this site.

But you're trying to change the site to fit your needs with objective and subjective criteria.
If you want to be sure someone is going to play a game or really wants the game, give them to a couple of your steam friends.

Otherwise, use a group, whitelist, or sgtools. Those are your options.

Ah too much work. Just make the giveaways for level 3's (or 4 or 5). Much better odds that people who have this level will actually keep the game.

As much as i despise leechers , that can never work out ... sadly .
Just blacklist tand mby we make a petition for unlimited blacklist >.>

Other then that we cannot save ourselves from the leech sadly ...

I agree that giving games to people who 'really want games' would be nice, but a ratio system is worthless for that. A person can 'really want games' and play everything they win, and still give away nothing, and in my book they'd be much more worthy of winning than someone who gave away 1000 games and has 5000 games in their backlog.

The only decent criterion I ever came up with was 'won less than x games' (and derivatives).

Use SGTools for specific rules to filter people for invite-only for your events or trains if you need or even just to check if they comply to SG rules (not won twice, activated wins, etc...) before even entering a giveaway (so you don't have to check manually and have to reroll, eventually, at giveaway end).

I think accessible spammable ratio (or else) filters would lead to excessive filters everywhere, would fragment community and hurt it.

Between, regifting or not activating gifts will get people banned sooner or later, so it is not a problem here :-).

If you want people to actually play game they win, I believe, there are specific groups for that, and you can invite people with checking their wishlist first, too.

I am irritated. You say you want to give games to people who want them but you complain about the ration. But there is no significant correlation between the two as they are completely different things. Even someone who wins hundreds of games and gives nothing in return can in theory play all his wins and as such he clearly wants the games he play.
On the other other hand even user with good ratios have mutliple games in their library left there to rot. Maybe at one point they intended to but with an ever-growing library it is often just wishful thinking.

So if your concern is only with the ratio (the taking to giving) your best chance is with SGTools. But if your concern is with people actually wanting the games they enter for then it will be a lot harder. Checking wishlist (like mentioned above) is one possibility but it would need to pay attention the size of the library. Other than that you would have to check if users played previous wins and use this an entry condition. This said it would be HORRIBLE if this was actually be implented into the site itself because people would not only idle for card but also for playtime in all their wins just in order to be eligible. You can't check if people actually play their wins (and as such really want the games they enter for) in a reliable way. But there is a group dedicated to players who intend to play their wins if this is what you are after. I can direct you there if you wish so.

Leave this place, like rest of cool people :D