uh no, no it shouldn't. 5 percent is fine

Suggestion: Stop assuming everyone wants what you want. Everything works just fine the way it is.

current system is fine

Iirc this was suggested in SGv2 beta,but people voted for the system to remain as-is.

Nope :P You can always enter GA which ends in 4 weeks to store points for GA you really want :P

I disagree. Current point system is ok. Personally I don't have enough points to enter the giveaways I want.

it should be highered.. not lowered

Here we go again.

no

REQUEST DENIED

You could just enter less giveaways.. nobody makes you use all your points as soon as they come up do they??

Better suggestion, stop letting stupid people join sg.

I can see what the OP wants. He wants points to be reduced so that there are less people entering the giveaways he enters.

No one is forcing you to use your points... o_O

You could always, you know, not use them.

I got more points than i can use half the time, but that's just me... Everyone is different, like wanting or owning different games.

If you change something across the board, your chance to win changes in the same way as other people's. And you can already enter for just games you want instead of games you don't really care about.

Less entries = more chances of winning what you really want. I see what you did there.

What's with all the negativity? Surely everyone wants better chances at winning their favourite games in exchange for not participating in games of milder interest.

From giveaway creator's perspective, they can be sure that whoever wins his game will be happy about it.

Don't enter games you don't want, omg. You leecher. Save points for games you want... Enter all game GA don;t wait a day or two to enter them...

How about no‽

I think the point generation is fine as it is. 5% of each created giveaways means there's 95% of them you can't afford to enter. Of course if you already have tons of games, like I do, you end up not having that many you could enter anyway.

I'm sitting at 300 points most of the time and I don't feel the need to spend them all. I enter for games I actually want to play and maybe from time to time a game I'm on the fence about. (I figure if I get it for free it will be the perfect opportunity to try it out.)

I agree that points should be lowered. We'd have a better chance of winning because there wouldn't be a thousand entries. They should do it more like Game Miner does and give you a 50 point cap unless you giveaway games and up your level. The way it is now on Steam Gifts there are tons of cheap games for only 5 points and they get too many entries. That's why people join exclusive giveaway groups to have a better chance of winning because there are less people entering.

Point gain tend to very according to bundles, specially humble bundles. Sometimes you have plenty to spend, some other days you have almost none. It's believe fine as it is.

I too have MUCH more points than I really need, and I do agree with less points meaning people would put some thoughts into which GAs they enter (meaning, possibly, the people who are very much interested in the game in question would have better chances of winning).

I can only speak for myself, however. I might be perfectly fine with just 100 pts, while others might need much, much more points to enter all the GAs they want.