^ Doesn't really answer my question. the FAQ was my first port of call.
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let me quote from the FAQ:
"What's with these points?
The point system is designed to prevent users from entering for every single giveaway. This lowers the overall number of entries, and provides everyone with better odds of winning games they're interested in playing. New users start out with 25P. Every time anyone submits a game, every member of the site, excluding the giveaway creator, receives 5 percent of that gifts value (in USD) in points. For example, if a $50 gift is created, every user on the site receives 2.5 points. And, if a $20 gift is created, everyone would receive 1 point. These points can then be spent on entering giveaways.
1P = $1 - When entering a giveaway, 1P is equal to $1. If you're entering for a chance to win a game valued at $20, you'll spend 20 points. If at anytime you decide to remove your entry while the giveaway is open, those points will be returned.
The maximum number of points that can be banked is 300. This is to prevent users from stocking up on points while being away for long periods of time."
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Reading comprehension fail, looks like someone needs to go to summer school. Btw you can close this thread yourself.
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Lol looks like somebody's daddy beat him as a child. Nice try internet tough guy.
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tl;dr: Whenever someone creates a new giveaway you get 5%* of what it costs to enter added to your account.
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So, basically, they have nothing to do with the value of my account (as a friend told me)? Therefore I can spend these and they will build back up again when people make giveaways?
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yup. So it's better to spend all of them at once. You give new points when people submit new giveaways.
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Cheers fore the replies, fellas. I got the info needed.
Go Go thread subject change.
They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard, Isengard, Isengard...
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There were times, before there were contributor giveaways, where you had to wait a week+ to get 300 points but now it's going very quick. I enter lots of Borderlands giveaways for example, which means that I spend a lot of points, but I have nearly always 200-300 points.
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A couple of days ago I logged in after a while away (I'd referred a friend here with a huge list of keys to give away, I got SupCom2 off him) and noticed I had 300P, which is the limit of which you can accrue points. I spent most of them entering giveaways until I had 70P or so left.
Today, two days alter, I have 300P again.
How are points accrued?
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