As some of you may know, I was running a few experiments in my recent giveaways to detect bots / people who don't read giveaway descriptions. Here are the results:

Whitelist Giveaway: Grand Theft Auto Collection
Entries: 21
Valid Entries: 21
Blacklists: 0

Whitelist Giveaway: Max Payne Bundle
Entries: 25
Valid Entries: 25
Blacklists: 0

Whitelist Giveaway: Schein
Entries: 19
Valid Entries: 19
Blacklists: 0

Public Giveaway: Schein
Entries: 236
Valid Entries: 20
Blacklists: 216

South America Giveaway: Valkyria Chronicles
Entries: 540
Valid Entries: 104
Blacklists: 436

South America Giveaway: The Cave
Entries: 394
Valid Entries: 54
Blacklists: 340

Private Giveaway: Hatoful Boyfriend
Entries: 186
Valid Entries: 159
Blacklists: 27

Private Giveaway: Asphyxia
Entries: 168
Valid Entries: 142
Blacklists: 26

Private Giveaway: Loren: The Amazon Princess
Entries: 151
Valid Entries: 131
Blacklists: 20


Total Unique Entries: 1183
Total Unique Valid Entries: 363
Total Unique Blacklists: 820

If you were blacklisted and you wish to be removed, leave a comment here including something orange. It can be anything, but it has to be orange because orange is the new black. :P Show me that you read and pay attention.

The experiments will now continue to some private giveaways and the results will be posted in this thread after the giveaways have ended. I hope I won't have to reach the blacklist limit. It's 1k, right? Anyway, begin your ride here. Whoever enters a giveaway and doesn't leave a comment in that specific giveaway with the specific keyword will be blacklisted.

Edit: Updated the thread with the results of the private giveaways.

9 years ago*

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Oh wow, that's a pretty cool experiment! I'd like to see one done on the corresponding levels. That'd be interesting. I MIGHT DO THAT SO NO STEALING MY IDEA! :P

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9 years ago
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HBNayr already presented that idea. :P

9 years ago
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NOOOOOOOOO

On a serious note though, to echo HBNayr, I'd also be willing to make some giveaways too for the level idea if you ever wanted to do that. :)

"Because data is beautiful." -HBNayr

9 years ago
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Yeah, that would be interesting. :)

9 years ago
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i believe that the quality of the game correlates the effort on the giveaway, you can see this on the SA you did, valkyria is a great game, where the cave is ok-ish.
i probably entered some GA and just clicked enter, but the GA that have games i REALLY want to play i entered, read everything and said ty, and a few ones i even discussed something.
just something to you considerate.

9 years ago
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can you take so many people into you blacklist? O.o
i thought it would be capped?

9 years ago
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The limit is 1k.

9 years ago
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9 years ago
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Removed. You were blacklisted for winning one of my giveaways and not commenting.

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9 years ago
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The people who got blisted in this round of giveaways. Those are...special...people right there.

9 years ago
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I don't always reach descriptions when i am in a hurry but i guess i got lucky there ;b

9 years ago
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Sadly my similar experiments had the same results (though I haven't blacklisted anybody), 90% of the people simply don't read descriptions on public GAs... at least those who did, had some more chance to win "hidden" GAs there.

Still I'm disappointed by the low participation rate..

9 years ago
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Closed 9 years ago by rafaelgomesxyz.