Edit: This information is no longer correct, we have lowered the generation to five percent.

EDIT: Point System Now Live

If you check the top right, there's a number in brackets next to Logout, which represents your current points. At the moment, I sent everyone 100, and new users will start with 25. Now, how it works.

When a giveaway is created on the site, every single member gets 10% of that value in points. So, if I started a giveaway at this moment, for a $50 Steam game, everyone would now have an extra 5 points. When you enter a giveaway, you spend these points. If you enter for a game worth $20, you spend 20 points, and you'll see the number next to Logout drop by 20. If you decide to remove your entry while the giveaway is still open, those 20 points are returned. And of course, if you don't have the required number of points, you're unable to enter that giveaway.

At most, you can save up to 300 points. This way, people can't be inactive for months, and then return to thousands of points, entering everything.

Numbers are rounded up, so if someone creates a giveaway for a $1 game, 1/10 = 0.1 points, but that's rounded to 1, so it helps to contribute to everyone.

What do you guys think? Suggestions? I thought we'd try it out for a few days, and see how things are going. In short, this will allow people to choose which 10% of giveaways they would like to enter, giving them better odds for games they're interested in playing.

13 years ago*

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thx

12 years ago
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so i have 1p What I do now pls help meeeee

12 years ago
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You read cg's post and understand how the system works.

12 years ago
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okay tnx

12 years ago
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Thank you very much :)

12 years ago
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Super!

12 years ago
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Thanks!

12 years ago
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yeeeeeee))) thanks

12 years ago
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Thanks

12 years ago
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thanks! :)

12 years ago
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Thanks

12 years ago
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I don't know if anyone asked this before, but if you enter a giveaway and you don't win, will you regain your points?

12 years ago
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Nope, sorry

12 years ago
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ok, was just wondering

12 years ago
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give me coals
yes or no

12 years ago
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merry christmas

12 years ago
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I like this idea, it encourages everyone to submit decent games, and also limit their entries.

12 years ago
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ty!!

12 years ago
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Points are returned if you withdraw from a giveaway, right? If so, one can "deposit" points into longrun giveaways, and withdraw them later if required. Maybe there should be a maximum number of entries per day, or maximum number of simultaneous entries?

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I can't see that being a problem for two reasons:

  • You still need to be active to do this. Meaning the rate at which you gain points is what limits how many draws you enter. The limit is only there to stop someone leaving SteamGifts for months, then coming back and entering every single giveaway and still having points left over.
  • You wouldn't do this unless you had spare points, meaning there were no giveaways you were interested in. So you aren't likely to suddenly decide to enter every single giveaway.

Also, reducing the maximum length of a giveaway looks like a much more elegant solution should this actually be a problem.

12 years ago
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Thanks

12 years ago
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thanks

12 years ago
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Thank you!

12 years ago
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ty :D and merry christmas and great new year!

12 years ago
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i want this game ><

12 years ago
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  1. Add new option to "Create a giveaway" - enter with value. If profile cost (value, $) is valid, user enter to giveaway, if not - he dont enter.
  2. Create new points (GoldPoints), can join to gold giveaway. Gold giveaway is giveaway only for person who gives away the game. If user gift one game, he give 20 GP
12 years ago
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Wat?

12 years ago
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thx

12 years ago
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ppppppp

12 years ago
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Thanks!

12 years ago
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Спасибо

12 years ago
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1p more ;p

12 years ago
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Closed 12 years ago by cg.