What happens when the same game is posted for all 11 levels?

First!
I actually posted this before reading, I'll do it now.

What happens

SG explodes!

oh but wait that's a real post, nice data collection

nice data :) oh and 42

Analitic`s dad ^_^ :3

Second, that yes, level 0 is the most "infested" with rule-breakers.

Aren't level 0 is like over 50% of all SG users? I'm asking because now I wonder if it's most "infested" with rule-breakers %-wise (so, you know, if there's 5 rule-breakers among 100 0-levelers and 1 rule breaker among 10 10-levelers, then it means there's 5% of rule breakers with level 0 and 10% of rule breakers with level 10).

Thanks for data.

Interesting stuff,thanks

well maybe u're right xD no clue... as what i can say is that i didnt enter any of said ga's u did.... i only enter for ga's of games i'm interested in playing xD oh if it matters to you lvl 4 here

woa, awesome info. Thanks :D

I was interested in seeing this, thanks for doing all the work!

The more interesting thing I see is the rerolls for lvl 9/10. Could you give the reasons ?

Hi, I guess that re-rolls for Time Mysteries Collection on high levels were caused by already owned games (happens a lot for collection, DLCs, etc.), or were there real rule breakers?
Also regarding level 9 re-roll of Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood: I'm curious about reason too. :D
Just for some statistics about what rules high level users usually break. ;-)

Update: checked level 9 and 10 giveaways for Time Mysteries Collection - previous winners own 2-3 games from pack.
Update2: who wants to see re-roll train for already own reason (and haven't seen it yet) - check comments here. :D

Also worth noting:
As one might expect, the amount of interest decreases notably as you go up the levels if the game has already been bundled frequently [eg, Time Mysteries, Enigmatis]. This has high level entries go down to below a third their investment in the less common games, while low level entries never drop below half that of more high-interest games.

Rephrased, this means that you'll always have steady interest in games at lower levels, but as you move up, the chances of users already having the games increases [be that due to a higher investment in gaming, more familiarity with the site, better access to groups, or a stronger bundle-buying compulsion].

For example, in my case it's pretty rare for me not to have a HOG- most trade fairly low, so even now that I've stopped buying HOG bundles or entering for HOG giveaways, the ones that're more interesting to me are still easy to acquire.

Back when I started on the site, my interest in the HOGs I was missing was much higher- I had far fewer to work with, so they were of much higher interest, and I was far less invested in bundle purchasing. Likewise, as a new user, your palate for games hasn't quite been cultivated yet, so you tend to enter a bit more freely (with a 'that looks good' mentality) than many of us seem to do later on (with an 'Okay, which games do I totally want most, and damn the entry count'). Of course, many new users primarily also invest in high entry count AAA games, but there aren't typically enough of those up to make more than a dent in their available entry points.

7. Even when I enter into every single AM 0 - 10 lvl GAs I can, and it's made by you, I can't win : D

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Very interesting. I was hoping you'd share the results, thanks for that!

it's funny to see rerolls in lv9-10, which means people feel so entitled when they level up, it's actually ok in their books to use an autojoin script to leech absolutely everything.

Interesting numbers, thanks for sharing!

The number of rerolls in high levels is a bit surprising. I'll adopt the same approach and will post it in a somewhat similar experiment I'm doing with giveaways for The Beginner's Guide. I usually just check for unactivated and multiple wins, and it's clear that at least 2 of the 5 GAs won't have winners with those, but I guess I should also check if the winner already owns the game.

That's pretty cool.

can i have one request?
can you add to the graph the users on SG by level? it would be interesting to see how that behaves accordingly ;)

The reason why isabella got more entry because it's been bundle way fewer times then the other ones.

Still good data.

How long was the GA anyways? data taken for giveaway that last 3 days?
I wonder how the entry will be like if it's a general game that no one have yet when GA only last 1 hour.

Thanks for interesting info :)

Thanks for the graphs :)

That's interesting, nice!

Is that mean, median or mode? tongue-in-cheek smart-ass question aside ...

Quite impressive research!

I think the impressive thing is the statistical reliability of the number of giveaways and the outcome of the research numbers. I do not think anyone has done a project like this to date.

While, I personally did not participate in your 'research', because I am not interested in HOGs. I would think that the statistical validity is not something to be worried about too much. I am, although, curious as to what the outcome would be with a different 'type' of game would be given this research format.

I was going to add you to my whitelist because of the extensive amount of work you have done - but I am changing my whitelist to include people whom I have won games from. Seeing as you have currently giveaway about 4k games, chances are, that I have won a game from you and you will be on my whitelist because of that too.

I am quite interested in seeing more of your research and learning of it's conclusions.

oh lord. statistics!