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[Suggestion] limit the no. of entry per game

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Okamaokama

well I think the number of entries per game is too much, and it somehow reduces the intention of some members here to join one as the possibility to get one is too little. For a game only worth 1p, I dont know why there can be more than 1000 entries. I think a limit on that will make the site better.

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Mu6o

No. Stop.

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Taerdin

This has only been suggested about a couple hundred times...

Also no. Everyone gets a fair chance, thats the Steamgifts way!

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Monolight

Everyone gets a fair chance anyway. What would be the difference between a giveaway that lasts an hour and gets 500 entries and a giveaway that ends after 500 entries which would take approx. an hour?

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CzStRider

If there wouldn't be any difference, then why bother?;-)

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Monolight

I wanted to reply to myself with that exact sentence. ;)
I don't know. I didn't say I was for the idea.

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Deathykins

Because putting a limit on the number of entries would reward those who live on the site, and hurt the chances of those who can't. It would also promote more people to just sit there watching for new giveaways, and to dogpile onto the big ones while leaving those with lives left out, thus NOT giving everyone a fair chance.

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CzStRider

Sounds like a plan.;-)

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Monolight

Again, how is that any different compared to an hour giveaway???

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Deathykins

I really don't understand your obsession with hour long giveaways in this discussion. Not all giveaways are an hour long. I have seen some giveaways hit 2,000 entries in an hour, also.

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Monolight

I'm obsessed with it because the problems people have with a giveaway with limited entries also apply to one hour giveaways. Why aren't people raging for the minimal time to be increased to 5 hours or something?

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Deathykins

Because both ideas go against the nature of the site. People enjoy hour long giveaways because it usually means they have a better shot at winning. People also enjoy longer giveaways because it gives more people a shot instead of just those who are around when the giveaway is initially created.

Even if there was a change made, it shouldn't be one that is applied to all giveaways. Like I said at the bottom of the page, such choices should be up to the one creating the giveaway, not by the greedy members of the site who only care about their own winnings.

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Monolight

I'm not actually for the idea, I just don't care for it, but I agree. The ability to limit the number of entries should be optional.

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DarkRodro

It's different. For popular games (and that's the issue here), the cap would be reached in LESS than one hour (if people get the habit of stalking "coming soon" giveaways), maybe even in the first couple of minutes.

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anhedonic

"the possibility to get one is too little"

It's luck based, increasing the possibility won't make the site any better.

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GVBN

only bots, f5 snipers and people in specific time zones should be allowed to enter. what a fantastic idea

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Monolight

How is that any different from a giveaway that lasts an hour?

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GVBN

an entry limit doesn't scale at all. what if this site eventually gets 200k members? would there still be just 500 entries in one hour? i think not

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Monolight

Good point.

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DonRoxon

there could be minimum number of entries... like 1 hour minimum now

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GVBN

no doubt people going to screw this up completely. like putting up a 100-person private giveaway and sharing it with just 30 friends, so that the giveaway never ends

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DonRoxon

there can be like 14 days maximum for every giveaway

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thecarterclan2

Or you could stop trying to twist the system to give you a higher advantage of winning things. It's fine as it is, be quiet.

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BlueLegion

+1

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Deathykins

Just to let everyone know before I continue, I do not support the idea of a limited number of entries. But if people insist on pursuing this idea, here is the only way at all this idea could work while still remaining fair:

Leave it up to the gifter. Make it so that it just has a time limit as it does now, with no entry limit. If the gifter decides to put an entry limit, they need to be able to choose how many people are allowed to enter (anywhere from 5 to over 9,000). If the gifter chooses an entry limit, the giveaway should end as soon as this limit is met, but in case it isn't met (like GVBN said about with private/group giveaways), there still needs to be a time limit so it doesn't just go on forever.

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Monolight

+1

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Slimyth

If you give any giveaways, We have chance better.

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SPIGOTTHEBEAR

Putting limits on will only make people want to flock to the first giveaway they see which will allow some people to enter all the contests and leave the rest out. Frankly I think what they've done with the points is enough to fix the high entries by making points so scarce people will only enter for the things they want most rather than the first decent looking game they see.

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Closed 13 years ago by Okamaokama.