How often do people "train" invite only giveaways off of other giveaways?
I wrote long, meaningfull message, and then I realize that I didn't understand your question -.-
Well, anyway, since I'm picky about GAs I enter, I don't really frequent public GAs, so I can't tell. I found some GAs hidden in public GAs, but not many :P Does that soemhow help? ;)
BTW, according to how much users actually read descriptions, especially in public GAs, I think it's more an anti-'enter only user' protection, than bot protection :P
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I am severely sleep debted so I apologize if I wasn't clear!
And yup, it helps.
And yeah, it doesn't actually protect from smarter bots. It just makes it a little harder is all.
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Nah, I just looked at it fast and when I saw words hide and trains I was thinking you are talking about trains hidde in forum disscussions :P
I'm glad I helped a little :)
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Sometimes trains are so well hidden, that people search for them even after 70 years
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lol I had to googled that. How the hell did the train end there? (doesn't look like a tunnel)
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Collapsed tunnel maybe? It´s also possible that this picture is just a fake.....
But at least it´s a nice story for media and people can dig in the earth....
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I had to google it as well... I'll probably look more into it.
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For those unable to google it themselves:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3229403/Radar-image-proof-Nazi-gold-train-led-Polish-minister-declare-99pc-sure-buried-tunnel.html
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Rarely I think, since, ideally, you would need a second copy of the game. Making a giveaway for a very bad game with a link to a good game isn't perfect, since you would be excluding all the people who either already have that bad game or have no interest in it, while they might be interested in the good game.
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Very good points! I completely forgot to consider that the bad games are already probably owned by everyone and filtered out.
I can just image how few people would see a bad rats giveaway.
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I recently realized chained giveaways has a positive thing :
It's easier/faster than separated giveaways to check them however it depends to how giveaway maker putted links in description section .
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So far all my trains (that is, all two) are hidden, and it's not going very well. Two wagons haven't reached 5 entries yet.
On a separate but somehow-related note - my experiment with giveaways only for "awesome Level 0 users" has been an utter failure, with both giveaways getting only 2 entries. Both are for games with very good reviews that no-one on the group owns. Go figure.
I think I'm going to try other experiments soon. I just need to wait for giveaway slots to become available again. Currently they're all used (why does SG impose this limit?)
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T_T sorry! I just can't make myself enter >.<
Also, I'm not sure why there is a limit after a while. It seems pointless, especially because there's a cap on non-devs of 100 giveaways/24 hrs.
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I think I remember reading about your experiment or something... You may have been the one who inspired me to try my own experiment... Or I could be confused.
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Indeed I was confused.
Though not necessarily about that.
I really hope I didn't click the blacklist button for everyone I meant to whitelist yesterday...
Fixed.
You are now on the correct list.
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I don't do trains, and I despise the potato option. :|
I am a rebel.
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I just want to know why potato is always an option... I mean they are tasty and can be cooked all sorts of ways... but what do they have to do with games?
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Some just enjoy being cryptic and secretive, others defy lazyness, others just want to world the see burn---wait what?
and potato, because it's an experiment, for cience! portal, in case you didn't catch that one :P
ps. absolutely no giveaway train hidden in your thread, not sure if I'm sad or dissapointed, or just forgot to take my pills :P
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To prevent laziness. To hide from Bots.
Because I like watching people suffer try.
WATCH THE WORLD BURN
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I had a slight white/black list mix up. Fixed!
Sorry to people who ended up on the wrong one. I may be a little too sleep debted to properly reply to threads :(
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I think quite a few people hide their GAs that way!
Seen one not so long ago ;)
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Every so often I stumble across an invite only giveaway in another giveaway. Based on other forums threads I know some of them are anti-botting experiments. I was wondering how often people do this and how they decide what games to chain off each other?
Me personally, I would create a public giveaway for a really bad game, and then hide a good game inside it with a link.
(Then again good/bad game is a relative term)
Just curious.
I'm certainly not attempting to promote a hidden giveaway or anything.
Have a good week.
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