Another CV thread -- what happened to 20%?

Well, with a bundle, I don't just keep every game in the bundle just because it's there. I buy the bundle because it has some games I want. The rest I pass along. I figure every game in there is going to be wanted by somebody, so it would be better to go to somebody who will enjoy it, than sit in a library untouched because it's not my kind of game. Plus, it feels good to see that somebody won it, and send them an email with the key and wish them happy gaming.

Used to be in S.Cherrypopper group. Now that felt good to giveaway to that group, until one of the group members took advantage of the group rules to win 2 gifts.

I've given a few games a way and sometimes I don't even get a 'thank you', or even a 'thx'... Some people are genuinely appreciative. Others seem like they don't care and are just mooching.

I'd give away a helluva lot more if I thought people that received them genuinely appreciated them more.

oddly enough, i've had the pleasure of both sides, and received from both sides as well. my latest pubbie winner doesn't speak english though, so i had a friend craft a message in russian and just sent the email with the key over. day later, he's playing the game, so i'm happy.

To be clear, I am not angry. It feels great to give games away. I'm just confused.

Also, I don't get "add me on Steam and trade." That's too much work. If you win one of my giveaways, I will simply email you the code that I have.

Well, I suppose that explains all the "$30.01" giveaways... They're the same as the "$0.01" giveaways. "No leechers allowed." But if leeching, i.e. taking without giving, is so bad... then why not give any CV for giveaways after a certain point? Wouldn't you say the site has leeched? I'm not accusing... just putting something out there to think about.

Sadly, I did not know that until you said it. Thanks.

Ah, thanks for clearing that up.

So, does the fact that I've given away $100 worth of "Bundle" games mean any "Non-Bundle" games I give away in the future will also be reduced -- say, if I grab some awesome game during the sale, for, say, $5, normally it's $25, it was never in a bundle... so will that add $25 to my CV, or will my other $75 of "Bundle" giveaways (from the "first $25") weigh it down? And thus, should I not give away games from bundles here?

Well, I don't -- all the giveaways I've done were either because A) I had a game that was giftable, that I had no intention of playing... or B) I had a game that was giftable, that I already had in my Library.

My reason for giving away games here (as opposed to just "leeching") is that I have had games gifted to me, and I want to share the love (of gaming). Basically, to give back. So it's not for the CV, not at all... It's just disheartening to see "You can't have a 1% or less chance of winning this giveaway because the barrier is one whole penny higher than what we give you credit for giving away, which is less than a third of what you've actually given away." It's kind of a bummer, seems like a good way to scare people off from creating giveaways.

Agreed... but since I read the FAQ I'm not sure how relevant your comment is to this topic. There's nothing about this $25 non-bundle conversion stuff in the FAQ. It's very light on CV stuff. I, and apparently others, have learned a ton from this topic. So while it may annoy you who knew it already, well, everybody has got to learn. If 12 hours' not using the site was the price I had to pay to gain this knowledge, I would be okay with that. Fortunately it doesn't seem to be the case. :)

Forum searches never work well... the only people who make that suggestion are people who themselves never use it.

Thanks, this is the kind of response I was looking for. Good information.

I will certainly do more giveaways, but I may save my bundle giveaways for another venue. I had meant to do one on Ars Technica, but their big giveaway is once a year, around Thanksgiving, and I didn't want to wait that long. I'll put something nice out over there, since through one a couple years ago I won Fallout: New Vegas and that was pretty sweet. But I can't promise anything, as I am not a rich man... far from it in fact. But if I have something to spare, I will pass it along.