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Note: This is actually the GOTY edition, but SG doesn't have a way to list it that way. I don't need the CV, so whoopty doo. :D
Anyway, just know that this will come with a TON of track and car packs (perhaps all of them). Enjoy!
to note you made this public(just on case you didn't mean to)
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Hi grez1. I hope you clarify your choice of doing a public GA.
Many people are entering to our GAs by propagating backwards from here. I usually don't have any problem with this, but still I would have preferred that only people, who really care about icaio, could enter.
Having said that, I have nothing against you and, in case this was your intention, I will try to understand and accept it.
Thanks for reading this :)
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While I see your point and it's a good one.... I think that perhaps more people read about our interaction with Icaio.
If only for that, I think it could be "good" if they ride the train.
Of course many people will pass the train without reading, but still....
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I partially share your thoughts. If I wanted as many people as possible to see the discussion and understand who icaio was, I would have created a public GA and directed them to this discussion, but without creating a cart and putting links to the other GAs.
Let's remember that many are bots but not all, though.
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There have already been a lot of public giveaways linking to the thread. I am with you: a direct link from a public ga to the train should not exist.
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I see. Perhaps, then, the best thing would be not to think about it too much. I would have preferred a different kind of farewell train but, honestly, I'm asking too much. I will try to accept this circumstance :)
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I think you misunderstood me. I have the same opinion like you. The other public giveaways I mentioned linked to the thread to raise awareness. They did not link directly to the train.
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Yes, I know WaxWorm. I'm talking about myself because all I do is thinking about it all day lol xD
And it's probably best if I accept this situation. This way I don't think about it anymore, otherwise it becomes an obsession :)
However, I would be happier if grez agreed with me and that no more public GAs like this were held, though :D
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I am pretty sure he will agree, as soon as he comes back online. He doesn't know of his mishap yet. And yes: until then there's not much more you can do about it.
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I wouldn't worry too much about it, Keepitup. I don't think the leak is as severe as you imagine. I spot-checked the timestamps of some of the entries in this GA against previous carts in the train and found only a handful of entries that are propagating backwards.
People have done experiments in the past where they linked an invite-only GA inside a public GA for the same game. The conclusion was that VERY few users follow such links. I think it's on the order of 1%. Most public GA participants don't read descriptions at all or are bots :)
In any case, I'm pretty sure grez will fix the mishap as soon as he's back online.
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In fact, the experiment that was made seems reassuring. I could have sworn the percentage was much higher, but I'm glad I was wrong to worry so much :)
Thanks PoeticKatana for letting me know.
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Hey guys...yeah, this was just a mistake. It was late and I'm doing everything on my laptop since my usual gaming tower is temporarily down for the count.
Super interesting conversation and statistics. Given that, what do you guys think? Should I delete this and recreate it as an invite-only GA, or since it doesn't seem to be negatively affecting the rest of the train, just leave it alone? No wrong answers here, just literally asking your opinion on which way to go at this point.
Any other GAs I add will definitely be invite-only. 😉🙃
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No problem. This is the proof that even the best can make mistakes :D
At this point, even though I started with the idea of recreating the GA and given that a day has passed and a discussion on this thing has been generated, albeit a small one, I think I will close my eyes to this, for this time.
We could use this conversation for future GAs. But know that next time I won't be so lenient with anyone xD
Edit: Of course, if the other guys agree to delete it, that's fine by me. I said to keep it because, after a day and a half, the autojoiners should be everywhere in the train and, at this point, it's almost useless to recreate it. But if it's true what PoeticKatana said, that is only few users read the description, then for sure I agree to recreate it.
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My opinion:
Delete it and recreate as invite only.
This way it kicks a lot of the autojoiners.
I think they don't have to be in a "memorial" train for someone that was a part of the, real, community here.
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I would be on deleting and recreating as invite only, that way its mostly those who actually visit discussions are in.
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It doesn't matter that much to me. I still don't think it's a big issue for the rest of the train. I haven't seen any signs of entries from the leak propagating into other carts en masse. So, I think it's mainly a question of whether you want this GA to end up with 3k random entries or just a few hundred by discussion readers. If I was in your place, I'd leave things as is to avoid disruption.
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I think the best course of action is to keep it public but remove the links for the other carts while keeping the link to the topic.
Why i say this? People can join the GA without reading what is up, if you link to the thread in question and state in the description there is a community train associated with it. Perhaps people will check the thread and come to understand what is going on.
As for links for other carts, you could write them in the comments on previous and next carts, as there are people following the train from start to finish and others going the opposite way.
Deleting the GA and making it invite only would fix the problem instantly, but there is a small chance to bring in more people towards this situation and to be aware of what happened. Which can be considered something good as you are bringing more people together for the ride, in the name of icaio.
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Hey grez1, apart from what has been said already, please correct icaio's name in your description :)
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Wow, I was fat-fingering things all over the place last night. My bad.
I'm probably going to have to recreate this, anyway. Didn't mean to make it public. This is what happens when I'm stuck working on my little laptop.
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Thanks!
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https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/On3db/
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thank you
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Thank you for the chance! <3
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Had this in my wishlist for so long that it got delisted, thanks for the chance!
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Gracias!
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thanks for the chance ♥
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Ty
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Thanks for this giveaway! <3
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