Hi my friend.

Sorry to bother you like this, but I have a question that you might know the answer to:

  • I look at my contributor level and I'm at 9.19. (full value giveaways 63 & no value giveaways 69)
  • One of my giveaways finishes, I look at my contributor level and I'm at 9.18 and I think to myself wtf is going on? Maybe I'm confused, oh well...
  • Next day I make another giveaway (5 copies, 4 marked received so far), look at my contributor level and I'm at 9.17.
    (full & no value giveaways unchanged)

Do you by any chance know why I have dropped from 9.19 to 9.17 in two days while the other two parameters remain the same?

2 years ago
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Hi fizzelina,

Just a few things here, but nothing definitive.

  1. I don't see any obvious reason due to the usual suspects; There don't appear to be any recent CV reductions due to bundling in our database that applied to games you have given. Meaning, no retroactive changes should apply here.
  2. Some updates to your CV take a few hours. I don't know the specific cycle times, but I know that you will not always see your score change right away, especially when you are so close to 10, as each point you earn has less of an impact. (relative to amount to level up). This doesn't explain at all why you may have dropped, but FYI.
  3. While we did not override the CV for anything specific that I can see, the value of the game itself may have changed on Steam's end. That change is sometimes temporary, sometimes permanent, sometimes up, sometimes down. These changes are harder to track without looking at every game or without having a specific title to research. I did look at some of the larger games you've given (this one and this onefor example), but neither appears to fall into this category.

Here is an example where a price change did occur, so you know what I mean, but this would have been seen a few months after you gave it away, in 2019, and not really something you should have noticed recently. This is another example that would have been noticed sooner than the last month or so.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure I can be of any more help at the moment, unless you can help target specific candidates?.

2 years ago
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Thank you for the quick and detailed response.

I don't see any obvious reason due to the usual suspects; There don't appear to be any recent CV reductions due to bundling in our database that applied to games you have given. Meaning, no retroactive changes should apply here.

Any CV reduction will result in changes to the number(s) in either full or no value giveaways or both. As these values have remained unchanged for over a week now I know for a fact there has been no db changes to the CV values of my giveaways during this period.

the value of the game itself may have changed on Steam's end.

Even though it would be a crazy coincidence, this would perfectly explain it. (had no idea this will propagate to SG)

Thanks again for the comprehensive response and for taking your time. <3

2 years ago*
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Ok caught it today. :P

Earlier today: Real CV $3443.18 - 69 full value / 63 no value
2 giveaways get feedback...
And now: Real CV $3432.08 - 69 full value / 63 no value

= Some game(s) must have dropped in value on Steam's end just as you said. :/

So I paid X amount for a game, because that was the price when I bought it. But now I lose CV because price changes? This should not punish gifters retroactively, just the way bundling/discounting does not propagate retroactively.

2 years ago
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