Hi SG, I have some bad news today. In short, it looks like we're going to end up with entries missing from recent giveaways due to corrupt data. At the moment, about 90% of giveaway entries are not listed on the site. The majority of them are available in archived backups, and I'm downloading those now to see how much data we'll be able to recover. However, I'm certain the most recent entries for open giveaways are no longer available. That means you'll need to reenter those giveaways if you were previously entered. All giveaways that were set to end today have been extended 7 hours to offset the time the site was offline. Also, I just added 150 points to every user (up to 300 max), to help people reenter a few more giveaways.

This comes at a bad time because we're getting ready to move data over to a new database structure to help avoid situations like this from occurring in the first place. Nonetheless, I apologize for any headaches this causes and I'll keep you posted on the recovery process!

Edit: We'll be able to recover 90% of giveaway entries, and they'll be transferred when the site is updated to v2.

9 years ago*

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after sync i dont see groups ga-s :(

9 years ago
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same for me :o

9 years ago
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works again

9 years ago
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There goes the comment ratio groups :P

9 years ago
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I lost all my entries, and my profile was reseted. I had more than 700 giveaways entered and now I have nothing.

9 years ago
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I had more than 4,000 entered...I want the record back...T_T

9 years ago
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ive just read that.. i was confused why ive entered only 31 giveaweys..
good to know.

9 years ago
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I had like 900 entered and 0 wins...at least now it looks less depressing -_-

9 years ago
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me too

9 years ago
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I was like 1k enteries and 1 win, now its 18 enteries, i think i don't will win this year :(...........

9 years ago
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No worries. You have made a great job so far and some lost entries are not a big deal. And anyone who is claiming that it's a shame that this happened is just a stupid beggar.
You are doing all of this to allow people to win free games so they should not complain when something goes wrong. Even more if they are not contributors.

Keep up the good work, we like you. <3

9 years ago
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fresh start maybe

:P

9 years ago
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i thought it was me being high

maybe this is just the right time for sg rehab ;P

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Hi cg, I was just wondering how the recovery process is going on? Were you able to save most of the lost data out of the backups? Especially the number of entered giveaways in the profile seems still a bit low and differs a lot between users. I'm missing around 7k were other users are even missing more than 18k. Sure it's just a number in the profile, but, you know, statistics and so on :)

9 years ago
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+1
I lost all of my entered giveaways count. Sucks a bit, for I was planning on creating a milestone giveaway. :P

9 years ago
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Yeah I just noticed this. I was about to hit 20k entered and now I'm at 1,1k. So... there's that. If there is a chance to recover the data it would be much appreciated.

9 years ago
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hi

9 years ago
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Don't worry shit happens, oh well then.

9 years ago
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Thanks for the information. I was wondering myself.

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hi

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So I take it Giveaways Entered being reset is also a side effect of this? I had over 2k Giveaways Entered and just noticed I only have 137 which likely means the data corruption also effected that.

9 years ago
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Indeed it is. It's the first thing I noticed, in fact.

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hi

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thank

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ty

9 years ago
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I lost like 3 k entries...

9 years ago
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So basically my 2000+ entries with only 1 win, is gone? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY ONLY PRIDE.

9 years ago
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haha i had near 13k+ entries, now i have 165 enteries and 37 win, hope my win ratio will be so good in future :D

9 years ago
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Guys I won the gift of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and can't contact person for the prize what to do?!

9 years ago
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if something won his datdus

9 years ago
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I synced my account an hour ago and now I have no groups or wishlisted games on SG.

9 years ago
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Closed 8 years ago by cg.