I would, but I'm sure it wouldn't be a good system.
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I think they should allow this but under 3 conditions:
Giveaway creator can choose to disallow multiple entries
Each subsequent entry should cost more points than the last, maybe like 40% more points than the previous entry. EX: base entry cost = 50, then 2 entries = 50 + 50 1.4 = 120, 3 entries = 50 + 70 + 70 1.4 = 218 etc
Can't you store points in giveaways and then exit those giveaways to get your points back? Like if I have 300 points and nothing I want to spend them on, I just put them into a giveaway that will last for a long time, then remove entry when I need points. So something would need to be done about this
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There is a nice function for that
a1=points required for first time
q=how much % to add each time
an=points cost at specific try
q=1.4(which means 40%)
an=a1*q^(n-1)
:3
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Although 1.4 truly is 140%, (s)he does deserve the benefit of the doubt here because (s)he had stated 'q' was 'the % to add' - (S)He shows it's 1.4 in the calculation but explains that it's "adding" 40% for those simpletons among us.
(Unless of course, (s)he originally had 0.4 and edited it after you corrected him/her... in which case, shame on him/her!)
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What? ;D
And its him.... Mr.him :D
Edit: and at start I wrote q=1.4 :O , I know its not 0.4 ;) , because than it would be 60% less than original :3
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For some games I'd do it yeah.
I'd rather enter ten times for one game I really want than one time for ten games that look sorta interesting.
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If you want a giveaway site of that fashion, use playblink
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It would be very hard to change the drawing algorithm - it already has to take into account the number of "thanks for skyrim" comments, previous fortix entries, number of leechers bashed on forums and the nationality (Poeple living in Atlantis and Antarctica wins every time because it's already tough for them).
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You know we have a search bar right? (if not it's top right corner)
I guess you sohuld know there was a topic about that 4 months ago, 5, 6 and 3 more with 1 year ago tag
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I did search, and the first two I found were both locked without any discussion. I was merely posing a question to SG users whether it would be something they'd use to see people's thoughts, not simply proposing the change.
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Just making sure (but I do love how the first one got only thejadefalcon posting).
And answering your question I guess I would just select giveaways with less entries or enter once believing if luck is on my side I won't need more entries to win. Plus I believe it would require a bit more effort so in multiple copies giveaways one person wouldn't be able to win more than 1 copy (like developer giveaways with 16k entrants for 1k copies would have greater possibility for people with multiple entries winning more than once)
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For me it's not great idea, because almost everyone will hunt for rare games, so if everyone'll join that giveaway 4 times, they will just waste more points, but that could work on cheaper games like Hotline miami (somthing worth 10-20 points)
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Haha oh boy....yeah this idea has been beaten to death over and over.
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Not sure i would, as much as i'd like to win a game, so would everyone else, so the purpose of having multiple entries would pretty much be only useful to spend the 300P i find myself with every day.
Let's be honest, if i really want a game, i'll buy it.
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Let's say SG allowed you to enter a giveaway multiple times (spending the points each time, of course), with a limit of let's say ten entries (that way someone couldn't enter 300 times for a $1 game). Do you think you'd do that for games you really wanted?
So let's say you really wanted Skyrim, you could spend 500 points (assuming you can earn all that before the giveaway ends, since you can only hold 300) to get 10 entries.
I think there would be two advantages to this:
1) You can increase your odds for games you really want instead of just spending points on games you're only mildly interested in simply because you have "extra" points to spare (most useful when new indie bundles or steam sales are going on when the points spill in quickly). But going from 1/800 chance to 10/800 chance of winning doesn't give you a huge edge that makes it unfair, not to mention everyone could do it if they really wanted to.
2) It means less people entering giveaways for games they don't really care about, keeping the odds better for those that care a lot. For example, maybe you want a less popular indie game, like Gateways and in there's another person that really wants Skyrim, but there's only one giveaway for Skyrim and 10 giveaways for Gateways. Under the current system, that person may enter the Skyrim giveaway and all the Gateway giveaways, but if given the opportunity, he'd spend all his points to enter Skyrim, not entering any of the Gateways giveaways, thus providing you with slightly better odds, which you can then increase further by entering multiple times if you so desired.
Just seems like it wouldn't be that hard to implement (basically just one extra field in the database), and it would solve one of the biggest gripes I always see in the forums - people entering/winning giveaways just for the sake of spending points, with no intention to actually play the games.
Thoughts?
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