My suggestions - Gregoric. Part #2

First

I have recently seen at least few forum threads with suggestions that were already talked over. The thing is that such topics smell like (unintended) spam and can annoy some of regular forum visitors. I do not mean myself, I've been here only for few weeks.

So, here's my proposal: let's create separate, sticky thread with list of ideas that community has already talked about. This will cause less unwanted topics and prevent users form wasting time producing long threads with suggestions that already had been denied.
Edit: I've made an example below. I don't say I like all the ideas, just wanted to let you know about them.

Second

My second idea is rather tiny cosmetic change. As far as I know, there aren't any games priced lower than 0.99$ that can be gifted. Here's my idea: why not make those giveaways with required contribution of <1$ just show as 'Only for contributors' instead of 'Contributor ($0.01)'. I mean the notes placed on the right side of giveaway titles. That's rather easy to implement, doesn't need any changes in the database, only few lines of code. Wanted to write this in the official contribution giveaway thread but couldn't find it :/.

Third

Third one came to my mind when I won a game here (Thanks, Lina). I have entered three The Ship giveaways and won one. After receiving the gift, the two other entries were still active. Here's my idea, would it be possible to automatically cancel entries which are for just won game? As I suppose, that should be added to the cron job. Why add such feature? It would prevent from possible double wins. Okay, they are unlikely to happen like hell but - that's just a suggestion :). Another one is rather question: is there a sync forced after winning? I could have joined The Ship giveaways about half an hour after the win, which is obviously leading to abuse (winning the same again).

Fourth

The points. Conclusion of this idea is 1. Lower the point gaining rate; 2. Decrease maximum amount we can collect. You've probably heard tons of such suggestions (among with increase rate/amount). However, my idea is connected to recent contributor thanks giveaways. It is very simple and most of you could already have predicted what I mean :). Here it is: the more the user contributed, the more points he can accumulate. For example, 100 for non-contributors and more amount would be added like 2x contribution. Let's take my account: I have contributed 3.25, so I'd have 107 points limit to gain (100 + 2x 3.25 = 106.5 107). You'd say, 'oh noes, the guy with 1337$ contribution would enter all my fortix giveaways!!1'. But does he deserve it? In my humble opinion - obviously yes. Additionally, the point building rate could increase; (currently it is 1 point per 5$ contributed to the site, see FAQ) let's say 1 point per 10$ for those with no contribution, 1/8$ for those with over 50$ and so on. Now, pros and cons. It wouldn't violate the 'get games for free' sentence. It is pretty easy to enter every giveaway for even few desired games while the points are keeping at 270. Myself, I enter all giveaways for all Half-Lifes except the Deathmatch; all the Portal 2: The Final Hours and The Orange Box. Also, I spend about 100 points for some group/private giveaways daily. I have never seen my points under 200, maybe sometimes I am close to 210/220. At the moment I have 42 entries and 280 points. That is my argument for decreasing point increasing rate and limit to 100. All what you've read above about the contribution profits would be applied here as well. Disadvantages? At least few dozen hours of coding (Sorry, dear Cg) and lots more people abusing the contribution system with bundle key giveaways (grr).

Fifth

That's rather a lil' fix. Mr. Cg, the alt text for the red forums banner is the same as for the top contributors. I just see it because browsing with my mobile. Also, wouldn't it be a good idea to make the red banner clickable with href to forums?

Others' ideas

• Remember this Giveaway by NurEinSpitzname
• Winner must add Game immediatly to Library by Scorcher24
• Can we have a possibility to write something in our profile? by chaost
• Contributions change with the steam store price by h4r5h4v3ng3r
• SG Achievments /or badges by Tutimane
• Auto-thank giveaways entered by ET3D
• Entry amount limited giveaways by WALLS
• SteamGifts giveaway shortlist? by DeS3InY

See part one. All what is there, is included here too.

Regards,
Greg