Hmm?
Yes, it is about laziness too: I had a blacklist and a whitelist, but needed the whitelist for doing an actual GA, so users who were not supposed to enter that one were moved to the blacklist temporarily, at least that was what I thought that time, just time passed, Easter came and now I have a long blacklist and almost empty whitelist and some distant memories about who should be moved between the two...
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xD now that's a problem :D Good luck. How bad were the people that were blacklisted? Maybe remove everyone from the blacklist and give those who deserved it a second chance?
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I have completed a check right now, just it was a bit tedious. However as it turned out some of my BL participants got permabanned from SG, so that part was easy.
The other part is dynamic: sometimes you encounter high-level contributors with very strange profiles. Like ones whose last 100-150 GA-s from the past 1-2 years were all group restricted with a couple dozen entries, or the same thing with 7-8+ level restrictions. With all respect and admiration, I am not really willing to give them anything just for clicking on Enter from the GA list and being lucky. However if they solve a puzzle, I would consider that case different.
Checking the poll above, it is almost solely me anyway...
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I see your point :P I haven't made any puzzles yet but it could be useful especially if your blacklist isn't just for people you really dislike
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Would be better if you could just check from the posters profile if you're blacklisted.
CHECK ALL PROFILES!!!
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Hm....on the other hand a blacklist it a blacklist is a blacklist.
Maybe the better solution would be to lock the Thread with the puzzlelink for blacklisted users....they don´t see, they don't puzzle....no disappointment
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Maybe not the whole thread but just the puzzle link? Or a hidden section in thread shown only to those who are not blacklisted.
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Then they would get a headache while trying to figure out where the OP hid the puzzle XD
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I can never figure out MTLVMPR's puzzles anyway, so it wouldn't matter. :P
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If the softwaresolution supports user-based-blocked-codes or something like that...this would be the best solution.
I recently tought about this solution.
Puzzlethread, link to Giveaway 1 with a small appetizer, from this link to puzzle and from this puzzle to the other giveaways.
But of course, this is special solution...not suitable for all.
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Yeah, I think that could be an useful feature (not just for puzzle, could be useful for other events)
What would be also nice would be to be able to have a 2 whitelists. You could have your main whitelist, and use the second one as a temporary whitelist for an event
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could you blacklist me (maybe only temporary :-) ) i would like to check if I could open one of your old ended giveaways after that.
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That works!
So i found a solution.
Just place a link to an old giveaway in your puzzlethread, blacklisted users will also get the message "your are bla bla".
So everyone has the ability to check if he/she is blacklisted without first solving any puzzles.
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That's a solution for this situation, but it could still be an useful feature to have the option to disable the blacklist for a specific giveaway ^^
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Yes, perrolijo has a similar construct running right now: http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/gPrLE/lets-talk-about-anime-2-hints-added
However if you check my puzzles, like http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/74S8a/wall-of-text-math-equations-omg-wtf, they are not exactly an ITH link.
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You can still write the wall of text in an old giveaway description...
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No you can't view them. That is indeed a good idea...
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Yeah, i would like having customizable lists, like in twitter, you know :3
One list with puzzle solvers, another list with people who likes anime, another list with people who likes rogue games... etc
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If there was a way to easily import/export lists, this wouldn't be a problem. And also you would be able to switch your whole blacklist for whitelist, making a special giveaway aka Bad Ratz.
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That awkward moment when you find yourself blacklisted by people you haven't interacted with o:
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Unless it was a conversation between me and zombie or another heretic taken too seriously, I don't think so :p Either way, people can blacklist who they want, I just checked his profile out of curiosity and found myself blacklisted.
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Which conversation? I remember no conversions ever with anyone. I am new here. How do you level up? Hey, I won Bad Rats in a giveaway, can I give it to a friend? I am looking for a key to a door, would you happen to have a spare one I can use, just asking.
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just use anykey
but, not to be confused with
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Hmm, I'm afraid I don't know what type of lock you have so you can take this instead. Sure, there might be some side effects but I think it should solve your door problem.
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Not any more, I just started a review of my listings, bookmarks and the like in the past hour.
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Personally, I would prefer it if you could just manage multiple (named) lists and then include/exclude any of them at will... that way those lists could also be used as a reminder why people are on that specific list...
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I like that idea too. However from implementation perspective it is probably easier to create a new GA type than extending the list management features (while the functionality is there with the existing lists and the support for arbitrary number of groups, the simple 2-button user interface for black/white-listing would have to be replaced with some droplist or radio buttons, and so on)
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If you've blacklisted them then clearly they must have done something to deserve it.
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I dunno :D
I got blacklisted only by some raging immature punk as far as I know. And I only know about it because he felt the necessity to boast about it in a quite funny way :D. But maybe the puzzledudes could just include their blacklist link so the potential puzzle solvers could find out if they're on the blacklist or not.
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I don't get your point. If I have blacklisted people I don't want them to win my giveaway puzzles :/
And they even can't see where my puzzles are because I always link to the puzzle in giveaway descriptions, not in the discussion thread.
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Yes, your method was discussed above http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/r7aoo/blacklist-independent-invite-only-giveaway-type-for-puzzles#UP6dZaH. Also, SilentGuy's idea may work better than my original.
For the not entirely black and white nature of lists, see http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/r7aoo/blacklist-independent-invite-only-giveaway-type-for-puzzles#k2E7k1V
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Sorry i was still reading the comments. I have reached where I am mentioned, but still not reached SilentGuy's idea. I should read before posting xd
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If you are on my blacklist, then you are there for a reason. If you do a puzzle and find out the hard way then that sucks for you. I do offer redemption for anyone on my blacklist at least.
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When solving a puzzle, people normally do not start the process with checking if they are blacklisted by the puzzle creator. Then they work on the puzzle, having fun or a headache, but it certainly does not feel good if someone after solving a puzzle finds him/herself locked out from the GA.
This is why I think there could be use for a GA type which does not care about the blacklist.
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