Hot take on levels

Not really a good idea in my opinion.Levels have their reason and I feel like even tho the 7,8,9,10 are really big your chances of getting games increase exponential(or whatever is the word for bigger than linear).I think people decide their level on giveaways thinking like:
"I wanna make a giveaway for this game for people that donated a few/medium amount/a lot of games"
Allowing Level 0,1 to enter giveaways for higher levels would enable bots that never give back anything to just farm high levels giveaways for cards/reselling the key/selling the account or whatever their are doing with it.
But on the other hand if you would have an option to enable your idea I don't think that it would hurt anybody since you can leave it on disabled and it would be another feature for people that want it.

Wow people are so nice.( i mean that with all sarcasm. I'm lookin at the people that voted that i'm a pleb)

Let's not forget: even ignoring bots and even with the multiplier, people would just be encouraged to bank points (enter for giveaways they don't want, wait for their points to fill back up, then exit said giveaways at the last moment). Nobody would need to be higher than level 2 or 3 to have a real chance at entering any giveaway (50*128=6800), and before you respond, remember that a cursory glance at any "how large is your 'hidden games' list" thread will show that most users would have plenty of giveaways to bank points while waiting for giveaways of games they want, with the only possible exception being during Humble Monthly Flood Day. Sure, it may seem silly on paper to bank thousands of points for one giveaway, but what if that's the only giveaway you're interested in? It would certainly be faster than getting a job and working to earn enough money to give away enough games to get to that level (and, in some cases, faster than getting a job and earning enough money to buy the game being given away).

Not saying it's a bad idea, but I doubt it will be implemented since 1) it kinda defeats the point of levels, and 2) the website isn't known for being updated; heck, this still hasn't been (and may never be) implemented.

Happy cake day Wolvus21. Being a giveaway creator, if I wanted to give to level 0, I would make level 0 giveaways. There is a reason why people put levels on their giveaways. Allowing people to enter to circumvent the creator's wishes seems unfair on them. I personally don't feel this is an idea I can get behind. Indiegala do a variation on your idea with the multiple entries per giveaway so you can enter ten times or more if you wish on the extra odds giveaway and maybe that might be something people will want providing you have the available points.

If it'd be implemented I'd be like "whatever", it's not my site and I get used to things pretty quick. Plus I'm not that active here anymore so it kinda makes me even more indifferent on the subject.

If I had to choose though, I'd say that:
– respect that somebody doesn't want you to enter a giveaway and move on,
– the simpler the rules are, the better.

Oh, and happy cake day!

Happy cake day, Wolvus!

Do not really think "you are a trash pleb", but, the way I see, when people make high level GAs, they really want to make sure contributors get the gifts, so voted for the last option.

But it is all cool, I still love you, you are still my best friend, Cather--... No, wait, what was that again?

Cheers! :D

Happy Cake day! :)

It seems after the conclusion.
Well, apply for a large amount to "GA with a long date for high points" ...
There is still such a thing that "cancels and gets points" on the day when the favorite game exists.
"Would it be better to suggest a specification that halves the points at the time of cancellation?"
However, Lv exists.
So don't worry. That is the best for everyone's peace of mind.

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Happy Cake day!

Happy cake day.

The level system is to reward people for giving away games, this would defeat the purpose IMO.

Why not with, proper multiplier... Like levels minimum CV divided by giveaway's level's minimum CV...

I could agree with your idea but only if there is an option you have to choose while you're creating giveaways.
If you can't enable/disable it then it's a no for me.

For me it's a no, for the reasons listed above. BTW, happy cakeday! :D

Points are free, so it's like "what if I spend a 1024 times more of nothing to get what I want?". No, it won't be like this. And not because you're "trash pleb" or something, there is nothing wrong about being low level.
Also, Happy Cakeday to you!

I have mixed feelings about the idea.
Happy cake day anyway!

Well, no. I'm making higher level giveaways to get rid of most of rulebreakers and your suggestion would ruin this.

Also, Happy Cakeday!

Happy cakeday!

Getting back to the subject. I wouldn't mind if levels were only about donations, but as some people pointed out they are also he only thing that allows to filter out all kinds of cheaters. Unfortunately there are a lot of them on lower levels, so basically your idea would give them access to higher level giveaways and it would simply force GA makers who are concerned about such cases to boost the minimal level by 2-4 just to stay on the safe side.
For it to work you would have to first introduce something like a receiver level which would rise with properly activated wins. On the other hand with such new way to filter out rule breakers, people who use higher level GAs as a "honesty" filter would probably switch to that new measure completely, so we get back to the point where a contributor lvl requirement would be set on purpose as a way to thank other users for contributing, invalidating any reasons for a system allowing to overcome it. Basically currently the idea is a no go due to cheaters and if you overcome that issue, it's loosing its point.

Nope!

But please don't stop thinking about ways to make the site better. You never know when you'll get an awesome idea.

Not a stupid idea and I like how it promotes choosing what you want to enter for, but frankly - levels above 3 (!) are basically useless. Of course if you're higher leveled then you gave more which likely means better ratio and all that jazz, but levels isn't that infinitely scaling system of awesomeness. It has an easily reachable optimum, so I'm really not convinced it is worth to make such a significant change.
Not to mention how incredibly slow change is even with basic things, and how rarely they happen. Expect any change in like 2 years, if bundles / the site will be still around

edit: also a thing. If there is a level 1 and 2 giveaway for a game of 50P, a level 1 user could enter them for 50 + 50*2 = 150 points. A user of higher level could enter these for the usual, 50 + 50 = 100 points. And while we know that the "same for higher price" would be an improvement for the level 1 user, but this would make base for the rumor (and first impression) that this site is pay to win, who is higher leveled can enter cheaper for things. And it wouldn't be incorrect from the points of a new user. So I would be against of the system, for how it would make the site look.

Interesting Idea, however maybe its just me, but here let me tell you my situation now on SG. I am level 7, and probably wont reach level 8 soon. however i started to filter out all the trash and games which i consider "wont play even if i would win it". So this caused a quite interesting situation. Atm i see only 62 GAs, from which 3 are group/WL GAs. And only 1 is above my level - level8, to be specific. And i also would like to mention that i have 10,716 hidden games :D So recently i cannot even use my 400 points :D

Happy cake day! ^^

Happy Cake Day!

Happy cakeday!

As far as spending an increased amount of points goes, I'd be more interested in being able to spend an (exponentially) increased amount of point in order to increase your chances. Like, for a 10P GA, 10P = 1 entry, 30P = 2 entries, 70P = 3 entries (max)