ya and with negative points people will be going up and down in points as new giveaways are made and fake ones are removed which might also encourage people to save up a minimum of points at all times just in case an expensive game they really want is in a giveaway
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I suggested this before, three times, got no response. So...
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right now after all my filtering I probably have less than 10 different games showing up in my list
that and it has got to a point where you could enter possibly over 1000 giveaways and then win someting like a humble bundle
if that is the case I'd rather win something big
but then again that is just me
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maybe but if we made it like that everyone would make sure to be more conservative with points just in case they need them for a big game, it would be like what we have now but people will always look into the future like, "Do i really want to spend 10 of my 60 points for this one game? It might come in handy later." leading to less entries in the non AAA games that someone might really want
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I think you underestimate just how slow point generation would be if everyone had to wait 4-5 days for X amount of points. At 5% of gifts, let's say one day 10 giveaways end. Nine are worth 10P and one is 30P. You would have only received 2P for that day.
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There might be some lag for a couple weeks while the system shifts from points-at-opening to points-at-close, but the rate at which points are accrued shouldn't be affected by when in the operation the points are awarded. The only effect should be fewer points from fewer fake giveaways, which is exactly the point.
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It's funny that every time I see a thread complaining about "too many points", it's always the same people complaining.
If you have too many points, just don't use them and stop bitching! cg knows what he's doing, so does Cult and the other (new) mods.
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It's funny how it's always the same people that are always bitching about bitching. It's always the same no matter what so I thought I'd jump in and take my fair share at bashers like yourself.
Doesn't seem like you waste anytime with your points so I guess you don't have time to bother gifters with a small thank you
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No need to make it personal - and it's actually the first time I comment on a thread that raised this discussion, and I've always considered that spamming a topic with 'ty' is worthless unless you really mean it or have something to say (not just here, in many other forums aswell).
The thing is, I'm pretty sure the large majority of the people are fine with how the points are being generated but just don't say it. However, every time a thread about "too many points" is raised there's 90% chance that the same ~5 guys will be there (no, this number is not based on any hard evidence, but you get the point).
Apart from that, people should be more concerned about enjoying the site than second-guessing every decision admin/mods make (that's highly annoying, if you've ever been in that position to know).
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Unfortunately I have been in that position before. I kind of wish I wasn't. I don't think gifters really consider all thank yous as spam but really more as an acknowledgement that your not just entering a free game but a game someone took their time to get and put it up for grabs at the mercy of luck.
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boo hoo cry me a friggin river.. / wrists now please..
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You know that 3 copies of anything doesn't add to the total. It is still 10% of one of them.
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Terrible idea, People will just create more giveaways to get out of negetive points. DOesn't solve anything except poor average joe feels like he is getting punished for having negative points.
Seriously do you post this nonsense every other day? stop whining about the point system.
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I like this idea. Simply don't give out any points until the winner confirms they've received the game.
Giving out points and then taking them away again will only lead to confusion and anger.
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I think the site should have negative points to help with people getting points from fake giveaways...
For example, someone makes afake giveaway for 3 copies of Skyrim. This gives everyone lots of points for a giveaway that isn't real.
I'm smart and I figure it's fake so I don't enter, but because of the fake giveaway(s), I now have (for example) 10 points more than I should.
Currently the site doesn't remove the points generated for fake giveaways, but this is what I would like to see.
Let's say I use those 10 points on top of 40 points I already had to enter for a legit Dead Island giveaway.
I now have zero points.
Then, when the fake giveaways are removed, I still lose those points, but negatively.
As in I now have -10 points and I have to wait for 10 points to come back from points generation.
I think this would help with points flooding from fake giveaways.
Thoughts?
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