well you are not really new, but don't worry no one should be forced to do a giveaway. I am hoping everyone is considered equal in this site from the person that gives $0.00 to the person that gives $16,000. I do hope I see more activity in the forum however by other members, however I do understand that some members don't speak English so I don't expect 1,000 comments in their profile.
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Alpha Protocol was a rare giveaway before the Sega sale, and will go back to being rare in a week or so.
Your example of the 6 privates ending to 3 publics is also pretty off. Is pretty rare to see that sort of ratio, and a few were humble bundles anyway so barely count.
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As someone that looks over every single giveaway and tries to thank every single giveaway, I disagree. I'm still seeing a lot of longer giveaways, private and public. The economy is fine and it's always been up and down after sales.
I don't think we should ever stop or limit private or group giveaways. The economy so far has been just fine, as it's always been up and down depending on the sales, but in no way has it "crashed".
Edit: As you can see on the stats page, gifting goes up and down. It all depends on the current sales, but in no way I believe this site to be in danger of the gifting economy crashing.
t;dr: don't be an alarmist
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Don't worry Tutimane, if you check the stats page, we're now tracking Portals per day to ensure site stability.
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can some1 tell me what is that "private giveaway" mean?
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A private giveaway is a giveaway that can only be entered if the guy whos giving the game shares with you the direct link to the giveaway. It happens in the forum, when sometimes people do private giveaways and share the link here. I don't think I expressed myself clearly, but I hope you understand.
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I predicted the same approximately 2 months ago and it didn't happen to my surprise. Well, the increase in private giveaways happened but not the decrease on public ones.
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I'm seeing a lot more 5 hour 8 hour 1 day giveaways (for example) making them even harder to win. since the entry amount gets drastic.
With currently 6 private giveaways ending to 3 public ones.
So yeah, its like most in game currencies where the economics of steamgifts is going off balance.
predictions?
a)portal, dlc, and alpha protocal types will increase to its all time high for public giveaways
b)more ppl inclined to have private giveaways to ensure a fair win ratio
c)economics of steamgifts can become unfixible with the only exception is if they stop/limit private ones.
Note: i dont care, not begging, raging, pleading. but im noticing its changing for the worse.
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