You gave away only bundle games. If you gave away bundle games after bundle went live, but before they got added to bundle list they will still be considered bundle games after they got added later on. Give away more non-bundle games and yoyr CV will be rising.
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Looks correct to me. You just didn't read the bundle value rules.
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It was at $30 before I started the most recent giveaways. After the giveaways it went to $100, now since yes they were from bundles I can understand them taking 80% off, but they removed all 100% of what was from the 4 most recent giveaways, I didn't even get the 20%
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1st, about you going from 100 back to 30 - read my comment above.
As for 20% - read linked topic again. You don't get 20% of Bundled game value. You get 20% added from bundle GAs of your non-bundle value. So for example if you now Give Away 100$ worth of non-bundle games you will get 120$ CV instead of 100$.
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So basically, if I don't giveaway non-bundled game i get nothing? Well, guess I'm not going to giveaway anymore of my bundle games here.
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You got $30 CV for a few dollars of cash. You are already ahead on what you spent. Also, you don't get nothing. That value is stored for when you give non bundle titles. If you gave a $20 game now, it would net you $25, because of the stored bundle value, and will continue with other giveaways until you get it all back.
Besides, gifting is supposed to be for generosity, not profit.
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True, but there are other sites where giving more gives me a better chance of winning(Regardless of bundled or not), which in my opinion makes more sense, I didn't say I wouldn't giveaway games, I said I wouldn't do it here.
Since I have no plan to buy a game I don't want, I won't be giving away non-bundled games. Only excess games.
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And all these other sites a) have less GAs b) much less GAs for non-bundle games c) require you to invest real money to enter better GAs.
Thanks to this policy you hate so much on SG, SG has the biggest number of non-bundle gift GAs and gives you the best chance to win better games instead of just leftover keys worth few cents.
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Other sites, Have less people in GA's meaning higher chances. Yes, it will mostly be bundled games, but I don't buy every bundle, so winning bundled games isn't bad. And I have never seen ones investing real money.
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erm then what sites do you actually visit? Because Gameminer - buy gold for real money to enter top GAs. PlayBlink - Buy Charity membership to earn more points and get access to best GiveAways. SteamCompanion and GalaGiveaways don't have paid models, but are both much smaller communitioes to 3 mentioned before, plus both have multiple-entries model with giving you points for creating GAs - so only way to earn considerable amount of points is to make popular GAs. Popular GAs means you must invest into better games to earn more points to enter more GAs.
And all SG does is to generate points for everyuone in the same pace making it same chances to everyone, plus encouraging quality over quantity of GAs via bundle system.
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Well then, I suppose you can throw your spare trash into the other giveaway sites in exchange for a chance at winning other people's spare trash... and if you ever feel like getting in on the CV-limited non-trash games here, you could give away non-bundled games.
It makes sense to have a speedbump on bundle value, otherwise we would be utterly swarmed with bundle content and the CV entry limits would mean very little, probably pushing people into group giveaways. What we have right now works fine. If you really want to up your CV, just wait for the christmas sales, double check what you're giving away isn't on the bundled list, and grab something at a discount and offer it up for the less fortunate. Win-win.
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I dunno why you guys are bothering to argue with this fellow. The choice is his to make, so let him. In the meantime, continue to enjoy the excellent giveaways available to those whom contribute to the site.
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Well, this site was invented for giving and not for taking.
If you came here just to take, you're at the wrong place.
Contributor only giveaways exist so you can thank people who actually invested more than a few dollars to give. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think anyone who gives away nothing but his bundle leftovers falls in this category.
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Guys, a question. So if I give a non-bundled game and, let's say, 5 months later it comes in some bundle - the value of that game will still be taken from my total CV? o___O
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No, if you created the giveaway before the bundle went live, you get the full value
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Oh, I didn't know this. I've actually held back on games I thought would be slashed in CV. Guess I'm going to give some more stuff this holiday...
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He is correct. Start date is what matters, end date doesn't.
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but then people that created giveaway before the bundle can just buy the bundle and get full cv for it. .-. well, whatever. i'm glad i remember it wrong anyway because this is better against unfortunate situations, although i still think this is a crack in the current system. thankfully sgv2 will be the saviour.
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Maybe, but unlike the people trying to spam the bundle on the first day, chances are these people bought it outside of a bundle, and so aren't punished for that. :P
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no it won't. If you give away a game after it was featured in bundle it will be taken from your CV.
Bundle list is managed by one single person. He has his real life, work, xmas preparation etc and is managing bundle list in his free time. So for example in new Humble Bundle starts today he will probably not be able to add it to bundle list this very moment it goes live. So if he adds it 1 week later all GAs madfe for games from today to week later will be retroactively marked bundle GAs. GA's made year, month, week or day ago will not be considered bundle GAs and will still give 100% CV.
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Of course, as the price of a game drops on the market, so will the CV attached to it. That's depreciation for you.
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You should keep track of bundle games. A game might be bundled, but just because it's not on the list today doesn't mean that it won't be added soon. It takes Shobo several days to add games to the list since he's the sole person responsible for keeping it updated.
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I'm surprised support hasn't jumped off a bridge together holding hands.
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How do you know what games have been bundled thou? so many have one time or another
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I'm kind of surprised that astrick doesn't make more people curious. Why is it there on some titles? Oh hey there's a hyperlink right up about the astricks, I think i'll click on that. That's how I learned about the bundle game formula like second day I was here.....
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This is why right over top of the list or beside it or something, it should have "All games marked with have been bundled or given away for free" at least then some people might realize why they can only get 30cv when they giveaway only bundled and free games. Heck even a link to the spot right in the FAQ would help, instead of expecting people to try to find out what the means without any hints right then and there. Not everyone knows what FAQ means or that it can only be found in the forum section.
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By the way as long as we are already talking about this. My last GA was a bundle but my CV didn't increase a cent. So, a day after and it's still the same thing. I know I shouldn't get full value but 0?
Could someone please enlighten me if I'm missing something here. As far as I know I should be getting some percentage of the value.
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The first 25$ from you CV can come from bundled giveaways and over this limit you can have only 20% of your full CV from bundled games.
So if you already had this 20% fully utilized your CV won't go up if you give away a bundled game.
But with the same logic if you gave away more bundled games than your 20% CV the next time you give away a non bundled game this 20% will be added. (Example: You have a lot of bundled giveaways. You give away a 10$ non-bundled game. Your CV goes up by 12$)
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Please take a look at my profile. I only gave out bundled games 2 or 3 times, all the others are paid fully before the games were ever bundled "if they were" so here's my delimma.
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No.no it's not.
Someone in the community should do an info graphic that visually explains this simple concept and we can all just post here whenever this topic comes up....every three hours
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For whatever reason my contributor value keeps going back down to $30 when I should at least be over $100, it was at $100 for a few days after I did like 4 giveaways and then it suddenly reverted back to $30. Support hasn't responded to this either.
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