What do you prefer? Speedy? Puzzle?

What is the ideal timespan for a giveaway in your view? (regarding normal, speedy or puzzle giveaways)

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For a puzzle it should be 1 hour-2 or 3 days depending of difficulty. A 2 weeks giveaway which is solved in 2 mins is useless. But it's my mind.

13 years ago
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^this is my mind as well

13 years ago
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speedy = less than 1 hour, you can simply make it private, when the timer is like 30 minutes left, make a thread and post it, or post in a random thread...

secret = anytime you want, randomly post it anywhere, people who get to see it, will have a chance to join it.

puzzle = at the very least 1 day for easy puzzles, 4/5 days tops for very hard puzzles.

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sounds like a good timeline

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Speedy - around 1 minute?

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isnt that a bit too speedy?

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Speedier = less entries and more chance :)

13 years ago
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...and what if you go to the bathroom or something instead of pressing the f5 button?

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I say 30 minutes is speedy enough.

Not too short and not too long.

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What if you're having a really bad dump?

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then you'd have to split it into two mini dumps

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lol..

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As Pl0w said, puzzle giveaways with a time proportional to the difficulty.

Otherwise I'd prefer 1 hour long public giveaways or less.

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I prefer speedy giveaways

13 years ago
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Speedy.

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SPEEDY PUZZLE!

13 years ago
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Seriously. You stole it from me. I'm calling the cyber police on you, right now! +1 tho, SPEEDY PUZZLES!

13 years ago
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goes stealth mode

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pulls out IR scope.

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Speedy!

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Puzzles, even though I can't get ever solve them! D: They are fun to do and there's a reward (low entry giveaway!) Timeframe: 1 day+

13 years ago
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Definetely speedy!i aint that smart for puzzles but im pro at F5-ing!

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10 minute giveaway would be the best (created as private giveaway and posted here on forums 10 minutes before the end)

13 years ago
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Speedy it is.

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It all depends on your views. All of them have their purposes.

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Depends on the game at stake. If it's low cost, it's not as worth puzzling for, but makes for a better speedy, since the regular ones are likely to get a good amount of entries. If it's high cost, a speedy is more likely to torment anyone who had something to do in that time frame and still rack up a ton of entries.

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Speedy giveaways, don't like spending a lot of time doing riddler-eque games to prove my vastly superior intellect just for a chance to win the game.

You should all give up, you already know I'm better than you.

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I like both to be honest. I enter a lot of time based giveaways on here... and the puzzles help me fill the free time... since I'm bored with all my games and don't have much else to do... ^_^' I guess I'm just boring that way. :D

13 years ago
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SPEEDY !

13 years ago
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Speedy puzzles.
Clearly.

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Puzzle giveaways are always nice, because you can feel like you really earned a chance to enter. That being said, speedy puzzles can be a lot of fun, provided they aren't too insane (although, there is nothing like a good challenge...well, except for another challenge that is equally as good, or a better challenge, but I digress...)

13 years ago
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Puzzle, but only when i know how to solve them.

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Puzzles are more fun because of the payoff when you break the code or riddle, but Speedy giveaways allow people a greater chance to win, so they both have their merits.

I think Puzzles should last at least 12 hours, with longer times for harder puzzles. Speedy giveaways should be up for less than an hour to reward people for finding it speedily. :3

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yeh I guess that by the end of the day, puzzles, even not difficult ones, filter out the lazy people who just enter for the sake of entering, so should probably do more of those..mmm.. but I suck at solving puzzles, let alone make'em!

13 years ago
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Puzzle, all day erry day. So much more satisfying than clicking a button at the right time.

13 years ago
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I find it depressing that so many people like speedy giveaway... Personally, I despise 1-hour giveaways as they keep me from ever getting sucked into a game, I always have to remind myself to check the front page every hour at most. I'd love it if the minimum duration for giveaways got increased to 12 hours, or at least 8.

Also, I would very much like to see an increase in the number of puzzle giveaways. The thrill of solving a puzzle, combined with the thrill of entering a giveaway with relatively few participants, is much better than the thrill of having found a short giveaway, combined with the annoyance of having to think about this site all day.

13 years ago
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Speedy because I can never solve puzzle.

13 years ago
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Puzzle, I can never solve them but I like to see creative answers and I bet they're more fun to make. There are also fun chats in the forums during puzzles.

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Closed 13 years ago by Tzell.