Is there a high level of antagonism between "low" and "high" level users?

I haven't noticed this either. I think when you reach out and participate (forums, puzzle posting/solving) instead of just clicking to enter GAs that most respond well to that, regardless of level.

No idea about it really. At least I haven't noticed it. Maybe it is considered 'antagonism' to create giveaways with level restrictions? Anyway, me being level 5 I feel like I'm in perfect balance right now ;)

Yes. Those damn high-levelers, thinking they can buy our affection by showering us with free games. It makes me sick

To a very small degree maybe, because it would only apply to a some people.
Some people feel elite being a high level and some lower hate higher levels for that and different reasons.
Although I'd say both those groups of people are in the minority of SG.

I would hope not. I'd like to think of Steamgifts as my happy place full of happy gaming things to go to after/before/during work. I would imagine there would be quite a few members that would dislike or confront people being rude to one another solely based on level.

As for myself, I hate everybody equally.

Friction is gonna be around when such things as 'white & blacklisting', invite only GA's, etc are around to show favoritism and/or exclude individuals from anything. Andd as the one above said, this percentage is pretty small.

A schmuck is a schmuck, regardlesss if they're lvl 1, 3, 5, 7, or 10.

Yes, there is definitelly some degree of "antagonism" between low lvl and high lvl folks here. Small or large, I'm not sure, but it's evidenced by some of the discussions here on SG (people calling low lvl users "leechers", blaming them for only creating supposedly "inferior" bundle giveaways, doing only X+ lvl giveaways because they believe all the low lvl users are regifters and/or don't understand the rules and such).

"Aw, not fair! You made a GA, of course the downtrodden low-levels (including me by that definition) will vote in your favor! It's biased I tell you, BIASED!"

/s

When I was a level 2 I was, along with my fellow 0-2 levellers, herded into a cattle train car and driven to a giant warehouse where the high-levellers were really mean to us... I managed to escape but my heart is with my brethren who didn't survive that shameful act of hatred.

Huh? What? Where? O.o

Not really seen anything from higher level users, apart from the ones who mostly do group giveaways and more prominently mid-low level users who are active in the community seem to have somewhat of a distaste for leechers. I've also seen a bunch of low level users complaining about the higher level players making a lot of higher level giveaways. No direct hostility though.

I think people keep forgeting this is a giveaway site after all.

Apparently, it has become a sin both to win games and to give them away.

It's not just about the level. Look at some private Steam groups. You know, "1 giveaway every month, expensive one, or you're out". Guess what they think about lov lvls here. What I think? This site is free, so if someone wants to win many games and won't give a single key back to the community... It's not great, but he can do it.

you know the monkey tree parable?

hierachical structures are like a tree of monkeys.

• the ones on the top look down and see smiling faces.
• the ones on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes ;)

Of course not, you level 7 elitist snob!
J/K, no I haven't seen anyone looking down at me for being low level, not even when I was level 1.
One could argue that level restricted giveaways are a form of discrimination, but I consider them "thank you" giveaways for people who has contributed a fair amount of games.

It's not common but it's present.
First of all - we have to differentiate low level users from low level leechers. There is not much hatred towards lvl 0 users with just a few wins (unless they create a topic asking why they don't win), but much more towards let's say lvl 0 user who never gave away anything having 100 wins oin their account.
Other side is present as well - I got blacklisted by several ppl for winning too much for example, or "if you can buy games for GAs why don't you buy games for yourself as well instead of stealing chances from others?"

I think some people are elitist. I personally don't like zeroes as much as anyone else because I suspect some are bots/leeches, but I think there are exemplary people in each group. There are some higher levels who should know better by now, and some new people who are just trying to become accepted. That said, I understand why some people like higher/lower levels when they fit into those groups.

Hmm, i know some users ignore others that have low ratio.
Whats the differnce?

Haven't seen such tread, so i wouldn't know exactly the reasons for such statement
I would still say No, the majority of people i know from the forums or on my whitelist are like level 4/5 maybe, i wouldn't consider that to be high level
Then there are the majority of the low level members that are usually here for the free games and barely even stop by the forum
on the other hand, after each ga, if a member is level 3 or below i usually check on them just to be sure they are following the rules, so i guess i dont trust them as much.
Other than that i hate all of you the same way, independently of your level

I have no idea about the general consensus but I don't have a problem with any group as a whole. We've all been level 0 once, you know? I only make lvl 4 giveaways because I want the process to be as simple and easy as it can be.

I do find the results thus far a bit disheartening. Roughly 50% of all people here think there is a problem, and a bit over a third of those seem to think that it's widespread.

There absolutely is.
Many don't realize that many puzzles requires high knowledge and effort that old members that have been doing them for ages don't need anymore. Also you can see that high valued games go to higher levels quiet often in trains and what not as everyone thinks low level scum will enjoy just any bundle crap. Circlejerking is also a big thing that goes behind the scene a lot.
On the other side of spectrum there is leechers and bots who don't even bother to read thread descriptions.

But such is the way in current society. And you can't escape these even in real life. However there are ways to minimize participation on some of these types. Currently it is not possible to exclude elitists EASILY, but it is easier to minimize participation of bots and leechers.

I do believe that a minor level of hostility exists between the two. One thing that some people might see as an issue, is when some higher leveled individuals seem to make the majority of their giveaways for small private groups, yet they enter/win public giveaways. There's also the dislike for leechy/bad ratio users.