That only works for the old bundles that gave out one Steam key for all the games instead of individual keys for each game like they do now. I'm suggesting that we also allow the newer bundles to be given out this way, and instead of giving a Steam key, the contributors would give away a gift bundle link (which gives direct access to all the Steam keys).
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That is actually what these Humble Bundle giveaways are meant to be for as far as I know. The gift link, not the key(s). The bundle games system pretty much started because people were gifting master bundle keys as giveaways of one of the higher valued individual games in the bundle, thus getting more contributor value than the bundle listing would have provided.
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The big problem I see is that people are not given credit for any game that came from a bundle, even if they did so prior to the game being bundled
This is incorrect. Anyone who gave the game away before the date the bundle was released still gets full value.
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Ah sorry, I thought I read recently that someone said they lost value from a giveaway made before the bundle, but they must have been mistaken or I must have misunderstood or something. And still, that's not the only concern people have bad with the current bundle system, so my suggestion still stands.
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"This is the root of all the debate from what I've seen."
This is partially incorrect. The debate mostly concerns games considered "exploited" that give full CV. Also the fact that there are no established rules for the bundle list - things that go on are quite arbitrary.
You are allowed to give full gift links already. If the bundle is not on the giveaway list already, send a ticket to support and it will be added soon.
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The problem as I see it is that in most cases, the overlap between gifters and bargain hunters is very high. When 90~% of what shows up on the site was on sale, either individually or bundled, I'm forced to wonder why one sale method is better than the other. It gets much worse when you look at horribly exploitable situations such as the humble sales or galastore bundles, where one can easily get an exchange rate in the range of 15-20 contrib per $1.
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You first statement is wrong,your suggestion is already as it is basically,although I agree that the latest bundles weren't added (well ppl didnt even give them away anymore,but still). And yes,the reason why individual bundle keys were allowed was because ppl tried to exploit here,too.
So yes,pleas,inform yourself about the current system.
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So I know a million people have made a million crappy suggestions and I am just adding to the pile, but I haven't heard this one so far so hear me out. The big problem I see is that people are not given credit for any game that came from a bundle, even if they did so prior to the game being bundled. This is the root of all the debate from what I've seen. However, one thing that no one seems to have a problem with is how the sales of, for example, older Humble Bundles are handled. Old Humble Bundles and some other bundles would give out master Steam keys that gave you every game instead of giving individual Steam keys for each game. Steam Gifts allows people to give away these keys and receive a CV of the minimum price they could have paid for them ($1 for below average, $6-7 for above average).
So my suggestion is that we be allowed to give away gift keys for the bundles themselves. That way, someone could give away an entire bundle and receive the appropriate amount of CV. They would still be able to give away the games individually, but would not gain CV for them; that part would still work the same way as it does now. This just gives contributors another option so as to encourage giving rather than lead some people away (yes, people should give for the sake of giving, but not everybody does).
While I know that giving away bundle gift keys is not technically the same as giving away Steam keys, it does directly give someone access to Steam keys, so this doesn't truly violate the idea that this website is about games on Steam only IMHO. The biggest problem I see with my suggestion is that it would require the staff to keep track of new bundles and update the website accordingly; however, this would not be too much effort I don't think, and the staff could obviously choose which bundles they would keep tabs on and ignore the rest.
So, what do you guys think? I know this wouldn't outright resolve the bundles debate, but it would at least add to contributors' options and encourage giving.
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