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[SUGGESTION] More giveaway creation features.

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Deathykins

We have been talking for quite awhile about special restrictions to giveaways that should be left up to the gifter. So I came up with a little idea, for more features to be added to creating. It could be a format like this:

Edit - Here is a shitty job at showing my idea in paint. http://i.imgur.com/vcsoS.jpg

1 decade ago*

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Nayenezgani

That seems... rather unnecessary.

1 decade ago
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Deathykins

I believe it would be a very beneficial addition. It would give those who actually participate in the site a better chance to win, it would give unlucky people a better chance to win without the need of a pointless Steam group, and most importantly, it would allow gifters to actually set their own rules instead of having to put them in the description only to have them ignored.

1 decade ago
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ManiacB

Hmm.. I believe this removes the real "raffle" thing and makes it a bit more"non user friendly".
When ppl will understand they can't enter giveaways, they will abandon the site.

Lottery it was, lottery it is.
Let it be a pure raffle.

1 decade ago
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Deathykins

Which is why there is an option to leave giveaways open to everyone. A gifter should have some freedom to choose who receives their gift. Gifters already often put rules in the description, and at least 80% of entrants ignore those rules. For those who want to add rules to their giveaways or just to make sure they're gifting to people who are a bit more unlucky than others, it would help them and the rest would stay the same.

Myself for example. I am currently unable to gift due to lack of funds, but when I have steady income, I do NOT want to gift to those who have 0 comments.

1 decade ago
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omgitsnewyork

Private and public is all there needs to be. This site's foundation is built on people who DO NOT mind any regular Joe entering and winning their giveaway. If you want to start dicing it up with shit that makes people not able to just do a simple click-and-win then you're missing the point. Things are simple here because they can be, we like it that way.

If you're so concerned with who enters/wins your giveaways then give away your game somewhere else.

I said this during Torian's stupid ass Do-This-To-Enter giveaways: IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO CREATE A GIVEAWAY SIMPLY TO BE GENEROUS TO A STRANGER, THEN DON'T CREATE ONE AT ALL.

1 decade ago
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Deathykins

Wanting to give a game to someone who is unlucky and hasn't won anything and/or to someone who actually participates instead of leeches =/= a lack of generosity.

Anyways, yes, private and public are all we need - But with everyone throwing stupid ass ideas out such as "You can only win once until after every member has a win", I believed it would be best to throw out a semi-logical solution to what everyone is bitching about. Along with the people who choose to create public giveaways with rules instead of taking the time to just post a private giveaway on the forum.

1 decade ago
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Taerdin

Well there's already private, public, and group restrictions. I don't see why adding extra options is ever a bad thing, people don't have to use the options if they don't want to.

I mean there's already groups specifically designed to help people who haven't won have a chance, but with these features implemented they wouldn't have to worry about inspecting a couple hundred profiles just to keep the members honest, and they could easily use the system to reinforce the ideals of their group instead of relying on the more manual approach.

1 decade ago
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Impudence

amen

1 decade ago
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Taerdin

The problem with your argument is that it falls completely on its face when you realize that there are already private groups of people who hold their own private giveaways all the time. That's how some people have 25 wins, while others have 0 wins and 700+ entries.

So people already can't enter all the giveaways, and as far as I know the site has only grown.

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Closed 1 decade ago by Deathykins.