Contributor Level suddenly dropped...

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My Contributor Level had been at 5.12 for a month or more.
Put up some giveaways over the past day+ (11 total), and after some had closed and had been marked
received, I ended up going to bed with a Contributor Level of 5.13 and 9 more giveaways to be received.
When I woke up later, my Contributor Level was down to 5.11 and that included 5 additional
giveaways that were received during my sleep. That means my CV dropped by .03 or .04.
I only have 4 more of those 11 giveaways to be received, and I have a bad feeling I will end up right
at 5.12 where I was before giving those 11 away.
.03 or .04 represents like $15 - $20. Anyone know what game may have had CV value removed?
I am sure it affected a game I gave away a month or more ago, not one of the current 11 I had given away.

Anyway, this was asked mostly to spur a discussion.

Should SteamGifts have a place where they post what games have lost their CV value so people have
an idea why their CV suddenly drops, especially after a reasonably long time? It could be an automated
system that when they update the database of 15% and 0% CV value games, it automatically posts the
changes to a discussion board for this purpose or something similar.

What do you think?

5 years ago

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Did anyone else have their Contributor Level drop over the past 12+ hours?

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Yes. My level dropped, too.

No, everything seems as it was.

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Axelflox

What you want is a system that lets you know when price drops happen? I think I've seen that functionality somewhere before, steamdb or itad would be my guess, but don't take my word for it, I might be misremembering.

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RobbieSDA

No, not price drops. Contributor Level value drops. Thanks for replying in any case.

5 years ago

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jiggakills

You can always check here: https://www.sgtools.info/sent/RobbieSDA

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RobbieSDA

Awesome! There is an actual list of which games were affected and what date it went into effect.
I also see that where I used to have 2 or 3 full value games that I had given away, it is now only
showing 1. So, I presume a full value game I gave away in the past was downgraded to a bundled
or no CV game. I'm going to look over the list. Looks like a lot of games were affected yesterday
and today.
Thanks for reminding me of sgtools.info. I've used the site before but never noticed the list before.

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redsweater

Everything in the April Humble Monthly bundle just got marked as reduced CV today, retroactively applied to the April bundle. That's probably what gave you a hit to your level. By my understanding, the monthly bundles needed to hit $240 to get marked as bundled, and this one falls short of that mark. Unless something has changed, and discounts to subscriptions or something has lowered that threshold?

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RobbieSDA

Yes, it appears that a Humble Monthly bundle game or two may be the culprit.

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redsweater

I should have included the URL I used to find that info: http://www.sgtools.info/lastbundled
I think that's exactly what you're asking for, though it is on a separate site.

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RobbieSDA

Thanks for the follow-up. Luckily I found the link on the URL you originally shared. :-)

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Fluffster

Thanks for the info. Also goes to show those HBM are not what they used to be. As if Destiny 2 wasn't a big enough clue I mean

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