How do you personally determine the entry level for your giveaways?

I throw chicken bones and read what they suggest. Then i have to collect them back...i'm actually almost out of bones because i keep on losing one or two every throw..

If a game is for my group I do a minimum of level 1. If it is public I choose based on the value of the game.

Always 1. Anyone who contribute at least something.

If I ever decide to make a public GA ever again will just roll a d10.

Bundle game with gift links: level 0.
Decent bundle games with higher entry value and/or key format: level 2.
Non-bundle game: level 4-6.
Non-public giveaway: level 0.

Most of it is level 0 though in the end.

I'm curious to know if there's a common mentality or if everyone decides this differently to an extent.

Here you have a little stats for your pleasure.

i don't think there really is a common. even when you try and have some form of a pattern it still ends up being rather random for most users.

personally i most commonly look at how many steam friends own a title and toss it in a level i feel is appropriate based off that. but like i said even that can be fairly random at times. for example if 200 steam friends own something it'll likely end up going to lvl0-3, or if only 15 steam friends own it then it ends up going to the higher 7-9lvls, stuff between goes between. but there's always exceptions, especially with higher quality products. and that relies on a fairly large steam friends list.

I don't have a specific "rule" about it but with publics I tend to be at the 2-3 range. It's low enough for a decent portion of the userbase to enter and high enough to significantly lower the chances I'll have to wait a few weeks and go through a couple rerolls till the game actually lands on someone that will get it. I'm lazy and much prefer to click 2 buttons and be done with it ._.

po ta to

Level 0, because everyone deserves to enter. Giving shouldn't be selective. ^_^

Well actually my highest public GA was lvl 1. But i will go higher with the level to say thanks to all people with much GAs. Its kind of thx.

I use random.org to determine level in public gibs.

Always unlimited in my case. Any region, including those on my naughty list and with no region restrictions.

It depends on my mood. If I've had a lot of issues with low level giveaways, I might go for high level ones for a while.

I've been setting them at one level below my own level (at the time of creating the giveaway). I'll change this though, as I didn't expect to reach level 4/5 so quickly.

Standard issue bundle games - No level requirement. I still get the warm fuzzies when Im someones first win. And I like giving everyone a chance
Good games/games I liked - Whitelist/group giveaways. If I really liked something, I want to share it with some people I like too

it's a very hard and complex calculation of variables

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1D10 :)

This is just a rough idea of how I do things. Keep in mind, these are almost always private forum giveaways. It's not perfectly accurate, but it's mostly how I set my giveaway levels. By the way, I spent like ten minutes on this. I have no life.

I usally do

Group: level 0
Invite only trains: level 3
Public: level 5

For common giveaways I always stick to Level 1, though when I spent good money on non-bundles for the sole reason of making a giveaway I'll usually make it Level 2-3, depending on how much value I personally put on that game. If I reach a new level I'll make a little giveaway for that level. Whitelist and puzzle giveaways will always be level 0.

When it comes to groups, it's usually 0 for bundle and 1 for everything else. If it's a multi-group giveaway I stick to the highest level requirement to be fair to that group.

Pretty much this

Level 1-9 (sometimes level 0 & 10), random determination.
Used to be able to assign an exact value of CV required (like $0.03, $6.66, $42.42 etc.) which imo was more fun to use, but I guess 'levels' are more gamey 🎰

If public, minimum level 2, probably 5-6 for more valuable games.
If group, lvl 0-1 just for the laughs.

usually minimum level 2, with more levels for more valuable games... but i try to always do at least one level lower than i am unless it is really fucking awesome and i already have a copy

//edit: also i do almost exclusively public GA's... would probably lower the level if I did private / group GA's