hijacking. There are different time zones, and this will never be implemented. Also, multiple entries will never be implemented, everyone would just do multiple entries on the ones they enter for, so the odds would be the same. We've had threads like this before, and there has been a suggestion that I thought was a brilliant idea, but the site system is running well enough that the points are staying.
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Agreed. Less points distributed = Fewer entries.
Encouragement to enter for what you really want, rather then just anything that catches your eye.
It would also hopefully cut down on the number of people that win games then never play them.
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How about a system that allows for multiple entries for games that people have in their top ten wishlist? It allows people to enter whatever giveaways they choose, but allows them to 'stack the deck', so to speak, for games that they really care about. People can then spend their points on games they want, but still be free to enter for games they think might be interesting. With limited points, people would have to make a decision - spread my points around many different games I might enjoy playing, or spend a lot of points to boost my chances on a game I'm extremely excited about.
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There's no point in limiting the multiple entries by wishlist, as the wishlist is changeable at any time. People can easily get around it so whats the point?
Just let people enter on everything as many times as they have points to do so. They will naturally spend their points on what they want, or if they prefer, they can still spread their points across everything that looks vaguely interesting (which is what everyone does now)
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Hmm, that's a good point. I forgot that the wishlist is changeable...but you could get around that by having the site take a snapshot of the wishlist once a week, 'setting' it for the week...?
Still, I understand what you are saying. It just seems that fully allowing multiple entries would result in a ton of spam for a few games without increasing odds for the people who REALLY want a particular game. It would kind of end up being a wash, wouldn't it?
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No it wouldn't. Since you can enter multiple times, you would only enter for games that you truly want. I mean why bother spending points on ones you don't want when you can enter more times for one you do want, right? Therefore every entry becomes one from someone who truly wants that game. This way, whoever wins any giveaway is someone who truly wanted that game.
As opposed to the system now, where people have enough to enter for ones that they truly want, but then they have some left over. So they put points into games that are only vaguely interesting to them, and if they win then all of a sudden they have a game they might play for less than an hour, whereas someone else may have played that for the rest of their life.
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Oddly enough, desire before ownership still isn't an accurate measure of engagement afterward. Some games I've really desperately wanted have gotten little playtime so far, due to buggy controls or poor interaction with my machine. I really terribly wanted them, and still do in many cases, for when I upgrade.
However, one of my favorite games at the moment I won here. I entered purely on a whim because the odds seemed good and the game looked a bit interesting. If I had looked at it on a store shelf, I'd probably have put it back, but I am very glad of those few random points that pointed me in the direction of something I've grown to love.
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I think we should have a system where instead of entering and waiting for the timer to tick down, instead when a giveaway is made it gets assigned a number. When you want to enter a giveaway, you pay the points and then guess the number (or pay more points for more guesses). If you are the first to guess correctly, you win!
Yep, this would be way better than the current system, uh huh.
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Wouldn't the entry limit even make the chances of getting a game even slim-er?
Before at least all those people had a shot at it, with a limit, they wouldn't even have a chance at having a chance if they were away, a lot more people would not even have a shot at it.
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If you want to limit entries, limit the time the giveaway is open.
You can do it for as little as an hour.
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I have been talking with a few people about this site, and they all said that the site would be much better if every giveaway had an entry limit (or at least allowed you to set one before submitting your giveaway). People complain that the winning chances are so slim here, and I really think that a limit would get more traffic to the site. Rather than hoping to win a giveaway with 2000 entries (sometimes over 5000), setting a cap at 500 or even 1000 would encourage people to sit on the site in order to enter before a certain giveaway is full. First come, first serve would make the site a bit better, in my opinion.
Any thoughts?
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