Have you won a lot of games?
there was a guy earlier who hasn´t won a giveaway due to 4 moths
its random chance though wich u should know by now :)
u could consider going for a higher level wich means more giveaway options to join or join groups for group exclusive giveaways and if you are really lucky people will whitelist you for even more exclusive giveaways. still won't gaurantee u would win anything though :)
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here's something to cheer you up.
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Assuming an average of 1 win for 1000 entries, given how many people enter stuff, you are lucky.
You want to see unlucky? Look below.
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0 Won for 15+ Estimated Wins !?
I can't believe it ... it would be harder than winning Lotto.
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Some people are simply capable of beating the odds.
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Theres also a story about his first win... it was basically forced on him.
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Would have been interesting to see the experiment go on and see how long it would last. Some more and Khalaq would have started to warp time-continuum.
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Lies! He had competition. The guy was sleeping when the end of the giveaway was coming around, so I couldn't get that guy to leave in time. But Khalaq still won anyway. :P
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It's still the bestest giveaway I ever won. Every time I remember how much effort you guys put into giving me a first win, it makes me smile. D
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And look at you now, with 76 wins.
Though I gave you a key for Woolfe though. Or was it something else?
Edit - Found it, that FATE game. :P
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How can I see how many entries I have or is that not a feature anymore (it's not on my account page)? :)
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Not really reset - there was some database corruption so around 10% of giveaways lost their entries.
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Ah, ok. I was asking because the other day there was an user who had 108 entries when you looked him up in the userbase, but his entered giveaways page showed 729 entries. That's quite more than 10% in his case.
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Are you using some script to show extra information?
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It was like that ages ago. From before sg2. If I remember correctly. So before January at least. It got taken down because it was too heavy for the server.
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tbh you entered on few GA's o.o http://www.steamgifts.com/users/search?q=zelgh
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The GAs you've won so far have on average about 968 entries. (714 if you ignore the extremes)
Assuming that's the same for all your entries, having 6 wins in 3700 entries against those odds is definitely NOT unlucky. If you go by statistical averages you should have only won 4 or 5 (again depending on wether you ignore the extremes).
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Click on username to open profile. Click on number of "Gifts won" field to pull up the list of wins.
The rest is doing math on the numbers presented.
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Oh, I misread what you wrote. I thought you had something that was telling you the average number of entries in all the giveaways that he entered, not just the ones he won. I understand now, thanks.
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3700 entries and 6 wins is actually pretty good. If you are upset now, things are only going to get worse. You are winning 1 in 600, I am winning 1 in 1100 and I don't enter giveaways with a lot of people. I think you have won a lot more than most people if you don't count small group giveaways.
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What's wrong with this poll? Why does potato option have 0 votes?
edit: oh, nvm, they fixed it.
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You gave away 6 games and you won 6 games.
Perfect Karma :3
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Am i the only one around here getting sick and tired of these topics?
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It's funny that people still think that in a world of over 7 billion people that they are ever "the only one".
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The Highlander once said..."there can be only one"...
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More than three days without this topic is unusual.
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How do you see 'giveaways entered' for another user, like the image posted by DeltaBladeX?
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That image was the old profiles, so some of the information is now no longer shown or is available elsewhere.
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Ah, that's why it looks so different, actually I'm surprised one of the helper scripts like ++ doesn't reintroduce some of that info really. It can be useful.
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These stats were removed from the profile to relieve some stress on the database and help the site maintain a decent speed. Forcing a search on these would be a lot more taxing on the server than when it was done internally. Any responsible script creator will do his best to avoid features which would be detrimental to the website as a whole.
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Ah if that's why it was done then that's fair enough, makes sense. At least now I know how I can find out the information should I wish to. And I'm not a script creator so no worries there.. :D
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Maybe you should not compare your wins with people that use more actively the site, look in to the forums, solving puzzles, entering trains.
just lurking around the front side and click,click,click,click,click gives you far less giveaways......
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It depends on which GAs you take part in. You have won one per 616 entries, give or take. You seem to take part in GAs open for all, which may have a general mean participation of roundabout 650 entries. If that is a correct appraisal, then you pretty much win what you are due...
If you want to increase your chances, solve puzzles take part in discussions...
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I dislike people who bitch about how low their winnings are while still winning.
BOOHOO, you won 6 games, you paid nothing for them, and you want more?
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He was just talking about being unlucky, not really bitching. That's why we all enter more than 6 giveaways. Hoping we would win more than 6 games.
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Creating this thread had no purpose than bitching. I really don't know another word to describe it
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I would think a bitching thread is one without a poll or asking others about anything. It's just complaining. This guy doesn't complain, he just states a fact.
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You've gifted 6 and won 6. I'd call that pretty good.
Considering the name of the site, it's a bit off-putting when people complain about not winning.
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I have 3808 entries and won 8 games and one of them was obvious win and i'm not complaining. Just give more so you can have higher chances or winning because of level limited GA's.
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You have 0.16% won/entered ratio, which is not the worst one. Give a look to this topic: http://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/pM4pX/what-is-your-winentered-ratio-ga-inside Having the ratio below 0.25% is the most common case at SG.
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+1 i am here to just have fun and ga games winning every once in a while is nice too!!=>
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When I created my account I wrote my name wrong and didnt notice, it was suposed to be PoisonedG4mer. I've entered 367 giveways and won a shitty game that I didn't like so I made a giveway with it. Plus my friend is always wining something, in his first day he won Dead Space 2, and in another week he won Arma 2 and a tower defence game, he is allways making fun of me for never wining anything :(
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Then why did you enter for this GA if you didn't even want it? Just so you could give it away again? Oh well, just another entry for the dark colored list....
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That must have been a long and painful week of not winning anything great.
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What you did there is not allowed. It is called regifting and you will get a suspension for this behaviour. Please read the FAQ before further using this site.
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I think it would help the situation significantly if SG instituted a max CV cap that any given level can win, in order to better reward those with low win ratios or those who give more, which would at the same time also encourage a higher quantity of GA's and deter leeching.
Just my 2 cents.
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Feel free to disagree, but as of right now leechers are dramatically lowering the chances of winning for everybody else. That's an indisputable fact.
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There already exist mechanisms to reward people. Also, everybody who enters a giveaway lowers the chance for everybody else.
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Yes I'm quite aware, and I suppose this just comes down to a philosophical debate as to whether the wins on this site should be geared more towards pure random chance versus a behavioural based probability (or anywhere inbetween). There's no right answer, rather just varying opinions on the matter.
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If there was ever to be any sort of behavioural based probability bias, I'd rather see it based on number of entries made per day - a higher number equals a lower probability weighting per game entered. That way those who carefully choose which giveaways they enter and don't just 'use up the 300 on everything' would benefit somewhat. That said, it would change the whole ethos and mechanics and probably not for the best - at least now it's all down to pure random chance, which eliminates accusations of, well, anything, really.
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So, I've been on SteamGifts for almost a year now, and I've joined about 3700 giveaways, but I have only won 6 games. I was wondering if I am the only one here who is this unlucky.
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