Posted October 01, 2015
hedwards: In the long run, the folks offering giveaways are probably just going to need to find a way of requiring more investment of the people that want to participate in the contest. The more something like time or work is the factor that determines the likelihood of success, the less likely it is that alts are going to be a competitive advantage.
What happens after the prize is awarded is completely outside of the givers control and folks just need to accept that to be the case. Or not give any games.
Personally, I'm kind of tempted to start doing my giveaways on other fora where it isn't expected and where it might at least benefit the community.
Frankly, as you said you haven't been giving anything away. And I think its a bit rude to be questioning the motivations of many others giving games away that are usually paid for from their own pockets. If we go that far, why don't we consider your motivations for trying to shut down the discussion of bad actors in giveaways and trading, and why you seem to be posting similar concepts in a number of threads trying to blame those giving away games for all the problems in the forum... What happens after the prize is awarded is completely outside of the givers control and folks just need to accept that to be the case. Or not give any games.
Personally, I'm kind of tempted to start doing my giveaways on other fora where it isn't expected and where it might at least benefit the community.
And seriously, you are dead wrong when it comes to controlling the prize one gives away. If I, or anyone else, asks someone to redeem the games to one's own account for their own use, and we find someone traded it instead, we have every right to publicize that so that other givers can use their own judgment whether to gift another game to such a rule-breaker. I don't see how you can try to paint any of us as off-base on an issue that really doesn't concern you.
Furthermore, it sure comes off as sour grapes, your claim that you will run a giveaway on some other forum to spite us for not all jumping on your bandwagon and agreeing with you. As I said, I worry more about the "attitude" of some of the older members of the forum lately, than many of the newer ones.
Post edited October 01, 2015 by RWarehall