finkleroy: *snip*
As I said, I wanted to settle into a groove before asking for suggestions as to how to improve the giveaway. I think I have now, and I'd like to hear everyone's suggestions, and what everyone thinks of said suggestions.
Damon18: No one?
I'll start first then -->
remember this is just a proposal you can agree with, do not agree, and you are even allowed to insult me (don't worry I've a magic ring that gives me +3 to insults resistance).. we are here for brainstorming, so everything is valid Seeing how things work here I alwas had this film in my mind:
talking about non-daggered games, my idea is to limit the request of games to just 1 per week, keeping the limit of 3 per month
The advantages I see are: - reduction of 'jackals' that connects once a month to shoot ther 3 requests and disappear.
- reduction of the impact of Time Zone
- reduction of the impact of 'luck' to be just there when an update is published
and most important: - to make happy more people as possible, instead of a restricted number of
'selfish' ones
because:
We all kwow the updates always include:
a) AAA game titles
b) AA game titles
c) A game titles
d) ... well, just titles
And that's normal because
the donors kindly share what they have and can. So let's suppose a new update that includes:
12 AAA game titles
18 AA game titles
XX of the rest of games
As it works today the first 10 people that arrive will grab all the best titles, this is a fact.
And this ALWAYS happens!
for example with big updates of
June 7th,
June 28th and
July 22nd (and all the others... this was just to make few examples)
where in less than 2 hours all the best titles disappeared in favor of few users.
And that's
"normal", because the hidden rule is:
'grab whatever you can before someone else do it' Limiting this to 1 per week, the 'happier' people would probably be 30, which is a huge difference (imho)
Not only, but it'll limit the rush to be 'there' and I think, as i previously mentioned, partially the penality of the time zone.
How many times have we read comments or commented in our head things like:
"looks like I'm a bit late for the party?"
"Nevermind, beaten to it."
"damn, too late!"
Disavantages: - More effort to manage the requests, keep track who and how many request he/she already done and check if he/she's eligible
But I think this can be mitigated with the help of volunteers (I put myself in first place)
That's all.. fire your guns!
I like your proposal, as it gives better chances to a wider group of users, instead of having the games always claimed by the same people.
? I'd like to ask for it if possible, thanks.
