BenKii: I propose to add a 3rd category of games to the CG called the Starred ★ category. Much like how the Daggered † category was created to offload some of the low demand freebie titles that most people already have, the Starred category will contain high demand games but it won't be "first come, first served". Instead, anyone who requests a Starred game will be entered into a drawing that ends in 24 hours
I like the idea of special category for high-demand games, however I am against any forms of gambling ( random distribution ). We have too many random-based giveaways in our community already.
I'd like to suggest a different system. Starred games would still be
first come - first served. But the person, who got the game, should wait for
three months instead of one until next possibility to ask.
To make it more convenient, it could simply be one starred game per season. So, we would have the
list of this season's giftees along with this month's giftees. Only users, which are not listed on both of these lists, would be able to place requests for any non-daggered games.
mrkgnao: If you notice that a regular game is requested within seconds of posting, perhaps it should be starred next time it is donated.
It could simply be a coincidence. Or particular person might want to get the game badly, but the most of users are not really interested in that game.