Originally posted by: lewriczin said:
" "Rule #2 IF the game is given away for free on any website OTHER than Indiegala it is not allowed to be given away!!! "
I'm not sure if I understand it correctly. Does it mean that if any of the game was once, ever, in some period of time given away by one of any other possible site than indiegala or if the game is CURRENTLY given away somewhere?
Because if this is a total ban for any "free" games (other than Indiegala ones) then I really don't like it. The reason is simple - what has been given away yesterday, today if you've missed it - has some kind of value again. And let's be honest: most of giveaways are very limited ones. In time and/or some kind prerequisites limiting your chance for entering. Seriously, I think it's not a problem if someone who took care of business and was right on time to have the extra one key is trying to give it away here. The real problem is that - sometimes - even if such keys were given for free yesterday such keys retains some absurdly high IC values. So in my opinion instead of outright ban of such games, the better solution would be to allow them, but strictly limit such games value to symbolic 1IC (50 or 100exp).
The idea is good for preventing people getting mass keys during the "current game giveaway period" to gain high XP Points for leveling up.
and don't have problem that it could be banned for at least a week or something.
?Then after that mentioned period, people could do the giveaway of those games, but with the following restriction:
- My opinion is like to do like some other site, make those already given away games a little lesser value than what would it normally be. (Like from 10 IC -> 1 or 2 IC, and its respective XP Points)
- This rule does not apply to those guaranteed giveaways (well, since guaranteed ones are from IndieGala, and with key unviewed, people could do giveaway of it when they want)
- Only could be created some period after the "current giveaway game" ended. (eg. A week or any other duration)
Since some people would have missed some games, like what lewriczin said, and maybe that game you missed is something you wanted.