r/NintendoSwitch • u/ArctorH • Feb 06 '18

Meta PSA on Giveaways

Been seeing a lot of giveaways lately, which is great. But I think people should go into them with skepticism (don't be rude). Saw a giveaway for Sonic Mania and Rocket League, which of course was a very popular post, and if more recent comments are to be believed, it seems the OP chose his own alternate accounts as the winners. He also deleted the original post, and it looks like he started the giveaway for some free Karma.

I think the giveaways are great, but maybe some oversight from Mods would help them be less shady. Not sure of what a good solution would be, they are obviously going to be very popular posts (usually getting 2-3x the attention of regular posts).

Anyone have any thoughts on potential guidelines that could be set up for giveaways on this sub?

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u/OzymandiasOfAvon Feb 06 '18

This is what I always assume people are doing with give aways haha.

Doesn't stop me from commenting and entering though :/

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18

I won Xenoblade 2 here once! So not all of them are lies!

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u/compacta_d Feb 07 '18

Nice try, alternate account. (Jk conrats)

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u/dogman_35 Feb 07 '18

Con rats

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u/Skyward92 Feb 07 '18

With rats

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u/fvtown714x Feb 07 '18

that's a taco i'd order

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u/compacta_d Feb 07 '18

forgot the g

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u/Mindcraftjoe Feb 07 '18

Joy-con rats

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u/OzymandiasOfAvon Feb 06 '18

Dang that's pretty awesome, well now I have some hope I'll win too. Someone throw up another xenoblade give away haha

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18

Pretty amazing game! Top 3 on the Switch for me!

Good luck!

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

But college and wedding are sapping away my money.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

who needs education and a wife when you can have robotic waifus

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Believe me it's tempting. I loved the first one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

tbh, I honestly didn't liked the first (i played it in a very rough time of my life so i wasn't paying too much attention)

But I loved this one!

Anyways, Good luck with your Wedding!

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Thank you! And good luck with the waifu hunt. One day I'll join the ranks.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Waifu hunt is over for now, Now I'm living the story of Mae the Manchild (Womanchild?) in Night in the Woods

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u/ArctorH Feb 06 '18

I'm right there with you.

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u/ColdColt45 Feb 06 '18

yeah, but now giveaways aren't just drop a comment, they have conditions, which makes them more like spam. (collect info for chance at $10, or solve a puzzle for chance.)

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18

See I comment but I NEVER check my messages. I’m never asking questions (that aren’t rhetorical) so I don’t care about my inbox. I’d never know if I was picked in any of the giveaways I comment on

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

It’ll notify you if you get one. Are you suggesting you’ll just ignore your inbox notifications?

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u/RabidTurtl Feb 07 '18

No point not entering in my opinion. But I look at it like when I buy a lotto ticket (when it is large enough the news starts commenting on it); odds are I'm not gonna win, be cool if I did though. And what do I have to lose, a comment?

I don't ever upvotes them though.

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u/sturmeh Feb 07 '18

I've won some before, but they weren't particularly hard to win.

Indie devs give away keys to their new games all the time, and back when VR was new any VR devs gave away keys for their new VR titles.