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[Smiling Spectre]

Originally Posted by TotalAnarchy

The result of crafting the coal into one gift is random, it may well become a full free game, but there are higher chances for it to become just a coupon. Not to mention that each coal is a chance to win the big prize, if you waste 7 coals on a coupon you will lose 7 chances to win the big prize.

Well, I thought that it is like exchange big one chance for super prize to little guaranteed chance of random Steam game. Well, as I see it, it's actually like having another "gift pile" chance that I already had, only without "coal" outcome and in rate 7:1. As my experience so far is 1 cheap indy game, 8 coals and 5 coupons for games that I don't need, I said what I said: it looks pretty poor.

Originally Posted by DarthHelmet86

The coupons start after the sale ends, for people who can't buy any more games at the moment or who would just like to have some nice deals off games for later on in the year.

There are two problems with it. First is to have this coupons you already need to have a lot of games. If I cannot buy game now, where all this games came from? And second is time range. It starts from 2nd January and to 1st March. Cool, I can store it for whole two months! Definitely I will be much richer then!

And there is third problem, untested: does anyone has any real discount offer? Not Valve, that affiliates virtually with all Steam sales and not indy game for 10$ before discount? Me and all my friends received only that sort of discounts so far.

[Tomekk]

I got "-25% discount" coupon on either id or Valve games and the magnificent S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat for free

I am very happy with the game I got, so overall, I wouldn't call the whole event bad.

[Smiling Spectre]

Wow. I glad that at least someone win something substantial!

I lose all my 10 coals, it seems, when lottery ends. And that's all for me.

[Capo]

I have 7 coals, my chances to win at the lottery are 0.0007%