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Guys, what about if a person in your group doesn't donate anything....o.O
Oh okay, I get what you are saying. I am a packrat too. It would be nice to be able to search by more than one specific thing at a time but I don't think about it a whole lot just because this is the way I am used to doing it. I do agree it would be a nice tool to have more options. I constantly pull up account search to see if I have extras of the item in use (ie have I already read/ate it or do I have another in my wardrobe). I wonder if this tool that Keith posted that melody will be using will help eliminate that a bit when/if launched.
I love seeing these stats.
Nothing right now that we know of. Keith stated that he is going to monitor the numbers and maybe in the future people's participation will affect them in certain ways.
In the news post he wrote: "While we’re not using it yet, Melody is keeping track of the quality of gifts you contribute. This score might influence future groupings, so your generosity (or lack) could help you match with equally enthusiastic participants in the future."
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Yikes. 18 items total in my group, Melody put in 8 - I and 2 others put in 5 and I received 2 items. I'm guessing the person who put nothing in got at least 4-5, thought it was supposed to be equal and "fair"? :O
edit: ignore me! groups reset as i was actively posting that they didn't
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Seems like i got something of my own back :(
I also received 2 items! Three people in my group (including me) put 5 items, one person put 0. Melody put in 8. There were 23 items total. 2 out of 23 seems a little low? :(
I put in 5 nice quality items and got back all low sp items under 600k. But I find it most interesting that melody is allegedly looking at your WL but I got not a single WL item and my WL is MASSIVE. I am grateful for any gifts I received but I find it interesting that Melody put the items into the pot very early before determining any worth of the gifts received and it was stated that she would try to pull from WL and she clearly did not.
On the other testing thread it said: "2. Search for items on wishlists of people in the group (she can see who's in it 😉 no one else can!)"
Was there more than one of the items in the prize pool?
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Yeah I hadn't gotten any WL items either...hmm. I am grateful either way, though, it's fun!
My group seems pretty balanced! Everyone gave 5 things so amount wasn't an issue. I got one thing worth a few mil + 6 worth between 200k and 800k. There were several more worth a few mil in the pool too, and it seems like most things were in the few hundred thou to 1 mil range.
Also of all the "big" items, it assigned me this pony which wasn't on my WL but which I do love, especially since I got the autumn one in a TS restock a while ago 🥰
Oooof I put in 5 items, Melody put in 2, and no one else contributed so I got the 2 items Melody added. Not a great first experience, but I may try again later in the week!
here’s the deal: the algorithm does its best to balance a bunch of factors, like matching items to wishlists and dividing up melody’s contributions. some days you might get fewer items, but that also means other days you’ll be the one pulling in 7. it’s not perfect—it’s an algorithm i threw together in a week—but it is trying to stay fair overall.
like i mentioned, we’re tracking everything, and if the numbers show we need to make adjustments after a few days, we will. don’t sweat one day’s results too much—it needs a little time to even out. please give it a few days 🎁
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I put in 5 nice quality items and got back all low sp items under 600k. But I find it most interesting that melody is allegedly looking at your WL but I got not a single WL item and my WL is MASSIVE. I am grateful for any gifts I received but I find it interesting that Melody put the items into the pot very early before determining any worth of the gifts received and it was stated that she would try to pull from WL and she clearly did not.</p>
<p>On the other testing thread it said: "2. Search for items on wishlists of people in the group (she can see who&;s in it 😉 no one else can!)"</p>
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Was there more than one of the items in the prize pool?
wishlists are just one factor melody considers. she also pulls from a pre-selected pool of items like wizard tokens, group-friendly currencies, and event throwbacks that haven’t circulated in a while. stat boosters that fall below a certain sP value also get flagged as options. it’s a mix of wishlist hits and “nice-to-have” items meant to keep the pool interesting and varied.
you’re right that she was buying items too fast for most groups during the last round, so we’ve adjusted her pace to be more methodical this time. like i mentioned before, this is our first shot at an npc agent doing this kind of thing—it’s gonna take a few days to hit the right balance. appreciate your patience in the meantime 💖
if tomorrow’s results look similar, i’ll tweak the algorithm to prioritize wishlists more heavily. that said, don’t forget you’re one of several users in the group—those items might’ve been hits for someone else’s wishlist! 😊
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I got two of my own items back
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Everything ran smoothly on mine. I got 2 items back, one of them being a WL item. I know that it will take some time for stats to start evening out groups so I'm not worried about that. Mostly I'm just happy that it's running without loading errors. Thank you for the hard work!
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I'm going to try again today to give the stats a chance but I'd be lying if I said that I'm super optimistic about yesterday's algorithms.
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🤷♂️ i totally get where you’re coming from, but i want to remind you that this isn’t set up like a gacha game—the focus is really on giving. if the concern is about daily returns, that part probably won’t shift much over the month. i hope you’ll still find joy in the process, even if it’s not always about what comes back 🎁
for me, the fun today was digging through my vault and finding stuff i haven’t seen in years—like the squibly beanbag from that collab i did in my early days (so cute! totally forgot it existed!). tossing it into the pile felt great, and while i’d love to see if someone posts about getting it, i know it’ll make someone smile either way. 😊
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i know it doesn’t feel great, but it seems like a few of you ended up in the same group as someone who contributed 0 😔. across all pools, though, only 7% of users put in nothing, so it’s not super common. i totally get how one person can bring down the vibe, and i’m already working on tweaking how many items someone who contributes 0 can receive. over time, those users might just end up grouped together. hang tight, it’s a work in progress! 🙃
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Everyone in my group participated! I got 5 items, two of which were WL items (a food item for Nodd and a wearable).
I threw in some wearables and a few items I had in my vault that I was saving for reasons I've since forgotten over the years. :'D