• PonyOfWar@pawb.social
        1·
        7 minutes ago

        I have managed to get every single Valve hardware I wanted to get so far (Deck, Deck OLED, Controller), just by showing up on time and being patient with the servers. Until now. So for me personally, my experience with the old system has been better.

        They already had bot prevention measures by requiring a game purchase on Steam etc just like they did for the Frame. If a bot managed to buy a Steam Controller, it could also have entered the lottery for the Frame. So I’m not sure that there is that much of an advantage in that regard. Ebay is full of scalpers already.

        • Railcar8095@lemmy.world
          2·
          5 minutes ago

          The purchase history has to be older than the stream controller, so those bots are not eligeable (requirement is April, controller released on may).

          The bot/scalper problem wasn’t such an issue before. The deck oled had stock for many days in my region.

          In theory they are already prioritizing old/verified accounts, demand is just much higher than supply.

          I hope you get lucky with you place on the wait list, I think this was the best solution to a very shitty situation.

          I didn’t get it two of my friends did.

  • frank@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    3 hours ago

    Same, and still on the wait-list (me and my partner) for the Machine. Some rough luck for us!!

  • binarytobis@lemmy.world
    5·
    6 hours ago

    Damn, that email meant I missed the draw?

    I’ve missed every steam lottery draw and this one sucks the most. 50% odds, too, apparently.

  • BigPotato@lemmy.world
    31·
    6 hours ago

    I own three Steam Decks and my account was made when Half Life 2 released. I have been “past” the wait-list on both the Machine and the Frame.

    Like, oh well, but still.

  • Deacon@lemmy.world
    11·
    10 hours ago

    That reminded me to check my email and I’m in queue for the 1Tb. I think this might rate my first woot in over a decade.

    Woot!

  • SpamelaHamderson@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    13 hours ago

    That’s definitely some rough luck. Hopefully you’re on the next round!

    I was lucky enough to make it on the 1TB reservation queue in the US!

    • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
      14·
      13 hours ago

      I also managed to make the reservation list! In the US.

      I’m amazed, I literally never win anything. I very much expected to be on the wait-list.

    • InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
      2·
      5 hours ago

      It means you died. Please give my condolences to your friends and family. If you do get an email that your reservation was approved, please forward it along to me for further inspection.

    • eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de
      6·
      11 hours ago

      The emails are sent out in batches (according to someone in this thread, it does make sense though). It means the email batch you’re in wasn’t sent yet, so you still have to wait for the email. I also haven’t gotten an email yet.

        • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          Depends on how they’re deciding ordering. It could be that earlier waitlist emails mean higher on the list. But it could also be a different system.

          It could also be when you put in to the raffle, you’re in line. Then on raffle close time, they start at the beginning of the line and rng you a number between 1 and the number of people in line, setting your order, and if you get a number within however many units they have, you win a reservation. With the waves of emails just being them going through chunks of people, eliminating undesirables and cheaters and bots and stuff.

          Like the first 10 people who put in initially could all get the highest (worst) numbered slots in the order. And if you haven’t gotten an email at all yet, you could still rng slot #1, assuming it’s available.

          It could also just be a massive shuffle at all once and them just vetting the accounts.

          I’m really curious to how they’re actually doing it. It could absolutely be more robust, and it’s exciting to imagine them really getting carried away with the method. Like total rng ordering with tie breaking or something silly. Or like a recursive iterative sort for no reason. These raffles ran by scientists can get crazy nerdy quickly. Maybe they’ll talk about it and have done something like use hl2 to order stuff somehow.

        • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          7 hours ago

          Not necessarily, people seem to be getting a mix of wins and loses all day long.

          I doubt it’s just “send all the wins, then all the loses”

          • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            7 hours ago

            I mean none of this makes much sense to me. I dunno why they don’t just send them all at once…but it seems like sooner would be better than later.