Editing The Giveaways Update

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{{Game update
| name = The Giveaways Update
| released = 2025-03-04
| source = https://blog.bconomy.net/2025/03/04/re-introducing-giveaways/
| source-title = (Re) Introducing Giveaways
| previous = Game Update (03-02-2025)
| next = Spring Fling (Spring 2025)
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== Changelog ==
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A game update for Bconomy has been released.

=== Giveaways ===

Players who’ve been around for a while know that Bconomy’s community was built on giveaways. Giveaways run by the developer (me) were a previous feature of our Discord server that drew in new players. Later, player-run giveaways emerged as a central feature of our community, and had their own unique metagame and culture around hosting and participating in them. I’m hoping to bring some of that back with this update.

Giveaways are now integrated in Bconomy, fully automated so community members don’t have to devote hours of their time to running them. Supporters are now able to host Giveaways and broadcast a global message when starting one. The system is a bit limited to test the waters but I hope to add more features (like Faction-only giveaways, shorter durations) if things work out.

This highly requested feature has been in the works for a LONG time. While the game is a bit less hectic I thought it’d be a good time to release it. Don’t worry, the new Season is up next. It’ll release today? Tomorrow? The day after? The suspense is mounting…

=== Changelog ===

==== Giveaways ====

* Giveaways have been released
** New “Given Away” statistic tracks BC worth given away

==== Misc ====

* Wait required to buy balls after pit is drawn reduced to 5 seconds (from 2 minutes)
* Chat box now limits characters entered to prevent being cut off after being sent
* Pet-related pages now have pagination in an attempt to address performance issues

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