I've been watching all the streams from these streamers who do contests with PS5 and gift card prizes for a couple months now. I love participating by typing in the chat, but I never win anything. Do you guys play in these contests? Do you have any strategy or is it just pure luck?
I've been into it for a while too and honestly, after seeing how these live streams work, I'd say it's pretty much all luck 😅 the only thing I tried was entering contests where the streamer manually picks the winner instead of using bots, because at least there's a chance they'll notice your name if you write something entertaining, but even that's no guarantee. In the end it's more about having fun in the chat than any real hope of winning something, because you could be entering for years and not win a single thing.
Most of those contests are pure luck, honestly. I've seen people enter thousands of times without winning anything, and then there's people who write in once and walk away with a PS5. What I do notice is that some streamers have more frequent contests or better odds than others, so if you're already hooked, at least you can focus on the ones that give out prizes more often. But don't expect there to be some magic formula - it's like the lottery, plain and simple.
Most of these contests basically work on pure chance, so there's not much strategy that matters. Some streamers use bots that pick comments at random, others do it manually but it's still just a lottery. If you've been entering for a couple months without winning anything, chances are you just haven't gotten lucky yet, not that you're doing something wrong.
That said, if you want to boost your odds a little, the only thing that matters is entering multiple streams and paying attention to each contest's specific requirements. Some ask you to follow the channel, be subscribed, or type an exact keyword. If you read the rules carefully, you'll see that a lot of people aren't even participating correctly. The time of day matters too: during less crowded streams there's less competition, so your chances are a bit better.
But honestly, if what you're after is winning stuff, these contests aren't a reliable strategy. Better to spend that time actually enjoying the stream itself without expecting prizes. If you win something one day, great, but it shouldn't be your main reason for watching a streamer.
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