NAVI × Predator giveaway results: who’s taking home the Helios Neo 16?

Thanks to everyone who commented on the giveaway post. The plan was for the laptop to go to the author of the comment with the most likes. But when we tallied the results, we found signs of large-scale like boosting.

Artificial support could have reached both those who ordered the boosting and people who played fair and had nothing to do with it.

Based on the available data, it’s impossible to reliably separate all real likes from fake ones or identify who ordered them, either manually or with software tools. So deciding at our own discretion who played fair would have meant making subjective calls.

To avoid that, together with Predator we chose the most impartial option available: a random draw where every participant has an equal chance. We understand there was no perfect solution here.

What our check showed

We exported the comments and collected the available lists of accounts that liked the top contenders‘ comments. We reviewed the profiles and compared the lists with each other.

In some samples, 28% to 49% of profiles showed signs of bots: similar usernames with strings of numbers, default avatars and identical activity. The same accounts liked comments from several participants at once, including comments with only a few votes.

We couldn’t reliably determine which likes were fake or who was behind this activity. So the number of likes no longer answered the main question: which comment fans liked the most.

How we picked the winner

We picked the winner at random from everyone who met the entry conditions by November 7, 23:59 Kyiv time. The list included 1,076 participants. Each account got one chance, regardless of how many comments or likes it had. No new entries were accepted after the deadline.

The Predator Helios Neo 16 goes to sviat.pri! Congratulations, and enjoy some great games on your new laptop!

Watch the draw

Thanks for your ideas and the time you put into your comments. For future giveaways, we’ll plan in advance how to verify the results so everyone can trust them.