I'm a big fan of the idea, and gave a vote for the proposal. I think the idea of giveaways as an incentive for new users is a good one, but I don't think it would need to be in the 1000's. I can say, as a fairly new user, that just 200 Hive would be plenty for most people to enjoy a pretty in-depth interaction with the blockchain, though I have no experience with any of the gaming.

Of course, people who come here for the gaming start out with very different set of goals for their time on Hive than people who come here for the blogs. Is there a way to offer different incentive packages at signup, according to what people are coming here for?