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Gil Favor's Sidekick
First, Let me make it absolutely clear that nothing in this discussion will apply to Gotm16-Rome or the Qsc16 for the month of February.
Qsc16 submissions are due by February 20th
Gotm16-Rome submissions for complete games are due prior to March 2nd.
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We need to solicit input and player feedback on implementing two changes to the monthly GOTM game schedule at some point in the future to be determined.
This thread is a discussion thread to ask your help in identfying issues as well as proposing things that need to be done to implement these two changes.
The first change relates to the Game release date at the beginning of the month. In the past, we have tried to release the game a day or so early, but this creates an administrative conflict with the main site calendar that drops the news announcement of the GOTM into the previous month. Effectively the GOTM announcment only appeared in the site news for a few days before getting chopped off and placed into the archive where fewer people would see it each month. I would like to formally shift the game release date to being on the 1st of the month the fix this problem but want to make sure this does not create a conflict. (let me worry about time zone and date issues without being too specific).
Related to this issue is the concept that we might release the scope of the game announcement a few days early to help promote positive pre-discussion and game planning, but this release would not include the starting save file in an effort to avoid any possible spoiler risk while allowing for unrestricted discussion.
What do you think of this idea?
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The final issue relates to the submission due date. We are now actively tracking the game download frequency for the original save game files as well as the submission dates for the Qsc games and the full completed Gotm games. An issue we have identified is that we currently cannot release the Qsc results until the Gotm game is closed and also we end up with the closing date overlapping with the new Gotm game being open. We will have more data on the actual submission pace for the Gotm games with this months game, but would like to explore the option of moving the submission deadline forward by two days so that it always falls on the last day of the month.
In particular we need to identify issues that may need to be addressed to smoothly implement this change and then look for feedback as to when it would be possible to change the submission deadline for all games beginning at some point in the schedule AFTER Gotm16-Rome is closed on March 2nd.
What is your opinion of moving the submission deadline forward by 2 days?
and
What issues can you identify that may need to be addressed to implement the deadline change?
Qsc16 submissions are due by February 20th
Gotm16-Rome submissions for complete games are due prior to March 2nd.
-----------------------------------------
We need to solicit input and player feedback on implementing two changes to the monthly GOTM game schedule at some point in the future to be determined.
This thread is a discussion thread to ask your help in identfying issues as well as proposing things that need to be done to implement these two changes.
The first change relates to the Game release date at the beginning of the month. In the past, we have tried to release the game a day or so early, but this creates an administrative conflict with the main site calendar that drops the news announcement of the GOTM into the previous month. Effectively the GOTM announcment only appeared in the site news for a few days before getting chopped off and placed into the archive where fewer people would see it each month. I would like to formally shift the game release date to being on the 1st of the month the fix this problem but want to make sure this does not create a conflict. (let me worry about time zone and date issues without being too specific).
Related to this issue is the concept that we might release the scope of the game announcement a few days early to help promote positive pre-discussion and game planning, but this release would not include the starting save file in an effort to avoid any possible spoiler risk while allowing for unrestricted discussion.
What do you think of this idea?
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The final issue relates to the submission due date. We are now actively tracking the game download frequency for the original save game files as well as the submission dates for the Qsc games and the full completed Gotm games. An issue we have identified is that we currently cannot release the Qsc results until the Gotm game is closed and also we end up with the closing date overlapping with the new Gotm game being open. We will have more data on the actual submission pace for the Gotm games with this months game, but would like to explore the option of moving the submission deadline forward by two days so that it always falls on the last day of the month.
In particular we need to identify issues that may need to be addressed to smoothly implement this change and then look for feedback as to when it would be possible to change the submission deadline for all games beginning at some point in the schedule AFTER Gotm16-Rome is closed on March 2nd.
What is your opinion of moving the submission deadline forward by 2 days?
and
What issues can you identify that may need to be addressed to implement the deadline change?