|
Post by Stal on Mar 12, 2012 14:45:28 GMT -5
Discuss ideas for how to decide the end of a thread here. Pre-poll discussion.
|
|
|
Post by Jo on Mar 12, 2012 14:47:19 GMT -5
I personally am in favour of keeping the dice method, but changing the first dice to a 5, ie: [dice=5][dice=10][dice=10]
That way, we get to keep having a random number, which I like, but hopefully the bloids will be shorter, as they'll now have a maximum limit of 599.[rand=28064096625894312152928798459470358575888047926137015906143933535]
|
|
|
Post by Draco on Mar 12, 2012 14:49:50 GMT -5
I personally am in favour of keeping the dice method, but changing the first dice to a 5, ie: That way, we get to keep having a random number, which I like, but hopefully the bloids will be shorter, as they'll now have a maximum limit of 599. Yeah, I like that idea of changing it to 5.
|
|
|
Post by Stal on Mar 12, 2012 14:53:52 GMT -5
My personal feeling is do away with the randomness altogether and return to a flat cap. Not as low as the unbearably awful 150, but something like 300 or something.
Even capping the hundreds digit at five.. That's still ridiculously long in actual execution. We're in the low 600s on this thread. It's taken forever to get there. It can take forever to get the 400s and through them. If we want more frequent changes (though not like every other day), let's aim for a consistent mid.
|
|
|
Post by Stal on Mar 12, 2012 14:56:45 GMT -5
Another thought also being to adopt the IC way and change by month... We did used to do it based on seasons more than anything else. So yeah. Monthly might be a good way.
|
|
|
Post by Draco on Mar 12, 2012 15:00:28 GMT -5
If we did it by month, it would be less then 100 pages most likely. The bloids aren't as active as they used to be. Most of the main bloiders have left or are too busy with outside things. There are days where it shoots up a dozen pages or so, but then there are the days it will barely get past a page.
So if anything we would need to change it to the season method, or every 3 months or something.
|
|
|
Post by Terra on Mar 12, 2012 15:16:32 GMT -5
I kind of like the randomness of the dice method, though upon reflection, I think 599 is too high a cap. A cap of 399 or something would be better, probably. Or we could use a method that I think PFA suggested, which would be to format the dice like this: [dice=300+100] which would always put it over 100, but we could make the cap lower than the current one, too.
I'd be okay with a consistent page cap, though, in which case, 300 or so would be a good number. I don't think that a monthly change would work for the 'bloids, for the reasons Draco mentioned. XD[rand=22531432821415365811525303870439593206553277559588039960006717592]
|
|
|
Post by Dan on Mar 12, 2012 15:17:34 GMT -5
I don't really see why a change is necessary. We change methods every few years and then get antsy and want to go back to what we had before, try something new, etc. Nothing's really wrong with the current method, but changing it to 5 to start I could get behind. *shrug*
|
|
|
Post by Celestial on Mar 12, 2012 15:21:07 GMT -5
250-300 pages seems reasonable. Dice rolls are too unpredictable (plus you'd have to check it every now and then to remember what the cap was) and seasonal might not work, considering that 'bloidal activity is low and tends to vary with season (I'd imagine spring is much less busy than summer, due to people having school/university commitments). It's better to have one page cap so nobody is confused about what to do.
|
|
|
Post by Stal on Mar 12, 2012 16:15:02 GMT -5
I don't really see why a change is necessary. We change methods every few years and then get antsy and want to go back to what we had before, try something new, etc. Nothing's really wrong with the current method, but changing it to 5 to start I could get behind. *shrug* Eh, the change is harming nothing. Normally I'd agree, but this is mostly just figuring out an already arbitrary decision. Besides, I think there's some buyers remorse on this one. People mostly went with random because it was a novelty... I think that novelty has worn off. History of changes anyway has been less antsy issues and more catalyst based. 1) Original threads were done by season or instability (as things got glitchy) 2) The 150 page limit was designed to stop the imploding. We stuck with that until explosions were no longer an issue 3) Moved back to a seasonal or time based form. 4) Superbloid 5) People went "now what that Superbloid is over. What do we do for new threads again?" and that's where dice came in. 6) Novelty of dice and way too long threads has proven to be less fun than people wanted. --- I'm still for the seasonal/quarterly. Or every-two-months. Or monthly. We could call them issues. XD Also flat cap works. Just something consistent everyone can keep track of.
|
|
|
Post by wabbitplatypodes on Mar 12, 2012 16:58:41 GMT -5
i agree that it's time to put away the randomized dice rolls. i think seasonal or bi-monthly bloids seem like something that would work in practice as well as theory.
|
|
|
Post by Zylaa on Mar 12, 2012 18:32:01 GMT -5
I'm for a set page count-- I apparently was the only person who liked them as low as 150, but something like 200 or 250 I think more people could get behind (because Stal agreed he could so that's already one more person. >D) It's simple, easy to remember, and this way we get to have the fun race to the finish. Personally I really like the times when we decide "OK we have 10/20/50 pages left! Let's do this tonight! HUZZAH!" That would go away if we went back to the timed 'bloids.
Also-- this is just something I thought of, which wouldn't work if we go back to the monthly-- can we have our first 'bloid under the new system be a race to see how quickly we can finish it? I think that would be a lot of fun as a one-time thing, especially if it was one of the lower pagecounts.
|
|
|
Post by Draco on Mar 12, 2012 20:09:16 GMT -5
420. It's close enough to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.
|
|
|
Post by Nova on Mar 12, 2012 20:13:14 GMT -5
I like the idea of capping it at 300. Easier to look forward to new threads, with less huge and no more "agggghh dice rolls were mean to us again" It's double what the 150 standard is, and those lasted for a fair bit of time. And with the lower activity, I think it's just right.
Monthly works as well, which I believe we did for a little while, and lowering the dice cap is alright, but I prefer the 300/Monthly cap.
|
|
|
Post by Stal on Mar 12, 2012 20:28:31 GMT -5
420. It's close enough to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. 420 is actually a drug reference. XD So let's not do that. 200, I think would be good. Based on reasoning stated already, that would give us a new bloid every 8 weeks or so... So about six new bloids a year. Not too many, but a bit more than the four from a 300/quarterly system. But gives it a bit more staying power than changing month. And honestly, if 200 gets to be a point that we're going through it more often... Excellent :3
|
|