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Unread 2 Apr 2009, 07:01   #69
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Re: Round Length

zPeti, please stop doing polls on the forums. They dont tell you anything and then you make a uninformed decision on a major feature or rule in Planetarion based purely on a poll result.

You've decided that the next two rounds will be 7 weeks and 10 weeks, purely on the fact that this poll is/was pretty equal. Well, the poll doesnt give you an accurate view of the Planetarion playerbase, as you'll see by these forums.. very few people come here and certainly not brand new players.

The longer the round, the less interested newer players are going to be... It also gets harder for smaller alliances are galaxys get bigger and bigger, it runs the risk of stagnation, and quiet frankly it gets boring towards the end when alot of people's morale has slipped and people have given up.

In future, I'd suggest that you ask people there opinions on the round length with no poll. Allowing you to sive through the following posts and look at the arguments for either side, giving you a more informed choice and makes sure that your choice fits into the direction you want to take Planetarion.

You cannot please everyone, so dont even try. It doesnt matter if the poll or opinions are split, make a choice on what you think would make PA better..


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Originally Posted by Grog View Post
How about rounds without predetermined lengths?

I'm thinking after 7 weeks the planets in the top 50% scores of the active universe get a chance to vote to end the round.
Why top 50? They're the ones who would want the round extended, as they're the one's doing well.

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Originally Posted by ArcChas View Post
Another could be (please note the "could be") the fact that we know that it's a longer round and we've adapted our strategies and tactics accordingly. I believe that short rounds lead to "timid" politics - after all, one mistake and you're out (with no time to recover). This round the top alliances are actually fighting wars! That doesn't happen as often as it should (IMHO).
Not really, there was war from the on-set this round as Omen declared War on Asc pre-round (the 2 favorites at war from tick 72).. Which had nothing to do with the round length. This then forced CT and ND to either fence or play both sides but either way, they was forced into politics and eventually into the war (even if they didnt want to) to fight for the #1 spot.
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