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For Future Monthly Game Update Polls
🕑 Added 2021-08-06 21:14:42 +0000 UTCAugust is the last month I'm having two monthly game update winners because of how long my queue is (September was going to be one monthly game update winner regardless because it's also a month with a brand new game being added to the queue). I want to complete my queue before I start having multiple game update winners again. This poll is for how I should run future game update polls.
Option #1: The game that receives the most votes wins. Game's specific update poll content results is not revealed prior to the final results. [Currently how we do it now]
Option #2: Top two games go to a mini runoff poll. Winner of the runoff poll will receive the game update. Game's specific update poll content results is not revealed prior to the final mini runoff poll results.
Option #3: Top two games go to a mini runoff poll. Results of the top two games' specific update poll content results are revealed before the start of the mini runoff poll, thus the patron will know what would be included in the update for each game during the mini runoff poll. Winner of the mini runoff poll will receive the game update.
Difference between Option #1 and Option #2/3: Option #1 has no mini runoff poll, Option #2/3 have mini runoff poll.
Difference between Option #1/2 and Option #3: Option #3 has the results of the top two games' specific update poll content revealed before the final results while Option #1 & 2 do not reveal a game's specific update poll content results until after a game has already been chosen for an update.
Terminology:
Game's specific update poll content = winning content of an update poll for specific game. For example, Smashing Stag Party Poll is Smashing Stag Party's specific update poll (and the winning content is not revealed unless a certain condition is met). The results of the Smashing Stag Party Poll would not be revealed under Option #1 or 2 until Smashing Stag Party wins a monthly game update poll. Under Option #3, if Smashing Stag Party gets into the top two of a monthly game update poll, then the results of the Smashing Stag Party Poll will be revealed and put on a mini runoff poll against the other top two game.
Mini poll = voting starts on the last third day of the month and results are revealed on the first third day of the month (example: September 28th - September 3rd). This is opposite of the monthly poll. Monthly poll = voting starts on first third day of the month and results are revealed on the last third day of the month (example: September 3rd - September 28th).
Note: I can also offer options for having all the games' specific update poll content to be revealed before patrons vote on a game to receive the update. However, that would require patrons to vote in 20+ different polls each month (if they choose to vote in every game poll) and then I would also have to reveal 20+ different poll results each month, which I feel like would take up too much time for patrons and myself, so I'm leaving those options off this poll. If there is demand for all games' specific update poll content to be revealed before patrons vote on a game to receive the update, then maybe I'll run a future poll for whether to just reveal the top two games in which game was voted to receive an update (which is Option #3 on this poll) or specific game content results for all the games before patrons vote on which game should receive an update, but for now I'm leaving off those potential options.
