#Inactivity in Text Games

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wide depot
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ohhh got it

full bolt
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Yes this

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I think one hour of engaged participation is fine not just appearing to check in and vote 😦

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Also is it me or are there less games on the server right now?

fiery quiver
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Same as ever baseline (3 base + 7 reg + 4 exp), with one current rsvp and rsvp always varies between...usually 1-3

wide depot
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I'm not sure about that one. It's not like there's been a point where the queue has emptied and there's been channels left open. My personal issue is that with the new-ish way we have to add channels to our left I don't see when things are recruiting and I miss games that I might have wanted to play in. But that's just on me to go and search for them

fiery quiver
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(rsvp sometimes has way more, but not often?)

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Theoretically the rsvp channels go up to 10 so if we just all collaborate

proper willow
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theoretically the rsvp channels go up to whatever

fiery quiver
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we have roles for r10 but not r11 so I'm counting it to there

proper willow
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that's just because there hsan't been a need for r11 so far! if it ever gets to that point it will automatically be created

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but it's pretty wild that r10 has been reached. when did that happen?

floral oyster
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looking through archives it was around october of last year in #1300573683965759489

full bolt
fiery quiver
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It's unusually skewed towards exp at the moment

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Exp queue is averaging the same length as or slightly longer than reg

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(and that's with people leaving because exp takes forever)

sharp jetty
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So, for one possible solution

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To some of this, anyway

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#text-rules-and-info message

Right now it says this:

  • You are able to commit 30mins-1hr+ each game day. You should only sign up if you are confident you can fulfill this commitment.

What if it just said this instead?:

  • You are able to commit to at least an hour of active and visible participation each game day, in addition to time needed for backreading and any silent worldbuilding. You should only sign up if you are confident you can fulfill this commitment. The commitment for a longtext game is approximately equal to playing a full shortform game each day, but is spread throughout the day.

If people like it, we could suggest it.

astral grove
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I love it!

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Makes it much clearer what is actually expected of people

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And makes the expectations more realistic

bleak kayak
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I think it's also easy (at least, for me) to sign up when I have more free time and when the game is much easier to keep track of. And then day 5 comes around, life has gotten busier than it was when I said "yeah I have time for a game", and now there are many more worlds to consider

round dagger
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predicting how much free time you have consistently for 1-2 weeks is rough

bleak kayak
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Day 1 of BMR with a blue token, Day 3 of HHR with a red token, and Day 5 of blindbucket with a blue token all require wildly different total time commitments + availability throughout the day

astral grove
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It's one of the 3 scripts I consistently sign up for

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Fall of Rome, SNV and HHR

bleak kayak
stoic star
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I haven't ran it before but have played it enough to feel comfortable with it

bleak kayak
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I'd join if you'd have me

stable belfry
stoic star
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Yeah totally, I don't discriminate so everyone is welcome to join my games

pure ruin
stoic star
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I think I'll just queue in regular for now and we can move to RSVP if people are not available at certain times so we can work with people's schedules

astral grove
stoic star
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It's a fun script

stoic star
sharp jetty
pure ruin
stoic star
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It's July...

pure ruin
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Yeah, I will have break on august

stoic star
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So sorry for your loss

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*loss of your summer break

pure ruin
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LOL ty but its actually winter break since I dont live in the North hemisphere

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Yeah having break on august and not july sucks tbh

stoic star
old ice
stoic star
wide depot
unborn pilot
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Yeah unfortunately most people have probably not even read the rules / text info 🙈

sage matrix
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That's why we need a video

sharp jetty
# wide depot I really like this, but I think we also need to take a look at how this is track...

This is definitely not meant as a total solution, it's just one actionable suggestion because many people mentioned that the expectations we have set for new players are unrealistic

I think it'll take at least this more realistic expectation in the high-vis rules, and people modeling it in games, and more STs subbing people out and actually submitting tickets when they do, and probably more things I haven't listed here

sharp jetty
wide depot
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Oh yeah absolutely. I think it's a wonderful first step especially if it can come with some kind of ping and announcement that lets everybody know that the game expectations have been updated.

astral grove
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The minimal requirements for a game were shifted from 30 minutes to at least an hour, which should help with inactivity

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Announcement can be found here: #text-announcements message

astral grove
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@slate estuary by the way, I noticed that you didn't ping ANNtext (it has been pinged for almost all prior announcements and this one is especially important). Could you please ping it for this one 🙏