FEEDBACK POST

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MOCK WEEK FEEDBACK POST

So the mock week is over!

This week...it fulfilled some of the expectations I had regarding how this’d go. Some things went great! Other things went well, other things didn’t work as expected, and some will need some serious rehauling. This mock week’s purpose not only was to introduce the setting and what kind of things could happen during the game, but to test the mechanics and see what’d need tinkering, and on that regard it could be said the week fulfilled its purpose.

We’ll need some feedback to work on and tailor this experience for your enjoyment! Please take some time to leave a note about what worked and what didn’t, if there was anything that discouraged you from posting, or if there was anything that should be changed for the main game.

In general these are the three big questions to answer:

1: Was there anything that may have dissuaded you from participating more in the game? For example, seeing a locked post for an event and deciding to wait for it to be over?

2: Did you find the 1:2 ratio confusing? Do you think you could get used to that ratio, or should a more common 1:1 ratio be used?

3: At what time should investigations on Friday be opened? Would you prefer them to happen at noon, or in the evening, say, around 7:00 PM EST?

Please leave your opinions and comments! You don’t have to limit yourself to answering only those three questions, touch any topic you want to touch!

Comments

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1. So, I openly admitted this on plurk, but I try to space out my top levels to different days - I did a top level on the opening log and was the first top level, so I didn't want to be the first one again to top level, so to speak. Not to mention that there was going to be an IC announcement that I was waiting for.

In terms of my personal participation, a lot of my inactivity stems from personal things that happened outside of the game, so that's entirely on me and not you guys.

2. I personally don't mind the 1:2 day schedule all that much, so I'll leave it at that.

3. I have a personal preference of noon or later in terms of the investigation + trial times, just as long as it's consistent. I'm in PST, so any time earlier than that is going to be ridiculously early on my end, and I'd prefer to participate in the trial.

Other things: Also, I might be the only one who missed voting and that's entirely on me, but I'd like to suggest a reminder closer to the voting time when votes are due, especially since they're done on a separate screened post instead of a top level. I honestly thought that since I actually missed voting that Sakura was going to get punished for not voting at all due to the warning of 'refusing not to vote is not an option', so I was honestly pretty shocked when she wasn't.

I also agree with the above re: debit cards - mostly because there's not really a way to check how much of a balance a character has, whether or not it's infinite or not since there's no banks around and therefore people wouldn't have known if there was money or not unless they tested it or heard from the Sergeant. But having an infinite amount means that everything is essentially free, not to mention that it doesn't really seem to play a part in the plot all that much; although I can definitely see it being used for a potential motive.

I don't have much else to say that hasn't already be said but thank you so much for running this mock round and hopefully this helps a little on improving and streamlining things so that the main round does well!