Coming soon: '17 FKFicFest Pre-Game Poll

[brightknightie]

Soon, I'll post our annual fkficfest pre-game poll, to ask when and how you'd like best to play.

Beyond the defaults, like dates, what kinds of questions should the poll ask? What gameplay topics should we ponder? How can we make the game more fun and more accessible? Please reply here to let me know. (For example, for some years, I've tried very hard to cross-match players, so people don't get the same matches year after year. Has that been a mistake? Would players be happier with rerun matches?)

The pre-game poll won't stay open too very long this year. Perhaps just a week? I feel that it's most important that the poll reach our current community members and past players. Then, after we've done our best to make things work for the existing community, we can broadcast far and wide, inviting everyone to come join in.

Thank you!

Comments

[nicholas_lucien]

I think a week is a fine time limit for the pre-game poll. I also know, depending on how many repeat participants there are, it is inevitable that there can be the same re-matches between people, so I don't think there is anything negative about that if it happens.

[pj1228]

I wouldn't mind having to write for a player a second time. I would imagine that focusing on the likes and dislikes makes it also easier for you to match people instead of trying to provide novel matches each year.

In this context, maybe it might be a good suggestion to provide novel prompts. I like recycling unused prompts myself, but it may be easier for the writer to receive a fresh set of prompts if they have written for this person before instead of being confronted with those again that have been dismissed the first time around.