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Emil · 11-08-2006, 05:42 AM

Here is a constructive suggestion for Synozeer, which would make things a lot fairer and easier for the users:

Set the time limit to 11 hours instead of 12.

That way you could find a fixed time to vote every day, which suits whatever time schedule you are on, for instance around 8 AM and 8 PM. With an 11 hours interval this time could be fixed, instead of migrating forward every day, since you need to add an extra 5-10 minutes for safety each time you vote.

Small time differences of around 10 minutes in one direction or the other wouldn't matter, as long as you stay within the 11 hours period.

I bet this would increase traffic to the site, since more people would be willing to make the effort of voting twice a day for their game, if they could do so on a regular schedule.
It would be fairer, since votes wouldn't be lost because someone accidentally missed the time limit with one minute.
It would also make the ranking list a lot more interesting, since it would at least partly eliminate the currently big difference between the Muds that set up scripts to alert their voters, and the ones that don't.

11-08-2006, 05:42 AM	#4
Emil Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 30	Here is a constructive suggestion for Synozeer, which would make things a lot fairer and easier for the users: Set the time limit to 11 hours instead of 12. That way you could find a fixed time to vote every day, which suits whatever time schedule you are on, for instance around 8 AM and 8 PM. With an 11 hours interval this time could be fixed, instead of migrating forward every day, since you need to add an extra 5-10 minutes for safety each time you vote. Small time differences of around 10 minutes in one direction or the other wouldn't matter, as long as you stay within the 11 hours period. I bet this would increase traffic to the site, since more people would be willing to make the effort of voting twice a day for their game, if they could do so on a regular schedule. It would be fairer, since votes wouldn't be lost because someone accidentally missed the time limit with one minute. It would also make the ranking list a lot more interesting, since it would at least partly eliminate the currently big difference between the Muds that set up scripts to alert their voters, and the ones that don't.