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Question Regarding Polls

  • Yes, I am interested in the new system 160
  • No, keep things as they currently are 30
  • 2024-08-12
  • 190 votes
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Hi everyone, I've had a thought regarding polls lately that I wanted to run by you and get your opinions on.

I've noticed there are some characters that are consitently popular but unfortunately not popular enough to ever win (cough mordred cough), and I've been thinking about how to introduce some more variety to the polls without necessarily having to exclude characters that are more likely to win.

I've looked at the way some other creators handle polls, and after some thought, I've come up with an idea that will give people who really want specific characters to win the ability to influence the polls a bit more while keeping the experince basically the same for those who have no strong feelings.

The idea is as follows:

Tier 1 patrons will get a voting power of 2 points per vote
Tier 2 patrons will get a voting power of 5 points per vote
Tier 3 patrons will get a voting power of 10 points per vote

I'm thinking of running three seperate versions of the poll, each locked to a specific tier. Once the poll is concluded, I'll tally all the points and make a post announcing the winner and showing the results of all three polls.

The suggestions system will stay the same, it won't be influenced by tier, and you'll still be able to vote for multiple characters. The only difference will be that higher tier patrons will have stronger influence.

Please let me know what you think, I am open to suggestions!

tldr: make polls p2w, yes or no?

Comments

Xurican

P2W ftw

Soulful Forge

I dislike the idea of weighted votes, it makes it feel like my vote as a Tier 1 patron is wasted on characters I like when a Tier 2 or Tier 3 can eliminate the effects of my vote and still put their character ahead by 3 or 8 points. I think a better solution would be to limit the number of characters that appear on each poll. The previous poll (#60) had 12 characters and 1,560 votes. Only 7 of the 12 got enough votes to put them over the 'even split' mark of 130 votes and the winner had almost quadruple the votes of last place. Another solution I've seen a different artist do is make it so second place reappears on the poll next month and then after so many second-place finishes that character automatically becomes the winner.

Dirk Hoderin

I don't like the idea of people who can afford to pay more getting more influence. I'd like to suggest perhaps a semi-regular "best of the rest" vote, or maybe a system where the top three get done, in order of most to least popular?

ovrsurge

I think its worth trying out purely for a test run. It could highlight differences in what different groups want.