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[idea] Replacement for "Today's Featured Region"

Postby The Shaved Pussycat » Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:34 am

While the daily "Featured Region" piece on the "World" page invites players/nations to look at possibly interesting regions, I don't think it has been generating much activity these days, at least compared to what it used to.

I am suggesting a change that might make it more relevant and interesting. How about replacing it with a daily "Regional Popularity Contest" where nations are given a chance to vote on a certain number (say, three) of random regions. The region that wins the day could be given an award (eg. a golden star) that goes on their region page.

This way, we could incorporate more random regions daily, while also making it competitive, and therefore more interesting. Thoughts?
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Postby Gig em Aggies » Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:39 am

Too complex the today's featured region is supposed to be simple adding a voting section and an award would diminish the general consensus of the feature
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Postby New Tuva SSR » Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:41 am

I have a feeling not that many people would vote. Also, for a small region, they may not even know if they are being featured, and didn't know they lost out on an opportunity. The voting system also has a chance to be rigged by puppets.

In short, random generation is much better.
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Postby Bears Armed » Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:59 am

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Also, raiders would probably be more inclined to target the regions involved if they thought that they could get not just a trophy but a trophy with a golden star attached...
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Postby The Shaved Pussycat » Fri Aug 26, 2016 12:35 am

New Tuva SSR wrote:I have a feeling not that many people would vote. Also, for a small region, they may not even know if they are being featured, and didn't know they lost out on an opportunity. The voting system also has a chance to be rigged by puppets.

Maybe regions can be given a 72-hour notice before they feature in the polls.

Bears Armed wrote::eyebrow:
Also, raiders would probably be more inclined to target the regions involved if they thought that they could get not just a trophy but a trophy with a golden star attached...
So a region that had no inherent value prior to being featured now has a valuable golden star. I'm sure defenders would be just as willing to defend these valuable regions, if the R/D game has any meaning beyond tag-raiding.
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