Seasons Halftime

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***	Seasons is really long. Interest waned after the first couple of weeks, and some of the seasons games/goals are now very rarely raced. Interest might pick up towards the very end though. HOWEVER, if it's any shorter, it'll mean that much more stats resetting going on.
***	People want their voices heard. They want to have a poll of sorts for at least a few of the games to go in future seasons.
***	Implement a "Game of the Week". Idk if this is seasons specific or not, but people really liked the idea.

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///// SRL chat, around 9:30pm EST on 5/29/2013 /////
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<doicm> we passed the halfway point of seasons a few days ago. what do people think?
<FieryBlizzard> Far too long
<lilbrian4280> no one is going to take it seriously until the last week
<CrystalChaos> yeah, it seems like interest waned after an initial burst
<Gombill> seems like the length is ok to me
<pmac135> I think seasons was a good idea for newcomers. When I first arrived it was helpful determining what people were racing
<Gombill> i just wish i actually raced any of the season goals for any games i play
<Gombill> cant wait for 70 star season goal
<neo_sporin> i think the season is a bit long---theres an initial burst and probably a last burst, middle month seems dead
<FieryBlizzard> We *still* have another month and a half. It's kind of...what...really? I dunno, that's just me (and I don't even race anything in seasons)
<Acmlm> resetting ratings/etc. every week would be stupid
<zewing> seasons was good start
<Acmlm> and no time to learn new games
<zewing> now it's ResidentSleeper
<Acmlm> but it did sort of die out pretty fast
<FieryBlizzard> I still go with a month rather than 3 months
<neo_sporin> id say 2 months seems a bit better
<neo_sporin> every month a bit to much
<zewing> 1 month is too short
<FieryBlizzard> 6 weeks?
<Acmlm> but I noticed with SMB1 for example
<Acmlm> it had some good hype early
<Gombill> i still think it should somehow be made possible to track oot bingo as a goal
<CVagts> my idea was two months season, one month break, two months season, one month break, etc
<Acmlm> now it's like 3-5 players all getting very good times
<CVagts> idk if that's good plan or not
<doicm> what if featured games/goals (like 5) were every month within a 3-month season?
<Gombill> that would be such an awesome season goal
<pmac135> are you guys planning on releasing the next season's races ahead of time, or is it day-of-release info?
<doicm> it's day-of-release info
<Acmlm> season 1 was announced a few weeks early
<Acmlm> with a season goal race every day before the season startec
<Acmlm> started
<doicm> but you can make a safe bet that some of the seasons games will be more popular races
<pmac135> im just curious, how do you gauge what they're going to be? It seems like a huge decision
<zewing> yossy hype
<doicm> i know it's sometimes discussed in #seasons
<doicm> part of it is looking at past race popularity
<pmac135> maybe you can consider a vote
<pmac135> (at least partially)
<doicm> i like the idea of a vote for a few of the games, but not necessarily all of them
<CrystalChaos> yeah
<neo_sporin> id say 1 should be viewer choice
<giuocob> for seasons 2?
<doicm> yeah, giuocob
<igotbored> zewing would you start playing yoshi again if it was a seasons game
<giuocob> i vote oot bingo
<neo_sporin> because then id write a scriptto make sure moon crystal makes it
<VoxIudicium> OoT bingo is scary
<zewing> probably
<giuocob> it would be a fantastic seasons goal
<zewing> but if it happened it's be any% warpless
<giuocob> would never get old
<pmac135> i'd love a weekly game section too, short bursts of hype
<igotbored> i'd have no problem with that
<giuocob> it's not a question of if smw2 will be featured, the question is just which season
<Gombill> i vote bingo also
<zewing> lol bingo
<CrystalChaos> a goal of the week would be cool
<giuocob> snb would be huuuge again
<doicm> i like the idea of a "weekly game" within seasnos
<VoxIudicium> who likes Starguard
<CrystalChaos> me
<giuocob> #FFXIIISeason2
<CrystalChaos> but can't race right now
<pmac135> i think what you guys do is really great and helpful. but theres a bit of a disparity that i feel happens, where people want to race games but dont want to spam the chat asking people to play with them
<pmac135> thats why i think slightly more activity on the "seasons" side is helpful
<VoxIudicium> Wait, when does Season 2 start?
<giuocob> later
<VoxIudicium> Date
<CrystalChaos> 1.5 months or so
<giuocob> not before tomorrow at least
<doicm> bulletin board was created with that in mind, pmac135
<pmac135> yeah, that is a very good addition
<Jbop> do you mean featured game from within the several that arre featured in seasons?
<doicm> doesn't have to be
<doicm> could be really any game/goal
<doicm> it'd be interesting to see how well it holds up
<pmac135> yeah i feel like that would be popular.
<pmac135> i think the number of games that were chosen for the season was perfect
<Yoshipro101> #PlokAny%ForSeasons2 #Isaac4Seasons #InsertGameHere4Seasons
<Guga_> #Pls
<Genocidal> season 2 games aren't going to be announced until season 2's starting?
<doicm> it'll probably be a few weeks before season 1 ends, Genocidal
<doicm> season 1 ends where season 2 begins
<Genocidal> ok, good
<giuocob> there should be a massive forum on the games
<doicm> all we have is #seasons and...sorta twitter
<giuocob> thats not what i mean by forum
<giuocob> forum, meaning huge open discussion
<CloakedYoshi> i feel like a game/ goal of the week would be a good way to get less popular games out there aswell :D
<doicm> yeah
<Japiniek> i want game of the week to be pokemon puzzle league :D
<lightning55> inb4 body harvest
<lightning55> yeah jake :D
<ninjembro> body harvest :O
<TomaZero> Japiniek: I want the  GotW to be Tetris Attack

<qwerty1605> making oot -j ruined my motivation
<Supreme17> it seems like there's waning interest in many games maybe have a weekly or monthly thing to strive for.