[QUOTE="Birkal, post: 8154594, member: 66676"]Gen7 CAP27 Proposed Calendar

Mid-June - CAP26 is completed

End of June - Concept Assessment begins

End of September - CAP27 concludes

October & November - Two months of playtesting in the final SM meta

November 18th - Pokemon Sword & Shield Release

December & January - Policy Review Committee, and enjoying Gen8

End of February - Sword & Shield meta is calm enough for us to begin CAP28

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I think what this schedule misses is how End of June to End of September is about 3 months. Here's how long the past CAPs have taken (excluding CAP25, which was longer for obvious reasons):



CAP26: Feburary 2, 2018 - Mid June, about 4 and a half months​​​​

CAP24: January 30, 2018 - May 17, 2018, a little less than 5 months

CAP23: July 18, 2017 - November 27, 2018, just over 4 months

CAP22: June 10, 2016 - October 26, 2018, just over 4 months​



So, what I'm seeing here is that we finish CAPs generally around 4 and a half months. Again, you're proposing 3 months, effectively calling for the process to chop a third of the time somewhere. Could you elaborate on where that time comes from, because that's a rather large chunk of time. Sure, if we have a deadline we could "rush" things, but I'd be interested in knowing what exactly we rush - which threads do we chop off time for? - do we set deadlines for those threads? Or, do we have to eat into playtesting time? If so, how much? If we're going to fit in another CAP into the year, I want to know what our time budget is.