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D.J. (djin7) wrote in snarry_games,
@ 2008-01-10 20:25:00

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The Future of the Snarry Games Poll, PT 2
Ok, then.

We have calculated the results of our poll(s), and the results are interesting.

Team Alternate Universe and Team Alternate Reality came out on top, with 37% of the total vote. Next closest was Team Romance and Team Angst at 24% of the vote. If we decide to go with AU vs. AR, rest assured that we will be using a clear definition for everyone.

We are still considering another option, which we are keeping under our hats, for now.

66% of you want the Champions to be identified or don't care either way.

Here comes the tricky bits. An overwhelming amount of you - 65%, want the Author and Artist Games kept separate, the same as 2006 and 2007.

However, there was a lot of interest for Art/Author collaboration - 83% would consider or be interested in a change of games to have both Author/Artist, especially if the mods assigned partners (75%).

Due to the extreme increase in fandom fests, and the overall lack of interest for them, if we do amalgamate the Games (have both Authors and Artists together) then the Games could run at an optimum time, when few others do.

Such as: July, for 40% of the vote.

So, before we announce or make any changes, we have one more small poll for you, to help the mods decide if we announce the 'Winter Author Games' this weekend for posting in the usual April/May, or if we hold off and announce a collaborative and/or mixed 'One Big Games' for the summer only.

Please let us know what you think, both as potential Champions as well as Spectators. Thank you!

Poll #827 The Final Countdown
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Winter Games/Summer Games or One Big Games?

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Winter/Summer, Author/Artist, as always. It works, who cares about the other fests?
68 (53.5%)

One Big Games! Shake it up, and post in June/July, when no one else is!
59 (46.5%)

If there is One Big Games, I would want:

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Artist/Author Collaborations, both teams - assigned partners
72 (59.5%)

Team Artists Vs Team Authors
3 (2.5%)

3 teams: Artists Vs Authors Vs Collabs
22 (18.2%)

Single entry Relays, no collabs, two teams
24 (19.8%)

Comments, suggestions? Thank you all for your excellent comments and points on our poll posts, they were very helpful in our quest to find answers and see what the fans prefer. We appreciate it, and will respond to every one shortly.

Cheers!

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alexis_sd
2008-01-12 03:24 pm UTC (link)

Wow, the things are indeed progressing fast, but considering that the prompts and the teams should be determined fast to allow the participants enough time to work on their entries, I guess it is sensible.

I voted here, even if it seems that the more heated discussion is over at the LJ comm. And I even noticed some people voting twice. So far the "One Big Games! Shake it up, and post in June/July, when no one else is!" and the "Artist/Author Collaborations, both teams - assigned partners" options seem to be winning.

I suppose you (the mods) take notice in the preferences of the participants as in the end it would be them and you that would have to play according to the new rules, but I, being a bit curious and needing some time to relax between studying and more studying, made a table of the choices of only the participants in the games. The result there was quite different.

I counted 90 artists and 81 authors overall and they voted as follows:

Winter Games/Summer Games or One Big Games?

Winter/Summer, Author/Artist, as always. It works, who cares about the other fests? - 8 artists/8 authors
One Big Games! Shake it up, and post in June/July, when no one else is! - 9 artists/16 authors

If there is One Big Games, I would want:

Artist/Author Collaborations, both teams - assigned partners - 8 artists/12 authors
Team Artists Vs Team Authors - 0 artists/1 authors
3 teams: Artists Vs Authors Vs Collabs - 2 artists/0 authors
Single entry Relays, no collabs, two teams - 6 artists/12 authors

It turns out that on the collab issue both authors and artists are quite evenly split. I'll be following the votes on both journals and will continue for my own amusement to follow how things unfold as far as the participants are concerned. I am quite intrigued what the result and what your (mods') final decision will be.

On another level, I was thinking how would the voting go, if there's a collab fest. I was thinking that if there's a combination of some incredible fic/art and not so incredible art/fic the voting might prove hard.

Besides, what if the art doesn't really represent the fic well, or the artist didn't have enough time after the fic was ready to provide art for it.

Maybe you might consider (a) poll(s) that rate separately the fic and the art according to the prompt/genre and a poll that determines how well they work together. That's just a thought. I don't intend to teach you how to do your job, for the last two years are a proof you are very good at organising.

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	djin7 2008-01-12 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! Any and all stats are welcome. We are definitely leaning towards the art being separate from the fic, either in Games, or in entries. It would be more fair, overall. We will be making a decision in the next two days, hopefully. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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