Masteries:

Around 47 decks were mastered this time:

http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/986.html?page=6#comments

Ryoga's Directions 6: http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/43631.html#cutid1

Miria and Isaac's Costume Party 7: http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/43396.html#cutid1

Conan's Clues 7: http://community.livejournal.com/colors_tcg/43814.html

About helping card circulation ( xD ) : I saw that poké radar is a double round this time because Eri missed a round. And I thought if it's okay I could make double rounds for my weekly games too? The other weekly games are at round 10 or 11 already but since I missed two rounds and also started later than the others, I thought it would be good to make double rounds for the next two weeks, so I can catch up.

I think it would definitely be good to help up the cards that are passed out right now. Because between every update there still are 4 weekly and 2 biweekly rounds of the games, but it will steadily get harder to get certain cards. I don't know if I can really express what I mean, but as an example if someone was collecting a new deck... like Venus: Venus only got available at the beginning of August. But the user only has 4 weeks time until the new release comes and more cards are added in. And it goes on and on like that, so if we don't add new games or something, it might become harder in the future (as in too many decks, too few cards that are circulating. But of course we shouldn't make too much, either).

As for games, I do have some things in mind:

- Guess the eyes: Just like it says! XD Cropping the eyes of a manga / anime / game character and letting them guess.

- Guess the duo: Similar to Conan's Clues, a knowledge-based game where hints are given and the members have to guess some kind of duo, be it partners in crime, siblings, a romantic couple etc. For example if it was Renji and Byakuya from Bleach, the descriptions could be something like "the Stray Dog reaching for the Moon" as a title + a few other hints about their appearance and relationship.

- Another guess the character game where you have to recognize them by their silhouettes!

- And then for a change a game that involves the community. I remember that starcrossed game where the black and white pig were racing and you had to pass them on unto members and see which one traveled the longer way during a certain timespan? The participants got something for each time they passed it and a bonus if they finished first or something. And of course, we don't need to necessarily take the monochrome pigs again (though they were cute XD), any two mascots would suffice.

- Easter eggs: This might be a bit tedious and you as the webmaster would have to do it. You could hide a few easter eggs at the homepage; at some decks or info pages, etc. Then make a post and give the clues. XD Like if you hid them at a certain character deck, hint at who he is and all different ways of describing the way.

These are just suggestions... and I'm not sure if anyone would want to moderate these, because I don't think I could take that much more than I already have. I think I could take the one about guessing the duo (these could also be new rounds at Conan's Clues? Right now, it's a mix between giving hints and quotes, but there could be those duo rounds, too?) or the Guess the eyes.

In my mind the silhouettes game would be funny, but I wouldn't be able to moderate it.

I also think Tari's suggestions above sound really cool, especially the monthly challenge. :3

I really like the pig race one! We could have any two mascots, and change colors for each round too, seeing as we have 8 colors to choose from. xD And I like that it involves the whole community too. So far, we don't have any games like that, so I think this could be fun. xD

I know we're gunning for non-trivia games first, but if Laxis' ideas get accepted, I'd so do the Guess the Eyes and/or Guess the Duo. *_* In particular, the latter game sounds a lot more interesting and I haven't seen it done at other TCGs before. C:

Her Guess the Duo example is so poetic. XD; I'm thinking she could probably incorporate it into Conan's Clues...

I'm amused we don't have something like Guess the Character (which is fairly unoriginal), but we have their outfits, clues about them, and now a suggestion with eyes. XD;

I'm just pitching in my thoughts about each game (and being cynical and picking out what might not work), but feel free to choose one (or two?) that you'd like to run. :3 I like Guess the Eyes!

If Guess the Duo is going to be part of Conan's Clues, I can definitely do Guess the Eyes! But if I can only choose to run one more game so that we don't have too many trivia games, I'd prefer to do Spare Parts instead. I can take up to two more weekly games (or one weekly+onebiweekly, any combination works for me) - the games I currently run right now don't require much preparation anyway. xD

Addtionally, if I can be allowed to take on one more game, I'd be happy to do lottery too as either a biweekly or a monthly game, though probably in a way different than what has been suggested in General Suggestions. Matching just 1 card out of the current 5,800 cards we have right now is overwhelmingly difficult imo. o_o; I welcome anyone who wants to prove me wrong and show me that the method suggested can indeed work like a charm! It's been too long since I tackled probabilities so there's the chance I'm looking at it from a wrong standpoint. Lottery isn't something that need much preparation either, so I'd be happy to take on it.

Edited 2010-08-17 07:15 am (UTC)

The matching game right now is extremely difficult (not a lot of people get any matches), though I see that whoever does match things is very happy. XD; Actually, if you want to discontinue it to do something else, that would be fine too?

It looks like Moon will be adding one game (still trivia related) and Chikky will be doing a monthly thing. I don't know if Eri is going to pick up the Crazy Eights game she suggested, but if not, I'd really like someone to! (could you ask her what she decided in the end?)

I feel like I should lay out all our current games and calculate the highest possible amount of cards a person can earn in one to two weeks since I really don't have a good enough clue (I only know that we have quite a number of games, much more than some TCGs)...but I guess no one has been overwhelmed yet, and if you guys aren't overwhelmed with passing out prizes, then things are okay for now.

So yeah, to sum it up, if Eri can do Crazy Eights, by all means, go ahead and pick any other weekly game idea you'd like to do, but if no one does Crazy Eights...well, I'd like someone to do it!

What do you have in mind for lottery?

I don't mind continuing card match - in the first place, I don't think many people count on actually earning substantial numbers of cards from that game anyway, at least I don't personally. xD I see it more as a ~free lucky draw~ thing. But if you're in favour of discontinuing it for a trivia game so that more people can stand a better chance of winning cards or the lottery, that's totally fine too!

And I'd love to do Guess the Mecha as an additional weekly game. :Db

As for lottery, I can't think of any special way to do it than using numbers. :/ But one of my friends whom I spoke to about game ideas suggested that instead of using plain old numbers, we can use the 22 Major Arcana from tarot instead. It's no different from using numbers really, only now we have really fancy lottery tickets ahaha.

-We have the numbers 1-25. People can buy tickets with cards, decide which numbers they want to choose and then hope to get lucky matches. Basically, what was done at anime_lj_tcg.
-We have the numbers again, and people can buy tickets. But instead of matching numbers, each number will have a set reward. Before the lottery commences, the mod will make a screened post to decide beforehand which numbers have which rewards. On the other hand, imagine if a person bought 5 numbers and matched all of them, only to get small rewards of 1 or 2 cards each behind all of them. xD;
-tcg_exchange has this really cool lotto system, where they put up tickets of the numbers 1 to 100. Each number can only be bought once, and behind every number is a set reward. So, it's really a bigger version of the second method.

Out of these three ideas, I think the first one is the most fair, but the first and the third are rather unoriginal, and it feels like I'm copying the respective TCGs lol. But there's really no other way of playing lottery other than pick numbers and get lucky.

If you're fine with continuing the matching game even while adding other games, then it's fine. :3

The second way for lottery sounds like a much bigger version of...pick a color, just with payment involved. So I suppose the third way is an even larger version of that, haha.

Hm, well, I would be fine with lottery if it was a monthly thing. I think I like having numbers chosen best (with prizes being higher the more numbers you picked right) because it would make it more than a larger version of pick a color.

Unless we do the 2nd/3rd method and have prizes other than cards too. Such as...an extra copy of their Signature. Ability to suggest 5 decks this month. Things like that. (but they'd need to be one time use or things that expire )

If you like the first method, we can totally do that, and making it monthly sounds reasonable to me. :D

Though, adding other sort of one-time-use prizes sound really good too! That might even encourage more people to join since prizes are now more than just cards and crayons. And it makes more sense since you're paying cards to join in the game, plus it'll be monthly on top of that. If we can add in these one-time-use prizes, then I prefer the 2nd method to the 1st one.

The first method is the most straightforward, so if there's any time when there's not enough time to plan, I think this is something we can fall back on.

For the second method, we'll have to plan out what the other prizes are! And how many prizes there'll be in all. What ideas for prizes do you have?

Just talked to Eri about Crazy Eights - she'd be happy to do it! It'll likely be posted on weekdays. :D

Secondly, I can start posting for Spare Parts next week, probably on one of the weekdays. We have a lot of games during the weekends, and it makes the weekdays seem less active. xD But somehow, when I go to check the Archive for a good day to post, it feels like we have at least one post every day. *scratches head* Currently, I'm thinking of posting on Tuesday! And for prizes, as a start, I'm thinking of two cards for easy rounds, maybe three [or four? Is four too much?] when we gradually get to harder and more obscure rounds.

As for lottery, here's what I have so far:
-Pick 5 numbers out of 25. Each number costs 1 ticket

Prizes:
-12 blanks

-13 prizes:

--5 numbers containing 2 cards each
--4 numbers containing 4 cards each
--2 prizes containing one crayon each [[or 6 cards, if you don't want crayons to be given out]]
--1 second prize [[another extra-special prize? Or a 2 crayons // 4card-1crayon prize?]]
--1 grand prize [[the extra-special prize]]

Do the prizes look reasonable and balanced enough? Just let me know if you think some prizes are too high, or some numbers are too low - all we need to do is to play around the numbers until everything looks good.

As for extra-special prizes, I asked for input from the players on my f-list, and got a couple of interesting ideas:
-doubling your rewards for sketchpads for a month
-doubling the amount of graphics you can donate for one month [[alternatively, doubling [or maybe just increasing?] the rewards you get for your graphics donation for that month]]
-receive one extra random card for each game you answer correctly for two weeks
-for one month, half of your exchanges at the Art Studio will cost one card less (basically what it says; for example, you could get two choice cards for 2 cards each, but your other 2 choice cards for the month will cost the normal 3 cards)
-claim one extra card from Recycled Art every week for a month
-Be able to switch up to two times per round of Switch It Up for a month
-Double rewards on the next level-up or deck mastery (excluding a Portfolio mastery)
-For two weeks, you're allowed to trade in one crayon at the Art Shop for 2 cards of the same color

Many thanks to vriska, flag, chuukoku for the awesome suggestions! I think in the future, we could ask for ideas for extra-special prizes from players on colors_trade.



And alternatively, if we run out of ideas for extra-special prizes:
Percentages are based on if you buy 5 tickets

1 match [[20%]]: 2 random cards
2 matches [[3.33%]]: 5 random cards
3 matches [[0.43%]]: 8 random cards, 1 crayon
4 matches [[0.04%]]: 15 random cards, 4 crayons
5 matches [[0.0018%]]: 21 random cards, 6 crayons

Once again, if you think the prizes are too high/low, just let me know. :D

The one crayon prizes sound fine.

Second prize...as a player, I prefer 4 cards and 1 crayon over 2 crayons. Maybe other people feel differently. XD;

Doubling rewards for sketchpads for a month sounds like it could become a lot. Maybe...increase rewards by 1 random card (or two?) Don't know if that's too stingy. ^^;;

Doubling graphic donation limit or rewards both sound fine.

I don't know if we'll be able to keep track of the game rewards one very well? I guess ppl would just have to remember to include that as part of their answer.

The crayon one is a bit too much (The one that goes For two weeks, you're allowed to trade in one crayon at the Art Shop for 2 cards of the same color), but all the other ones sound good. ;3 We don't have a lot of cards in Recycled Art at the moment though, so you probably wouldn't want to choose that as a special reward at the moment~

I will most likely introduce special decks next month...so if you could make suggesting/donate special decks as one of the prizes, that would be appreciated~

For second prize, as a player, I'd take 4 cards over one extra crayon too. XDD We could put 4 cards+1 crayon as the second prize then!

As for the increased game rewards, yeah, in my mind, the winners will have to keep track of it themselves if they want the extra cards. It's not up to the mods to remember it for them. When prizes are given out, I'll add a note to keep players informed that they have to note it down in their comments when they reply to game posts.

And I'll be sure to put down donation of special decks as one of the prizes. :D That could be our grand prize for the first lottery round too. Thanks for looking over the idea list! It was fun thinking up of what we can do, but it's really hard to decide how much is too much. xD;

Whoops, forgot about the sketchpad thing - I've changed it from doubled rewards to two extra random cards. :D If that is still too much, maybe it could be two weeks instead of one month. So either, 2 extra random cards for 2 weeks, or 1 extra random card for a month?

Edited 2010-08-24 08:16 am (UTC)

Woah, my LJ notifications are crazy again, I didn't get anything about these replies! XD

I like the idea of non-trivia games too (but the first things that come to my mind are always trivia games 8D), especially the race since it's a bit different and involves the users more. But I can understand it might be difficult. As far as I remember at starcrossed the timespan was about 2 days or something? XD

You can choose to do double rounds if you'd like, or instead of calling it a double round, just make the rewards higher for that round and keep to the same numbering. There isn't a number you're supposed to be on anyway. ^^;;

Hm, yeah, I was thinking about the amount of cards that go out between updates. But other than games, there are a lot of other ways to earn cards too that most people don't consider. For example, a player can always trade a lot and end up with cards that way because of the sketchpads. So I think we shouldn't introduce too many new games at the moment, but a few (maybe two?) will keep the place lively.

Guess the Eyes sounds doable since the mod running it shouldn't have too much trouble finding material for it.

Hm, Guess the Duo sounds cool! I think you can incorporate it into Conan's Clues as special rounds?

Silhouettes would look cool...though it'd take some graphic/drawing skills, wouldn't it?

Haha, I tried out the racing game with Twist Serve. It was fun, but it didn't really work with different time zones, and it basically required people to be able to go online in a certain period. -____-;; Maybe we can do it as some kind of event...but not as a permanent game? Or maybe once every month. Some other mascot would be cool. :3 I'm not sure what.

Easter eggs. XD; I don't feel like hiding anything, haha. I'd hide them and probably never get around to taking them down. But this is a good idea for an event.

Masteries is still pretty crazy! Thanks for the timely masteries reports~

Thanks! Glad to be of service 8D

I think I'll do some double rounds or include the guess the double thing into Conan's Clues, then that will be 2 characters to guess anyway and I could up the prize or something? XD Like every 3rd round (one round = quote, one round = clues, one round = guess the duo) or so!

Yeah, I think guess the eyes should be easy! It's only crop and upload too... I wouldn't be able to work with silhouettes xD;

Once a month does sound good for the race. We could up the timespan to... 3 days or something so we make sure everyone has plenty of time to go online? XD And I think with this kind of game the people who want to participate should comment or something and "register", AFAIR it was like that at starcrossed too? So we know for sure who will be active in those days xD