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)