Player Slot and Game Census

[quadz08]

yayyyyyyyyyyyy

Also, looks like the micro queue levels are dropping. I wonder how much of that is affected by my intentional bottlenecking of the queue. (I only update 3 times a week, which makes a max of 6 new Micros per week. If I were to update every day, for example, I fully expect that number would jump to at least 9 Micros per week.)

[zoraster]

is the intentional bottlenecking because we don't have enough micro mods?

[quadz08]

It was at first, and I suspect if I switched to "update queue every time a game fills" that we'd run out of mods within 2 weeks. At the moment, we keep a queue of about 5-8 games, which means you /in to mod and your game goes into signups about a week and a half later. I do it now partially to avoid draining the mod queue and partially to keep me sane. I like schedules.

[JacobSavage]

Out of interest, the Large Normal queue, why is it so small.

I mean for themes there seems to be mostly more Larges than smalls but it is quite the opposite.

Is this because nobody wants to mod them, or is it nobody wants to play them?

[quadz08]

Both, from what I've seen. Large Normals aren't too popular as a general rule. (This is not based on any data.)

[kuribo]

Personally, I prefer themes over Normals in every way.

Playing in a large takes a certain mindset, you have to parse information a certain way, especially early game.

I think that alot of the people who sign up for a game with 14 - 20odd people are more comfortable with new mechanics and thematic roles

[1baldeagle1]

I don't get why there's not alot of mods in the Micro queue, it's very short and has a small wait time.

[quadz08]

There are plenty of mods, it's just a short queue.

It's also because a micro game is almost never going to be somebody's "baby," like a Large Theme (or even a Mini Theme or Large Normal sometimes) will be.

[Mr. Flay]

Out of interest, the Large Normal queue, why is it so small.

I mean for themes there seems to be mostly more Larges than smalls but it is quite the opposite.

Is this because nobody wants to mod them, or is it nobody wants to play them?

It's hard to tell how many people actually want them, but I've seen a few grind away for weeks in signups. Willing to believe that had more to do with moderator than Normal/Theme, though.