arena - scheduled rotation of setups
Posted: 27 August 2022, 23:53
Gurus get to vote on what the next season’s arena setup should be.
But that is too short-sighted.
As a guru for (and general player of) several games that play very differently based on the selected options, I recommend a process where gurus can pick several set ups for arena to rotate through (and also vote to modify them individually).
It is very different to be told that arena mode has been switched to (setting that i hate) than it is to be told that the arena is rotating between (setting i love), (setting i am ok with), and (setting I hate).
I personally think a wide variety of setups should be used for arena over time… but I am sometimes hesitant to vote for one, due to the optics of it being a “switch to that setting” and knowing I probably won’t be a guru by the time there is another vote (and also knowing it is easiest to vote for “keep the same” so a setting may stay longer just due to that…)
This is most impactful for games like 6 NIMMT where the rules are / strategy is completely different between the modes as well as for games with expansions…. but it also applies to games with differing player counts and lower-impact changes.
But that is too short-sighted.
As a guru for (and general player of) several games that play very differently based on the selected options, I recommend a process where gurus can pick several set ups for arena to rotate through (and also vote to modify them individually).
It is very different to be told that arena mode has been switched to (setting that i hate) than it is to be told that the arena is rotating between (setting i love), (setting i am ok with), and (setting I hate).
I personally think a wide variety of setups should be used for arena over time… but I am sometimes hesitant to vote for one, due to the optics of it being a “switch to that setting” and knowing I probably won’t be a guru by the time there is another vote (and also knowing it is easiest to vote for “keep the same” so a setting may stay longer just due to that…)
This is most impactful for games like 6 NIMMT where the rules are / strategy is completely different between the modes as well as for games with expansions…. but it also applies to games with differing player counts and lower-impact changes.