I Wanna Community
Fangames => Gameplay & Discussion => Topic started by: Zurai on June 24, 2013, 10:56:11 PM
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Hey everyone,
I thought about a weekly race for the whole Wannabe community. We could race every week at a certain day and everyone would be ofc invited to participate. The game which we race would be chosen by a vote or something the week before, so everyone has the opportunity to practice.
Also it would be possible to do blind races, but the problem is, that some of us already completed so many fangames so there would be not much left what they could race blindly.
What do you think about this idea?
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Seems like fun, but I would be last every race :Kappa:
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nice would be awesome :BloodTrail:
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Picking the games is always a problem. We'd probably not be able to classify it as blind, just not tell anyone what game until right before the race
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Picking the games is always a problem. We'd probably not be able to classify it as blind, just not tell anyone what game until right before the race
That could be a problem, what if one person doesn't have it?
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Well maybe we could have short games made for the races by a small team, although this would mean that they couldn't take part in the race since its got to be blind to be fair. this might not be possible for a weekly race but certainly a fortnightly one. I would be willing to help in this regard and I'm sure some others would too. :BloodTrail:
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I think there is enough support in this that I may be able to do something huge with it community wise.
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I think it sounds amazing. I've been discussing it with viewers for months. Let me know what happens guys!
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I think we have enough supporters for this. Let's do it! :SwiftRage:
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Tournament Infomation Here: https://www.iwannacommunity.com/forum/index.php?topic=52.0
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I'm gonna go ahead and bump this because racing is fun, and we need to do it more. As it is now, Stinky, YoYoYo, me, and whoever else has decided to join have been doing blind fangame roulette races every Saturday. They are super fun, but I would love to have some non-blind races every so often, too.
Let's actually get this going, guys! :cirThree:
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Problem is more that a quarter/half of the community is located in european timezones so we would eventually need two schedules.
We could just create a racethread with a set time every weekend and hand out the name of the fangame. Important is that people actually know that a race will happen and some peeps may actually join.
Maybe BINGO will rescue us all from boredom. :OneHand:
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Well, as of right now, I just wanna see how many people would actually be interested in this happening. Guys, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN if there were weekly races, please post below. If there is enough attention, I'll make my own thread to be able to actually organize stuff, but I wanna see if anyone cares first. :v
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I would certainly be interested in racing on a weekly basis, BINGO or not. The time zones may prove to be difficult to work with, though.
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I approve :BloodTrail:
I expect there to be a "thx for participating" award for all races :kappaDisco:
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I like Pandy's idea with the racethread. I would like to race, but no streaming software works on my computer; I think I could actually do one with the thread.
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lovin' it :atkLove:
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I would be up for some Super Sonic Racing (I'm so sorry). If we do it over Skype, then you guys may finally get to hear my sexy voice :cirShades:
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Count me in :TriHard:
Actually I wanted to make a new post about Weekly Bingo Races as soon it's done. Maybe next weekend \o/
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After doing that LovAe-RYRC race yesterday and productive talk with some people, I found several issues about racing in our community:
1. Getting into contact with the people who already like to race:
What we need is a standard and effective way to let everybody know that a race is going to happen. Currently some people are using vent, others use skype, twitter and this forum or none of these things. I needed to run around from twitch chat to the next one to find participants besides my forum post.
Maybe making another skype group for interested people would be a good idea. :Kappa:
2. Differentiate between schedules and spontaneous races:
Sometimes people just want race in like the next 10 minutes, that's when nobody in the world would need a forum post and stuff. Just asking a person directly in skype, vent, teamspeak is enough.
But if you want to race on a larger scale (6+ people) you need to find something, where you can reach out to everyone. I acknowledge that I'm pretty unknown in this community so it was maybe harder for me than it would be for others. But doing forum post advertisement, skype whoring and twitch whoring was kinda much work for only 3 entrants.
People just don't check the forums every 20 minutes. They're doing it maybe once a week.
I'm thinking of something like spreading the word by putting the upcoming race in everybody's stream title on twitch. Also, participants should just ask other friends if they want to race too.
3. Do more than just racing:
Hanging out together, talking shit and playing games simoultaneously onstream is very benefficial for the community. Viewers actually want to see that. So do more than just racing: Conquer the Blow on impossible? Churatch sunpossible mode? Random wiki games? Racing an unusual hard game? Maybe play a complete troll game and just laugh at eachother failing at traps? There is enough stuff to do.
4. Don't do SRL:
SRL is imho just a big nuisance. Even asking every participant to stream is unnecessary. Let 3-4 people stream and let the others hangout in Teamspeak too, If they finish just let them post a screenshot. Nobody who is right in their mind will cheat on a race with friends. Just do everything to get more people to participate and lower the requirements if necessary.
TL;DR:
Get a skypegroup with racers, there are enough people who actually do want to race.
Edit:
part 4 added
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I'd love to race. The Saturday night wiki roulette races look impossibly fun, and I wouldn't mind blind racing random stuff like Churatch even if I'd definitely lose due to my blindness. Unfortunately, Saturday night isn't good for me because I make it a point to be out of the house on Saturday night if at all possible.
I'm totally game for any other time in the evening PST on weekdays, Saturday morning and sometimes afternoon, and all day Sunday.
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Definitely an awesome idea, but after that Love race, I think I'm gonna abstain from any blind fangame races :wixSanic:
As for Pandy's list, I agree with all points except number 4. SRL is beneficial - it gathers everyone in one place, helps you to make sure everyone's ready, generates a page with all the racers streams, and (for the people who want it) counts towards races that can get you on the SRL page.
So I say still do SRL, but don't make it mandatory - this way, people that want to race but can't stream or otherwise don't like the system don't have to. It's not like if you don't join the SRL then someone will come to your house and drag you away from the computer for the duration of the race :Kappa: And the people that do like it can enjoy the benefits.