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Yesterday we ran with a full team of eight. We ran the following arcs:
Hammer and Sickle of Paragon City by @Tubbius Arc ID: 351727
End Game - Final Moves by @Calash Arc ID: 17006
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Looks good except....what happened to @jail.bird as Best New Author?
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Couple of very good arcs today! They were:
Evil By Inches by @oubliette Arc ID: 349967
Drakule vs. The Werewolf Bikers From Hell by @LaserJesus Arc ID: 340316
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Quote:Nominations are extended till the 21stOriginally Posted by Clave_Dark_5
(Also, thanks to Jail_Bird for nominating my arc! I did not expect to see my name come up in this thread... but isn't today one day too late to nominate?)
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This Week's schedule:
Saturday Noon EST - New Author Nominee Arcs
Sunday Noon EST - Open Teaming
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I think a big way to incorporate player choice is giving them information about what they will be doing before they even play the arc. For example my arc, Death to Disco! hooks you in with this:
It's 2010 Dr. Disco Fever has somehow altered the timeline so that Disco never died. The Star Spangled Banner is played to a Disco beat! Sporting events start with people standing up and "getting down" for our national anthem. Restore the timeline or be stuck Boogie Oggie-ing forever!
I can assume any character playing that arc is already invested in the "cause" (or willing to go along with it) and the contact can treat them as a kindred spirit who he can collaborate with through the arc.
I realize this method won't work for many arcs where there are mysteries or where things are meant to be more gray, but it is another tool.
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Update
Best New Arc
*Finalist* @Celestial Nemesis The Coldest of Wars #299972
*Finalist* @fredriksvanberg Fear And Loathing On Striga #350522
@Sister Twelve The Long Road Back #340454, also The Union of the Mask #352400
@Jail.Bird The New Paragon Society Reborn
@Lazarus Breaking the Barrier (and Putting it Back Together Again) #347029
@FredrikSvanberg The Tangled Weave #338575
@LaserJesus Drakule vs The Werewolf Bikers from Hell #340316
Best Unknown Author
*Finalist* @Celestial Nemesis
@Sister Twelve
@Calash
@Jail.bird
Reminder - Deadline extended to the 21st.
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Bubba is away form the game for a little bit and wanted to extend the deadline for a week making it the 21st. I was suppose to post an update on the 15th, but as many of you know a close friend of mine just past away. I will get an update out in the next day or so.
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Today the MA Superteam ran two arcs from our request thread. They were:
Crown of Iron, Heart of Steel Part 1 by @Techbot ALPHA Arc ID: 236933
The Alien Tyrant by @Royal Arc ID: 357388
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Congratulations.
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This Week's schedule:
Tuesday 6:00pm EST - Open Teaming
Saturday Noon EST - Open Teaming
Sunday Noon EST - Open Teaming
Note- I don't think I will be around this evening since a close friend of mine is in the hospital and not doing well. Just not sure if I will be up for it.
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Quote:Thank you very much for playing them and I am very happy you enjoyed them. I am especially pleased that you played Death to Disco! since it has been over six weeks since it has gotten a play.Originally Posted by Fury Flechette
I got done with two of Wrong Number's arcs tonight:
Arc ID#2220 Trademark Infringement
Arc ID#84420 Death to Disco!
Comments: I enjoyed both, particularly well done were the custom mobs. The mobs in Trademark Infringement in particular were very well balanced and interesting enough that I stopped to check out the info on each of them.
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Two mostly full teams today; We ran:
The Fall of Rapture by @Ari Arc ID: 299507
Dhahabu Kingdom and the Indelible Curse of Hate by @Zamuel (Test)
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Today we had 10 members show up splitting into two teams for several arcs. The theme today was Gray Arcs or Arcs with no plays. We ran or attempted to run the following:
De-Bugging the Architect by @Defender Babe Arc ID: 362676
When The Scales Won't Tip... by @Syncronocity Arc ID: 362630
Atta's Return!! Part one!! by @Starry Arc ID: 285683
SIC Stories: For Whom the Ells Tolls by @Bashere Arc ID: 362689
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Quote:Of my arcs (listed in my sig) Trademark Infringement is 1 mission, Death to Disco! is 2 and In Poor Taste is 3. Also, I used to do Short and Sweet Reviews. If you search for that thread you will find a bunch more.Originally Posted by Fury Flechette
So give me some recommendations for story arcs 3 missions or less, and I'll be happy to play, rate and send you feedback.
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It has recently come to my attention that some frequent MA players and authors are still unaware of this channel. Since it has been over six months since I last promoted it, I guess it is time.
Channel Name - MA Arc Finder
Purpose - To Promote, find and discuss MA arcs as well as general MA discussion. This channel is NOT server specific and is intended for all servers.
Joining - MA Arc Finder is open to everyone and there are no special requirments.
Creator - @Wrong Number
Any questions please contact me.
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It has recently come to my attention that some frequent MA players and authors are still unaware of this channel. Since it has been over six months since I last promoted it, I guess it is time.
Channel Name - MA Arc Finder
Purpose - To Promote, find and discuss MA arcs as well as general MA discussion. This channel is NOT server specific and is intended for all servers.
Joining - MA Arc Finder is open to everyone and there are no special requirments.
Creator - @Wrong Number
Any questions please contact me.
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Quote:Thanks so much for the kind words. It really is nice to get feedback when you work long and hard on an arc (this one took me about two months on and off to get done). Thanks for playing it.Originally Posted by Xanatos
Just did this mission with a friend. Really enjoyed it. Liked Shermans lines in the third mission. Really felt immersed in the story. Cheers!
-Xan
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Quote:Originally Posted by Dalghryn
OK, not that Dr. Aeon's previous choices hadn't gone a long way in restoring my faith in humanity... or at least in the Dev's Choices... But THIS one is simply awesome! I'm almost as tickled as if I'd gotten it myself. Very well deserved, Bubbawheat!
I know what you mean. I nominated this are for the Player's Choice Awards.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tangler
Did people actually use that? Player made MA channels were used long before the devs ever got around to introducing an official one, though those are dead now as well.
MA Arc Finder seems to still be going strong though many MA channels are not. The difference, I think is that MA Arc Finder was intended as a cross server MA channel rather than a server channel.
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Congrats Bubba. Well deserved!
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Nice run this evening. We ran:
Thriller: Part One by @St0n3 Fir3 Arc ID: 352984
The Union of the Mask by @Sister Twelve Arc ID: 352400
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This weeks schedule:
Tuesday - 6:00pm EST - Open Teaming
Saturday- Noon EST - Gray Search! Arcs with no plays.
Sunday - Noon EST - Open Teaming
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Quote:This is very true and it makes me wonder if we will ever see another story driven HoF arc. Even the few that are 100's of plays in have been so slowly moving forward in the last few months that it will be at least a year or more before they might make it.Originally Posted by Venture
Going forward, outstanding arcs are likely to get dozens of plays, not hundreds.
This idea is a really excellent one. The question is how hard would this be for the Dev's to implement?Quote:Originally Posted by Coulomb2
I know I've mentioned it before, but I think the best "variant" on the current system is a pretty simple one: a technique called "sigma clipping". The idea is you calculate both the average rating, and the standard deviation of that average (which is often represented with the greek letter sigma). Then, any subsequent ratings that fall outside of a preset range (often two times sigma or three times sigma) are ignored as "erroneous outliers" when calculating the average.
The system would have to have some artificial boundaries set up to account for the time when the arc has a low number of plays and ratings (for example, artificially set it so that "two times sigma" has a minimum value equal to 5 divided by the number of plays the arc has gotten so far), but this system would eliminate a griefer's ability to disproportionately trash an arc's rating (since a 1 or 2 star rating for an arc that has 33 plays where 21 are 5 star ratings and 12 are 4 star ratings would simply be completely ignored).
I really like this idea a lot. Most casual and almost all new players will not look at arcs beyond the first few pages. This would mix it up and make the arc selection look fresh. It is silly with the 1000's of arcs out there that the first two pages look virtually the same all the time.Quote:Originally Posted by Lazarus
If anything, the first page should be a random assortment chosen from the arcs in the system. My idea would be something like: 1 random Guest Author, 1 random HoF, 1 random DC, 4 random 5-star arcs, and 4 random 4-star arcs.
BINGO! Factor in that as previously mentioned not all arcs will appeal to all people no matter how good they may be. Also, who has not gotten feedback that was so far off base or based on a incorrect assumption? Or how about being down rated because of an MA issue or bug that the player assumes you have some control over? The current system makes the leap from 4 stars back up to 5 stars exceptionally difficult. Just one 3 star rating needs 4 5 star ratings to average back up to 5 stars.Quote:Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
On the other side of your shining example. If Escalation hadn't gotten a Dev Choice, it would be a 5-star exemplary arc languishing in the 4-star dead zone getting one play every 2-4 weeks.
That is true and I doubt many would disagree, but by submitting that arc to a reviewer I would assume you are looking to improve the arc. A 2 star rating in gameis very, very hard to overcome and pretty much guarantees obscurity for that arc. At that point the reviewer's feedback is not really going to be helpful. It would be more useful to not rate it in game and just give the feedback.Quote:Originally Posted by PoliceWoman
If my new arc Poodle Skirt Girl against the Invaders from Mars deserves 2 stars because of its many flaws, it's not doing me a big favor to have one or two people 5-star it despite its 2-star-worthiness.
The point is it was still sitting at 4 stars and not being seen/played by many, if any, casual players or players that do not frequent the MA community.Quote:Originally Posted by PoliceWoman
I'm afraid I disagree. Even before being Dev Choice'd, that arc was a finalist in Projectionist's Contest, in the Annual Mission Architect Awards, and in the Player's Choice Awards. It got a decent amount of recognition even while sitting at 4 stars.
The number of ratings should not increase. One vote per account. However, what does "reset" is the author getting the tickets for the vote.Quote:Originally Posted by Zamuel
Actually, I think this is incorrect if your second rating is is done about a week or so afterwards. I had uprated someone's arc about a month after I first played it since they made some changes and I noticed that the number of ratings increased. It bugged me since I was under the impression that my new rating would be overwriting the old one.
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3 plus hours of MA fun again today! We played:
The Price Of Freedom by @Cybernetic Hobo Arc ID: 359453
The "Easter Basket" by @Simplifly Arc ID: 35335
Arachnapunzel by @Bluedarky Arc ID: 113035
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