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Man, I would never give up my ability to support music to auto-include music of my choice, even if I get 0 qualified noms each year endlessly. (unless I found a piece of vgm that's on par with Second Dark Matter Battle... I don't think that will ever happen.) EDIT: But if I get a good deal on trading supports, I might do it. e.g. if I only have to trade six supports to auto-include something. But it sounds somewhat intriguing. I like KCF's proposal as long as only contest veterans are allowed to make use of it. I would say any user who voted a specified number of matches last year (or over the last several years) should be the ones who can opt for trading supports for auto-include. I wouldn't be a fan of giving privileges to users who participate in nominations a lot, but don't vote in very many actual matches.

DoctorJimmy does make a point in that allowing people to use all five of their "doubles" for a single nom would have a similar effect, so maybe make a change along those lines could be an option, as well. (Yes, it's true, using a double five times wouldn't quite be an auto-include if the lock requirement is six noms.) EDIT: you know, thinking about it.... if we made it so that everyone was allotted ten doubles and were also allowed unlimited use of them on any given song, whether it's our own or somebody else's... that would be a lot like KCF's option, but it gives everyone more flexibility! Yesssss!!!

I like azuarc's idea also, because I feel that people who struggle with nomination success shouldn't have to trade supports to get an auto-include. It really is a neat idea to help out the struggling nominator instead of having to disappoint people with tiebreakers. But it might need adjusting to ensure that we don't end up with only like three auto-include spots in the bracket!

The thing about KCF's proposal is that, well, I don't think very many people are going to opt for auto-includes, unless the noms traded for an auto-support is reasonably low. But then again, it wouldn't hurt to try it out! I'm all for trying that out rather than doing exactly the same nomination process next year.