LogFAQs > #914491635

MetalmindStats posted...

First off, I really like the format of multiple simultaneous 24-hour matches per day for most of the contest. It's the biggest element in allowing us to get through suitably large brackets without seeing them drag on unnecessarily, while also avoiding the 12-hour disadvantage of skewing results and practically leaving some time zones out.

Getting rid of 12-hour matches was great because vote totals were getting pretty bad by the time we made it to 2015, so we don't need something like 12-hour matches reducing our already bad vote totals even more.

MetalmindStats posted...

I really think some of us are overstating the role of an early evening match start (in the US) in killing trends. The truth is that, with the explosion of mobile phones, most people will pretty much vote when they want to regardless, and that alone has been by far the biggest cause of the sad death of trends. Next on the list, in my opinion at least, has been the remainder of GameFAQs' userbase aging and thus becoming more set in their tastes, as the Halo fans and the like have mostly departed. I would merely put the start time at a distant third, playing a minor role in securing the demise of trends. To me, the best start time given this is that which allows the largest portion of users to get their votes in within the first hour or so, which would be something like 2 PM PT.

I remember when matches used to start at 3:00 AM EST, which was pretty brutal back in the day as I wasn't able to stay up that late except on weekends and holidays. The 3:00 AM start time could help improve trends somewhat, as it happens when Europe is starting to wake up. This would allow Europe to give some characters/games an early boost before the US morning vote rush begins.
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