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I don't know. I just think we should be ruthless with ourselves: what's that phrase.... somethingorother is the mother of invention.... <br>
 
I don't know. I just think we should be ruthless with ourselves: what's that phrase.... somethingorother is the mother of invention.... <br>
 
Tell you what... try this question and please allow yourself to be honest with you. Please note it is not practically minded. Which timing excites you most? I think it is something of a balance between practical and exciting... what do you say...?
 
Tell you what... try this question and please allow yourself to be honest with you. Please note it is not practically minded. Which timing excites you most? I think it is something of a balance between practical and exciting... what do you say...?
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--[[User:2020|2020]] 02:41, 24 March 2006 (GMT)

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Ok, I looked over the timeline and to be honest, if you hit your player goal, you won't be able to keep your timeline. :) I don't see a 1 million player competition being organized and executed in 3 months, even if you have a large staff to work it out.

expansion, preparation, and execution
The 1,000,000 players is just a number... it is just to indicate that an organic, exponential growth is required... which will probably happen through word of mouth... The preparation will take about 6 month to make everything work on the day, technically, and every team-exemplar-representative-captain-whatever knows where to go and what to do on the day... And the execution is, exactly, on that day.

Still, let's look at real dates bed on my made-up May 30 date, modified a tad. Make May 30 the date by which the playoffs will be done. The next tournament can begin organizing at that time.

exactly
But instead of May 30, lets be serious and stick to april 16th or whatever it is... I suspect if we spend too much time preparing, trying to organise games here and there, waiting for other teams to play etc... christ i had a hard enough time playing against FE-clan once, and that was pure luck... BUT, I think players will put in a little effort to play together over say 5 hours, to start, play, and finalise a winning team... That is, if players manage it once, let's just make sure all players are involved... do you see what I mean...?

So, here's what I get: (assuming the release date of 0.2.8 is the start of your 1-year timeline)

  • 0.2.8 released about March 18
  • May 30, 2006 - SPOON playoffs finish, championship to be played on/about June 4
  • June 30, 2006 - LADLE Team signup deadline
  • August 18, 2006 - LADLE playoffs finish, championship to be played on/about August 24
  • September 15, 2006 - BOWL Team signup deadline
  • December 30, 2006 - BOWL playoffs finish, championship to be played on/about January 5 (can be called the SuperBowl if so desired, heh)
  • January 30, 2006 - CUP Team signup deadline
  • March 20, 2006 - CUP Playoffs finish, championship to be played on/about March 25

That wraps it up for a year. What do you think?

-- Lucifer 05:07, 23 March 2006 (CST)

I like, thanks. For some reason though, I suspect we may need more time at the back end. You have broken it up about equally which.... hmmm.... If we manage to do this in a month and have a good day, I think this may inspire us to think we can do it with 100 people in a further 2 months. And if we manage that, taking it up to 1000 player will be tricky... Hence we need a bit more time, say 3 further months. And if that is pulled off, only then will we have the confidence that we can host the possibility of 1,000,000 players: we have the experience by then. Just now, it is just a pie in the sky idea. We need to prove to ourselves, that we can do it. And producing the first competition in one month I think is miracle enough.. Do you see...? If we manage a miracle in the first month, then this is kind of the same kind of task just larger with a longer time-frame, and just as miraculous. Kind of fractal in its organisation....
I don't know. I just think we should be ruthless with ourselves: what's that phrase.... somethingorother is the mother of invention....
Tell you what... try this question and please allow yourself to be honest with you. Please note it is not practically minded. Which timing excites you most? I think it is something of a balance between practical and exciting... what do you say...?

--2020 02:41, 24 March 2006 (GMT)