Planned Extended

[JKJudgeX]

I would like to suggest running one extended round per day at a planned, potentially staggered interval, while removing extended from the vote options and from secret.

Rationale:

Extended rounds run long. They run long, and they run really slow for a lot of roles. The complaints of the slowness start trickling in at an hour, and reach fever-pitch by 3 hours.

The only universally enjoyed extended rounds are event rounds that are clearly marked as event rounds, in my view.

So, why not satiate the players who really like extended by making sure there's at least one extended round per day, let's say at 5 or 6 PM EST on weekdays, and at noon on Saturday and Sunday.... (just as an example, I'd poll for better time slots, and move them from time to time just so everyone can have a fair chance).

The only other time extended should happen should be when it is specifically an event.

Extended rounds tend to reduce the server population for the following round, and really do mean a lot of people leave during hour 2.

It's Heavy RP, but it's also Space Station 13. Let Space Station 13 happen, too. Extended is more of like a training round. People jokingly call it job sim.

I understand that people want to work on "character development"... but antags of any sort on Aurora seem to take 45 minutes at a minimum to really get set up and going. That should be plenty of time for you to do character development before taking a quick 20 minute break and then getting back to it.

[JKJudgeX]

I would like to suggest running one extended round per day at a planned, potentially staggered interval, while removing extended from the vote options and from secret.

Rationale:

Extended rounds run long. They run long, and they run really slow for a lot of roles. The complaints of the slowness start trickling in at an hour, and reach fever-pitch by 3 hours.

The only universally enjoyed extended rounds are event rounds that are clearly marked as event rounds, in my view.

So, why not satiate the players who really like extended by making sure there's at least one extended round per day, let's say at 5 or 6 PM EST on weekdays, and at noon on Saturday and Sunday.... (just as an example, I'd poll for better time slots, and move them from time to time just so everyone can have a fair chance).

The only other time extended should happen should be when it is specifically an event.

Extended rounds tend to reduce the server population for the following round, and really do mean a lot of people leave during hour 2.

It's Heavy RP, but it's also Space Station 13. Let Space Station 13 happen, too. Extended is more of like a training round. People jokingly call it job sim.

I understand that people want to work on "character development"... but antags of any sort on Aurora seem to take 45 minutes at a minimum to really get set up and going. That should be plenty of time for you to do character development before taking a quick 20 minute break and then getting back to it.

[witchbells]

No.

Extended shouldn't get special treatment just because it caters to a niche preference. If it gets voted in, it runs. Just like nuke, or ninja, or any other roundtype.

[witchbells]

No.

Extended shouldn't get special treatment just because it caters to a niche preference. If it gets voted in, it runs. Just like nuke, or ninja, or any other roundtype.

[Eliot Clef]

No, thanks.

Not at all serious counter-response: Only if we completely remove Nuclear, Heist, and Cult from the voting options and have a scheduled Secret rotation that only includes those three once per day as well.

[Eliot Clef]

No, thanks.

Not at all serious counter-response: Only if we completely remove Nuclear, Heist, and Cult from the voting options and have a scheduled Secret rotation that only includes those three once per day as well.

[Killerhurtz]

I have to agree with Nursie here. As much as I like Extended, it's not for everyone. Extended is rare because people vote - and most people don't want extended because, in their eyes, nothing happens. While I disagree with it, I understand it - and I stand firmly against anything that stands to make a gap between what the players want and what happens.

(Also, extended event rounds are technically not extended - 90% of the time they're just special antag rounds, hence why they're popular)