Suggestion Box

[all_choseny]

Hi all, with about 18 hours left (my time) to the end of round 1 of Fluff Bingo, I wanted to hear your thoughts...

There were about 100 people that signed up for the game (yay!) but very few people actually participated (sad face). I am not sure if it was due to anything I did that made the game difficult for you all. As an admin for this comm, I want to make this is a fun low-key game for you all. Please help me to make the next round even better by submitting your suggestions. I will go through them and take them into careful consideration before launching the next round of Fluff Bingo. This will help me decided to continue running the game as quarterly or changing it to either annually/biannually. Thanks!

-Awesome Admin :D

Comments

[dray]

I found it helpful to double up my prompts for this community with other ones, as it helped mould some really fun ideas to write about, but I know not everyone is into that. Though I didn't really win, per se, I had fun thinking up ideas! And I'm the sort to pick up writing scattershot, so I don't expect I'll be able to hone in on a single line-worth of writing unless I get lucky.

I liked the prompts, I enjoyed seeing everyone's entries, and I'm totally excited to keep participating. (I'm still filling out prompts on my old card and will probably continue to do so until the end of days, lol.)

Suggestion-wise, it would be funkilicious if there were genre-specific prompts that we could take on. I'm writing a lot of fantasy so some fluff that involves magic and inter-species cute-meets might work well for me. That might be too specific for some, but if it adds a little variety in, it might spark others?

I'm always a fan of 'more variety' in general. I noticed a few folks had very similar looking cards to mine, but in a different order. Maybe just a few more prompts for each quarter to provide more chance of very different cards?

[all_choseny]

Thank you for your feedback and suggestions!

There were 150 prompts and I used an app that randomizes lists for both the prompts and distribution of cards. I do plan on adding more prompts on the next round. I am also contemplating making a prompt list and linking everyone to their own Bingo card generator. But that might make the cross checking process a little longer than having premade cards for the game. I still have some time to decide which direction I will go.

[dray]

I liked the randomization! I only saw two or three other cards, so we must have just gotten lucky and matched up a bit. ;)

I've seen some bingo comms use a mix, where you can ask for a pre-made card, but all the prompts are also laid out with a link to the card generator in case someone wants to quietly try without throwing their hat into the ring. Maybe, in that case, you can register your card anywhere between the beginning of the round and a certain time period towards the end--like a week before amnesty?

Too many options can be paralyzing (and you see it where people overload their plates and wind up not being able to take part) but giving a couple of solid options like this might help balance the people who are all in, and the people who are intrigued but are afraid they may not have time.