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RE: Congratulations to our 4 winners; you ran a fantastic race.
Having sent friend requests out last league to all that competed, it was considerably easier to see what others were playing this time around as I'd invariably check who was online and what they were playing. I only saw Linny playing witch though, and with her not being in the comp, completely missed that gamingchimp was playing one (along with all the other classes...)
This is an interesting possibility. I could require that all contestants befriend each other.
(I've only ever played solo). Can you foresee any downsides?
I don't really see a problem. The accounts are public anyway. And if you don't want that afterwards, you can simply end the friendship.
Exactly, I can't come up with any potential downside, only benefits. It would lead to simply checking the progression in-game rather than opening all contenders' PoE character page every 30-60 minutes. ^^
Upsides also include strengthening the community. You don't have to play with each other for there to be interest in how others are doing, what they're playing, what they're enjoying, and just conversations while playing.
I'd start with it being a suggestion, rather than requirement (and not sure how you'd enforce the requirement anyway...)
Cheers. If it weren't a condition of entry then anyone opting out would have an unfair advantage, though? In that other competitors would need to navigate out of the game to check on his/her progress?
I very much doubt it'd be a problem with our current entrants. You're all here for the love of the game.
(Less than $10 prize money for 24 hours of intense focus is hardly going to bring out the worst in people)
That said, if Steem hits $20, and each of the class prizes is worth $400; I'd rather not have people disadvantaged by their good sportsmanship.
If there's no technical reason that a player would be unable to send and receive friend requests and it makes the process easier for everyone, then I'd rather make it mandatory from the get go.
We still have a few months, though. I'm very much open to suggestions.
Yeah, I'll do that with the friendship request next time. You can follow the competitors much better.
I had also thought about the witch, but then decided for Templar as the second. The fact that @moon32walker already had a Templar with end 20, I also saw much too late. :-)
Better preparation next time! ;-)