I... don't think I agree with the Thieves section either. We might only have one writer (me), but my FF participation will be high this time, since there's ff_exchange and me and Mysti have a drabble project planned (at least 10 each). Not to mention that I will be joining any UA contests that catch my eye, as well as the crack meme that we've got planned.
I really don't think it's fair to discount "just iconists", considering we have the H-twins as well as katy_111 (and that's not counting me as well), all three of whom post large batches of icons at a time. Very large batches. And don't forget, all of us iconists entered and cleaned up last game. Completely cleaned up. Having one artist doesn't make up for all the points we get from the regular iconists, and with my writing as well? I just don't see how it's going to be as negative for us as you're predicting.
Not only that, but if the minigames are gonna go as you're saying (ie: with a lot less focus on logic/numbers games), then Thieves will be getting me back as a regular and consistent minigame participant (anomalous last game results, as people said: I physically cannot do logic/numbers puzzles, which is what most of them seemed to be, so I just didn't participate.)
I think one thing is, Mysti said you might have misread the "one writer (I think?)" as I'm not sure if you count as a writer or not. To clarify, I more meant I don't know whether or not any of the others write. Also, I do know you write very well (you're honestly one of my favourite writers from the comm), but while you may say you'll join any UA contests that catch your eye, but to date, you haven't joined that many, so I haven't counted it in my assessment.
I also know Thieves cleaned up the icon contests, but what I'm trying to say is, that's... the problem, kind of? Not that they do well at icons, but that most of the Thief points came thus far from icon wins, and if they don't win, then they'll be in a little bit of trouble. Plus, as V stated above, she and Vanja were largely inactive this time, and both of them give Thieves a fair bit of competition for icons usually.
I do agree that Thieves have generally good participation, though, and my trying to steer towards less logic puzzles for minigames will help. There'll still be some, but not as many.
By all means, I don't think Thieves are going to be weak without me. However, I think we're both disagreeing on my contribution. I don't want to wave numbers around and sound even more arrogant than I am, but Mysti said she'll go explain to you why I'm upset on that account.
I really don't think it's fair to discount "just iconists", considering we have the H-twins as well as katy_111 (and that's not counting me as well), all three of whom post large batches of icons at a time. Very large batches. And don't forget, all of us iconists entered and cleaned up last game. Completely cleaned up. Having one artist doesn't make up for all the points we get from the regular iconists, and with my writing as well? I just don't see how it's going to be as negative for us as you're predicting.
Not only that, but if the minigames are gonna go as you're saying (ie: with a lot less focus on logic/numbers games), then Thieves will be getting me back as a regular and consistent minigame participant (anomalous last game results, as people said: I physically cannot do logic/numbers puzzles, which is what most of them seemed to be, so I just didn't participate.)
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I also know Thieves cleaned up the icon contests, but what I'm trying to say is, that's... the problem, kind of? Not that they do well at icons, but that most of the Thief points came thus far from icon wins, and if they don't win, then they'll be in a little bit of trouble. Plus, as V stated above, she and Vanja were largely inactive this time, and both of them give Thieves a fair bit of competition for icons usually.
I do agree that Thieves have generally good participation, though, and my trying to steer towards less logic puzzles for minigames will help. There'll still be some, but not as many.
By all means, I don't think Thieves are going to be weak without me. However, I think we're both disagreeing on my contribution. I don't want to wave numbers around and sound even more arrogant than I am, but Mysti said she'll go explain to you why I'm upset on that account.
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