Reducing Time Limit for Turns

[onealexleft]

****EDIT 1-10-2014****
So after having the poll run for a little over a week, I've decided to keep the standard time out at 4 days as opposed to the initial 2, or the proposed 3. Reasons being:

1. Even with the low poll turn out, there wasn't a vast majority in favor of any particular course of action. Changing the time limit would simply alienate a large portion of those who *did* vote, not telling how many who didn't.

2. I'm aware that the voting on this forum may slightly biased towards faster play .

3. There is a good portion of people who play Outwitters differently, the 4 day limit allows for a multitude of different play styles. Ultimately, it's up to the participants who wish to play quickly to play quickly, and those that wish to play at a slower pace are free to do so. This is by no means ideal, but it's what I've got to work with for the time being...

4. Prior to the poll, for a long while there was an issue with the scheduling of timeouts on the server that made a lot of games last to 6 days. This has since been resolved, and all games should resolve in a timely manner. I can imagine that some that wanted a faster timeout simply wanted to compensate for this bug. Sorry about that!

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After hearing feedback from regulars as well as new comers, there seems to be some who think that the 4 day limit is too long.

We initially decided on 4 days to keep the game from being too demanding for those that wish to play casually. We never really re-assessed post-release if it was a good fit or not.

Now that the community is relatively stable and have played with the 4 day limit for over a year now, what do you guys think? We're considering shortening the turn length from 4 days to 2. Games would go by twice as fast but still not require your attention for at most 48 hours.

An upshot being that leagues would potentially be more competitive/fluid as more results are tallied per season.

Please vote in the above poll as we're using it to gauge interest in the change.