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thinking about maybe pushing forward a few experimental things next year, if the position is open i might even do it myself but otherwise i'm just going to put this here so i can ideally check archives later on for such a pre-announcement topic

15 nom cap, 3 per day, unlimited supports though and doubles can only be given to supports (and only after the break, max 5 and cannot be dropped so people have to really make them count)

longer "break" period from after day 5 through to about day 10 (may actually allow people to add songs from this point (with daily cap lifted) from here if they haven't used all their nom slots yet and link changes are still allowed, but no drops or supports). not really the same thing as the existing break period that got implemented currently since i'm worried it'll reduce interest if there's just a complete lot of nothing happening for that many days, but should still achieve the intended effect of just giving people sufficient time to simply take note of everything

lock system is replaced with a protection system where every song within the top 16 (first 5 days)/32 (last 5 days) by nomcount (including songs tied with them past that) at the end of each day cannot be dropped by any nominators or supporters. (applies for every day, may only apply to ones at like 3 noms or more so it could be less than 16 on day 1/2)

15 week nom period overall, nom cap lifting still in effect after break for final 5 days

in other words, it'd be a half-month long nom period in 3 key phases for 5 days each

• first 5 days have max 3 noms per day, unlimited supports, no doubles allowed, and can only drop and replace noms and supports that aren't in the top 16(ish) on the sheet for most noms/supports when tallied at the end of the prior day* (link adjustments can be made at any time though and can also be requested by others)
• second 5 days have nom caps lifted (still 15 total) so anyone can use the rest of their slots if they didn't already or adjust links, but nobody can support or drop anything. users who nominated at least 1 song with spare slots will be pinged during this time
• third 5 days still have no limit on noms per day (still 15 total), unlimited supports, doubles allowed only for supports (5 total), nom drop rule from day 1-5 still applies but it's top 32 instead because there will obviously be higher nom and support counts then and also nobody can drop doubles

*i think this is how it is anyway but if the nominator drops it (has to be out of the top 16/32 of course and not during day 6-10) and there's a support left there, will still count as an active nom just without it going toward's the nominator's nomcount (or the supporter's obv, though it would still count towards double support limits in the last 5 days)

maybe lock system could actually exist in this system, just as a fixed "songs in the top (low number) when the break period happens" kind of thing, though i'm still not the biggest fan of doing anything to encourage what i mentioned before

i will admit this is also a rather complicated system compared to the existing one even if i think it reduces stress overall (not having to worry about balancing supports into the total, not having to worry about the impact of the cutoff while still addressing key issues with drops) and i spent extremely little time thinking about it so uhhh WIP?