a question for everyone, part 2 (Patreon)

wow that was a lot of feedback, which is great and exactly what I want.

here I will propose a change that is a little bit draconian and all-consuming, and once more I insist on having all your opinions.

first of all, we do like I asked about a month ago and have the list reset yearly. so everyone has to re-opt-in once a year. I think this is fair and I think many people agree with this. The difference, however, is that when you submit, you give me your three games straight away. The way I see it, sometimes I might want to pick a game directly if I want, but also with every event I would spill on the list of Royals, the only difference is that now I would have my three games immediately. However, by being picked, you still get a chance to get in touch with me and we can have a discussion about the picks and whatnot.

But, and this is an important distinction, this means I *do not* have to run around looking for the royal myself, and I don't have to wait after submissions. If we don't get in touch, I will assume that the submitted list is good and valid.

But raocow, what if I change my mind? That's fine honestly! You would always have the option of contacting me directly, either through discord pm or patreon messages or however you like and change things up as you see fit.

But raocow, what about the situation where, say, I give my nominations and like nine months later I actually win but none of the games I nominated I care about anymore and I didn't think to tell you about this ahead of time oh no!! That's fine, you would still get a week to contact me after being called up. Like that week of delay between 'things get picked' and 'things get finalised' still remain. If you get in touch with me and change all three games, that's fine, I have no problems with that. But the onus will be on *you* to get in touch with *me*, and not the other way around as it has been.

so tl;dr, basically, is same as it's been going, but you give your submissions as you opt-in. these submissions can be changed at anytime, even after you get picked as a royal, but you have to get in touch with me instead of the other way around. also, the royal list will reset and require re-opting in once a year.

is this clear? do people foresee any problems? the votes and chaos wheel and all that would still be happening. This would also eliminate the court system but honestly I don't mind that, I don't like that it was pitting different people's choices directly it turns out.