LIVE!

[malignstar]

Who: Sunshine and people who poll
Where: Lobby
When: Day 52, evening

[ When the live goes off, it's in the lobby and seems to be zoomed in on a whole table of cupcakes with what appear to be cute stick figures drawn on fondant atop their fluffy chocolate surfaces. (Note, it's hard to tell just what exactly what the stick figures are unless you're actually holding one.) The phone pans away from the cupcakes for a second to Sunshine's beaming face as he waves at the camera and hops onto the table to hold up a cupcake, as if pondering its deep mysteries. ]

Good evening~, my fellow idols. Going to shake things up a bit today. Due to recent critical feedback on the polling practices of yours truly (I take feedback very seriously of course) and our craaaaazy week, I've decided to initiate a new system of poll submissions. That's right, you get to tell me what you think would make an awesome poll and if I like, I'll run with it. I'll still do my own from time to time. Gotta keep you guys on your toes!

[ Here, he jabs the cupcake in the direction of the camera ]

But this way, you, yes YOU get to be part of the creative process. So no more complaints! By the way, this offer is also open to members of our lovely~ audience. I want to hear your ideas too, babes.

[ He starts to toss the cupcake lightly in his hand. ]

And to commemorate this momentous format shift or maybe just because I think chocolate is the cure to all life's problems (that and alcohol), everyone who votes gets a freeeeee cupcake!

[ Sweeps an arm across the goodies crowding the table ]

Yaaay, right? Anyway~...

[ He switches his voice to sound overly dramatic, as he gestures toward the sky.]

Our inaugural submission comes from the ever altruistic Phoenix.

[ Back to normal tone: ]

Oooh, this one sounds pretty useful. Phoenix wants to know what time do you guys prefer lives be held for maximum participation potential. Vote now! And as always, let me know the reason for your choice. This is a critical component of the answer evaluation process.

Have fun! And if you have a poll submission, feel free to hit me up anytime. I might even do a brand new poll entirely about submissions. We'll see~.

Poll #20631

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21

View Respondents

What is the ideal time to run lives so everyone who wants to can participate?

View Answers

Early Morning
4 (19.0%)

Morning in general
9 (42.9%)

Afternoon
14 (66.7%)

Evening
16 (76.2%)

Night
7 (33.3%)

Mysterious~ write-in option
6 (28.6%)

Comments

[stakesthesame]

[ pollin', sure.

also perusing those cupcakes with a slight frown ]

I'm kinda nocturnal, so.

[malignstar]

[ Still tossing his cupcake from earlier ]

Night owl, huh?

Not a fan of sweets?

[worldlyafflictions]

This is almost dry after your previous ones. Not a complaint--technically.

[malignstar]

That's totally a complaint! And like I said, it's a request.

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Phoenix put you up to this?

[malignstar]

There you are! And yeah, Phoenix asked if I could run a poll for him.

[motorcycle_noises]

Probably aren't gonna get a lot of takers for early morning.

[malignstar]

Why that one?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Providing points and food? Pep!pep! really is trying to give AlcheME! a run for it's money.

[malignstar]

Friendly competition is always good for the market.

[justfuckingtryit]

Not early.

[malignstar]

Not a morning person, Thorn~?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Pretty much whenever's good.

[malignstar]

Going for the flexible approach, huh?

[mywife]

[writes in: When I want to speak.]

[malignstar]

[ Laughs ]

Can't argue with that. But that's just when you hold your own lives. What about a good time for others to hold lives so you can participate?

[avestan]

[writes in: whenever pharaoh wants to speak]

[malignstar]

You guys! Still only focusing on your lives though. You get points from other people too.

[we_meet_again]

Hmm... early morning is when I go jogging, so I'm usually not around. Night is okay as long as I can participate from inside the hotel.

Anything in the middle works great for me, though!

[malignstar]

It looks like evening and afternoon are holding strong so far.

I didn't know you like working out.

[ He's usually doing his roof jumping. Like a champ. ]

[floriographys]

I think it's a little rough to gauge, honestly. I mean, sure, most people are probably up and about in the evening, but lives are all so different... Some of them are probably better at different times, right?

Like if we were going to do a medical live, I think it might work better a bit earlier? Or... maybe not. I don't know.

[malignstar]

Oh, good point about different lives working better for different times. Any suggestions on which kind of live works with each time period?

[rollplayinghouse]

I've got other things to do at night.

At least this sort of thing is easy points.

[Incidentally, she is in a Bad End outfit today.]

[malignstar]

Are you going to hit me if I say you look really hot right now?

[columbidaring]

Every! Thirty! Seconds!

[malignstar]

Thirty seconds is literally impossible since that's not enough time to warrant full participation for one live. You have to limit it to at least every hour.

[asonoficeandfire]

Hmm... that's a good idea.

[malignstar]

Which part? There's loads of ideas here.

[unbr8kable]

By definition, can't anyone "who wants to" participate at any time? 'S not like anybody here's got a job.

[malignstar]

Technically. But it's obvious some people have their preferences. You don't?

[dragonheartedgirl]

The morning is all right, so long as it's not too early.

[ in addition to writing that in, she's also checking off afternoon and evening. ]

[malignstar]

So many late risers.

[mapsio]

I feel like mid-morning or early afternoon works best. Most people would be awake by then right?

[malignstar]

Unless they're really, really lazy. Or can't deal with the sun.

[puzzlekeeper]

[ He'll form an opinion in a second, but first - ]

... Did you make all these?

[malignstar]

Sure did. Store-bought cupcakes just aren't the same.

[awakenerd]

Thanks Sunshine.

[malignstar]

I told you I got you.

[bluerosestyle]

[how can you all eat so soon

anyway, he's voting]

It hasn't made a difference to me until now, but I'm more likely to be away from the hotel during the day.

[malignstar]

[ It should be noted that he hasn't actually eaten his cupcake and is just playing catch with it ]

Oh, why's that?

[sleeplessknight]

Hmmm... any time's fine so long as it isn't right in the middle of the night or too early in the morning. For me, at least.

[malignstar]

What counts as too early?

[neigh_sayer]

[hits the write in]

All the time! Chop chop, you should be entertaining me 24/7!

[malignstar]

Goes both ways, you know.