Retro Recruitment.....with a different ending

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

OtterXO, your comment confuses me a little: if you still have to go back to the maximum number of parties, why is this better than ranking them first?

To me, it still seems like most of the control is with the group.

AlwaysSAI, whenever you want to tell us the next part of your story, I'm so ready to read it.

To continue the hijack... . (I would love to hear more of the story too!) I think it's best to see all your options before you decide who to cut. If you're forced to rank the chapters after attending the parties, you have to cut a proscribed number of houses. The chances are pretty good that you'd cut a house who invited you back and you'd end up not attending the next day's parties at that house...even if they were someone you didn't 100% want to cut. I just think you should know where you are invited back before making any decision or be given the "decline with regret" option when cutting a house.

Edit: after reading the posts above I see the pros and cons of each system, so now I'm not so sure what I think....haha

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by OtterXO

To continue the hijack... . (I would love to hear more of the story too!) I think it's best to see all your options before you decide who to cut. If you're forced to rank the chapters after attending the parties, you have to cut a proscribed number of houses. The chances are pretty good that you'd cut a house who invited you back and you'd end up not attending the next day's parties at that house...even if they were someone you didn't 100% want to cut. I just think you should know where you are invited back before making any decision or be given the "decline with regret" option when cutting a house.

Edit: after reading the posts above I see the pros and cons of each system, so now I'm not so sure what I think....haha

Oh, Oh, I see what you were thinking. No, actually when you rank after the parties, you're are just ranking; you don't actually cut anyone. You're right that you don't get to see that all of the invited you back, but you get invited back to all that will fit in your schedule who wanted to invite you. Even if you ranked them beyond the number that you thought you could go back to, if your didn't get invited back to some of your top picks, those chapters fill in the rest.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by OtterXO

To continue the hijack... . (I would love to hear more of the story too!) I think it's best to see all your options before you decide who to cut. If you're forced to rank the chapters after attending the parties, you have to cut a proscribed number of houses. The chances are pretty good that you'd cut a house who invited you back and you'd end up not attending the next day's parties at that house...even if they were someone you didn't 100% want to cut. I just think you should know where you are invited back before making any decision or be given the "decline with regret" option when cutting a house.

Edit: after reading the posts above I see the pros and cons of each system, so now I'm not so sure what I think....haha

Yeah like Alphagamuga said, the ranking lists are only used if a PNM is invited to more chapters than there are parties for the next round. PNMs put chapters in a "drop list" but they only actually cut those chapters if they get all of their top picks for the next round.

[FSUZeta]

you know, this(rankings/guaranteed placement) would be a great thread topic on its own. it is an interesting topic.

alwaysSAI, i hope that you will post some more tonight!