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Badger
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« on: October 14, 2009, 08:00:06 PM »

I have a certain soft spot for the 'free move.' It allows people who are new to the game to get more used to it and move to a region they more appreciate. We should still retain some newbie-friendliness.

Unfortunately it also has the potential for great abuse, which is why I'm conflicted. However, if people are going to vote stack, I'd imagine they'd do it in the initial registration, and not necessarily in the free move.
I agree with Blue. The problem isn't so much with newbies figuring out the system, but with old hands cynically engaging in region hopping depending on the next hotly contested race. Give newbies a chance to get their feet wet and switch once within 30 days of first registration. After that it's 6 months.

Again, newbies aren't the problem.
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« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2009, 06:28:47 PM »

If the 180 day calculation vs. 6 months is used I guarantee you there will be voters who get screwed because they miscalculated by one day, and godawful time consuming debates calculating over individual voters. 6 months is VASTLY easier to compute, and the marginal differences in actual time of a day or two between 6 month periods having months with slightly varied month lengths is a nominal inconsequential price to pay for accuracy and ready brightline understandable deadlines.
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