yes yes yes

It's a good way to gauge interest which will affect how changes are prioritized.

I can only do so much work at one time.  If enough people express interest in a given feature request, it will move up in the priority list.

There's also the fact that some people actually do not want it, as is apparent by the current "no" votes.

Polls are a form of feedback, and feedback always make sense.

That's the problem: there isn't just one "no brainer".  It's a huge list.

Which "most important" no brainer is the actual most important?  Polls like this help me figure that out.

The "nos" absolutely count.  Consider if somebody voted no because they'd rather this feature not dig into my time, that's a legitimate vote against putting time into on this.

I voted yes but there are plenty of reasons that people would have to not want this option for next round.  I would expect that the top fams will have almost all of their players return while the bottom fams will likely not have many opt to stay in fam. Since there are only 8 families (I'm assuming it will stay the same for next round) that means that the players who are trying to random in with new people will probably end up with a few of the players in their old fam they were trying to get away from. If some of the better players from bottom fams this round happen to random in with a top fam where only veterans stayed then that makes super fams that have massive advantages in terms of player lineups over the middle and bottom fams for next round. I'm all for letting people play with whomever they want to play with (more drafts can do this too...) but it could be restrictive for some people.

Personally myself I wouldn't stay I enjoy to random around, hence the name but I believe it should return

~ Cloud

Increasing map size, stay in family, and morale change should be the main focus of ic

~ Cloud

I voted yes but the poll count didn't change?

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I voted yes, but I feel that scope of the poll is too narrow. The poll asks only 'stay in option this round'.

I am of the opinion that there should be a stay in family option EVERY round, up to a max of say 3 rounds. I believe this is roughly how it used to be back in the day.

Giving a family 2 or 3 rounds together allows enough time to build relationships, refine strategy, coach anyone who randoms in to the family etc. It gives people time to become properly invested and attached to the game.

After the third round, people should be forced to random, which mixes the families up and starts the 3 round process over again, building relationships with different players etc etc.

i say wait one round.. give everyone fair warning

What Hathir said... I've not been playing actively for about 8 years but I've been getting to know my fam over the last few weeks and they're a good bunch of guys - I'd like the opportunity to stay with the group if it's possible.

I think this whole discussion is pretty close to the discussion to increase the number of drafts.
You just want to be able to play with some people you know and like to play with.

However, you must also mix up the rather limited group of people in this game now every once in a while to avoid the same fams of winning over and over again. If all 8 players in a fam click stay in fam, what then?

So we should limit the number of people that can stay? or make stay in fam lose you a draft spot? This is absolutely not a no-brainer.

And let's not go all agressive on Pie now, he has a huge list of improvement suggestions and things to work on already, and honestly, I think the work he has done so far on IC is pretty amazing. For sure it's more that has been done in all the years before