[taikunfoo]

Good news! We're almost done with figuring out how the pound works, however we'd like your input on adopting dogs from the pound. Each person will be able to adopt one dog once a week, however we're not sure if we should limit the number of adoption applications each person can submit each week.

We want people to be able to submit multiple applications for different dogs in case they don't win one of the more popular ones, but we also don't want to wind up in a position where people are 'winning' multiple dogs even though they can only take home one dog a week.

To get you started, some thoughts we had were:
>Limit the number of entries per week to a fixed number (for example, 3)
>Allow people one entry a week, plus another entry if someone else applies to adopt that dog
>Don't limit the number of entries but award dogs in the order of least entries to most entries, therefore removing some competition for the more popular dogs
>Don't limit the number of entries

What is your solution or your thoughts on submitting entries? Ends after about three days, winner determined at random via RNG.

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[werepickle]

Username: werepickle
Name: RhK Define All Odds 'Kestrel'
Gender: male
Thoughts on pound applications: i like the idea of limiting entries per week. Maybe could also implement that you can adopt 2 dogs per week depending on the popularity of the dogs.

[ylesia]

Username: ylesia
Name: Honey
Gender: Female
Thoughts on pound applications: This idea works only if you announce all the dogs in the pound at the same time and draw all results at the same time. Everyone who enter for more than one dog should add a priority list. For example, there are three dogs in the pound and I want to enter for #1 and #3, but I prefer #1. For dog #1 I write: entry raffle ... priority 1 (something like that), while for dog #3: entry raffle ... priority 2. If I win both raffle, then I'll be awarded dog #1, while for dog #3 you can raffle again excluding my entry (or chose the second, it depends by how you generate the random numbers). This is something similar to your third option, but in some way reversed, or based on a more personal base. I hope it's clear!
Also, this is functional if you have a limited number of dogs in the pound, let's say, 3 or 4. If you have a lot of dogs each week you would also need to keep track of all drawn numbers before posting the results, then check if someone won twice and check their preferences... and this can be complicated if there are a lot of dogs.

[kijauni]

Username: kijauni
Name: LoK Through The Looking Glass I Sour
Gender: Male
Thoughts on pound applications: I didn't know you guys have this thought in the brewing so please don't mind if I don't know all the details.
I am not in favour of making the Pound Dogs "too easy". They shouldn't be used as fodder and be something special to win while still allowing you guys to not burn out having to draw them so often.
Are you guys sure you can hold up the weekly schedule? If yes, then I'd say allow only ONE Entry per person. Thats it. You either win or lose. Dogs with single entry being rolled first, the dogs with more entrys last, guaranteeing everybody finds a new home.
Very strict, I know, but it would keep them more special if you can't just mass apply!
If you guys opt for a monthly schedule in the end, I'd allow 3 entrys per round with ylesias suggestion of adding Prioritys.
Thanks for coming up with so many, new ideas!

[taikunfoo]

Thank you so much for your insight, we really appreciated your suggestions and we're going to be incorporating a few of them!

Congratulations!

Username: ylesia
Name: Honey
Gender: Female
Thoughts on pound applications: This idea works only if you announce all the dogs in the pound at the same time and draw all results at the same time. Everyone who enter for more than one dog should add a priority list. For example, there are three dogs in the pound and I want to enter for #1 and #3, but I prefer #1. For dog #1 I write: entry raffle ... priority 1 (something like that), while for dog #3: entry raffle ... priority 2. If I win both raffle, then I'll be awarded dog #1, while for dog #3 you can raffle again excluding my entry (or chose the second, it depends by how you generate the random numbers). This is something similar to your third option, but in some way reversed, or based on a more personal base. I hope it's clear!
Also, this is functional if you have a limited number of dogs in the pound, let's say, 3 or 4. If you have a lot of dogs each week you would also need to keep track of all drawn numbers before posting the results, then check if someone won twice and check their preferences... and this can be complicated if there are a lot of dogs.

[ylesia]

Thank you!