Back to collectionPopulus Cup Turns Invites into a Contest, with Broad Discretion
Background: The studio is using community events to attract new players, and the weekend’s rain-call list has made the credibility of invite sources more salient. Today: The official team introduced the Populus Cup recruitment contest. Impact and next: The contest sets a fixed scoring time for invites and puts reports and disqualification into the rules, responding to questions about list quality.
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Background: The studio is using community events to attract new players, and the weekend’s rain-call list has made the credibility of invite sources more salient. At the start of a new week, the team wants to turn recruitment into a comparable contest while giving members a channel to address suspicious invites.
Today: The official team introduced the Populus Cup recruitment contest. Participants invite newcomers with their own links; a snapshot is taken every Monday at 8 a.m., and the top 3 receive prizes. Members can report suspicious invites. The disclaimer states plainly that the official team reserves the right to disqualify anyone, “with reason, or without reason.”
Impact and next: The contest sets a fixed scoring time for invites and puts reports and disqualification into the rules, responding to questions about list quality. How the rules are applied will still affect trust; after the first Monday snapshot, the team will need to handle disputes and show how this broad discretion works in practice.