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Virtually no one other than absolute newcomers use the unranked arena. Virtually no one who goes looking for battles to vote on checks the unranked arena frequently. As a result, battles sometimes sit there for months. Don't believe me? Go to the unranked arena right now and you'll see there are battles still sitting open from the beginning of March. Since, as previously mentioned, it's mostly beginners who post there, that becomes their first impression of LetsBeef, a site where you might post your first battle and have to wait a month or two to get three votes and the battle closed.

I propose we should either get rid of the unranked arena, or merge it with the ranked arena. Getting rid of it would mean all battles will be ranked. Merging it means the option for unranked would still be available, but once the battle posts, it will show up in the ranked arena alongside ranked battles rather than being in a separate arena that people hardly check.

Doing this could potentially give us a boost in both battling and voting activity (about 15%) and may also help with new member retention, since they wouldn't be discouraged by the lack of votes.

Thoughts?

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Virtually no one other than absolute newcomers use the unranked arena. Virtually no one who goes looking for battles to vote on checks the unranked arena frequently. As a result, battles sometimes sit there for months. Don't believe me? Go to the unranked arena right now and you'll see there are battles still sitting open from the beginning of March. Since, as previously mentioned, it's mostly beginners who post there, that becomes their first impression of LetsBeef, a site where you might post your first battle and have to wait a month or two to get three votes and the battle closed.

I propose we should either get rid of the unranked arena, or merge it with the ranked arena. Getting rid of it would mean all battles will be ranked. Merging it means the option for unranked would still be available, but once the battle posts, it will show up in the ranked arena alongside ranked battles rather than being in a separate arena that people hardly check.

Doing this could potentially give us a boost in both battling and voting activity (about 15%) and may also help with new member retention, since they wouldn't be discouraged by the lack of votes.

Thoughts?