So, for the subsequent days, along with numbering the clues, we've decided to implement
a half hour delay between subsequent each clue going live.
The time remaining until the next clue is indicated on the banner with a timer designed by our very own
@CmptrWz in an ingenious bit of coding. There will never be a circumstance where you're unsure if the next clue has gone live or not, because the banner of the recentmost clue will say.
The reason for this
is not in any way because we're unhappy with how quickly you guys smashed the first set of clues. Honestly I'm thrilled there was so much enthusiasm and excitement, not to mention that your deductive powers and collective knowledge of great SV threads of the past were so impressive. It was really wonderful to check in after a train journey and see how far you'd goten!
Rather, the motivation for this comes from looking at the number of respondents to this thread and elsewhere who mentioned that they wanted to take part, but were unable to because it has finished before they'd arrived. By essentially implementing a minimum time of four and a half hours, we give users a somewhat longer window to participate; half an hour was felt to be a reasonable compromise between that, and maintaining some momentum.
This is something we'll be monitoring over the subsequent days, and we might tweak the delay up or down depending on how things go; the important thing is that everyone has fun. Anyway, thank you all for playing, and see you again in ~20 hours for 2015's 10x10!
