First let me say it's awesome how you ask for the opinion of the members. Once again it just shows how committed you all are to making this such a great place for gamers. I say spin the wheel again next month. Now way I would want to see that gold plated beaty scraped for a new build. Each one y'all have made is their own story.

Spin again for sure

Alright, so my personal opinion would definitely be to never pull a built computer apart, maybe I'm a wee bit biased on the topic, I would personally be sad to see a computer I built not being able to be used. Now I like the idea of roll again next month, that's definitely more practical, but my personal favourite would be creating an auction for members to use Loyalty Points as a new way for people to engage as a community. FYI: Using an open Q&A like this, where each member gets to be included in the conversation, is such a great way to handle these decision. 🙂

1. Spin again next month. 3. Auction off the computer where members will be able to bid on the computer with their loyalty points. These are my choices. I think they are both equally fair in my opinion. I think it is great you are asking the community to give feedback , rather than just trying to decide for yourselves. Keep up the great work~~~

From a stand point of feeling good about being in the club I would say to spin it again. There are 2 ways I see this working for both you as the runners and us as the members. 1) Spin again for it in 2-3 months following the miss, this way you can have a bit of safety time padding around some of the bigger/intricate builds. 2) Replace one of the mid-month console spins with the PC. This method maintains the 1 PC a month average rate and if you get to the point of high/low rollers then the second chance draw can be extended to the low rollers. From a loyalty point view, I'd say any of the methods are good. Unless a person holds a large number of loyalty points then auctioning it wouldn't matter to them. I'm not sure how the split of points looks across all accounts, so that would be some data you could consider. Doing the auction might incentivize some people to buy more points though, so there is that to look at from a business model as well.

alright ill go with spin again next month 😂

LOL Badplayer this is a serious matter xD

directly give badplayerhs (me) the first unclaimed pc, thank u

The Crimson Market is excited to introduce its new project : the Crimson Court. Big fans of TTRPGs and Wargaming, the team of the STL store has decided to add their own vision to people’s table. We partnered with a known sculptor in the industry, Dimitris Kampourides, to bring an exclusive line of sculpts to the 3D printing world. Our first model : Radoslav Krvavy, the Crimson Commander. First model of the Crimson Court, this fearsome Vampire Lord is a perfect proxy for any vampire army. With a few sets of weapons, like sword and board, dual weapons and the emblematic cavalry lance, it finds its rightful place on any table in any game. How well does it print Our STL team is committed to quality above all else, and we all know 3D printing can be a headache. This is why we did a test print and a paint test, to make sure this build is as easy as can be. Personally, I think it looks absolutely amazing. And keep in mind, I am an average painter at best.

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