I think it would be a great idea to include players in the selection of new themes. I have noticed myself and others have sometimes been a little disappointed with some chosen festival themes, and thus have less interest in collecting them. The selections sometimes also do not follow what players are (sometimes unanimously) listing as their favourites in the "favourite submissions" thread.

And favourite submissions = more desire to collect = more time in-game ;)


It's a tough one but maybe a fair way to do it could be something like this:

(1) Admin look through all submissions and choose their top choices (say top 5-10?)
(2) A poll is created where players vote for their favourites or even rank them all in order
(3) Admin choose the winning themes based on admin choices plus player votes or a combo


At the very least this could show if any of the (1) admin selections are unanimously liked/disliked before final selection. Of course it's all at admin discretion, but it might be nice to have a bit of player input in the selection process too?

What do y'all think? :)