New suggestions on how to improve NSC have recently come up on MSN. After a numerous amount of discussions had taken place the idea of merging nations has enjoyed great popularity. Basically this drastic change would result in two nations consolidating with each other to one. (Comparable with the Doubles Spinoff) That way the number of countries would get reduced to about 30. Especially for participants who suffer from lack of time it would be a relief to have the amount of entries halved.
Here are various possibilities how the merging nations idea could be implemented:
a) Assign nations randomly with each other. (This is in my opinion an unfair idea because two nations with a completely different taste could be forced to merge with each other. Therefore it would be difficult for them to agree on an entry and on their votes.)
b) Work out statistics and merge nations that most frequently exchange points. (It's quite fair, but it would surely be difficult to work out.)
c) Let every nation find a "partner" to merge with. (That would be the fairest solution in my opinion because everyone is free to pick the nation they want to merge with. Rather inactive nations, however, could be disadvantaged as they might end up with a country they don't like.)
If you have any other ideas or if you are completely against merging nations - feel free to discuss it in this thread!
Here are various possibilities how the merging nations idea could be implemented:
a) Assign nations randomly with each other. (This is in my opinion an unfair idea because two nations with a completely different taste could be forced to merge with each other. Therefore it would be difficult for them to agree on an entry and on their votes.)
b) Work out statistics and merge nations that most frequently exchange points. (It's quite fair, but it would surely be difficult to work out.)
c) Let every nation find a "partner" to merge with. (That would be the fairest solution in my opinion because everyone is free to pick the nation they want to merge with. Rather inactive nations, however, could be disadvantaged as they might end up with a country they don't like.)
If you have any other ideas or if you are completely against merging nations - feel free to discuss it in this thread!