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It seems we have a remarkably tiny turnout this month, and only one week remaining.

Therefore, I have a question!

Would you guys like me to extend the challenge? End of May? Middle of June? Or should I cancel it and restart it next month? Or even something else? Weigh in! Let me know. I'm flexible.

Okay, so as we all know, there are some DAMN HUGE video game series...es...es...out there. The Phantasy Star franchise, the .hack franchise, the Final Fantasy franchise, etcetera. It gets a little too confusing to lump these all together under one "(name) series" heading, and so after talking it out a bit with branewurms, I think we've come up with a viable idea for preventing all of this from getting lumped together.

This is where you, o faithful writers, come into the picture. I'll explain the two choices we're kicking around, and you'll vote for one or the other, to be implemented next round. Also feel free to offer suggestions if you like!

Option 1: A separate top-level comment for each game in the series. Example: one comment for Final Fantasy IV, one for Final Fantasy VII, one for Final Fantasy XIII...you get the point. Advantage: each game is kept neatly separate. Disadvantage: mess of different top-level comments for what's basically the same thing*, especially if the franchise is HUGE.

Option 2: One single top-level comment for the entire series, with subheadings (second-level comments) for each game in the series. Example: one comment titled "Phantasy Star series", and then underneath that comment, leave second-level comments naming each game - Phantasy Star IV, Phantasy Star Portable, etcetera. It's basically Option 1 with the addition of a single heading that brings the whole series together. Advantage: groups all the games in the series together, but still keeps them separate. Disadvantage: might be rather confusing, and some of us would probably forget to do it.

So, which would you guys rather have done? And if I haven't made something clear, do feel free to ask. God knows my mind isn't the sharpest tack in the box today.

(* cypher made a very good point - I phrased this rather badly. Not all games within a franchise tend to be the same, set in the same world and with the same characters and all; it was more of a blanket statement, when I know damn well that the most that games within a franchise tend to share is a similar bit of title. My sincerest apologies - I didn't mean to confuse anyone!)