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 ==== Balloting ==== ==== Balloting ====
-To ensure a high quality game and maintain a healthy work-life balance for [[Glossary#GM|GMs]], //APERIS// will accept a maximum of 27 players. In the event of oversubscription, we are using a computerised balloting system to decide who these places will be allocated to. The ballot will be done jointly with [[https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com|Contagion]] with a view to ensuring that as many people as possible get to play in at least one of the games. You will be able to state which if either game you would rather play in, whether you would be willing to play your second choice game instead, and whether you wish to play both games if there are spaces leftover. Balloting will be done in the following priority groups:+To ensure a high quality game and maintain a healthy work-life balance for [[Glossary#GM|GMs]], //APERIS// will accept a maximum of 24 players. In the event of oversubscription, we are using a computerised balloting system to decide who these places will be allocated to. The ballot will be done jointly with [[https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com|Contagion]] with a view to ensuring that as many people as possible get to play in at least one of the games. You will be able to state which if either game you would rather play in, whether you would be willing to play your second choice game instead, and whether you wish to play both games if there are spaces leftover. Balloting will be done in the following priority groups:
   - People who are running one game and wish to play the other game. //This group is skipped entirely before everyone else is given their first place, but is considered before anyone intending to play both games is given a second place. This was decided as a compromise between recognising the work done by GMs and maximising how many people can participate in Society Games.//   - People who are running one game and wish to play the other game. //This group is skipped entirely before everyone else is given their first place, but is considered before anyone intending to play both games is given a second place. This was decided as a compromise between recognising the work done by GMs and maximising how many people can participate in Society Games.//
   - Oxford University students who have never played a Society Game before.   - Oxford University students who have never played a Society Game before.
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 If, for whatever reason, you would prefer not to use this, we will also accept character submissions by email to: [[gm@aperis.oxfordrpg.com]]. If, for whatever reason, you would prefer not to use this, we will also accept character submissions by email to: [[gm@aperis.oxfordrpg.com]].
  
-The deadline for character submissions is **Thursday 17th October 23:59**.+The deadline for character submissions is **Thursday 16th October 23:59**.
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