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Hi everyone,

I’d like to propose an idea to improve the management of national teams in our game: introducing snap elections for the national team coach.

Sometimes, the coach becomes inactive during their term, which negatively affects the entire nation’s community. The national team loses opportunities to perform well, and the users from that nation lose their sense of engagement.

To prevent this, I suggest we introduce a system where snap elections can be called in the middle of the season under specific circumstances, such as:
• The coach has been inactive for a certain period (e.g., 7-14 days).
• A majority of users from that nation vote to initiate the snap election.

This feature would ensure that active and engaged coaches are leading the national team, which would ultimately benefit both the team’s performance and the community’s involvement.

What do you all think?

That already exists in a similar way. If the popularity of the National Coach drops below 25% and at least 10% of the national managers voted, the NT will be lead by the manager who ended on second place over the last elections.
If there is none, BBs will search for a former NT Coach.

All of that looks good on paper, but in reality it’s complicated, it would be much easier to elect a new coach

All of that looks good on paper, but in reality it’s complicated, it would be much easier to elect a new coach

Yes and no. It definitely works. I ran in an election telling everyone NOT to vote for me, that I really wanted to be a backup if something went amiss. I ended up being in third place. Then the first guy screwed up, got voted out of office. Then the second guy screwed up, got voted out of office. And I ended up being in charge. So I can tell you from experience that it's possible. But yes, you need an active community. And it doesn't work in micro-nations.

What I don't like about the current system is that since it's initiated by a GM/ EGM/ BB, there aren't any stats for the 1.5 seasons I've been managing the national team. I'd have more wins, but also more losses, so I guess it's all right.

Your suggestion might make things easier. The only thing I worry about a snap election: if it's during the season, it's even less likely that people vote because it's not the "normal time". And then someone might have an advantage with a couple of supporters to win the election. On the other hand: he'd need to be an active manager and that's what your aiming at. So I guess that wouldn't be too much of an issue ...