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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5776559" data-attributes="member: 54877">Using an 80% rule is often a good idea, but you have to be more flexible in its application than using it on a single axis--80% of the fans want X. For example, if there is a piece that fails to meet that threshold, maybe doesn't hit 50%--but it is critical for allowing people to swap some other option where there is wide-spread and divergent disagreement--then it probably has to go in.  The piece isn't something that most people want, but its the best way to give almost everyone what they want for some other piece.   Then there is scope of the question, where initially you may get something close to 50/50 diametrically opposed preferences.  Vancian magic in or out?  That's phrasing the question wrong--it is self-defeating.  For something that critical, you'd need a whole series of more detailed questions to successfully apply the 80% rule to fan input--starting with who would be ok with some Vancian magic, as long as they can ignore it, and vice versa.  Or put another way, using the 80% rule successfully means that if 80%+ are ok with something, you can probably include it more or less as is.  But if a sizable number (even around 25%), but less than 80% want something, then you'll need to follow up to determine why, and find out if there is way to reframe/partition/rework/etc. that will bring at least some of it up to higher acceptance--especially if you need this thing to make something else work.</blockquote>

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