Why isn't there a box to set the compo length when hosting an OHB?

It could cost additional b00ns but I'd like to be able to host like, 2h compos or such. The range could be something like 1 to 8h or something, so they don't get too long..

I think daily battles or 6-12hbs would be really great. OHBs usually don't give me the time I need to make what I consider a meaningful entry, and month long majors just kind of make me lazy since there is no real sense of urgency. Some kind of middle ground would be perfect for me personally.

With OHBs I typically just end up making a 20 second sound clip that I'm not proud enough to really show to anyone or do anything with, and since it was made in a spur of the moment I never really feel like working on it again. I've been doing OHBs for years and I feel like I'm only getting worse at them as the years go by. The reason being because I care to much about the songs that I make and I try not to just poop out something that I would vote very low on if made by someone else. So I end up wasting too much time trying to make a song that I actually enjoy, and I end up with a half baked idea that I spent the last hour stressing over :((((. IMO this is fucking terrible for creativity, and is simply not enjoyable at all. This is one of the reasons why I don't really OHB much anymore.
That and godawful themes that no one wants to follow and should be optional but that's a whole other topic

this is a good idea, but i imagine it'd be preeetty costly.

3-4 hours is usually the sweet spot for my compositions these days, so I am also in favor of this :o

daily battles is a thing in most games, so why not this one?
this would be incredibly fun to have

http://i.imgur.com/Rql6Ydx.png new battle image concept

longer battle hosting will come right after item implementation

I wanna be able to pay boons to take a ride on Teh Double Headed Pony.
Problem is it just runs in circles cause its two heads can't agree on where to go.

for the time being, you can probably just futz the OHB start time a bit and announce the theme and pack in the channel first. *shrug*

I think the biggest barrier to this is probably interface/display rather than technical. Since you wouldn't want to call them an "OHB" if they are not one hour...

It would interfere with major battles. I think two hour battles would be OK. Definitely not 8. No one has to do OHBs, enter the majors. There are usually plenty of ways to enter them anyway. I think with the no late penalty OHBs you get an hour and a half. You could use that for now.

Actually, I've been thinking about this. As b00daw said you can make a longer start time like 30 minutes until a battle starts and use that to tell people the theme in the chat for all that are participating, and then if you disable late fees you could probably get something close to another half hour tops tacked onto that. So it might just be possible to have unofficial 2 hour battles even though it is under the label of one hour battle for now.

That might be something to think about. Often times I'll check BOTB only to see a theme I really would like to compose for but there's only a few minutes left on the clock so by the time I start putting down notes it's already too late. So even those who show up late can be a little more motivated to put something in if you are already used to OHB's anyway.

I think it's an okay solution for now. Not the best, but it is doable with some tweaking :).

I am also in favor of 3h/6h/12h/24h battles!
Maybe increase boon investment for each tier?

bump

I agree on longer battles, since what we always end up doing is basically disable late penalties, accept latist points, and do a 1h30 battle

I am in support of making longer battles possible. Battles longer than 1 hour would make MML-based battles, like PC-x801, much more feasible, and would give newcomers an easier time with getting to know the tools without feeling the one-hour gloominess, and it also gives more experienced people more time to finetune their track slightly while still under a bit of pressure.

I'd say hosting longer than 1 hour would have to cost something, like a certain amount of boons boons for a 2-hour battle alongside the standard 750 boon deposit that you can get back. I don't know what rate to charge per extra hour though, and how it should scale between tiers, if at all.

Humbly requesting the ability to host zero-hour compos.

*boot to the head*

In serious, 2-hours would be rad.