Overlapping Events in Café Remix

With the shift to more frequent use of event mechanisms to bring about new Pokémon as a consequence of limiting main orders, Café Remix now has to have a variety of those event mechanisms in order to maintain interest. It also seems to have to do one more thing: overlap some of those mechanisms and have multiple events going on. The occurrence of this has prompted me to discuss how it takes place, as well as how it should take place, for the benefit of all concerned.

First of all, it helps to quantify the scale of the event mechanisms. There are major mechanisms like the "important visits" by Legendary or other Pokémon, which may use either Slow Cooking or One-Minute Cooking, as well as single-player "hospitality" events, all of which demand quite a bit of effort. Then there are minor mechanisms like team points events and the recently introduced Outdoor Tea Party, which still demand some effort but not as significantly. Further, there are supplementary mechanisms like Mission Bingo and Lucky Wheel, which are completed through results obtained in other events. It becomes obvious that the mechanisms are not all equal in significance.

The next matter then regards their actual overlap. At one time, an "important visit" had overlapped with an edition of Outdoor Tea Party, albeit the durations of each were different, but still allowing one to be a respite of the other. Presently, there is the remnant of an Outdoor Tea Party event overlapping with a short team points event (to end within a day) as well as the remnant of a Mission Bingo; once the team points event ends, it may be due to overlap with another short event of a yet-unspecified format until both the Outdoor Tea Party and Mission Bingo end. There have been other variations as well.

It may be considered that major mechanisms ought not to overlap with one another, at least not with the same times and durations, lest priority conflicts may result. Minor mechanisms, like in the above example, could overlap with one another - though again preferably at least not at the same time or even with similar durations. As for supplementary mechanisms, there could be a few of them going at the same time as major and minor mechanisms, though it is also wise to limit them to avoid overwhelming results.

As it stands, Café Remix is now majorly all about events demanding constant attention, especially considering the rewards they beget. These events too have different methods (and complexities) to their madness, and it becomes inevitable that they would have to somehow overlap to furnish their rewards, beneficial as they are and still will be. The management of these overlapping events, both by the "provider" and "enjoyer", becomes something of utmost importance, no matter how much fun to be had.

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