I think a lot has to do with the prizes available PLUS having a third game per hour now. If the prizes are more “sought after”, you will have people playing more games. If the prizes are “eh”, you won’t find people as interested. On the other hand, certain games like Blitz have a smaller number of people who are SO good at it, they win consistently and any others don’t have a chance to win prizes at those games. I mean seriously, I could play Blitz all day but unless other players don’t show up, there’s no way I could win a top prize lol And, that’s fine. You also have people (how they do it I don’t know) playing two games at a time and therefore their chances of winning what they want increases before the third day.
My event mid-May is going to be three days. I’m HOPING that the prizes, a hunt and a costume contest will be plenty to keep people happy and wanting to play but also for the F U N of playing games. I’ll be encouraging hosts to consider bringing their own special FLAIR to their games to draw players in as well.
There are always going to be people that just want to play games for fun and others that want the prizes………. Hopefully the majority wants both!