It’s been determined that we won’t change the hall names or rearrange their order for any reason because:

Sponsored Halls Setup:

Name Channel Categories for Sponsors? (no)

See above.

Name "Create New Table" Channel Statuses for Sponsors? (no)

Voice Channel Status appears to only be editable by someone who is actively using the channel. Since the Create New Table voice channels immediately disconnect the person who clicks them and put them in a new voice channel, the Create New Table channels can't have a status applied.

Name "Create New Table" Channels for Sponsors? (no)

Having a consistent name that describes what these voice channels do makes the table creation instructions easier to explain and follow. We don't want to mess with that flow.

Add a New Channel to Each Hall and Name it for Sponsors (yes)

Because the #current-table-chat channels we used for the fist several sessions of PO were showing up in inconsistent locations for attendees, we’ve turned off the auto-creation of these channels. The chat in the table voice channels will now be the only place to share game join links.

With #current-table-chat gone, a new sponsored forum channel added to each Hall would be the only non-voice channel in each Hall. Non-voice channels automatically show above voice channels, which works well for visibility.

Adding these channels as empty places with no useful purpose feels like it would take up space without providing value, which wouldn't show the sponsors in a good light. To address that, we’ve assigned an activity to each of these channels. We may adjust the lineup of activities over time, but we’ve identified functional bots or come up with a very simple directive for the following set of activities we’ll launch with: