I was thinking this morning about the travesty that is too many Special Lionesses end up on accounts who never appear to log on after the user initially impresses the lioness. I agree that everyone should have a chance to obtain the lioness and that once you win her you can do what you wish.

But, what if a confirmation claim system was implemented? Ex: John Doe impresses the special girl. A few days later he wins the weekly lioness. But, in order to claim her he has to click a button. Maybe an in-game notification pops up saying: Congrats! You won this week's special lady! You have XX days to accept her into your pride! Click here to welcome her!

If there is no claim within a certain time frame (let's say for this example 30 days) then the lioness either gets redrawn or goes back to the bucket to be impressed again. If the user comes back to the game after the time is over and clicks on the notification, it could change to say: Sorry! Time has run out to accept this lioness! She has left in a huff to seek another pride!

That way anyone still has the exact same chance to win her, but they have to be playing the game to accept her. (Of course if the user decides after that to leave the game, there's nothing that can be done about that.)

Anyway, just a thought!

Other Suggestions/Additions:
By Talmoi: Change impress opportunity to be daily vs. weekly. The more days you impress, the higher the chances of winning.

By whales0ng: I think it would be best if the notification disappeared and so they would never know that they were originally drawn. I would be heartbroken if I left for a month and got a message that the lioness had moved on, but it would be fine if I never knew! This is what is already done if the winner has full territory.

I would be concerned about original winners harassing the next winner if they knew they had lost their chance