diff --git a/prepare_dev_environment.sh b/prepare_dev_environment.sh
index da76ef61..68bf663b 100755
--- a/prepare_dev_environment.sh
+++ b/prepare_dev_environment.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #We're not auto-detecting DB updates because if we do any schema changes in production, we'll have to remove them from patch-schema.sql when we download the updated archive, months later
 #FILENAME=`curl --silent https://ifarchive.org/if-archive/info/ifdb/ | grep --only-matching "ifdb-archive-\d*.zip" | tail -1`
-FILENAME=ifdb-archive-20240901.zip
+FILENAME=ifdb-archive-20241201.zip
 if [ ! -f sql/$FILENAME ]; then
     curl -o sql/$FILENAME https://ifarchive.org/if-archive/info/ifdb/$FILENAME
 fi
diff --git a/sql/create-db.sql b/sql/create-db.sql
index 6ba6f353..ef4e5e75 100644
--- a/sql/create-db.sql
+++ b/sql/create-db.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ifdb CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_german2_ci;
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ifdb CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS ifdb;
 USE ifdb;
 
diff --git a/sql/incoming-schema-changes.sql b/sql/incoming-schema-changes.sql
index a14be3c8..aaaa18ed 100644
--- a/sql/incoming-schema-changes.sql
+++ b/sql/incoming-schema-changes.sql
@@ -2,225 +2,3 @@ USE ifdb;
 
 -- use this script for pending changes to the production DB schema
 
-
-CREATE TABLE `blockedtagsynonyms` (
-    `blockedtagsynonymid` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-    `blockedtag` varchar(255) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
-    `preferredtag` varchar(255) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
-    PRIMARY KEY (`blockedtagsynonymid`),
-    UNIQUE KEY `blockedtag` (`blockedtag`)
-) ENGINE = MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET = latin1 COLLATE = latin1_german2_ci;
-
-insert into blockedtagsynonyms (blockedtag, preferredtag)
-values ('sci-fi', 'science fiction');
-
-
-ALTER TABLE `stylesheets` ADD COLUMN `dark` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
-
-update stylesheets set contents = '@import url("/ifdb.css");', dark = 1, modified = now() where stylesheetid = 5;
-
-ALTER DATABASE `ifdb` CHARACTER SET = utf8mb4 COLLATE = utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `audit` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `blockedtagsynonyms` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `compdivs` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `competitions` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `compgames` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `compprofilelinks` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `comps_history` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `crossrecs` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `downloadhelp` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `extreviews` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `filetypes` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `formatprivs` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `gamefwds` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `gamelinks` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `gameprofilelinks` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `gameRatingsSandbox0_mv` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `games_history` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `games` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `gametags` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `gamexrefs` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `gamexreftypes` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `ifids` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `iso639` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `iso639x` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `logins` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `mirrors` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `news` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `nonces` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `operatingsystems` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `osprivs` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `osversions` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `persistentsessions` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `playedgames` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `pollcomments` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `polls` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `pollvotes` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `privileges` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `reclistitems` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `reclists` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `reviewflags` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `reviews` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `reviewtags` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `reviewvotes` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `sitenews` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `specialreviewers` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `stylepics` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `stylesheets` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `tagstats` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `ucomments` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `unwishlists` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `userfilters` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `users` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `userScores_mv` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-ALTER TABLE `wishlists` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-
-
---
--- Table structure for table `playertimes`
---
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `playertimes`;
-CREATE TABLE playertimes (
-  id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,
-  gameid VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
-  userid VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
-  time_in_minutes INT(5) unsigned not null,
-  time_note VARCHAR(150),
-  createdate DATETIME DEFAULT now(),
-  PRIMARY KEY (id),
-  UNIQUE KEY `game_user` (`gameid`, `userid`)
-);
-
--- Sample time values for The Tempest (by Grigg)
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes)
-values ('59g5czw7izz7aoip', 'kaw2cas7dyiq2tmg', 63);
-
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes, time_note)
-values ('59g5czw7izz7aoip', '0000000000000000', 128, 'Used a few hints');
-
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes)
-values ('59g5czw7izz7aoip', '0000000000000001', 55);
-
-
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes)
-values ('59g5czw7izz7aoip', 'pwamtkqtbeyc8eyn', 37);
-
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes)
-values ('59g5czw7izz7aoip', '6cfekbbjqeduww77', 76);
-
--- Sample time values for Ninja (by Panks)
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes)
-values ('n93jonigjmva9e3g', 'kaw2cas7dyiq2tmg', 139);
-
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes)
-values ('n93jonigjmva9e3g', '0000000000000001', 134);
-
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes)
-values ('n93jonigjmva9e3g', '0000000000000000', 204);
-
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes, time_note)
-values ('n93jonigjmva9e3g', 'pwamtkqtbeyc8eyn', 116, 'Solved in story mode.');
-
--- Sample time values for Four Seconds (by Reigstad)
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes)
-values ('bu6mmul5vxci5vqc', 'kaw2cas7dyiq2tmg', 1);
-
-insert into playertimes (gameid, userid, time_in_minutes, time_note)
-values ('bu6mmul5vxci5vqc', 'pwamtkqtbeyc8eyn', 6, 'without hints');
-
-
-
--- The roundMedianTime function takes the exact median time in minutes
--- and rounds it. If the time is over an hour, round to the nearest 5 minutes.
--- Otherwise, round to the nearest minute.
-
-DELIMITER $$
-
-CREATE FUNCTION roundMedianTime(
-    exact_median_in_minutes DECIMAL(6, 1)
-)
-RETURNS INT(5)
-DETERMINISTIC
-BEGIN
-    DECLARE rounded_median_in_minutes INT(5);
-    IF exact_median_in_minutes > 60 THEN
-        SET rounded_median_in_minutes = (round(exact_median_in_minutes/5))*5;
-    ELSE
-        SET rounded_median_in_minutes = round(exact_median_in_minutes);
-    END IF;
-    RETURN (rounded_median_in_minutes);
-END $$
-
-DELIMITER ;
-
-
--- View to calculate the estimated play time (the rounded median time) of each game
-CREATE VIEW `gametimes` AS 
-    SELECT 
-        DISTINCT gameid, 
-        roundMedianTime( median(time_in_minutes) OVER (PARTITION BY gameid) )  as `rounded_median_time_in_minutes`
-    FROM playertimes;
-
-
--- Create a materialized view to store the data from the gametimes view
-CREATE TABLE gametimes_mv (
-  gameid VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
-  rounded_median_time_in_minutes INT(5) unsigned not null,
-  PRIMARY KEY (gameid),
-  KEY (rounded_median_time_in_minutes)
-);
-
-
-
--- Populate the gametimes_mv materialized view from the gametimes view
-lock tables gametimes_mv write, gametimes read;
-truncate table gametimes_mv;
-insert into gametimes_mv select * from gametimes;
-unlock tables;
-
-
--- Procedure to update one row of the gametimes_mv materialized view
-DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS refresh_gametimes_mv;
-DELIMITER $$
-
-CREATE PROCEDURE refresh_gametimes_mv (
-    IN new_gameid varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci
-)
-BEGIN
-select *
-from gametimes
-where gameid = new_gameid
-into @gameid,
-    @rounded_median_time_in_minutes;
-if @gameid is null then
-    delete from gametimes_mv where gameid = new_gameid;
-else
-insert into gametimes_mv
-values (
-        @gameid,
-        @rounded_median_time_in_minutes
-    ) on duplicate key
-update gameid = @gameid,
-    rounded_median_time_in_minutes = @rounded_median_time_in_minutes;
-END IF;
-END;
-$$
-
-DELIMITER ;
-
-
--- Create triggers so that when an individual player time in the playertimes table is
--- updated, the rounded median time for that game (in the gametimes_mv materialized view)
--- will also be updated.
-CREATE TRIGGER playertime_insert
-AFTER INSERT ON playertimes FOR EACH ROW
-call refresh_gametimes_mv(NEW.gameid);
-
-CREATE TRIGGER playertime_update
-AFTER UPDATE ON playertimes FOR EACH ROW
-call refresh_gametimes_mv(NEW.gameid);
-
-CREATE TRIGGER playertime_delete
-AFTER DELETE ON playertimes FOR EACH ROW
-call refresh_gametimes_mv(OLD.gameid);
diff --git a/sql/unscrub-ifarchive.sql b/sql/unscrub-ifarchive.sql
index 3b5df18f..2ec69a89 100644
--- a/sql/unscrub-ifarchive.sql
+++ b/sql/unscrub-ifarchive.sql
@@ -4,44 +4,44 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `audit`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `audit` (
-  `userid` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `userid` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `ts` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-  `action` mediumtext COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+  `action` mediumtext NOT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `userfilters`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `userfilters` (
-  `userid` char(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
-  `targetuserid` char(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
-  `filtertype` char(1) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
+  `userid` char(32) NOT NULL,
+  `targetuserid` char(32) NOT NULL,
+  `filtertype` char(1) NOT NULL,
   KEY `userid` (`userid`),
   KEY `targetuserid` (`targetuserid`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 ALTER TABLE `users`
-    ADD COLUMN `email` varchar(255) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    ADD COLUMN `email` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
     ADD COLUMN `emailflags` tinyint(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '3',
-    ADD COLUMN `profilestatus` varchar(1) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci DEFAULT NULL,
+    ADD COLUMN `profilestatus` varchar(1) DEFAULT NULL,
     ADD COLUMN `password` varchar(40) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-    ADD COLUMN `pswsalt` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-    ADD COLUMN `activationcode` varchar(40) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci DEFAULT NULL,
-    ADD COLUMN `acctstatus` char(1) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT 'A',
+    ADD COLUMN `pswsalt` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    ADD COLUMN `activationcode` varchar(40) DEFAULT NULL,
+    ADD COLUMN `acctstatus` char(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'A',
     ADD COLUMN `lastlogin` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
-    ADD COLUMN `privileges` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '''''',
+    ADD COLUMN `privileges` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '''''',
     ADD COLUMN `defaultos` int(11) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
     ADD COLUMN `defaultosvsn` int(11) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
     ADD COLUMN `noexedownloads` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
-    ADD COLUMN `publiclists` varchar(10) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci DEFAULT NULL,
+    ADD COLUMN `publiclists` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL,
     ADD COLUMN `mirrorid` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '100',
     ADD COLUMN `stylesheetid` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL,
-    ADD COLUMN `offsite_display` char(1) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT 'A',
+    ADD COLUMN `offsite_display` char(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'A',
     ADD COLUMN `accessibility` tinyint(1) DEFAULT NULL,
     ADD COLUMN `caughtupdate` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
-    ADD COLUMN `remarks` mediumtext COLLATE latin1_german2_ci,
+    ADD COLUMN `remarks` mediumtext,
     ADD COLUMN `tosversion` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
     ADD COLUMN `Sandbox` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
     ADD KEY `email` (`email`)
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `formatprivs`;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `formatprivs` (
   `fmtid` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
-  `userid` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+  `userid` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `logins`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `logins` (
-  `uid` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-  `ip` varchar(16) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `uid` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `ip` varchar(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `when` datetime NOT NULL,
   KEY `uid` (`uid`),
   KEY `ip` (`ip`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `nonces`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `nonces` (
-  `nonceid` varchar(256) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
-  `hash` varchar(40) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
+  `nonceid` varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+  `hash` varchar(40) NOT NULL,
   `created` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
   KEY `nonceid` (`nonceid`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `osprivs`;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `osprivs` (
   `osid` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
-  `userid` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+  `userid` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `persistentsessions`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `persistentsessions` (
-  `id` varchar(64) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-  `userid` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `id` varchar(64) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `userid` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `lastlogin` datetime NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   KEY `userid` (`userid`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `privileges`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `privileges` (
-  `code` char(1) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-  `name` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+  `code` char(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `name` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --
@@ -142,17 +142,17 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `reviewflags`;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `reviewflags` (
   `reviewid` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
-  `flagger` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
-  `flagtype` char(1) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
-  `notes` mediumtext COLLATE latin1_german2_ci,
+  `flagger` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
+  `flagtype` char(1) NOT NULL,
+  `notes` mediumtext,
   `created` datetime NOT NULL,
   KEY `reviewid` (`reviewid`),
   KEY `flagger` (`flagger`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 ALTER TABLE `reviewvotes`
-  ADD COLUMN `userid` char(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  ADD COLUMN `userid` char(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   ADD KEY `userid` (`userid`)
 ;
 
@@ -164,17 +164,17 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `stylepics`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `stylepics` (
-  `userid` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-  `name` varchar(128) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-  `picture` varchar(64) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-  `desc` mediumtext COLLATE latin1_german2_ci,
+  `userid` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `name` varchar(128) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `picture` varchar(64) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `desc` mediumtext,
   `picturebytes` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`userid`,`name`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 ALTER TABLE `ucomments`
-  ADD COLUMN `private` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci DEFAULT NULL
+  ADD COLUMN `private` varchar(32) DEFAULT NULL
 ;
 
 --
@@ -201,12 +201,12 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `userfilters`;
 /*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `userfilters` (
-  `userid` char(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
-  `targetuserid` char(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
-  `filtertype` char(1) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL,
+  `userid` char(32) NOT NULL,
+  `targetuserid` char(32) NOT NULL,
+  `filtertype` char(1) NOT NULL,
   KEY `userid` (`userid`),
   KEY `targetuserid` (`targetuserid`)
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german2_ci;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
 
 --
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ where ifnull((now() > `reviews`.`embargodate`), 1)
 
 drop table if exists userScores_mv;
 create table userScores_mv (
-    `userid` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    `userid` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
     `score` int unsigned,
     `rankingScore` int unsigned,
     `reviewCount` int unsigned,
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ unlock tables;
 
 drop table if exists gameRatingsSandbox0_mv;
 create table gameRatingsSandbox0_mv (
-  `gameid` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `gameid` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `rated1` int unsigned,
   `rated2` int unsigned,
   `rated3` int unsigned,
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS refresh_gameRatingsSandbox0_mv;
 DELIMITER $$
 
 CREATE PROCEDURE refresh_gameRatingsSandbox0_mv (
-    IN new_gameid varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_german2_ci
+    IN new_gameid varchar(32)
 )
 BEGIN
 select *
@@ -961,3 +961,97 @@ call refresh_gameRatingsSandbox0_mv(NEW.gameid);
 CREATE TRIGGER reviews_delete
 AFTER DELETE ON reviews FOR EACH ROW
 call refresh_gameRatingsSandbox0_mv(OLD.gameid);
+
+-- The roundMedianTime function takes the exact median time in minutes
+-- and rounds it. If the time is over an hour, round to the nearest 5 minutes.
+-- Otherwise, round to the nearest minute.
+
+DELIMITER $$
+
+CREATE FUNCTION roundMedianTime(
+    exact_median_in_minutes DECIMAL(5)
+)
+RETURNS INT(5)
+DETERMINISTIC
+BEGIN
+    DECLARE rounded_median_in_minutes INT(5);
+    IF exact_median_in_minutes > 60 THEN
+        SET rounded_median_in_minutes = (round(exact_median_in_minutes/5))*5;
+    ELSE
+        SET rounded_median_in_minutes = round(exact_median_in_minutes);
+    END IF;
+    RETURN (rounded_median_in_minutes);
+END $$
+
+DELIMITER ;
+
+
+-- View to calculate the estimated play time (the rounded median time) of each game
+CREATE VIEW `gametimes` AS 
+    SELECT 
+        DISTINCT gameid, 
+        roundMedianTime( median(time_in_minutes) OVER (PARTITION BY gameid) )  as `rounded_median_time_in_minutes`
+    FROM playertimes;
+
+
+-- Create a materialized view to store the data from the gametimes view
+CREATE TABLE gametimes_mv (
+  gameid VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
+  rounded_median_time_in_minutes INT(5) unsigned not null,
+  PRIMARY KEY (gameid),
+  KEY (rounded_median_time_in_minutes)
+);
+
+
+
+-- Populate the gametimes_mv materialized view from the gametimes view
+lock tables gametimes_mv write, gametimes read;
+truncate table gametimes_mv;
+insert into gametimes_mv select * from gametimes;
+unlock tables;
+
+
+-- Procedure to update one row of the gametimes_mv materialized view
+DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS refresh_gametimes_mv;
+DELIMITER $$
+
+CREATE PROCEDURE refresh_gametimes_mv (
+    IN new_gameid varchar(32)
+)
+BEGIN
+select *
+from gametimes
+where gameid = new_gameid
+into @gameid,
+    @rounded_median_time_in_minutes;
+if @gameid is null then
+    delete from gametimes_mv where gameid = new_gameid;
+else
+insert into gametimes_mv
+values (
+        @gameid,
+        @rounded_median_time_in_minutes
+    ) on duplicate key
+update gameid = @gameid,
+    rounded_median_time_in_minutes = @rounded_median_time_in_minutes;
+END IF;
+END;
+$$
+
+DELIMITER ;
+
+
+-- Create triggers so that when an individual player time in the playertimes table is
+-- updated, the rounded median time for that game (in the gametimes_mv materialized view)
+-- will also be updated.
+CREATE TRIGGER playertime_insert
+AFTER INSERT ON playertimes FOR EACH ROW
+call refresh_gametimes_mv(NEW.gameid);
+
+CREATE TRIGGER playertime_update
+AFTER UPDATE ON playertimes FOR EACH ROW
+call refresh_gametimes_mv(NEW.gameid);
+
+CREATE TRIGGER playertime_delete
+AFTER DELETE ON playertimes FOR EACH ROW
+call refresh_gametimes_mv(OLD.gameid);