Hey folks,
In the last round:
- A tie ... what the heck do we do with that ...
- Monster eliminates BEAT (53% to 47%)
I've been thinking about how to do the next few rounds of voting. I'm not exactly thrilled with the dpoll voting system, so what I think I will do is request you all to register to vote, and then build some sort of system to count the votes. I know, this all sounds complicated and time consuming, but I think it is the best way to proceed.
Pictured Above: What looks to be a nice layout. Courtesy of James McKenzie at Massive Image Works.The systems I'm imagining are:
- A system where I make an e-mail account at yahoo and allow people to vote with an e-mail.
- A system where people apply for a vote, I e-mail a voting number, and then some online system accepts these votes for each competition.
- An automated system that receives vote applications and assigns unique numbers to the voters that they then can use for their vote in each battle.
Suggestions welcome, or should we stay with the who can click the most approach similar to American Idol, and why aren't I charging per vote.
PJ
6 comments:
Well, clearly you need some convoluted tie-breaking procedures for exactly this type of situation. For example:
1. In the event of a tie, the winner will be the team with the highest point differential (i.e. margin of victory) including all previous rounds.
2. If it is still tied, the winner will be the one with most points scored (votes for) including all previous rounds.
3. In the event that it is still tied, the winner will be determined by a disc flip.
And if there are any concerns about fairness of a disc flip (as in a previous post of yours), there are methods to get over this (see Jim Parinella's response to said post).
Suggestion - continue using dpoll, but only have the poll open for one day. Announce the poll in advance of the day (ie. on Tuesday announce "poll open thursday...").
As for tiebreaker - Slow White moves on... see round 1 voting.
I like the poll open for one day solution.
What about letting both logos through and having a 3 way competition?
PJ
aren't you just doing this for the sake of having something to post on your blog? i mean it's not like these teams win anything for having the coolest logo - it's just something informal to pass the time. i don't see the need for putting a lot of extra work in to something that really doesn't mean jack in the grand scheme of all things frisbee (even if your straw poll results are skewed). but seriously, another account login is definitely what the people need more of. er, not.
logo battles - sell.
To higy...point taken. Do you have any suggestions? Maybe a filmed flip? I'm leaning towards Slow White progressing based on druski's comment.
As for looking to post something on my blog, of course I am (I try to keep it within reason).
I do, however, feel that I should try to have as fair a straw poll as possible. Those of us who are interested (regardless of prizes) would like to see a fair as possible result, and it's something of Ultimate interest in the off-season for us addicts. Of course, another internet account and potential spam portal is concerning.
So, I think the suggestion for a one day announced poll is fair compromise.
PJ
What are you using Tom? Lynx? Netscape? Opera?
PJ
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