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Contest Spectacular feedback post!
Aug. 29th, 2018 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
indigo_leagueHey there trainers!
Like with the last Contest Spectacular, we wanted to give folks a chance to provide event feedback!
Given the response to both events (including peoples' thoughts on the feedback post last time), we're planning on having the Contest being a twice-a-year occurrence similar to Fourth Wall, one in the winter and one in the summer. As we mentioned in the original announcement, voting worked a little bit differently than last time so we want to hear everyone's thoughts on what worked, what didn't, and if anything should be changed for next time!
For this Contest, we went with ranked-choice voting, where each voter could pick their top three choices in each category rather than just cast one vote. While some of the categories only had 1-2 participants this time around, the new method DID solve the problem we encountered last time with the cascading ties! Here's how it worked: in order to calculate the votes, we assigned point values to each rank (three points for a First Pick, two points for a Second Pick, and one point for a Third Pick). Then all points were tallied up and whoever got the most points (rather than the most individual votes) won the category. Like last time, those who placed in the top three overall were not eligible to win their category even if they received the most points in it.
The final spreadsheet of point values for all the contestants of this particular Contest can be viewed here for those curious!
So, was it fair? Unfair? Okay but in need of fine-tuning?
Please let us know (along with any other thoughts about the Contest) in the comments below!
Like with the last Contest Spectacular, we wanted to give folks a chance to provide event feedback!
Given the response to both events (including peoples' thoughts on the feedback post last time), we're planning on having the Contest being a twice-a-year occurrence similar to Fourth Wall, one in the winter and one in the summer. As we mentioned in the original announcement, voting worked a little bit differently than last time so we want to hear everyone's thoughts on what worked, what didn't, and if anything should be changed for next time!
For this Contest, we went with ranked-choice voting, where each voter could pick their top three choices in each category rather than just cast one vote. While some of the categories only had 1-2 participants this time around, the new method DID solve the problem we encountered last time with the cascading ties! Here's how it worked: in order to calculate the votes, we assigned point values to each rank (three points for a First Pick, two points for a Second Pick, and one point for a Third Pick). Then all points were tallied up and whoever got the most points (rather than the most individual votes) won the category. Like last time, those who placed in the top three overall were not eligible to win their category even if they received the most points in it.
The final spreadsheet of point values for all the contestants of this particular Contest can be viewed here for those curious!
So, was it fair? Unfair? Okay but in need of fine-tuning?
Please let us know (along with any other thoughts about the Contest) in the comments below!
