What should we do?

Dekoa · Mar 9, 2007, 09:58 AM

Well in response to Chaotic leaving and a few good ideas coming to surface, I have decided to make an indefinite poll, however I hope many people vote very soon.

Which of the following should we do?

Create a losers poll and whoever lost put in Chaotics place
Use Zergrinches Idea but have some time alotted for Writing between Moth and SS?
Use Zergrinches Idea but have Moth and SS write in the second round and have
Use Zergrinches Idea coupled with my own Recent idea to have a 1 vs 1 finals match

Well?

Alice · Mar 9, 2007, 10:05 AM

I voted for "loser's poll" not because it was my idea, but because some very deserving people didn't get in to the next round due to being paired with other great writers. Two people in particular come to mind, who, if they had been paired up differently, would have definitely gone ahead to the next round.

orion_mk3 · Mar 9, 2007, 11:00 AM

A loser's bracket seems the most fair way to do things. It could be launched along with some Round 2 pairings so there wouldn't be a time issue, or we could simply put two Round 1 stories against each other in the bracket.

starslight · Mar 9, 2007, 11:00 AM

As a definite loser-to-be, I voted loser's poll because I blew it on my first try and would love another chance.
If I may borrow from Servilonus:

So I'm selfish. So what?

Alice · 05:50 PM

How long is this poll going to run? And Dekoa, when you say loser's "bracket," surely you don't mean that the "losers" (I hate that term) would all write stories again, right? Hopefully there would just be a simple poll where you'd ask which one of the losers do we want to vote back into the competition.

Dekoa · Mar 9, 2007, 06:46 PM

Oh yeah
I meant Loser's Poll
sorry.

Zergrinch · Local time: Mar 10, 2007, 07:48 AM

Obviously voting for my own idea

(Why do you misspell my name so, Dekoa

)

If you want to be fair about it though, a loser's bracket means a head-to-head battle again, Alice. It's hardly fair to pit different prompts against each other, or to arbitrarily vote one non-advancer over another, based on performance in their prompt.

Alice · Mar 10, 2007, 08:24 AM

No, what I'm saying is that I DON'T want a loser's bracket. I just meant that my initial idea was to list everyone who didn't advance this round in a poll, and anyone who wants can vote for whoever they think should have advanced but didn't. It wouldn't be a "which story was better" vote. It would be a "which writer should have advanced but didn't" vote, if that makes any sense.

View Poll Results: What should we do?
Loser's Bracket	7	87.50%
Zergrinches Idea: Extended Round 1	1	12.50%
Zergrinches Idea: Assimilated into Round 2	0	0%
Zergrinches and My Idea: Extra bracket	0	0%
Voters: 8. You may not vote on this poll