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Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:32 pm

Thanks guys, I knew it would be me

(by the way, I've begun listening to the submissions - I think Iìm fu**ed, all of you guys recorded some amazing stuff indeed!! Wow...)

MaxSynths · Post by **MaxSynths** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:43 pm

So what has been decided for the voting system? I'm about to listen the submissions and I would like to know... One vote? A "top ten" like in the Monthly Contest?? What?

EDIT: naaa too difficult to choose only one...

abstractcats · Post by **abstractcats** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:17 pm

MaxSynths wrote:
tattiemannie wrote:.... and your prize is a years supply of anti-wrinkle cream, and a free subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica
...I add a hot kiss to the winner!

Uhh! That's Soooo HOT!

MaxSynths · Post by **MaxSynths** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:20 pm

abstractcats wrote:
MaxSynths wrote:
tattiemannie wrote:.... and your prize is a years supply of anti-wrinkle cream, and a free subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica
...I add a hot kiss to the winner!

Uhh! That's Soooo HOT!

Not for much too long...

slugfest99 · Post by **slugfest99** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:09 pm

Ah, happy days

Bagpuss, Bagpuss,
You big furry cat puss,
Tell me a tale of the wonderful things you bring,
You fat furry thing.

And just even don't get me started on The Clangers.

And is it me or does Professor Yaffle look like Arsene Wenger?

Oliver Postgate, top childhood icon.

Anyone would think we're all middle aged in here

Keep 'em coming,
Mouxbar

tattiemannie · Post by **tattiemannie** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:46 pm

Good call re the voting MaxSynths .... we have a lot of entries, so I reckon we need to go with a system other than a single vote per person.

I'll go have a look at the previous discussion on this issue and look for a suitable method ....but I'm fairly sure that.....

.... We will find it, we will bind it
we will stick it with glue, glue, glue ...
....we will stickle it, every little bit of it,
we will fix it like new, new, new ....

MaxSynths · Post by **MaxSynths** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:50 pm

I think the monthly contest vote system is ok, easy, quick and... the only possible solution

(the only problem is we need someone which is good enough with math because in my score something was missing

)

tattiemannie · Post by **tattiemannie** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:13 pm

No probs max, I'm happy to keep count.

Anyway, to get an agreed system up and running, here's my proposal ..... open to discussion.........

*** You have a maximum 10 votes to allocate. You can split those 10 votes between 2 and 10 entries as you see fit, but no more than 5 to any track.

So if there are two stand outs, you can give them 5 each if you want. Otherwise you might want to give 5 to your fave, 3 to your second fave, and 1 each to two other tracks..... or you could go 4,3,2,1, or 5,2,1,1,1, or whatever you like!

You dont have to use the whole 10, but you have to give all your votes at the same time in one post.

I will amend the original post, keeping the totals up to date as the votes come in. ***

How does that sound?

MaxSynths · Post by **MaxSynths** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:24 pm

Yes it's another solution but from a statistical point of view I think it's a limited version of the monthly contest system

...because you are in some way limiting the choises... Let's say you have 10 favourites: you are limited to spread your "credits" in a 52111 or similar way... Maybe more "virtual credits"? Don't know

MaxSynths · Post by **MaxSynths** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:33 pm

Ehm no sorry... I think I didn't understand...

Take a look here Fred: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=264974

It seems the MC system is not a top ten... It's something like a "reverse top ten".

For example you give

1 vote to Pippo
2 votes to John
3 votes...

and so on. Then the votes are summed. So it's very similar to your suggestion, but in this way there are less chances to have more finalists (which is one of the problems here). What do you think?

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:34 pm

Why don't we use the Eurosong Contest's system? It's worked there for decades

You have the following points to assign:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12

(no 11 points, that's intentional) You have to assign all these fixed votes.
It works pretty well

. It also allows for last second twists, and unless a track really stands out, keeps things iffy to the end. Those of you who have seen the Constest know how nicely it works

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:35 pm

Ok, Max and I basically wrote the same thing at the same time

MaxSynths · Post by **MaxSynths** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:49 pm

You know this month I submitted a song to the monthly contest and I never realized the counting works like this... so I've sent a PM to thank the kind soul which gave me a 1

Anyway I think I'm not the only one which has been fooled by the "reverse top ten"... Other people said thanks for the n.1 vote

So the problem here is that must be clear for both the partecipants and those that decide to vote how things work! For example I've voted the wrong way in the MC

But I'm sure a lot of people do the same because there are no instructions about voting.

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:54 pm

That's why I think it's important to call them clearly and repeatedly "points" - that will avoid problems.

Like, "1 point goes to France, 2 points go to Italy, 3 points go to Germany, etc" - just like the Eurosong Contest

MaxSynths · Post by **MaxSynths** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:57 pm

10 points go to Italy

, that said: what is the Eurosong Contest?

One Synth Challenge 8 .... GTG Sputnik!