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Offline stefferweffer

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Sorry to be impatient, but...
« on: April 05, 2012, 11:27:04 AM »
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I was amazed that we were still in the first round of the best EC contest.  And I looked at one of them and it says it was added on 4/2 and will not close until 4/7?  Is every round of this contest going to last 5 days?

Quite frankly, if it is 5 days per round (and there appear to be 6 rounds), I don't think I can stay interested in this contest this long.  Thanks for seeing if it might be better to speed this up a little.

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Re: Sorry to be impatient, but...
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 11:31:54 AM »
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I'm in agreement with this sentiment. Taking a day off of the run time of the polls might be a good idea. 
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Re: Sorry to be impatient, but...
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 11:33:31 AM »
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It's called April Fools. March Madness took nearly all of March, why shouldn't April Fools take nearly all of April? Some number of characters to vote between, same amount of time.

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Re: Sorry to be impatient, but...
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2012, 12:28:48 PM »
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Maybe it's worth looking at this way.  Track how many votes come in on each day.  If I'm correct in my guess, I'm thinking that greater than 80% of the votes comes in the first 3 days.  Most of us who are voting are in these forums at least once every 3 days.

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Re: Sorry to be impatient, but...
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2012, 12:29:18 PM »
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I actually liked the system put in place last month, with a smaller number of people per day, and the contests didn't run as long.

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Re: Sorry to be impatient, but...
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2012, 11:08:04 AM »
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So when does round 2 start?

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Re: Sorry to be impatient, but...
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2012, 03:24:47 PM »
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I'lll address some of the logistical issues going on.

I had volunteered to lead AF and Prof A was cool with that, but unfortunately, I was never able to be granted the power to create polls (despite several PMs to Schaef), so Prof A is now back in charge of the poll creation aspect of AF. He was merely using the poll lengths I had asked him to use. Round 2 should begin the next time Prof A signs on, as I am PMing him momentarily.

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Re: Sorry to be impatient, but...
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2012, 03:29:12 PM »
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I'lll address some of the logistical issues going on.

I had volunteered to lead AF and Prof A was cool with that, but unfortunately, I was never able to be granted the power to create polls (despite several PMs to Schaef), so Prof A is now back in charge of the poll creation aspect of AF. He was merely using the poll lengths I had asked him to use. Round 2 should begin the next time Prof A signs on, as I am PMing him momentarily.
Thanks very much Alex.  That does explain a lot.

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Re: Sorry to be impatient, but...
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2012, 03:35:09 PM »
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Also, I'll announce here and in the other thread that Rehoboam wins the tie. I just took away my vote (since Bryon normally does not vote in order to break potential ties) to decide it. I won't be voting again unless there's a tie. That also means technically Ahab v Complainers was a tie, but I then voted for Ahab.

Carry on.

 


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