Contest #24: Spriting Tournament

[Simoneon]

I really like that the results are hidden! I guess we can't really talk about who and why we voted for though? Nevermind, it's all good, may the best chaps win yo

[A-Man]

I don't like that the results are hidden.

Anon 1 is Mono.

[Gad]

Anon 3 is bp

Anon 2 is luti??

[Marko]

why so long for voting? it's not like votes has to be collected and counted ..

And i like hidden results. It makes your decision for whom to vote completely unbiased, rather than just bandwagoning the one with the most votes. It's all about you and your opinion, the most fair way.

@Gad, it's statistical probabiblity, i reckon that majority of members (regular members) will visit forum within 4 days depends on how busy they are, while there is no pattern when those "irregular" memebers will visit forum so likelihood of irregular member visiting forum on 5th, 6th and 7th day is equal to likelihood of irregular member visiting forum on 15th, 16th and 17th day. The point is that yes, there will be more votes if deadline is longer, but imo insignificant amount of votes. Winner was probably clear after 3rd day of voting.

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[A-Man]

So Anon 2 is Marko.

Anon 3 is most likely BP, since that creature look like the creatures in the Ramafia final, drawn by none other than BP.

[Gad]

Have in mind that some ppl visit the forum not that often, Marko. Let's give them some time, and maybe there will be some more votes.

[Silverthorn]

With the poll closing tomorrow, I'd just like to evaluate whether I should keep the hidden vote system for the next rounds. As of now, it seems slightly ambiguous:

I really like that the results are hidden!

I don't like that the results are hidden.

I personally agree with @Marko's view on that matter, just for the record:

And i like hidden results. It makes your decision for whom to vote completely unbiased, rather than just bandwagoning the one with the most votes. It's all about you and your opinion, the most fair way.

@Gad, it's statistical probabiblity, i reckon that majority of members (regular members) will visit forum within 4 days depends on how busy they are, while there is no pattern when those "irregular" memebers will visit forum so likelihood of irregular member visiting forum on 5th, 6th and 7th day is equal to likelihood of irregular member visiting forum on 15th, 16th and 17th day. The point is that yes, there will be more votes if deadline is longer, but imo insignificant amount of votes. Winner was probably clear after 3rd day of voting.

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The reason why I like to keep polls open for a week is because you can't simply argue via simple statistics when the majority of the votes will come in. You'll have to keep in mind that weekends usually entail a larger pool of potential voters.

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Simple model but probably (see what I did there? ) a bit more accurate.

[Marko]

That's true, i haven't thought of weekend thing, but i still stick to my point that majority of votes comes within first few days from regular members, everything after that has low probability happening and it's down to chance/luck,.. but hey you have data, you probably know better. actually i would be very interested to see it, i might pm you

[AmadisLFE]

I'd say keep the hidden polls, imo gives a sort of "Thrill" of not knowing who is winning.

[A-Man]

Welp =(