Easy Episode Rating Thread: TNG S1

I don’t know about simian pecking orders, so I can't comment on any similarities.

The algorithm used here is known variously as the Schulze Method, the Beatpath method, and Cloneproof Schwarz Sequential Dropping. Beatpath and CSSD are actually two different algorithms that provably produce the same results; both are known as the Schulze Method after Marcus Schulze, whose analysis of the behavior of the methods helped to popularize them.

You can Google for the details, but I'll describe the basic idea.

Given the preferences you posted I can determine, for any given pair of episodes, whether you have expressed a preference between the two episodes and if so which. (You, for example, expressed a preference of Hide and Q over Conspiracy, but no preference between Hide and Q and Encounter at Farpoint.) Thus, for any pair of episodes, we can take a vote to see which episode is preferred by the majority of those who express a preference.

The graph above indicates that Conspiracy wins against Where No One Has Gone Before, but the vote between Conspiracy and 11001001 is a tie, as is the vote between WNOHGB and 11001001. (Note that the somewhat complex shape of this graph is a result of the small number of voters we have, which allows for a lot of ties. Ties are much less common when there is a very large number of voters, unless they’re Floridians.)

It is possible for the method I just described to produce a graph with cycles. The Schulze Method has provisions for breaking any such cycles to produce a DAG. You can Google for the details, or we can discuss them later.

 

Tried to put in order of preference...

A;
11001001
Where No One Has Gone Before
Conspiracy

B;
Skin of Evil
Coming of Age
The Arsenal of Freedom
Heart of Glory
The Big Goodbye

C;
Symbiosis
The Neutral Zone
Home Soil
The Battle
Lonely Among Us
The Naked Now
The Last Outpost
Justice

D;
Encounter at Farpoint
We'll Always Have Paris
Too Short a Season
Haven
Datalore
Hide & Q
Angel One
Code of Honor
When the Bough Breaks

I don't get all the love for Datalore

 

I looked over the Schulze method, it's very similar to what I thought but it's designed for multiple voters, so it's better at resolving cycles.

 

Updated with Mike’s votes.

 

BTW, you counted my vote by tier but it was intended to be in the order the episodes were placed.

 

You mean like this?

JirinPanthosa
1. The Arsenal of Freedom
2. 11001001
3. Heart of Glory
4. Hide and Q
5. Where No One Has Gone Before
6. Encounter at Farpoint
7. Coming of Age
8. Conspiracy
9. Home Soil
10. Datalore
11. Symbiosis
12. Skin of Evil
13. The Neutral Zone
14. We'll Always Have Paris
15. The Battle
16. Too Short a Season
17. Lonely Among Us
18. The Big Goodbye
19. When The Bough Breaks
20. The Last Outpost
21. Justice
22. Haven
23. The Naked Now
24. Angel One
25. Code of Honor
​

 

My votes

1. The Arsenal of Freedom
2. 11001001
3. Where No One Has Gone Before
4. Encounter at Farpoint
5. Coming of Age
6. Symbiosis
7. When The Bough Breaks
8. Hide and Q
9. Conspiracy
10. The Naked Now
11. Heart of Glory
12. Home Soil
13. Skin of Evil
14. We'll Always Have Paris
15. The Battle
16. The Big Goodbye
17. Justice
18. Haven
19. The Neutral Zone
20. The Last Outpost
21. Code of Honor
22. Angel One
23. Datalore
24. Lonely Among Us
25. Too Short a Season

 

In order, from best to worst...

EXCELLENT

Where No One Has Gone Before
The Big Goodbye
Encounter At Farpoint
Conspiracy
11001001
Hide And Q
Skin Of Evil
The Arsenal Of Freedom
Datalore
Symbiosis

GOOD

Code Of Honor
We'll Always Have Paris
Heart Of Glory
Lonely Among Us
The Last Outpost
Justice
The Battle
Too Short A Season

WEAK

Haven
When The Bough Breaks
Home Soil
The Naked Now
Angel One
Coming Of Age
The Neutral Zone

 

Updated:



Votes:

Captrek
1. Skin of Evil
T2┌The Arsenal of Freedom
T2└Symbiosis
T4┌Where No One Has Gone Before
T4│The Big Goodbye
T4│11001001
T4└Conspiracy
T8┌Encounter at Farpoint
T8│The Naked Now
T8│Lonely Among Us
T8│The Battle
T8│Hide and Q
T8│Haven
T8│Datalore
T8│Home Soil
T8│Coming of Age
T8│Heart of Glory
T8└We'll Always Have Paris
T19┌Code of Honor
T19│The Last Outpost
T19│Justice
T19│Angel One
T19│Too Short a Season
T19│When The Bough Breaks
T19└The Neutral Zone

CorporalClegg
T1┌Datalore
T1│11001001
T1│The Arsenal of Freedom
T1└Conspiracy
T5┌The Battle
T5└The Neutral Zone
T7┌Encounter at Farpoint
T7│Hide and Q
T7│Heart of Glory
T7└Skin of Evil
T11┌The Last Outpost
T11│Where No One Has Gone Before
T11│Lonely Among Us
T11│The Big Goodbye
T11└Coming of Age
T16┌The Naked Now
T16│Haven
T16│Too Short a Season
T16│When The Bough Breaks
T16└We'll Always Have Paris
T21┌Justice
T21│Angel One
T21│Home Soil
T21└Symbiosis
25. Code of Honor

DrBeverly
1. The Arsenal of Freedom
2. 11001001
3. Where No One Has Gone Before
4. Encounter at Farpoint
5. Coming of Age
6. Symbiosis
7. When The Bough Breaks
8. Hide and Q
9. Conspiracy
10. The Naked Now
11. Heart of Glory
12. Home Soil
13. Skin of Evil
14. We'll Always Have Paris
15. The Battle
16. The Big Goodbye
17. Justice
18. Haven
19. The Neutral Zone
20. The Last Outpost
21. Code of Honor
22. Angel One
23. Datalore
24. Lonely Among Us
25. Too Short a Season

Jahuaxu
1. The Arsenal of Freedom
T2┌Conspiracy
T2│11001001
T2│Home Soil
T2│The Big Goodbye
T2│Where No One Has Gone Before
T2└The Battle
T8┌We'll Always Have Paris
T8│Skin of Evil
T8└Lonely Among Us
T11┌Datalore
T11│The Naked Now
T11│Hide and Q
T11│Too Short a Season
T11│When The Bough Breaks
T11│Encounter at Farpoint
T11│Justice
T11│The Last Outpost
T11│Coming of Age
T11└Symbiosis
T21┌Heart of Glory
T21│The Neutral Zone
T21│Haven
T21│Angel One
T21└Code of Honor

Jeyl
1. 11001001
T2┌The Big Goodbye
T2└The Arsenal of Freedom
T4┌Where No One Has Gone Before
T4│Datalore
T4│The Battle
T4│Heart of Glory
T4│Symbiosis
T4│Home Soil
T4│We'll Always Have Paris
T4│Coming of Age
T4│Conspiracy
T4│Skin of Evil
T4│Lonely Among Us
T4└Encounter at Farpoint
T16┌Too Short a Season
T16│Angel One
T16│Haven
T16│The Naked Now
T16│Justice
T16│When The Bough Breaks
T16│Hide and Q
T16│The Last Outpost
T16│Code of Honor
T16└The Neutral Zone

JirinPanthosa
1. The Arsenal of Freedom
2. 11001001
3. Heart of Glory
4. Hide and Q
5. Where No One Has Gone Before
6. Encounter at Farpoint
7. Coming of Age
8. Conspiracy
9. Home Soil
10. Datalore
11. Symbiosis
12. Skin of Evil
13. The Neutral Zone
14. We'll Always Have Paris
15. The Battle
16. Too Short a Season
17. Lonely Among Us
18. The Big Goodbye
19. When The Bough Breaks
20. The Last Outpost
21. Justice
22. Haven
23. The Naked Now
24. Angel One
25. Code of Honor

LOKAI of CHERON
1. Where No One Has Gone Before
2. The Big Goodbye
3. Encounter at Farpoint
4. Conspiracy
5. 11001001
6. Hide and Q
7. Skin of Evil
8. The Arsenal of Freedom
9. Datalore
10. Symbiosis
11. Code of Honor
12. We'll Always Have Paris
13. Heart of Glory
14. Lonely Among Us
15. The Last Outpost
16. Justice
17. The Battle
18. Too Short a Season
19. Haven
20. When The Bough Breaks
21. Home Soil
22. The Naked Now
23. Angel One
24. Coming of Age
25. The Neutral Zone

M
1. Skin of Evil
2. 11001001
3. Coming of Age
4. Conspiracy
5. Where No One Has Gone Before
6. Datalore
7. The Arsenal of Freedom
8. The Big Goodbye
9. Heart of Glory
10. Symbiosis
11. We'll Always Have Paris
12. The Neutral Zone
13. Encounter at Farpoint
14. The Naked Now
15. When The Bough Breaks
16. Too Short a Season
17. Hide and Q
18. Lonely Among Us
19. Home Soil
20. The Battle
21. Angel One
22. Haven
23. The Last Outpost
24. Justice
25. Code of Honor

MikeS
T1┌11001001
T1│Where No One Has Gone Before
T1└Conspiracy
T4┌Skin of Evil
T4│Coming of Age
T4│The Arsenal of Freedom
T4│Heart of Glory
T4└The Big Goodbye
T9┌Symbiosis
T9│The Neutral Zone
T9│Home Soil
T9│The Battle
T9│Lonely Among Us
T9│The Naked Now
T9│The Last Outpost
T9└Justice
T17┌Encounter at Farpoint
T17│We'll Always Have Paris
T17│Too Short a Season
T17│Haven
T17│Datalore
T17│Hide and Q
T17│Angel One
T17│Code of Honor
T17└When The Bough Breaks

Mojochi
1. Where No One Has Gone Before
2. Encounter at Farpoint
3. The Battle
4. Conspiracy
5. Datalore
6. The Arsenal of Freedom
7. Hide and Q
8. Heart of Glory
9. Symbiosis
10. Home Soil
11. The Last Outpost
12. 11001001
13. The Neutral Zone
14. We'll Always Have Paris
15. Coming of Age
16. Skin of Evil
17. Lonely Among Us
18. Haven
19. The Naked Now
20. The Big Goodbye
21. Too Short a Season
22. Angel One
23. Justice
24. When The Bough Breaks
25. Code of Honor

TrekAlliance92
T1┌Where No One Has Gone Before
T1│The Battle
T1│11001001
T1│Heart of Glory
T1│The Arsenal of Freedom
T1└Conspiracy
T7┌Encounter at Farpoint
T7│The Naked Now
T7│Lonely Among Us
T7│Haven
T7│Home Soil
T7│Symbiosis
T7└We'll Always Have Paris
T14┌Code of Honor
T14│The Last Outpost
T14│Hide and Q
T14│Datalore
T14│Angel One
T14│Too Short a Season
T14│When The Bough Breaks
T14└Skin of Evil
T22┌Justice
T22│The Big Goodbye
T22│Coming of Age
T22└The Neutral Zone

Vasquez Rocks
1. Conspiracy
2. Skin of Evil
3. Where No One Has Gone Before
4. 11001001
5. Encounter at Farpoint
6. Heart of Glory
7. The Arsenal of Freedom
8. Datalore
9. Symbiosis
10. The Big Goodbye
11. The Neutral Zone
12. Coming of Age
13. Too Short a Season
14. The Naked Now
15. We'll Always Have Paris
16. The Last Outpost
17. Justice
18. Haven
19. Home Soil
20. Hide and Q
21. The Battle
22. Lonely Among Us
23. When The Bough Breaks
24. Angel One
25. Code of Honor

inflatabledalek
1. Conspiracy
T2┌Datalore
T2│We'll Always Have Paris
T2│The Big Goodbye
T2│Heart of Glory
T2└Where No One Has Gone Before
T7┌The Arsenal of Freedom
T7│Coming of Age
T7│11001001
T7│Haven
T7└Lonely Among Us
T12┌Encounter at Farpoint
T12│The Neutral Zone
T12│Skin of Evil
T12│When The Bough Breaks
T12└Symbiosis
T17┌Justice
T17│Angel One
T17│The Last Outpost
T17│Too Short a Season
T17│Hide and Q
T17└The Naked Now
23. Code of Honor
Not rated: The Battle, Home Soil

mswood
1. 11001001
T2┌The Big Goodbye
T2└Conspiracy
T4┌Where No One Has Gone Before
T4│Heart of Glory
T4└Datalore
7. The Arsenal of Freedom
T8┌Encounter at Farpoint
T8│The Last Outpost
T8│The Battle
T8│Haven
T8│Too Short a Season
T8│When The Bough Breaks
T8│Coming of Age
T8│Symbiosis
T8└The Neutral Zone
T17┌The Naked Now
T17│Lonely Among Us
T17│Justice
T17│Angel One
T17│Home Soil
T17│Skin of Evil
T17│We'll Always Have Paris
T17└Hide and Q
25. Code of Honor

sadsquid
T1┌Conspiracy
T1│Where No One Has Gone Before
T1│The Arsenal of Freedom
T1│The Big Goodbye
T1│11001001
T1└Datalore
T7┌Coming of Age
T7│Heart of Glory
T7│Hide and Q
T7│The Neutral Zone
T7│Encounter at Farpoint
T7└The Battle
T13┌Skin of Evil
T13│Lonely Among Us
T13│When The Bough Breaks
T13│We'll Always Have Paris
T13│Symbiosis
T13│Too Short a Season
T13│Home Soil
T13└The Last Outpost
T21┌Haven
T21│The Naked Now
T21│Angel One
T21│Justice
T21└Code of Honor​

 

My ratings:

9 (Great)
Skin of Evil

8 (Good)
The Battle
Hide and Q
The Big Goodbye
Datalore
Angel One
11001001
The Arsenal of Freedom
We'll Always have Paris
Conspiracy
The Neutral Zone

7 (Average)
Encounter at Farpoint
The Naked Now
The Last Outpost
Where No One has Gone Before
Justice
Haven
Too Short a Season
When the Bough Breaks
Home Soil
Coming of Age
Heart of Glory
Symbiosis

6 (Poor)
Code of Honor
Lonely Among Us

 

update:

 

I'll play:

Favorite
Conspiracy

Very good
11001001
Where No One Has Gone Before
Skin of Evil

Good
The Big Goodbye
The Arsenal of Freedom
Hide & Q
Coming of Age
Haven
The Neutral Zone
Home Soil

Middle-of-the-road
Encounter at Farpoint
The Naked Now
Symbiosis
When the Bough Breaks
The Battle
Justice
Datalore
Lonely Among Us
Heart of Glory
The Last Outpost
Too Short a Season

Weak
We'll Always Have Paris
Code of Honor
Angel One
​

 

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