I will ask for all of these ...
- Do single votes count when the instructions say you must vote for two?
- How many entries should there be to warrant more than one vote?
- Or should we always be able to vote for two?
That sounds about right.
Funny, you're only quoting the part I like the least in my post.
Yeah, sorry about that. To be honest, I was a little puzzled why you made that statement when you say that it doesn't apply to this contest in the next sentence. Why then bring it up in the first place?
Disapproving of a rule doesn't preclude disapproving of inconsistency. It makes you wonder why it is enforced in a particular instance, and not in another.
NCC-1701 said:
Please don't be mad at me.
I'm not.
I bear you no ill will whatsoever. I'm as uncomfortable as you are with these delicate questions. Especially as I am taking on the impopular part of voicing protest. (By protest, I don't mean vehemence.
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I can't speak for orac and I'm actually not participating in other contests he runs, but he always comes across as a very fair and reasonable guy to me. I don't think that he intends for his contests to be authoritative. I would say fun is his lone motive, too. Even if the cold instruction texts don't always seem to reflect that.
"Cold", maybe that's the word.
But... next paragraph. vv And, what do you call someone who collects dozens upon dozens of so-called friends by off-handedly sending them a friend request without so much as 2 words exchanged on board or in PM? When they barely crossed paths.
Thanks for the honour,
orac, but no thanks. We don't have the same definition of TBBS friends. Consulting people in different matters is a good idea, instead of just bargin into contests with new rules and into friends lists, like that. How can people say no? It's awkward.
As for this contest, we are usually using the same instruction texts for the contests. So I don't see what would be different with his contests compared to mine.
I don't compare them to yours.
One thing I can speak of: in SFF av contests, the change of style came abruptly.
Suddenly, it was decreeted that entries would only be accepted for 72 hours (When until then it had always been 5 days). Although the deadline could be postponed when
orac's availability changed. End result was the same but in the meantime, it wasn't so nice or smooth as usual. (And I won't comment on the somewhat obscure choice of themes.)
I want for all participants to have fun! Actually that's one of the most important things to me regarding these contests.
Of course. It is the
the most important thing. I don't mean to sound like I'm taking them too seriously. But sometimes the fun happens to be spoiled.
To conclude, I'd like to add, it's OK to allow 2 votes, even in a 5-entry situation, because voters may not want to choose between their 2 favourites, as long as you don't forbid (and invalidate) voting for less than the maximum allowed.
Okay, I can understand
that. But what when someone votes for three instead of just two? Should we disregard this person's votes then?
I thought that was technically impossible if you set the poll for 2 votes.
orac, if that's not too much of an insult, I apologize for those attacks to you and their mostly indirect form. I am not the best diplomat in the world. But I had a few grievances that found an outlet here. (It could have been elsewhere.) Maybe I should content myself with making polite suggestions. But I, too, make big entrances at times.
two
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). But that's just me, I'm not sure that there's a board-wide consensus on what the ratio should be.
)... is there something to be won? I entered because I thought this was supposed to be fun and I had a few minutes to kill. But the fact that everyone is concerned about the rules makes me wonder if I inadvertently joined into something much larger and more serious.
