Which chip shop? And is the fish any good?
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 23:35:39 +0100
From: "Laurence G. Tilley"
<laurence@lgtilley.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Fw: FeedbackIt's like those mag polls
which announce that some celeb is "the sexiest woman
in Britain". Who's to
say it isn't the girl who works in my local chip
shop? I could spend my
money phoning up to vote for her, but what would be
the point, few others
know who she is? (Plus the wife would start beating
me round the head
again.) Meaningless poll, no point voting.The other thing which makes people vote btw, and
fill in questionnaires, is
prize draws. It's not that people have a high
expectation of winning, just
that it adds fun, and gives recognition to their
time investment. So why
not stick every voting slip in a hat, and every few
months pick one out,
and give him 5 free turns, an Illustrated Hobbit, or
a day trip to Cardiff?
(well perhaps not the lastLaurence G. Tilley
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Message: 18
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 00:46:03 +0100
From: Sam Roads <sam@samroads.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Fw: Feedback> > > ** Every time Flagship run their annual polls
we send out forms asking
> > > people to rate games, or ask them to visit the
Flagship website. Last
> year
> > > around 70 players sent in a rating for MEPBM,
so that's one in 10.
>
>Yes, but that's a bad example because it's pretty
stupid. I faithfully
>visit every year, and give MEPBM a 10 10 10 10 10,Tim Lomas says that he tends to discount anyone who
scores a game
10/10/10/10 (!)Sam
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Message: 19
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:41:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Player <pbmnoot@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Voting Systems and KISS ConfusionLaurence....??? Can't be sure that previous line
about the nurse was a joke...--- "Laurence G. Tilley"
<laurence@lgtilley.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Again some voting guidelines would be needed.Voting Guidelings? A simple mathematical formula,
that you
don't have to know, is difficult (number in, number
out, you
change nothing, you do nothing) but now we need
voting guidelines???KISS
> You can ask people to vote for "the player who,
> given it's resources and characteristics, made the
best
> use of his nation" or you can ask them to vote for
"the
> player who made the best contribution to the
team".MVP awards in many professional sports leagues have
been
fought over and disputed for years because of much
simpler
worded definitions (best player on the team, best
player on
the best team, best player on the team that won,
best player
on the worst team in the league...meow meow
meow...the only
constant is that most people disagree with the
selected
recipient, all for different reasons)KISS
> Some of the chaps I know work hard on data
gathering,
> mapping, suggesting moves, questioning strategy,
> co-ordinating multi-national attacks, chaperoning
newbies,
> wooing neutrals, and error checking draft turn
sheets -
> they deserve credit, and would get my votes, and
the
> nation they happen to be playing is of no
relevance.Excellent group. Form a grudge team and kick the
crap out
of Shushan. What's this got to do with the rest of
us and
Player Ratings?KISS
> So a lot depends on what you ask for, and how you
phrase it. "Best
> Player", "Best Team Player" and "Best Played
Nation" are all slightly
> different things, sometimes the same chap would
get all 3 accolades,
> but not always.Is that one or three or the same with bad glasses?
What
happened to 1 point for finishing, 1 point if your
team won,
and 1 point if you're voted MVP? Let the players
who vote
define MVP for themselves, otherwise we're into
listing infinite
"characteristics" and asking for a rating out of
12.4...KISS
Regards,
Brad
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