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awarded on 2008-10-22
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So, looks like I'm the talkative one on the forums recently...
But anyway, I was wondering what folks thought about a slightly different contest structure in which voting doesn't start until all the mixes are submitted - let's say people have X days to submit a mix, then submissions are closed, and then people can vote for X days after. That way people will have all their options in front of them when they vote. The way things are now, it might be a waste of time to submit a mix during the last few days of a contest since others will already be thousands of points ahead.
I haven't really gone through all the other contests to scientifically prove that mixes submitted later are scored lower on average or whatever, but it's a thought to consider, no?
But anyway, I was wondering what folks thought about a slightly different contest structure in which voting doesn't start until all the mixes are submitted - let's say people have X days to submit a mix, then submissions are closed, and then people can vote for X days after. That way people will have all their options in front of them when they vote. The way things are now, it might be a waste of time to submit a mix during the last few days of a contest since others will already be thousands of points ahead.
I haven't really gone through all the other contests to scientifically prove that mixes submitted later are scored lower on average or whatever, but it's a thought to consider, no?
2/9/08 5:03pm
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Agreed
2/12/08 6:59pm
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Agreed as well, although I think some people submit late on purpose as they don't actually want to win on that particular occassion.
2/22/08 3:05pm
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awarded on 2008-02-15
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Count me in on the whole agreement issue too. I also think that it should sort of be common-law that if you want to participate in a contest that you are required to submit votes for every other entry in that contest. Many of us vote for every mixtape we view, others though ... not so much.
3/15/08 10:05pm
