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Originally Posted by jth
Okay first off, the rankings were determined based off this thread:
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=44123
Which was decided by people on this forum, this "tournament" wasn't just me throwing some random numbers on random episodes. This forum of posters decided where they'd be, not me.
Also, in any tournament, in any sport. I.E. in the NCAA March Madness, do all the 1 seeds play each other right off the cuff? No. The point of a tournament is to have the best take on the best in the final.
I admit, a 2 vs. 15 match will be a wipeout, 2 seeds are supposed to wipeout 15 seeds, that's why one is a 2 and one is a 15; because it's the vastly better episode, and the voting should reflect that. As it is.
Like in any sport, there will be blowouts, you just have to trudge through them. But that doesn't make the system "biased" or "flawed", the fact that the top ranked episodes advance means that the system is actually works and is right, and the bracket in the link speaks for itself, episodes are ranked were they are because people in this forum put them there. If you don't wish to take part until there's 4 episodes left, you can, because that will be the 4 best episodes. There'll be more thought put into it, because that's the point. You're supposed to put more thought into picking a match the closer you get to the end. |
I think you're missing the point of the fact that this isn't a sport!
Pitting an episode that the majority think is "vastly better" against one that people aren't so fond of just defeats the purpose of it all IMO. There's no interesting discussion or debate [In fact, a good portion of the posts seem to be slating your method of doing the tournament!], there's no thinking required when voting and it's clear that the method you're using isn't one that is suited to this tournament based on the feedback you have received from people.
It's all very well and good wanting us to put thought into the game, but when it appears you're not doing that yourself, it does beg the question of why should we? Mind you, we can't really do much in the way of thinking when Showdown is being pitted against Mousers Attack!
I am certain that there's a much better way of going about staging the next tournament. I can't think of one off the top of my head, but there'll definitely be one.
