Gradine
The Elephant in the Room (she/they)
Yes, although Lloyd Alexander should be at 20 now; Flexor double down-voted him in his post (my guess would be setting him to 22, then later deciding to show his math as 22-2=20 instead of as 24-2=22.)
Yes, although Lloyd Alexander should be at 20 now; Flexor double down-voted him in his post (my guess would be setting him to 22, then later deciding to show his math as 22-2=20 instead of as 24-2=22.)
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
Just do what I'm doing: downvote whoever has the lowest score, so that the contest will end faster.
Alexander, Lloyd 20
Cook, Glen 22
Jemisin, N.K. 11
Kay, Guy Gavriel 17
LeGuin, Ursula 22
Lynch, Scott 14
McKillip, Patricia 20
Pratchett, Terry 19
Wolfe, Gene 18
Noticed you didn't correct Jemison. Cheater!
Flexor really messed up the flow by quoting from pages earlier...
Cook, Glen 22
Jemisin, N.K. 11
Kay, Guy Gavriel 17
LeGuin, Ursula 22
Lynch, Scott 14
McKillip, Patricia 20
Pratchett, Terry 19
Wolfe, Gene 18
Noticed you didn't correct Jemison. Cheater!
Flexor really messed up the flow by quoting from pages earlier...
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Prakriti
Hi, I'm a Mindflayer, but don't let that worry you
What the hell happened to the list? How did Mervyn Peake and Brandon Sanderson get re-added? JEEZE, PEOPLE! GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!!
I have gone back and fixed it. This one should be right now.
Alexander, Lloyd 20
Cook, Glen 22
Jemisin, N.K. 11
Kay, Guy Gavriel 17
LeGuin, Ursula 22
Lynch, Scott 14
McKillip, Patricia 20
Pratchett, Terry 19
Wolfe, Gene 18
I have gone back and fixed it. This one should be right now.
Alexander, Lloyd 20
Cook, Glen 22
Jemisin, N.K. 11
Kay, Guy Gavriel 17
LeGuin, Ursula 22
Lynch, Scott 14
McKillip, Patricia 20
Pratchett, Terry 19
Wolfe, Gene 18
BookBarbarian
Expert Long Rester
Just do what I'm doing: downvote whoever has the lowest score, so that the contest will end faster.
Heck I've been waiting until someone gets down to 2, as if I somehow get xp for the kill.
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Just do what I'm doing: downvote whoever has the lowest score, so that the contest will end faster.
Hate to break it to you, but the contest won't end faster that way. Each voting post as a net -1 result, regardless of who you vote for.
BookBarbarian
Expert Long Rester
I do think there is a pile on effect.
Some people who would upvote a choice and extend the life of the contest never get the chance if we kill that choice off.
Prakriti
Hi, I'm a Mindflayer, but don't let that worry you
Piling on the lowest author might actually slow things down, since some people stop participating once their favorite author gets eliminated. So the longer those authors stay in the game, the longer people will participate, and the faster the game will end... theoretically.
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
Yeah, I know. It helps condense the list, though, and that's not nothing. As far as I know, there's no real way to accelerate the eventual end of the contest.
But more to the point: I wouldn't know who to downvote otherwise. These are all excellent writers!
The M'hael
First Post
Alexander, Lloyd 20-2 = 18
Cook, Glen 22
Jemisin, N.K. 11
Kay, Guy Gavriel 17
LeGuin, Ursula 22 +2 = 24
Lynch, Scott 14
McKillip, Patricia 20
Pratchett, Terry 19
Wolfe, Gene 18
Cook, Glen 22
Jemisin, N.K. 11
Kay, Guy Gavriel 17
LeGuin, Ursula 22 +2 = 24
Lynch, Scott 14
McKillip, Patricia 20
Pratchett, Terry 19
Wolfe, Gene 18
BookBarbarian
Expert Long Rester
Alexander, Lloyd 18+1 = 19
Cook, Glen 22
Jemisin, N.K. 11
Kay, Guy Gavriel 17
LeGuin, Ursula 24
Lynch, Scott 14-2=12
McKillip, Patricia 20
Pratchett, Terry 19
Wolfe, Gene 18
Cook, Glen 22
Jemisin, N.K. 11
Kay, Guy Gavriel 17
LeGuin, Ursula 24
Lynch, Scott 14-2=12
McKillip, Patricia 20
Pratchett, Terry 19
Wolfe, Gene 18
If your goal is to end the contest early, a good strategy would be upvote whoever is in the lead and downvote whoever is in second place.
This has two effects:
- By spreading downvotes around, you keep rivals around for as long as possible, encouraging other players to stay in the game.
- By concentrating your upvotes, you run up the score for whoever's in the lead, reducing the total number of votes required to end the game. (The game ends after roughly* 20N-X votes, where N is the number of contestants and X is the winner's final score. A higher value for X means a quicker win.)
[size=-2]*The exact value is 20N+O-X, where O is the number of contestants who were "overkilled" by a downvote when they were at 1.[/size]
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CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
[MENTION=58197]Dausuul[/MENTION]: It's a good of a strategy as any. And XP for showing your calcs!
I maintain that my current strategy of culling off the weaker scores quickly is the best strategy for a rapid end because it reduces the number of contestants (N) and therefore concentrates the negative votes (the only votes that really matter) onto fewer and fewer targets.
TL;DR: 20N outweighs -X in your formula, so I'm gonna attack that N.
[MENTION=6855149]Prakriti[/MENTION]: I understand that a lot of participants are spite-quitting because they can't handle their darlings getting voted off, but I don't think it's a foregone conclusion. (I mean, Terry Brooks was my darling and I'm still here.)
I maintain that my current strategy of culling off the weaker scores quickly is the best strategy for a rapid end because it reduces the number of contestants (N) and therefore concentrates the negative votes (the only votes that really matter) onto fewer and fewer targets.
TL;DR: 20N outweighs -X in your formula, so I'm gonna attack that N.
[MENTION=6855149]Prakriti[/MENTION]: I understand that a lot of participants are spite-quitting because they can't handle their darlings getting voted off, but I don't think it's a foregone conclusion. (I mean, Terry Brooks was my darling and I'm still here.)
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Gradine
The Elephant in the Room (she/they)
I'm quite positive in this particular formula that N is set at the very beginning of the competition.
And to be fair, I'd rather have people spite-quit than constantly spite-vote and argue about it. Look how much all of the bickering and spite-voting drug on and sucked the fun out of the previous Survivor thread. At least in this one everyone seems to be having a pretty good time, personal favorites notwithstanding!
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
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