Song of the Week - WEEK 91 Voting/WEEK 92 Nominating

I'm taking a wait and see approach to GFF's uptime, which means no posting of votes here. I wouldn't even say that we needed a voting thread just yet, but apparently the demand is there.

Re: The Sims, if a series' sales popularity is a benchmark for SoTW entry, there's definitely precedent. Recall Drakken's Halo 2 nomination, for instance--while many, many people bought the game, the argument was made (and accepted) that the music was still insufficiently familiar.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

w00t, 3rd place out of nowhere! Seriously, I thought I was a shoo-in for 8th earlier today.

Maybe the bonus point system could use another layer for matches like this, though I can't imagine what it might be.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by CHz

Well, the reason the tracks tied this week is that each of the tying tracks not only had the same point total, but exactly the same point distribution. Any system that only takes into account how people voted would've tied them.

However, there have been other ties in the past where the songs had different distributions. I've been thinking that it hasn't been perfect for a while, but I haven't given much thought into making it better yet.

I understand how the system works in theory, of course. I meant that perhaps we should add a contingency to the rules in case this happens again--as you point out, though, it's tough, since the distributions are equal.

Maybe earlier votes could break superties, or votes with comments appended, or we could have a voteoff. I'm just thinking out loud of course; I'd have said the situation would never come up before this week.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.