Those are good odds there Randall. I'll put 50 on Duma Key to make it to the Final Four, 40 on IT and The Stand, and 20 on The Green Mile.
Those are good odds there Randall. I'll put 50 on Duma Key to make it to the Final Four, 40 on IT and The Stand, and 20 on The Green Mile.
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I actually could post "either or" lines in the Casino, but I think it will be enough work (for others) to handle posting the numerous polls and tabulating the results. No sense creating work for myself.
Bag of Bones should rank up there too!Originally Posted by Sam Catoe
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I think new level of fun could be gained from actually betting on the outcome.
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I'm not sure how Aaron wants to set up each round, I would like to see each decade posted, one at a time. Should save us on time. So if you'll look back at the chart I posted earlier, we'll have four of these rounds, after which we will declare the four winners of each decade, and then have that Final Four poll. Perhaps those four could also receive our virtual awards for being the best of their decade.
But would a poll ranking the best of a decade reflect the same as a series of polls pitting all of them against one another, though?
I like the idea a lot but I'm not sure I'll be able to vote in the polls if the first round is only on for a weekSo can I give my vote right now ?
I think the theory is still sound Brice. Also it pits books that were written during the same time period of King's growth as a writer and, IMO, makes the voting even more fair since the books are pitted against books of similar styles rather than pitting something like Carrie against Duma Key. Granted that many of King's early works are still considered by many as among his best, but I think it is a fair statement that you can see his growth as a writer throughout his work.
As for if the best of a decade type of vote will end with similar results of a simple "which is the best vote", I think so. The best of each decade pitted against each other should have the same result as a "King of the Mountain free for all". Let the game begin.
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Well, if that is the case. Shouldn't we divide them into some kind of "type" categories instead of decade?
I'm not sure how that could work because to me all of Kings books are basically character stories.
I'm really interested in what Pablo thinks because this was his idea, it should be ran in a way he feels comfortable with.
But to me, the best way to do it is to create a thread for each book that King has written in a sub forum. Allow people to rate it 1-5 and then crunch the numbers. This will not only give us "most loved" but also ratings for each of this books on down the line.
Good idea to discuss it though, something this cool and fun needs to be done right.
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I think chronology is the only unambiguous ground for division
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Chronological order is the way that I would prefer to do it, mainly because it will just be the easiest to organize. I am going to start working on the brackets tomorrow during the day, which should be much easier since pablo has done most of the work already. I don't want to do too many at once, though, so we won't do the entire decade in one week. Instead we will break it into rounds, and can still have accurate data for the picks for the best of each decade, based on the scoring.
If possible, I would like to have this thing ready to begin by Monday the 10th.
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I think that nails it! Looking forward to voting.
Yes, I'm totally behind the way Aaron says it should work. It just so happens we have exactly sixty books to poll (see this post I made earlier). So, we can follow the poll structure I outlined before (here), or we could just have the top, I dunno, half (thirty) move on, and then just dwindle it down till the top two are left standing. It could be Top 30, Top 15, Top 8, Top 4, and Top 2. It could work that way. But I'm confident however Aaron sets up the brackets will work just fine. I just want the most fair and balanced voting for each book with the mind on making sure the best book indeed wins out.
The brackets are ready to go. I just have to find some time to convert my spreadsheet into a jpg I can post here. Should be able to get to it on lunch.
Awesome, Aaron! We elected our next president, now let's elect King's best book!
somehow i think there's going to be a lot more fighting about king's best book . A LOT!
Here we go! For the competition we will be voting on two brackets per week for the first round. The high scores that move on to the second round will then go through a second voting process, which will bring us our top six for round three. Round three is the face-off round. Each book in that round will face off in polls against every other book in the round. The winner of each poll will receive a point for their win. This will determine our final results and give us our winners.
Oh, BTW...I am thinking that we will call this "The Constant Reader Awards". We will set up some other, less-involved, categories for you guys to vote on as well. Check this thread for updates.
Couldn't we just use the Electoral College system
Edit: It looks like this could take upwards of 18 weeks.
That's a very cool name for the award, Aaron. I say we use that.
That's why I decided that we would do two brackets per week. That will put the first round ending after six weeks. The second and third rounds will be about a week each. So I estimate just under two months.Couldn't we just use the Electoral College system
Edit: It looks like this could take upwards of 18 weeks.
Perhaps my math is wrong.
Round 1 is 12 brackets, two per week = 6 weeks.
Round 2 is 12 brackets, two per week = 6 weeks.
Round 3 is direct competition of remaining books, (I assume 2 weeks)
Total = 14 weeks.
The accountant concurs with RF's math.
But hey, this *should* take some time, right? I mean, it's King, after all.
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**Aaron posting**
Sorry, how I laid it out there is a bit deceptive. The winners of each bracket wont be going against each other during the second round. I know it looks that way; I should have explained.
The second round will only be one to two weeks and will consist of all of the books that progressed from the first round. Each book will be "graded" based on strength of content--things like plot, characters, the ending, etc. These scores will be combined with the overall scores that the books received in the first round. The six books with the highest scores in this round will then move on to round three.
Round three will last only one week, and will consist of a series of "face-off" polls between all of the books. Below is an example using a model of only four books, randomly chosen for the sake of illustrating the concept.
Poll 1: Carrie vs. Misery
Poll 2: Carrie vs. The Stand
Poll 3: Carrie vs. IT
Poll 4: Misery vs. The Stand
Poll 5: Misery vs. IT
Poll 6: The Stand vs. IT
The winner of each poll will be granted a point, and the breakdown of points will decide the order of the top six.
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Ah, I think I get it now.
Wait..what?
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