bronx wrote:In this instance, it seems to be greater, but that is merely because the brothers received the majority of the votes. They received two-third of the total votes, so with any point multiplier the outcome is going to seem great.
Yes, but here's the problem with that (and before I go any further I want to clarify that I'm not just saying this because Lenfald happens to be the faction that I am in), while the Brothers did get the majority of vote in their category, Lenfald had by far the most total votes (74 across all categories vs 62 for Garheim). I don't mean to take anything away from the JJ brothers, because their entry was fantastic, and absolutely deserved to win that particular category, but I do not think it is fair for their build to win the
overall contest simply because it happened to be in the right category, when two other highly deserving builders each dominated their own respective category.
Let me again reiterate that I realize none of this has any "real" consequences, and the results of this competition do not upset me. The JJ brothers made an excellent entry and they are receiving their due recognition for it. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing other peoples contributions to the storyline, but I do think it should be pointed out that this setup is not really an accurate depiction of who truly "won" a global contest. If one team or person wins (and convincingly wins, at that) 2 out of the 3 categories,
and receives the majority of the votes, how can they not be the overall winners as well?
AK_Brickster wrote:Yeah if any other entry had touched anywhere near General JJ's in the unrestricted category, the outcome would have been different. As it was, Garheim had the best all-around performance, and walked away with a well-deserved victory.
But did Garheim
really have the best performance? They came in 1st in one category, whereas Lenfald placed 1st in two. Garheim won the victory as per the rules of the contest, but I think it's unfair to the two other category winners to say that their combined entries were any less "deserving" of the win.
AK_Brickster wrote:I don't think it's a bad system at all, at the moment. I mean, Sergeant Chip's vig was great, but how can you argue that Gen JJ's or Mattius's monster entries shouldn't be worth 3x as much? They are like 100x bigger and more time consuming!
I actually think there is a very strong argument to be made. For starters, as long as you have the collection and time (which the JJ brothers have a great advantage in, since they are both allowed to build as "one" player), it is far easier to work with unlimited space than it is to create a great MOC with only an 8x8 footprint. Yes, the JJ brothers dominated the unrestricted category with a fantastic entry, but let's not forget that Chip's 8x8 vignette was also very dominant in it's own category (I need not even mention Caelan's absolute massacre in the restricted), winning by 12 votes (which is a little more than 20% of the total number of votes cast) over the next closest entry. I do not think it's fair to say that any of the entries in the unrestricted category were "better" than the one by Chipmunk, because he was forced to work in different parameters, yet he still achieved a similar dominance in his own category. Again, I'd like to point out that making a good build in only an 8x8 space is
not easy.
I don't want to come across as negative, or a sore loser, because this is just an online roleplay, which I prefer for the story more than for competition anyway, but it does frustrate me to see the hard work of other builders belittled simply because they built in a different category than someone else.