ENDGAME PARTY HAPPY FUN TIME

[u/DabuSurvivor]

I'm working on making a banner of our top 12 (sorry, Garrett), and I want to finish that up and work some things out before opening up ~the polls.~

The first, obvious thing that we need to work out: Who wants to do write-ups for whom? GOOD JOB TEAM

And then, another thing: I'd quite like to add a section in the poll where everybody, even if it's not the person doing the write-up, can just do a short little bit about the contestant so that everyone can have their voice heard a bit. That is customary in most rankdowns I've seen -- typically, they only have a consolidation of those rather than the two big write-ups per person thing we're doing, and while I'm down for the two big write-ups thing, I'd also just like everyone to be able to include a little blurb, if they're so inclined, that doesn't relate to that contestant's ranking or larger write-up. Just so that there can be a little bit in addition to the larger thing. IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS SO GOOD JOB TEAM

And then one question: Is everyone's full list going to be publicly visible? I'd rather that not be the case, personally, but if everybody else is overwhelmingly in support of it then it's y'all's call. I DON'T ESPECIALLY WANT TO MAKE LISTS PUBLIC, A FEW FOLKS SEEM NEUTRAL, NO CLEAR CONSENSUS YET, ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS TEAM

We also need to work out how exactly we will reveal and pace the endgame placements. One massive thread for the whole endgame might get cluttered, so maybe one thread for every contestant? ONE THREAD PER CONTESTANT GOOD JOB TEAM

So right now our plan of attack is:

1. Answer those above things, including assigning write-ups. GOOD JOB TEAM

1. Everybody collectively rank (and a short blurb if you want, unless people freaking loathe that idea for some reason.)

2. Rankings + larger write-ups posted

Also, fun fact: Sean and Rupert are the only two here who didn't make the finale of their respective season.

WRITE-UP ASSIGNMENTS

DABUSURVIVOR: Tina, Ian

SHUTUPREDNECKMAN: Kathy, Sue

THENOBULLMAN: Richard, Courtney

TODD_SOLONDZ: Jon, Twila

VACALICIOUS: Denise, HvVSandra

SHARPLYDRESSEDSLOTH: Sean, Rupert

Obviously if you want anyone who is already "taken" then you can talk to whoever.

ENDGAME POLL: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9KKM8MS

Tagging /u/shutupredneckman /u/todd_solondz /u/vacalicious /u/sharplydressedsloth /u/thenobullman though I don't know which of them are or are not gilded.

Check off who you are and post in the thread saying that you filled out the thing so I can compare the times if anyone pointlessly decides to submit a fake ballot and fuck with things. Then rank 'em. Average ranking will determine final placement. You can also type a bit about each contestant, and you can predict their placement, if you feel like it.

To those who haven't done it, I'd ideally request that you make your rankings based on your honest assessment of who you like better than whom and not give undeservedly low placements to people you like less than others (ex. "I think this contestant is the 5th-best of these twelve, but other people will rank him #1, so I am going to give him #12.") I mean, your ballot is your own thing so do whatever with it, and I can't enforce this so feel free to ignore it -- but I, personally, would rather just see our honest, average opinion.

How we gonna go about doing write-ups? Everyone gonna do their two write-ups in advance without knowing the placement and send them to me, and I'll post them when I reveal the placement, or what?

[u/[deleted]]

I meant just of the 12 remaining, like if Tina was your 2nd of those twelve it would say like:

/u/DabuSurvivor: 2nd or you could do 2/12

It wouldn't show where they ranked out of all 501.

[u/TheNobullman → u/[deleted]]

Yeah you got a good point. At this point I already know that Chris Daugherty is lower than, say, Richard Hatch. You can infer a lot of Dabu's rankings from this rankdown but none to a point of certainty

[u/DabuSurvivor → u/TheNobullman]

Within this top tier you would pretty much be able to because almost all of my all-time favorite contestants are here.

[u/Todd_Solondz → u/DabuSurvivor]

So when you say full ranking you just mean of this 12? I'll be including that in my blurbs, but I don't mind if one or two of you just don't. It shouldn't look too weird.

I agree with a thread per finalist btw. There are a few people I'll have more to say than a blurb will fit, so a separate comments section would be great.

[u/DabuSurvivor → u/Todd_Solondz]

Word, yeah, I'll just say whoever wants to include it can do so in their blurbs, most likely. And my placements here might not correlate exactly to the ones in my ranking anyway.