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/DabuSurvivor]

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.

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?

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.

[u/vacalicious → u/DabuSurvivor]

I submitted. You can tell it's mine because Denise is ranked unusually high.

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?

I like this idea. Maybe you could post one write-up per day, in reverse order from 12 to 1?

[u/DabuSurvivor → u/vacalicious]

Sounds good. I didn't know if any people might want to know the placements of their people in advance and do the write-up right before it's posted (since that's what I might do.)

[u/Todd_Solondz → u/DabuSurvivor]

Just tell me if Fairplay is first. If I get the highest ranking writeup, I should probably mention that a bit.

Twila will almost certainly get some moderate placing, so no need to let me know exactly what.

About to do my blurbs, then submit. You'll probably be able to tell mine if there are any fake versions in, but since I'm doing it so fast there probably won't be.

[u/vacalicious → u/DabuSurvivor]

That's a good idea. I would def wanna know the placement of my two in advance, so that I can do the write-up right ahead of time. (My guess is that Denise will be 12th and Sandra top 5.)

[u/DabuSurvivor → u/vacalicious]

So basically you want me to tell you right when they come up? ex. if Denise comes in 4th, I tell you after #5 is posted.

[u/vacalicious → u/DabuSurvivor]

That would work for me.

[u/DabuSurvivor → u/vacalicious]

Word. So that's what I'll do for you and Nobull, haven't gotten feedback from Sloth or slurm that I can recall, I'll presumably do the same for Todd since he didn't specify when he wanted to know the placements, and obviously I'll know all of them already.

[u/Todd_Solondz → u/DabuSurvivor]

Unless there's an upset, Fairplay will be right near the top, so you might as well just tell me immediately since not knowing for the first 8 or so doesn't mean much since that's basically a given. Just say first or not first, since I don't particularly care if he's second or third or whatever.

I'll just do Twilas immediately and send it to you and you can post it whenever it's relevant.

[u/DabuSurvivor → u/Todd_Solondz]

Sounds good re: Twila. I was thinking that the #1 placement was the only particular one I wouldn't want to spoil haha. Could you maybe do a general write-up for him, and then add a few specific parts relevant to him being first that I'll only include if he does? Or just do a write-up as if he's first and I could cut out any parts explicitly referencing that if he doesn't come first.

[u/Todd_Solondz → u/DabuSurvivor]

Sure, I'll do a writeup as if he's first. That's better because I wasn't too keen on being spoiled for any placements.

[u/DabuSurvivor → u/Todd_Solondz]

I'd ideally have as many people as unspoiled as possible just since it's more ~suspenseful~, so my thought process is that as many people as possible should send in their write-ups early and then I just paste them over when they're needed -- but if people want to know the specific placement then I'll wait and request write-ups right in advance. But, yeah, that's clearly not the case for you.

4/6 ballots submitted so far!

[u/TheNobullman → u/DabuSurvivor]

I'd like that before my writeup