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Title: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: franksolich on December 11, 2012, 06:52:51 PM
I haven't been tallying the votes for the Top DUmmies of 2012 and the three special awards since Sunday morning, but I'm guessing there's going to be some ties, maybe as many as two or three.

It's happened before, but rarely.

The problem with a tie is that it demands the writing of two awards instead of just one, and unfortunately during the last half of December every year, franksolich gets burned out from literarizing.

It's hard work, trying to make silk purses out of sows' ears.

I'll do whatever the people wish me to do, but think about it--in case of a tie, should I

(a) toss a coin to determine the winner?
(b) have Chris_ toss a coin to determine the winner (assuming Mr. Wiggum's too busy)?
(c) write awards for both despite the writer's burnout?
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Reality vs DU on December 11, 2012, 07:16:28 PM
Allow a tie to be a tie.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Duke Nukum on December 11, 2012, 07:17:51 PM
I think you just write one award for both.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Tucker on December 11, 2012, 08:12:22 PM
Don't give it to both. We need to establish a policy. This could happen again.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Evil_Conservative on December 11, 2012, 08:29:12 PM
Have someone else flip a coin.  Don't give the award to both.  That's like a participation trophy.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Duke Nukum on December 11, 2012, 08:53:55 PM
It happens all the time in top ten lists where there will be a tie at number 4 so both are given number 4 and then I think they skip 5 and go to 6.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: BigTex on December 11, 2012, 09:06:46 PM
wheres the fight to the death option?
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: thundley4 on December 11, 2012, 09:35:43 PM
It happens all the time in top ten lists where there will be a tie at number 4 so both are given number 4 and then I think they skip 5 and go to 6.

Since we're talking about DUmmies, skip number 4 and give them both number 5.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: ChuckJ on December 11, 2012, 09:40:11 PM
I was going to say have a run-off, but that was not an option. THen I was going to say give it to both, but that would put more work on you.

If the tie is with the special awards why not give it to whoever ranks highest in the main contest?
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: J P Sousa on December 11, 2012, 09:52:50 PM
This needs to be done scientifically.

If there is a tie, assign one as ODD and the other as EVEN. Then go to the US Debt Clock http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Go to the "eighth" place from the left of US National Debt and whatever number that is (odd or even), that is the winner.

In the event there is a three way tie, use "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" first.   :-)

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Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: BigTex on December 11, 2012, 10:22:59 PM
In the event there is a three way tie, use "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" first.   :-)

:racist:
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: GOBUCKS on December 11, 2012, 10:24:57 PM
I think having co-DOTYs could be fascinating.

You would instantly create two bitter enemies.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: thundley4 on December 11, 2012, 10:38:10 PM
I think having co-DOTYs could be fascinating.

You would instantly create two bitter enemies.

Can we shorten co-DOTYs to cooties?
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Chris_ on December 12, 2012, 03:49:35 AM
I think having co-DOTYs could be fascinating.

You would instantly create two bitter enemies.
Works for me. :II:
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: BlueStateSaint on December 12, 2012, 04:07:34 AM
This needs to be done scientifically.

If there is a tie, assign one as ODD and the other as EVEN. Then go to the US Debt Clock http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Go to the "eighth" place from the left of US National Debt and whatever number that is (odd or even), that is the winner.

I'm with this.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Vagabond on December 12, 2012, 06:25:49 AM
The highest finisher in the DOTY polling should get the nod for the special awards. 


The DOTY award should allow ties to stand but at the lowest position of the tie, a tie behind third place would result in two fifth place awards.  In the event of a tie at the top, we would have co-champions, but still no more than 10 DUmmies in the top ten.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Karin on December 12, 2012, 07:23:59 AM
This is all too complicated.  I like this:

wheres the fight to the death option?
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Skul on December 12, 2012, 12:07:04 PM
Flip the coin.
Loser only gets a name mention, nothing else.
Might help in spreading a little more hate in the DUmp.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Splashdown on December 12, 2012, 01:25:31 PM
The highest finisher in the DOTY polling should get the nod for the special awards. 


The DOTY award should allow ties to stand but at the lowest position of the tie, a tie behind third place would result in two fifth place awards.  In the event of a tie at the top, we would have co-champions, but still no more than 10 DUmmies in the top ten.

If there's a tie for the big awards, DOTY position should be the tie-breaker. That's a great option!
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Revolution on December 12, 2012, 01:30:52 PM
I think having co-DOTYs could be fascinating.

You would instantly create two bitter enemies.

That could indeed be interesting, and even more interesting would be t osee what The Big 3 would do about it, if anything. However, I'm against DUmmie policy that "everybody wins." I also don't want to make any more work for Frank since he always does so much with this every year. If it's the will of the people, it's fine with me, but I say let Frank flip a coin. I trust him to flip a damn coin. I just hope the result is the one I want it to be.  :-)
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Mike220 on December 12, 2012, 02:47:48 PM
That could indeed be interesting, and even more interesting would be t osee what The Big 3 would do about it, if anything. However, I'm against DUmmie policy that "everybody wins." I also don't want to make any more work for Frank since he always does so much with this every year. If it's the will of the people, it's fine with me, but I say let Frank flip a coin. I trust him to flip a damn coin. I just hope the result is the one I want it to be.  :-)

If it's not, just demand a recount.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Revolution on December 12, 2012, 05:56:04 PM
If it's not, just demand a recount.

Or I could just declare this:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvK1F-Thrzk[/youtube]

 :-)
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: franksolich on December 13, 2012, 02:05:24 AM
I've finished counting the votes.

There were no ties for any of the three special awards.

There were four ties for the top 10 DUmmies, one of them a four-way tie.

And there's some unexpecteds; between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve there's going to be a lot of surprises.

I'll worry about it next week.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Skul on December 13, 2012, 02:10:56 AM
I await the results with a worm on my tongue.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: franksolich on December 13, 2012, 02:16:33 AM
I await the results with a worm on my tongue.

It was a bitch, tallying up the votes.

I suspect the primitives are going to be surprised too.

But they'll have to wait, like everybody else.

For the meantime, lurking primitives may kiss franksolich's Republican ass.









:tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Skul on December 13, 2012, 02:27:08 AM
It was a bitch, tallying up the votes.

I suspect the primitives are going to be surprised too.

But they'll have to wait, like everybody else.

For the meantime, lurking primitives may kiss franksolich's Republican ass.

:tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:
Well, sir, I do notice that your avatar does provide them with a target.  :-)
If only I could get mine to turn 90 degrees counter clock-wise, I'd be happy.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: franksolich on December 13, 2012, 02:33:05 AM
Well, sir, I do notice that your avatar does provide them with a target.  :-)

If only I could get mine to turn 90 degrees counter clock-wise, I'd be happy.

Okay, I just proof-read the counts; and now have the official numbers.

It's late at night, I'm tired and sleepy, and grouchy.

The official count--I've "proofed" it three times now--shows four ties in the Top Ten, one of them a three-way tie.  I can't help it that the ties involve primitives who don't like each other; that's just the way it came out.

Of the special awards, two were runaway winners, and one race was close.

That's all I'm going to say, because I'm going to forget about the primitives until about this same time next week.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Skul on December 13, 2012, 02:38:11 AM
My nap time, too.
Sleep well.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: franksolich on December 13, 2012, 07:05:42 AM
I didn't get much sleep, and so am as grouchy as my pal Don over on Skins's island.

The following primitives got no votes, no votes at all, in this election cycle:

Odin2005, the chunky lazy lad

Oops, that's all, out of 57 candidates.  Not a vote.  Only one primitive.

It's got to be disheartening, not even being considered good enough to be on a list of losers.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Tucker on December 13, 2012, 09:28:11 AM
I didn't get much sleep, and so am as grouchy as my pal Don over on Skins's island.

The following primitives got no votes, no votes at all, in this election cycle:

Odin2005, the chunky lazy lad

Oops, that's all, out of 57 candidates.  Not a vote.  Only one primitive.

It's got to be disheartening, not even being considered good enough to be on a list of losers.

LOL Too funny.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: franksolich on December 13, 2012, 12:09:02 PM
LOL Too funny.

Well yeah.

The chunky lazy lad is such a ****ing loser he can't even get on a list of losers.
Title: Re: poll: in case of tie.....
Post by: Delmar on December 13, 2012, 01:56:40 PM
I say let franksolich flip a coin.  No need for ties, just bump a DUmmy out of the top echelon--they're used to it.