Voting System Question...

#1

I noticed something a little strange with the voting system over at cgchallenge, and unfortunately I don’t have the math skills to figure out a solution but here is the deal…

By the current system, a person’s average score is not considered. Only their total score. This make it possible for someone to, for example, have 500 scores of 1 and beat someone that has 20 scores of 5.

Being the lonely nerd that I am, I decided to spend a sad portion of my saturday evening taking averages from the first page of the 3d challenge:

NAME__________SCORE________VOTES________AVERAGE
Dr. Jones________564__________147__________3.84
Erik____________400__________103__________3.88
Frinsklen________367___________94__________3.9
Korn_Art________362___________93__________3.89
Ila_Solomo______345___________87__________3.97
Joril____________325___________85_________3.82
Rye____________284___________76_________3.74
Mtmckinley_______278__________75__________3.71
Levin___________274__________77__________3.56
DimitrisLiatsos____272__________73__________3.73

As you can see in the above segment, going by average score, Ila Solomon is actually #1 followed by Frinsklen and then Korn_Art.

Unfortunately, if you JUST use averages you have another problem. That someone with a single score of 5, would beat someone with 30 scores varying between 4 and 5.

I imagine that there is some way to factor in both pieces of data fairly, but I majored in Art. :wink:

(s)

[edited to fix messed up tables of data]

#2

The winner of the challenge is not determined by votes.
But by a jury… of mods… :curious:

:smiley:

#3

yeah these votes are trivial, a popularity contest

if you look closely, some concept sketches had a lot o votes

the council has the final say
:beer:

#4

Perhaps there could be two awards: One from the thousands of members here,and the other from the council. It seems that the members should have some say,it does’nt seem fair that the main body has no say in the end. This place should be about the people the artists themselves,they should not be overlooked,but taken into consideration.
Two winners trophies would be best if you ask me,one from the CG talk artist themselves,and the other from the all mighty council. Oh well just another guys thoughts. :beer: :slight_smile:

#5

I totaly agree Johnlittle!!!:beer:

#6

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