An apology.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:59 pm
Dear submatt,
I've just heard of your conversation with dark. Apparently you felt you were treated unfair in last month's TOTM competition.
After much thought I think there is only one fair solution. We voted and the two teases tied. I extended the voting period and the teases still tied. From there we felt that we had to find some way to resolve the situation. As you pointed out a run-off vote was just one of several possible solutions we could've chosen.
It's not fair to change the rules in the middle of the game and I'm sorry for that.
The only option I see left is to award two TOTMs this time. I'm really, really sorry for this screw-up. We should have thought of a tie breaker beforehand not in the middle of voting.
Next time, if there is a tie, we will immediately do a second vote consisting only of the tied teases, so this will be a one-time exception.
I will modify the TOTM box to display one of the two winning teases at random.
Sorry.
Seraph0x
I've just heard of your conversation with dark. Apparently you felt you were treated unfair in last month's TOTM competition.
After much thought I think there is only one fair solution. We voted and the two teases tied. I extended the voting period and the teases still tied. From there we felt that we had to find some way to resolve the situation. As you pointed out a run-off vote was just one of several possible solutions we could've chosen.
It's not fair to change the rules in the middle of the game and I'm sorry for that.
The only option I see left is to award two TOTMs this time. I'm really, really sorry for this screw-up. We should have thought of a tie breaker beforehand not in the middle of voting.
Next time, if there is a tie, we will immediately do a second vote consisting only of the tied teases, so this will be a one-time exception.
I will modify the TOTM box to display one of the two winning teases at random.
Sorry.
Seraph0x