QC3HQ - Summer Contest - CONGRATULATIONS SHIFTREX

[TREX]

Originally Posted by Lazy Orang

Exactly.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

Wowza, the poll is up and we ended up with enough contestants that we had to CHOP it down to a Top Ten. Thanks again to everyone who entered! Remember to go vote!

[TREX]

Originally Posted by Dr.Goomonkey

Wowza, the poll is up and we ended up with enough contestants that we had to CHOP it down to a Top Ten. Thanks again to everyone who entered! Remember to go vote!

Great turnout. Is there a limit to how many options are on the poll or is that just you guys preference?

[BiggaBullfrog]

FWIW I also have no two-powered horse in this race either as I didn't submit. However, after looking over the entries the one I would most want to vote for ended up in the chopped list (though it's close overall, there are a bunch of good entries this time around).

[Taeblewalker]

Mine was cut too.

[TREX]

To be honest, I didnt care if I got any votes on my submission, but to be disqualified from getting to even have my submission included in a "fun" contest for no apparent reason after putting the work in to submit it was off putting. It could have been handled better, as some of the suggestions have went. I wish you guys the best of luck with your future contests.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

Woowee, all right, disregard the current poll! Two will come up in several hours to be the real poll.

[superfrog]

Originally Posted by Dr.Goomonkey

Woowee, all right, disregard the current poll! Two will come up in several hours to be the real poll.

Funny, I don't see the current poll anywhere...

[Dysole]

Ultimately what happened here was a failure of communications and expectations. There was no indication in the sign ups that an entry could have been cut if too many people entered. As such, all entrants assumed that their entry would be part of the poll.

I understand the limitations given by our site and why you would make a decision to limit the number of pull options. Had everything been communicated earlier, people could have managed their decisions and expectations accordingly. Having the decision happen with no real warning, especially when I can't find a given criteria for what made the cut and what didn't, is just a recipe for disappointment at best and resentment at worst. Just some thoughts for you to take forward for future contests.

~Dysole, remaining mum about whether or not her submission was originally cut or not

[Taeblewalker]

I agree with Dysole. I ran contests in the past and included all entries. Of course I did other things differently; we had a team of judges instead of a poll.

[BiggaBullfrog]

Yeah, basically Dr.G's contests are super awesome and popular and he's just got too many people wanting to be a part of it. (edit - in case that came across as sarcasm rest assured it’s not. These contests really are a great addition to the community!)

Thanks for hosting these, Dr.G. And thanks for being willing to adjust your processes on the fly -- I know that can be stressful.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

Wow, those admins are stealthy and it looks like the faulty poll is already gone so my great big warning probably didn't do anybody any good.

Also for some reason I thought that I would have to willpower to post the polls last night after getting home after midnight after playing music, which, after consideration, seems pretty much ridiculous.

This is a good kink to have worked out of the contests, since we should be able to have two polls if we get up to 30 contestants, so I doubt we'll need 3 for quite some time.

EDIT: links to the polls: