1. txaggirl91
2. alphabits
3. Capt.Flock
4. dean_siu
5. OttoCal
6. NHPhan
7. MrBill64
8. PIA
9. KeetAtHeart
10. chippewa
Complete Final Leaderboard:
260.00 txaggirl91
259.00 alphabits
250.00 Capt.Flock
236.00 dean_siu
234.00 OttoCal
229.50 NHPhan
229.00 MrBill64
225.00 PIA
222.00 KeetAtHeart
221.50 chippewa
221.00 SMLCHNG
215.00 conched
214.00 Conolulu
212.00 Dezdmona
209.00 ph4life
208.00 ~Hippolyte~
204.00 surfpirate
200.00 SharkOnLand
197.50 Pleasin & Teasin
197.00 buffettbride
195.00 Kitty
194.50 gingerbreadman
194.00 Tarheel Tail-Gator
193.50 magnus & Mr Moon
193.00 eli7160
192.75 z-man
192.50 nutmeg
192.25 Crzy
192.00 Dally
190.00 dnw
189.00 Mon
187.00 Glorfindel7
186.50 ejr
186.00 gpblxbeach
184.00 yes i am a
183.00 C-Dawg
182.00 Thewino
180.50 Marnin Grita Guy
180.00 caly
178.00 ph4ever
178.00 SimplyComplicated
177.00 carolinagirl
176.00 f2cdlzrd
176.00 NJPirate
175.00 phinsupinWC
174.00 owbishop
173.00 parithedfred
170.00 shakerofsalt
169.00 pamesoo
168.00 STL PARROTHEAD
167.00 we4phlocks
166.50 Phins1026
166.00 PalmTreeGal
164.00 docandjeanie
161.00 LIPH
160.00 burntoutmike
158.00 beachbum13
152.00 smokindave
151.00 thebeachbumm33
143.00 PHAW Webmistress
139.00 balcony girls
136.00 pojo
132.00 Grams
127.00 Irishcajunphan
123.00 Snowparrot
113.00 comemonday
111.00 *Nordstrom*
111.00 ConchRepublican
102.00 parrothead3282
98.00 Creeky
97.00 BHAkeet00
96.00 mikemathews
79.00 Oz_79
75.50 WI_Fruitcake
75.00 CaptainP
66.00 BahamaBreeze
57.00 RAYRO
53.00 poohbear1324
51.00 missingthebeach
37.00 Hockey Mon
34.00 popcornjack
25.00 hikingontuesday
15.00 sunseeker
Attention to past Feud players: You will notice that everything is just about the same as previous versions, but the scoring has been simplified. I'm interested to see how the game turns out with this scoring. See below the rules for an explanation.[/b]
The first round will be open for 36 hours instead of the usual 24 to get as many people as possible in at the start. Now is the time to spread the word and/or use those banners! And a big thanks to those that have already used them! The Feud is open to anyone at anytime no matter how many rounds they have participated in.
If you have never participated in a BN Feud before, feel free to check out the thread from the last BN Feud[/b]
Rules and Guidelines for BN Feud IX PLEASE READ THESE TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE PLAYING TO AVOID MAKING A MISTAKE.
1. You will be playing the game and being surveyed at the same time. All survey answers will come from BuffettNews.com Members.
2. This series will have fifty (50) questions. The questions will be posted in groups of five (5). Answers are not to be posted in this thread. Answers can be submitted in the following ways:
- Send your answers via the BuffettNews e-mail function by clicking here , or by clicking the e-mail button at the bottom of my posts. This will go into my e-mail inbox and will be much easier to keep track of responses, especially for this series. Only your BN username and reply-to email will appear in the e-mail I receive.
- Send your answers via Private Message
3. Only the top eight (8 ) answers can receive points. The points a player is awarded will be based on the rank of an answer. If six answers make the board, the #1 answer will be worth 6 points. If only 3 answers make the board, the #1 answer is worth 3 points. The last answer on the board will always be worth 1 point.
4. One answer per question. Try to be as specific and descriptive as possible in your answer, if you can't use only one word in your answer, you might have to re-think your answer, but it depends on the question. Try to avoid using the word "and", slashes ()(/), commas (,), and parenthesis(()) in your answers. This has made it difficult to judge in the past. Say what you mean, and mean what you say. If it looks like there is more than one (1) answer for a single question, it could be subject to the fool button and thrown out to the port of INDECISION, which may or may not be your problem.
5. A deadline will be imposed for the groups of questions. It will be 24 (twenty-four) hours from the time the group is posted. This gives all BN'ers a time frame of 1 day to check for new questions. I have accepted late answers in the past if I was running late with results, but if I've done the results already, I can't accept your submission.
6. This will be one big BN poll, in a way.
7. In order for an answer to be eligible for points, it must appear at least 2 times in the survey. In other words, if only one person said a certain answer, it won't be worth any points. Again though, only the top 8 answers can appear on the board, so it is still possible for 2 people to say the same thing but nor receive any points.
8. If you'd like to contribute answers but do not wish to compete or be on the leader board, send your answers and after the "group #" put "OPT-OUT"
9. After you have sent your answers, please post in this thread telling me that you have submitted your answers. I have missed peoples answers in the past, so just post "sent " in this thread to help me verify that I'm not missing anybody.
10. If you are still wondering how this all works, click here to see an example of this format. This link will take you to where a new group of questions were posted. Read through it and get to page 14 to see the results of that group.
11. If you dispute a result or decision, you are entitled to discuss it either openly in the thread, or privately. Any changes in the leaderboard will be announced publicly.
12. Honesty policy and Feud Fraud: Since this is not a team format, please keep your answers to yourself until the results are posted. Sharing your answers with others before they are sent is collusion and is the same as cheating. Please keep it fair for all involved and don't commit Feud Fraud.
13 Absentee Ballots: If you know you are going to be away for more than a day but you really want to get your answers in, please send me a PM. We have been able to make arrangements in the past, so we'll do our best to accommodate you.
Rules and guidelines summary: Send in your answers and wait for the results and next group of questions; repeat.
About the scoring format for this series:
I wanted to make something new about this series, so I thought I'd keep it simple and simplify the scoring. This scoring can benefit most players. You'll remember that in the previous scoring, in which the points were determined on percentages of an answer, that if you bombed a couple of rounds, it was near impossible to catch up. There would be a few questions that you might have missed the obvious #1 answer, and 66% of the players would get 66 points while you got 3 or 4. This should close the gap a little bit and make Feud IX "anybodies game". Of course if you continually bomb rounds, your still gonna suffer.
What I like about this is I don't have to work so hard to figure out questions in which the #1 answer is not obvious, questions in which I think there will be a variety of answers. In the percentage scoring, chances are that 66% answer will now only be worth 3 points. That being because if answers were so obvious, there might only be three on the board. The more variety there are in the answers, the more likely the #1 answer will be worth more points. It's kind of like a concept of "Less is More".
The 30% answers may now be worth 7 or 8 points, because 70% of the other people are contributing more answers to appear on the board. You'll get rewarded more for those not so obvious answers, but as usual, it always depends on what everyone else is answering.And finally, it should be a little easier on me not having to convert answers into percentages. This does not mean that future Feuds will all scored this way, this is just right now a change for this series.
Take a look at an example of this scoring. These are scores from the last group on Feud VIII converted into the new scoring format. You'll see how ranks stay close, but the bottom of the list has a much better chance of catching up in a future round. Notice how the 74% becomes only 4 points, but yet the 30% becomes 7 points in a different question. Less is More?? Very interesting indeed! I'm looking forward to see who wins this one! I think it will be much more competitive.
Percentage Scoring............... Feud Ranking System
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Lastly, let us not forget our Feud Motto:
And our Feud Mascot, inspired by Chippewa:
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to you, Dawson!!!
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(did I just say that out loud? 