I do like the little bit broader range of tiers. That I think will satisty almost everyone.

We still will just vote for our top 3, correct?

Yes sir.

In other news, I've updated the first post with links to archives of the previous Mega Man competitions I've run, so if you've missed out on listening to GRMRB or GMRB remixes in the past, make sure you grab the final release zips for those competitions.

Yay, a better system. :D

Normalization would be dividing the number of votes a mix gets with the total number of votes in the round. I think I'll do that when I'm not mixing, just to see the differences between scores.

There's so much we could do with the data: neutralize ppl's rankings and just see whose mixes were in the top 3 the most, award arbitrary amounts of points to each rank, normalizing or no normalizing, Darke's original choice of scoring, the current system, variations and combinations...

I might be a statistician. Scary thought.

Normalization would be calculating the standard deviation and assigning a certain amount of points depending on where people fell ranking-wise...something that'd take more effort than anyone probably would want to put in, including me.

I would do it. But Darkesword has already chosen his system. I'm ready to move on and just keep my own tallies.

Yeah, hence the reason I said that I realize what I'm doing is not actually normalization. :mrgreen:

Anyway let's move on, shall we? Less statistics, more reviews!

I have no idea if anyone from Gentlemaster's Club mentioned I'd be doing third week. But you asked us to post!

Technically you don't have to post who is mixing this week because there's only one person left in each team that hasn't gone yet.

I didn't expect the scoring system to actually change, but I'm glad it did. Even though I'm 7th (and thus JUST out of range to be affected this time), I think this will be a much more reasonable way of doing things.

Ultimately what it came down to was that there were nights were after a long day of working late that I just didn't feel like remixing. But the thought of letting my team down by getting less points helped me power through.

Similarly in the GRMRB it was the possibility of being eliminated that helped me push through times when I was too tired or just didn't feel in the mood.

Again, it was never about winning. It was about that extra push of motivation to make sweet, sweet music even when the mundane things of life have sapped my energy.

Thanks, Darke, for making the adjustment. I appreciate it.

I'd be happy to do a table with the Z-scores calculated out if anyone actually wanted them. It's actually very simple in a spreadsheet. I don't think there's any point, though.