Poll

What time should we have the presentation of the Filmspotting Top 30?

Monday,  Sept 1. 5pm PST
8 (50%)
Thursday, Sept 4, 2pm PST
1 (6.3%)
Thursday Sept 4, 5pm PST
4 (25%)
Friday Sept 5, 5pm PST
3 (18.8%)

Total Members Voted: 16

Author Topic: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion  (Read 35647 times)

oldkid

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #30 on: May 23, 2014, 07:06:20 PM »
Oh, I like this idea...  It sounds like a lot of fun.

But if we chose this system, would this really be "our" list?  I mean, we chose the films, but the end result would be more random and less community.   

Thinking about it...
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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #31 on: May 23, 2014, 07:07:24 PM »
I think it would become our burden to bear and celebrate both. :) And whatever the result, it's only for a year. Think of it as an eclectic snapshot.
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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #32 on: May 23, 2014, 07:22:28 PM »
I like it, 'noff!

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #33 on: May 23, 2014, 07:41:10 PM »
Okay, I have re-set the poll!  I'm afraid Dave's numbering option wasn't accepted (this year), mostly because it was felt to be too much work for a ballot.

Now, let's set the traditional system up against smirnoff's lottery!  Which would you prefer for our official top 100?
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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #34 on: May 23, 2014, 07:44:08 PM »
I prefer to think of it as a weighted-lottery-of-mega-fun than a randomizer, but I shall not quibble. :))

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #35 on: May 23, 2014, 07:45:31 PM »
Done.
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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #36 on: May 23, 2014, 11:22:47 PM »
I prefer to call 'noff's system the Adjusted Group Vishnevetsky.

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #37 on: May 24, 2014, 05:18:34 AM »
Lottery for my pick. It is great idea.

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #38 on: May 24, 2014, 08:13:20 AM »
smirnoff,

I will say that your slightly less random amendment (when a film is picked a second time it moves up) is a bit complicated for me. My proposal is that we'd put all the names in the virtual hopper and then maybe pick 500 or 1000 of them at random (if we got 40 ballots, we'd have upwards of 4000 entries). Then they'd be ranked by frequency. Positional tie-breakers within this group would be, of course, random draw.

Anyway, I'm on board.

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #39 on: May 24, 2014, 08:23:19 AM »
This sounds like a slightly modified version of  Ignatiy Vishnevetsky's list-making method.