(12-06-2018 14:37 )Charlemagne Wrote: [ -> ]What happens if someone just gives you one girls score
e.g. I give 10 votes to Patti, and I don't want to award any other votes
There is a formula to sort such situations out.
It is only a suggestion and no doubt the 'You are wrong' brigade will find fault and turn up to discredit it but here it is anyway
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I reiterate this is NOT the definitive solution it is merely an idea
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I will use an example system where everyone in theory nominates four babes in ranking order with 1st place getting 4 pts down to 4th place getting 1 point.
With this exact system 10 points are allocated across the 4 positions.
40% i.e 4 out of 10 go to 1st place
30% i.e 3 out of 10 go to 2nd place
20% i.e 2 out of 10 go to 3rd place
10% i.e 1 out of 10 go to 4th place.
Now lets say someone only nominates 1 babe rather than 4. This means only 4 points are allocatable. So the chosen babe will receive 40% of those 4 points which equates to 1.6 points. Obviously the incentive is there to get people to rank more babes rather than just one in order that their favourite can receive a higher amount of points resulting from between 2 and 4 names submitted.
So for example lets say somebody submits a top 3 rather than a top 4.
This means that 9 points out of 10 can be allocated as the 1 point for 4th place no longer applies.
1st place would receive 40% of 9 points = 3.6 points
2nd place would receive 30% of 9 points = 2.7 points
3rd place would receive 20% of 9 points = 1.8 points
If somebody submits a top two rather than a top 4 the result would be thus:
7 points out of the original 10 can be allocated.
1st place would receive 40% of 7 points i.e 2.8 points
2nd place would receive 30% of 7 points = 2.1 points.
Now obviously the percentages change depending on how many ranking positions are requested but once the percentages are known and the total number of points that can be allocated is known it can be worked out on a calculator what points to allocate to whom.
Snookered runs off to the shed before the barrage ensues
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