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Earlier this year I promised I would consider the possibility of adding new events for the Weekly Competition. I don't want to frivolously add new events, but I do want to give the community the chance to possibly add events if there truly is demand for it.
As a preface, the average weekly participation in our competition this year has been approximately 180. I will use that number as numeric "justification" going forward.
What I've decided to propose is this: On this thread, I will take suggestions for events. Any event that gets at least 9 recommendations (5% of the weekly average of participants) over the next two weeks (ending 2018/12/03) will get its own poll thread.
The poll threads will then be open for 3 weeks, until December 24. The poll will be worded such that an upvote implies that the voter BOTH wants the event added AND intends to compete in it if possible, while a downvote implies that the voter specifically does not want the event added. At that point, any event that receives at least 18 upvotes (10% of the weekly average of participants) AND ALSO has more upvotes than downvotes will be eligible to be added to the competition. However, I will add no more than 2 events this year, so if more than 2 events reach this threshold, only the top 2 will be added. I will close the poll threads after the deadline is reached.
I'm hoping this will allow us a way to legitimately add new events without being overly silly about it. If none make the threshold, I believe we would probably be better without adding the events.
Just as a starting point for discussion, the following 5 events were already suggested in the "Changes to the Weekly Competition Website" thread:
Master Pyraminx
Redi Cube
Fisher Cube
Mirror Blocks
4x4x4 Fewest Moves
In your response, please make clear the events that you wish to see added.
As a preface, the average weekly participation in our competition this year has been approximately 180. I will use that number as numeric "justification" going forward.
What I've decided to propose is this: On this thread, I will take suggestions for events. Any event that gets at least 9 recommendations (5% of the weekly average of participants) over the next two weeks (ending 2018/12/03) will get its own poll thread.
The poll threads will then be open for 3 weeks, until December 24. The poll will be worded such that an upvote implies that the voter BOTH wants the event added AND intends to compete in it if possible, while a downvote implies that the voter specifically does not want the event added. At that point, any event that receives at least 18 upvotes (10% of the weekly average of participants) AND ALSO has more upvotes than downvotes will be eligible to be added to the competition. However, I will add no more than 2 events this year, so if more than 2 events reach this threshold, only the top 2 will be added. I will close the poll threads after the deadline is reached.
I'm hoping this will allow us a way to legitimately add new events without being overly silly about it. If none make the threshold, I believe we would probably be better without adding the events.
Just as a starting point for discussion, the following 5 events were already suggested in the "Changes to the Weekly Competition Website" thread:
Master Pyraminx
Redi Cube
Fisher Cube
Mirror Blocks
4x4x4 Fewest Moves
In your response, please make clear the events that you wish to see added.
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