*WINNER ANNOUNCED* DmC courtesy of Ster Kinekor - new MyGaming competition format

Roomys_ZA said:
I think the point was a point cap of 20 rather than 20 people with the most points?
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No, it won't work that way - that was just an example number.

I think a pool of potential winners makes sense. It will have to be the top X active people because there is no way to generate a list of people who have surpassed an activity threshold.
 
James said:
No, it won't work that way - that was just an example number.

I think a pool of potential winners makes sense. It will have to be the top X active people because there is no way to generate a list of people who have surpassed an activity threshold.
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Orighty then!

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James said:
I find it bemusing that when people are chosen randomly, there are complaints that the winner doesn't participate much on the forum. When we try a competition that rewards those who participate, then people complain that it isn't fair.
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I agree that it's a hard line to find balance on. I think the miffness does come when people that have had 1 post in 6 months enter a comp and win it compared to more active members but to turn it around and make it 100% activity based (read: post as much kak as you like to get points / popularity levels) is seen as draconian. My two cents on the reaction to the OP and past comps anyway.

I don't envy your juggling act ........
 
I prefer the 20 votes method, but perhaps it can be tweaked a little bit with some of the older competition formats. For example, this week it's 20 posts, next month it's 25, then 30 etc. For a person to rack up an extra 5 posts per week isn't that much, and the main contributors who already have thousands will be able to qualify for a very long time. You could also reintroduce the old method which said that in the last week you had to have made x posts. But don't make x too high, 5-10 should do it.
 
James said:
No, it won't work that way - that was just an example number.

I think a pool of potential winners makes sense. It will have to be the top X active people because there is no way to generate a list of people who have surpassed an activity threshold.
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Actually, that is kind of what I was aiming at. However, can you pull a list of activity over a certain period of time? Because if you can do that, it'll make things a little easier - you can still set a relatively low barrier of entry and manage to filter out those who only pop in to enter and then disappear.

I don't think it's necessary to set a limit on the number of people in the pool, though, because that will just encourage a rat-race.

So what I'm saying is, you set the barrier at a certain number of points (say 20, for example) - anyone who gets past that level is entered, whether it be 20 or 30 or whatever (is it just me or am I using 20 a lot?), provided of course they actually entered the comp. Automatic entry is uneccessary, imo.

It'll basically be a carbon-copy of the system we used when we ran the Exclusive comps, where we expected a minimum of 10 posts a week. The spam was pretty bad at the beginning but it did slow down towards the end. Except, it should be easier with the points system because it won't involve manually counting user posts like I had to do for that.

All speculation on my part though - it hinges on whether you can filter activity by date ...
 
Unfortunately it's not that customisable. The only options are:

  • A list of most active (X number of) users.
  • First to reach Y points.

I've made another test contest to generate a list of 20 users to see how that works.
 
James said:
Unfortunately it's not that customisable. The only options are:

  • A list of most active (X number of) users.
  • First to reach Y points.

I've made another test contest to generate a list of 20 users to see how that works.
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How about that, users ranked 1-10 get 10 entries, 10-15 get 7 and so on down to one entry. That way regulars who don't always post should also be ahead of the one hit wonders and regulars get a better chance for their contributions.
If you can track rep points then that can also be used
 
Probably wont even make the top 100 unless it counts views, not posting when I don't need to for a competition.

When they had the post 10-20 times a week thing I didnt enter them so was happy when they had a lifetime post setting but really needs to be higher than 20 more like 100 - 500 Lifetime posts and a minimum 3 month join time.
 
MJ_INC said:
Fairly new to the forum but I too agree this isn't the greatest idea. Rewarding people who have the most free time to type inane posts and threads seems a very odd idea
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Welcome Buddy, you been around for long i see, i generally browse through and post less, mainly due to work.
Will trolling posts be seen as negative points? and how would you regard that?
The old way seemed a bit simple to manage i think, but who knows lets all give it a try and see how it goes.
All the best MyGaming :)
 
Thanks for participating in the competition everyone. I've learnt a lot about the system and its niggles, and the feedback has been helpful in revising how we'll approach competitions using this system in future. I will launch a big competition soon so stay tuned.

The winner of DmC (platform of choice) is:

MalicE

Congratulations!

Kindly PM your details: DmC platform choice (Xbox 360 or PS3), forum name, Full name, hand to hand delivery address, cell number, e-mail
 
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