[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Zee

The next one will be at the end of November/early December, with the all new and improved voting system

Here's a link to the (sadly closed) Most Loved 8 thread, I just re-read it, so much fun!

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...ighlight=loved

What is the new improved final system Zee if you can say now that is,I would guess you'd prefer to wait until the poll opens though.
I know some things were mentioned but feel sure you will have come up with the best of everything.


I loved reading the most loved 8 thread too, it was extremely sad for the majority that it was in fact closed as people didn't get the chance to thank as many people as they usually do and as you say overall it was a really great fun thread in the main,it was to me anyway.

All my best to you for the next one anyway Zee.

[Z]

I'm thinking that it'll work like this:

Round 1 - open for exactly one week; users are allowed to nominate up to 15 members and the 50 with the most nominations at the end of the week go through to Round 2. In the likely event of tied positions at the end of Round 1 (e.g. 45 users have 5+ nominations but 12 users all have 4 nominations, and there are only 5 places left to fill) it would then go to the first come first served basis that was previously used, so the first 5 out of those 12 users to have reached 4 nominations in that hypothetical example would qualify. In the unlikely event that position number 50 was tied between two users who received their 4th nomination in the same set of nominations; they would both then qualify and we'd have a top 51 or whatever the case may be. I will also be scrapping the rule of multiplying round 1 nominations by 3; to be replaced by an as yet to be decided rule.

Round 2 - as before, users have 10 votes whereby they must rank their favourite ten from the qualified 50 from 1st to 10th and provide reasons for why they are giving them points. 10 points goes to 1st place, down to 10th place which gets 1 point. Users will have another week to send their round 2 votes in; then I will need a couple of days to prepare the countdown and it will be hosted on a weekend evening, on the assumption that's what best suits the majority of people.

Countdown - For those who are unfamiliar; there is then a countdown thread where I post paragraphs filled with reasons why people love other forum members and normally there are at least one or two scraps and the thread gets locked in a haze of people congratulating the winner, saying thank you to me and being annoyed/delighted by the end result. However, it's a lot of fun and I hope this time around will be just as successful as the last one, which was the best one yet in terms of user participation!

Exceptions - you may not wish to be included in the countdown, as many users don't - if so, you would just send me a private message asking to be left out and I would post in the thread accordingly that you do not wish to be nominated. You don't have to provide a reason for this; people withdraw for all sorts of reasons, it's only meant to be a bit of fun but inevitably some people spoil it for all the rest and I can understand not wanting to be included in that. I would ask that if you are withdrawing, you let me know before Round 2 begins, but by that point it'll have been running for a week so you'd probably be aware of it by then.

I do not allow permanently banned or deceased members to be included simply on the basis that they can't give consent to being included and because it can be seen as insensitive.

And uhh.. I think that's everything. What does everyone think? I'd probably be looking at starting Round 1 up around the 21st of November, Round 2 on the 28th, closing it on the 5th of December and hosting the final countdown on the 7th of December - but I'd confirm that closer to the time.

[Jake.]

Ah so excited, sounds much better Greg!

[joeysteele]

That all sounds really good to me Zee, you have come up with a good plan there. Thanks for telling us about it.

[Z]

Especially after last time around, Round 1 was over within like a day if I remember correctly; so it's better to give people time to do these things rather than it become representative of what the people who stayed up late to nominate immediately wanted... But yeah if I close it on Thursday the 5th, it gives me two days to do all the write ups and have everything ready to go like I did last time!

The smart money is on Omah.

[Lee.]

ML is genuinely my fav thing on Tibb..

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Lee.

ML is genuinely my fav thing on Tibb..

[Z]

Originally Posted by Lee.

ML is genuinely my fav thing on Tibb..

I like to think it's become a bit of an institution since I started running it

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Lee.

ML is genuinely my fav thing on Tibb..

Agreed, don't enjoy anything as much as this!

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Zee

I like to think it's become a bit of an institution since I started running it

I'm sure I lied to my friends so I could stay in for the last one!

God almighty! I'm actually a grade A saddo!

[Glenn.]

I think I arranged it so I'd be working alone that night so I could be online all night.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Glenn

I think I arranged it so I'd be working alone that night so I could be online all night.

Come join me on the bus to Loserville

[Z]

Originally Posted by Lee.

I'm sure I lied to my friends so I could stay in for the last one!

God almighty! I'm actually a grade A saddo!

I bolted from work last time to catch the subway so I'd be home in time to heat up my dinner before starting it at 9pm looooserrrr

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Lee.

Come join me on the bus to Loserville

That bus would be flawless

[Jake.]

I think I turned down an offer to go to the pub so that's saying something

[Glenn.]

Jake refusing alcohol? My mind is blown.

[Jake.]

Showing how much I love ML right there!

[Drew.]

oh no not ML

[Z]

The hotly anticipated bi-annual event that definitively decides just who is better: Locke or Novo?

[Jake.]

We all know which is really better

[Drew.]

they are both awful

[Z]

Originally Posted by Drew.

they are both awful

Well you did beat them both last time around so I guess you know your ****

[AnnieK]

I love ML too although I must say some of the reactions during the last one left me lost for words a little...hopefully the next one is the positive fun countdown it should be...

[Glenn.]

The reactions were hilarious