NSB PICK EM POLL: HIGA vs ROSALES

[Citizen Koba]

Cool. So the Pick 'em should be put up tonight?

You reckon we got enough of a consensus yet? I was aiming for 20 yeses, as it is we got 16 yeses against 10 nos, total 26 votes... just shy of half the regular players (assuming the voters are regular players). Let's just hold off another few hours til all the 9 - 5 folk in the US have time to get their asses home and logged in.

[siablo14]

You reckon we got enough of a consensus yet? I was aiming for 20 yeses, as it is we got 16 yeses against 10 nos, total 26 votes... just shy of half the regular players (assuming the voters are regular players). Let's just hold off another few hours til all the 9 - 5 folk in the US have time to get their asses home and logged in.

Cool..............

[Redd Foxx]

I fear that the pick em is going to become a thing that just a few nerds play if we include too many obscure fights. Definitely needs more fights than last year, but let's make sure they have at least one fairly well known boxer, so participation will stay up.

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

I fear that the pick em is going to become a thing that just a few nerds play if we include too many obscure fights

Agreed. I mean, yeah, I'm a geek for boxing but I also have a life... this doesn't need to turn into Dungeons'n'Dragons or some super-complex Fantasy Football league, with hundreds of rules etc. Keep it simple, keep it fun

[Redd Foxx]

Agreed. I mean, yeah, I'm a geek for boxing but I also have a life... this doesn't need to turn into Dungeons'n'Dragons or some super-complex Fantasy Football league, with hundreds of rules etc. Keep it simple, keep it fun

lol.
I say it because, when I look at the tally, I see a lot of people aren't playing all the events. This makes it kinda meaningless to me, when you just have a few people consistently doing it. Having fights people aren't watching will make people even less inclined to participate.

This poll is of course going to get a majority of Yes's because a lot of people not interested in it aren't going to click on anything related to this fight, and this pickem will have an unfortunately low participation.

[Citizen Koba]

lol.
I say it because, when I look at the tally, I see a lot of people aren't playing all the events. This makes it kinda meaningless to me, when you just have a few people consistently doing it. Having fights people aren't watching will make people even less inclined to participate.

This poll is of course going to get a majority of Yes's because a lot of people not interested in it aren't going to click on anything related to this fight, and this pickem will have an unfortunately low participation.

It's a tricky one - you are of course right that people who ain't heard of either of the fighters might well just not bother voting, this is why I kinda loosely set a minimum threshold for positive votes at 20 which is about a third the number of active players (about 60 or so each week). As it stands we got 28 votes and we're at 16 to 12, which for me isn't quite enough. As pointed out by Siablo above though, I really should have made the vote public so we could ensure we were getting the opinions of the regular players.

Bear in mind that this is an unusual occurrence, though. On the vast majority of weeks we've been able to find a fight which most people are interested in, and that is likely to continue. The only reason this fight was considered for this week is not because somehow we felt the need to put a fight up to fill the void - believe me I'd be more than happy to take a break - but because it was a legitimate relatively high level match-up. The chances of this situation arising again are in fact slim. I'd actually be surprised if it happens more than once or twice of the year (I'd expect it again for the traditional big Japanese end of year cards, when no one else is fighting, of course), so I shouldn't worry too much about the pick 'em being overun by the hardcore nerds.

Anyway. Let's see how the vote goes. I personally think it's a good idea, but I'm certainly not about trying to force through unpopular fights, just thought it was worth seeing how people felt about it.

[Ganondorf]

I guess I'm a casual who started watching boxing at age 5, but their seems to be a lot of pickems for fighters I've never heard of or know nothing about.

[Damn Wicked]

The "No's" are catching up !

[PICK EM CREW]

The "No's" are catching up !

Indeed. And anyway the plan was not to do it unless the 'aye's reached 20 (and a majority of course). Gonna leave it another hour or two to see whether it shifts at all, but as of right now I don't think we've received a sufficient level of support.

[PICK EM CREW]

I guess I'm a casual who started watching boxing at age 5, but their seems to be a lot of pickems for fighters I've never heard of or know nothing about.

It takes all sorts, man. Use your vote and make your voice heard if you ain't in favour... no one's trying to criticise anyone, we're just trying to find out what the players want.