iCM Forum World Cup - season 3 - manager sign-up thread

[Mario Gaborović]

I think there should be more polls

There Will Be Polls

I conceived another pot-making system, so there's a poll for you if you want it so bad.

[zhangalan]

Since it is near the end of the poll, I think it is safe to share my priority.

Australia is a must since we don't have any countries for Oceania. And we need more African and Latin American countries, so Burkina Faso, Lebanon, Puerto Rico and Uruguay are a must. Cuba has participated twice.

I don't care much about the other countries, but I rarely (or never) watch films from Malaysia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, so I hope we have chance to explore them.

[beavis]

Lebanon is asian

[zhangalan]

Managers who haven't voted yet:

Angel Glez

Come on Angel, pour some rum into this world cup trophy of ours, and get PR in the line-up.

I would need to know the films that managers have in mind, otherwise all countries are potentially attractive.

My own choice for Puerto Rico would be terrible (only one set, dialogue heavy, allegorical content...)

Somehow I think I figure out which film Angel means.
But I think compared with what you mention the quality of the rip will be a bigger concern.

[zhangalan]

Lebanon is asian

Oh you are right.
This is why Geography used to be my poorest subject during my college time.

Anyway, we need more Arab countries.

[Armoreska]

Thanks, Lebanon that's me
But someone picked Syria, so that might split votes.
I'm sure Australia is safe, I even didn't give it a 5 because of that (still, 4)

[Cynical Cinephile]

Lebanon is asian

Oh you are right.
This is why Geography used to be my poorest subject during my college time.

Anyway, we need more Arab countries.

It's easy to get confused, both Libya and Liberia are in Africa, though. To add to confusion, Lebanon is called Liban in my mother tongue.

[Armoreska]

Is the current 10th country the same country that's been #10 all along? Or they switched places?

[joachimt]

They switch places but it's not just 9 and 10.

[zhangalan]

Thanks, Lebanon that's me
But someone picked Syria, so that might split votes.

I hope not.
Actually it's me who pick Syria, again.

[Armoreska]

80 minutesssssssssssss

[joachimt]

80 minutesssssssssssss

This is even more exciting than the voting deadline in a match.

[Armoreska]

80 minutesssssssssssss

This is even more exciting than the voting deadline in a match.

You're the one to tell? You already know the answers

[joachimt]

RogerTheMovieManiac88 just made it a tie again for #9 and #10.

15 minutes. Please give me some more votes, so we won't end up in this situation.

[Armoreska]

No, don't, let's vote 1 on 1, it's a match as it should be!!!

[joachimt]

Smoover just broke the tie. The difference between #9 and #10 is now 0.028 !!!!

@Armo: I'll only do such a short poll, if there is a tie. If it's just a close difference, so be it.

Another poll? Just have a tie breaking criteria like most 5s or something and decide the winner. Getting tired of all these polls honestly

I kinda agree, but it would have been nice if I thought of that before and announced it prior to the voting. With so many votes I didn't expect this to be an issue.

Does someone have any objections to this proposal? The winner in case of a tie is the one with the most "5"-votes.

[Nathan Treadway]

Something wrong here.

I changed my username, and dropped that corny underscore. I can submit a second ballot, if you so chose. (That's what happens when you copy and paste.)

I removed the underscore from the managerslist, so it's fine now.
And no, you don't get another vote.

Well.. One can try, right? At least I didn't completely change my username, otherwise, I'd have gotten an odd reaction when I sent the Swiss film.

[72allinncallme]

Does someone have any objections to this proposal? The winner in case of a tie is the one with the most "5"-votes.

Can we do a poll about this?

[Nathan Treadway]

Smoover just broke the tie. The difference between #9 and #10 is now 0.028 !!!!

@Armo: I'll only do such a short poll, if there is a tie. If it's just a close difference, so be it.

Another poll? Just have a tie breaking criteria like most 5s or something and decide the winner. Getting tired of all these polls honestly

I kinda agree, but it would have been nice if I thought of that before and announced it prior to the voting. With so many votes I didn't expect this to be an issue.

Does someone have any objections to this proposal? The winner in case of a tie is the one with the most "5"-votes.

I say have a play-in! (Have the managers of those two countries face off in a 2 week period before they are permitted to enter the world cup!)

Seriously, yeah, that's probably the fairest way to go.

[Mario Gaborović]

Smoover just broke the tie. The difference between #9 and #10 is now 0.028 !!!!

@Armo: I'll only do such a short poll, if there is a tie. If it's just a close difference, so be it.

Another poll? Just have a tie breaking criteria like most 5s or something and decide the winner. Getting tired of all these polls honestly

I kinda agree, but it would have been nice if I thought of that before and announced it prior to the voting. With so many votes I didn't expect this to be an issue.

Does someone have any objections to this proposal? The winner in case of a tie is the one with the most "5"-votes.

Yeah, we're getting tired of so many polls.
When will I get to see the films??

[joachimt]

Another poll? Just have a tie breaking criteria like most 5s or something and decide the winner. Getting tired of all these polls honestly

I kinda agree, but it would have been nice if I thought of that before and announced it prior to the voting. With so many votes I didn't expect this to be an issue.

Does someone have any objections to this proposal? The winner in case of a tie is the one with the most "5"-votes.

Can we do a poll about this?

Sure, I love poll. But let's do it secretly by PM.

[Mario Gaborović]

I kinda agree, but it would have been nice if I thought of that before and announced it prior to the voting. With so many votes I didn't expect this to be an issue.

Does someone have any objections to this proposal? The winner in case of a tie is the one with the most "5"-votes.

Can we do a poll about this?

Sure, I love poll. But let's do it secretly by PM.

I'd like to lower down Denmark by 1 point, if that would change something.

[Armoreska]

Smoover just broke the tie. The difference between #9 and #10 is now 0.028 !!!!

@Armo: I'll only do such a short poll, if there is a tie. If it's just a close difference, so be it.

Another poll? Just have a tie breaking criteria like most 5s or something and decide the winner. Getting tired of all these polls honestly

I kinda agree, but it would have been nice if I thought of that before and announced it prior to the voting. With so many votes I didn't expect this to be an issue.

Does someone have any objections to this proposal? The winner in case of a tie is the one with the most "5"-votes.

Favors maniacal 5pt-voters. I only gave out 3 of these.
I would agree if you counted versuses of the 2 countries. Like if some people rated one higher than the other, then that's a vote for it. If there's no tie this way.

[Mario Gaborović]

If we decide that by a poll, just make it short-lived coz one slot is a very unimportant issue.

[Armoreska]

I'd like to lower down Denmark by 1 point, if that would change something.

Spoiler: click to toggleShow

Out with it, Joachim

OK I sleep now. This way I'm certain to wake up in the wonderful world of results

[Mario Gaborović]

Out with it, Joachim

It's dinner time, as usual.

[Mario Gaborović]

Is it possible that we'll be deprived of info after 5 days of waiting ??

[sacmersault]

Another poll? Just have a tie breaking criteria like most 5s or something and decide the winner. Getting tired of all these polls honestly

I kinda agree, but it would have been nice if I thought of that before and announced it prior to the voting. With so many votes I didn't expect this to be an issue.

Does someone have any objections to this proposal? The winner in case of a tie is the one with the most "5"-votes.

I say have a play-in! (Have the managers of those two countries face off in a 2 week period before they are permitted to enter the world cup!)

Seriously, yeah, that's probably the fairest way to go.

play-off!!!!!!!!!!

[zhangalan]

Hey, I just wait up, and still no results?
ICM is surely a great place to train your patience.

[zhangalan]

How about all of the voters re-send the ballots, but this time rank the countries instead of give them a score individually?

[Fergenaprido]

I like the idea of a playoff. Those two tied countries compete for the last spot during the last few weeks of December. The only other option that I see of as fair is to have one more poll where those are the only two options, and you can only pick one.

[Armoreska]

OK, sleeping didn't help

[tommy_leazaq]

Guess this is the first time Joachimt missing his deadline. So no worries. Proves he is a human after all, not an upgraded version of mjf. Just wish it came in one of his polls where I missed to submit a list, not in a highly anticipated event

[klaus78]

Just flip a coin.

[Lonewolf2003]

Just flip a coin.

Second.

[Armoreska]

Just flip a coin.

Second.

I'm sure the 10th place will love to lose like that
Hopefully, it can be decided using existing ballots. To reiterate.

[Nathan Treadway]

All those suggestions assume that there is a tie, which there very well may not be. Every option presents problems.

Flipping a coin is pure coincidence. Would it be fair to the loser?
Picking the country with the most 5s also means you chose the country with the most 1s.
Going with a playoff means that they have to potentially find another film that falls within the criteria. It also makes the tournament probably unnecessarily longer.
Running another poll is, well.. Running another poll.

Maybe another poll to decide which way to go. LOL. And watch, all this will be for naught

[jvv]

Just flip a coin.

Second.

I'm sure the 10th place will love to lose like that
Hopefully, it can be decided using existing ballots. To reiterate.

We have had a reward for managers that did well (first pick), how about a reward for participants that did well?

Let the tie be broken by letting the country go through that had most higher votes (or points) from participants with (almost) perfect attendance in the last cup.

These are the people who are most likely to watch the world cup movies any way (sorry for excluding you, imdb refugees).

[Armoreska]

Joachim is srsly pulling our legs here. He's even checked After Earth in the meantime. At least it's not Battlefield Earth.

[hurluberlu]

Second.

I'm sure the 10th place will love to lose like that
Hopefully, it can be decided using existing ballots. To reiterate.

We have had a reward for managers that did well (first pick), how about a reward for participants that did well?

Let the tie be broken by letting the country go through that had most higher votes (or points) from participants with (almost) perfect attendance in the last cup.

These are the people who are most likely to watch the world cup movies any way (sorry for excluding you, imdb refugees).

please