Can we separate commenting/feedback to others from the vote discussion as you don't need to provide it as it isn't part of a requirement and I have seen it used earlier to justify the DQ for the voting issue ( though personally I think the feedback and commenting part is one of the great aspects of osc does capture the spirit of the comp. ) maybe it should be part of the rules and ppl should get DQ's for not commenting.satYatunes wrote:^^^ I totally agree with idfpower's point. The more we argue about "not voting is okay" the more we move towards failure of this contest. It will take the seriousness, commitment away from the competition and any tom, dick and harry will just submit a song and disappear. I will not like to listen, provide feedback and vote 65-70 tracks to find out later that 20-25 of them submitted just for the heck of it (read "fun") and never listened to other tracks and provided feedback. Until unless someone votes it's really questionable whether they even listened to every track.
To me it's okay to show them at the bottom of the list. Whether to write DQ or not, that's all irrelevant cause everyone know why they are on a different list.
Disclaimer: tom, dick and harry, is just a phrase I used, if any contestant has the same name please don't take it personally . It wasn't meant for you.
Right back to the voting thing.
The thing is voting doesn't prove anything about someone listening to tracks (yes, I know it wouldn't be a comp without it). Just means it proves they moved numbers into a box.
The comment you made satYatunes to Jasinksi on commending him not voting rather than just slinging in the numbers is kind of how I felt about the point system where people were given a high majority of 1's and a few higher to some. Almost smacks of not taking the time to listen and appreciate the work someone put in.
One thing I would like to know is how come suddenly now with someone not voting it seems to be deemed that the results are been skewed as mentioned earlier comment, but in the case of the 1-5 point system where someone put's a majority of 1's and a few 3,4,5's it is deemed not?? If the law of averages holds, shouldn't make a blind bit of difference.
Now don't get me wrong I am not saying it's okay not to vote, for me it's the severity of punishment, because sometimes things happen that even the best laid plans of mice and men occasionally get scuppered.
Also I don't see what the DQ with points been shown at the end actually proves, just seems a pointless exercise because you can figure out where they finished anyway, so certainly not going to change anyone thinking on commitment to voting if they are that way inclined not to.