First of all, thank you Noodles for coming on to help run this event. I know it was on very, very little notice and that this is the largest event that CB runs every year and so it is a lot of heavy lifting all at once and for weeks on end. I know I appreciate you taking on Modern Masters in DB's stead and keeping his seat warm for him. :) I know that because of these unforeseeable circumstances, this isn't how anyone sort of initally saw this event happening, so I also appreciate everyone's flexiblity and understanding on this.
As far as category re-nominations go, I think if someone is nominated in a category and that build ends up not being selected during that particular poll, they would still be eligible for nominations in any other category for the following polls, since the nomination periods run consecutively one after another instead of all at once (like last year). I don't think it's a total elimination or knock-out style event, because it seems like the point is trying to get more nominations in and open it up to more builds instead of limiting each person to just three votes, but correct me if I'm wrong.
For example, maybe a build is pretty damn awesome in terms of its presentation, but it ends up not being one of the top three, but it also has a really killer gameplay and roleplay elements, it could still be eligible to place in either of those categories, as long as someone (even the builder themself) nominates it. It shouldn't be excluded from future nominations just because it was nominated before and didn't place in the top three for something else. If the only builds that win are eliminated, the odds for others should improve as we go, right? So to me that sort seems like ordering the polls as more general to specific, or drill-down approach. So putting all the builds that were already nominated into presentation first sort of just gives them an extra shot to win in a category, right? Unless they don't want to win in that particular category, in which they can withdraw themselves.
First of all, thank you Noodles for coming on to help run this event. I know it was on very, very little notice and that this is the largest event that CB runs every year and so it is a lot of heavy lifting all at once and for weeks on end. I know I appreciate you taking on Modern Masters in DB's stead and keeping his seat warm for him. :) I know that because of these unforeseeable circumstances, this isn't how anyone sort of initally saw this event happening, so I also appreciate everyone's flexiblity and understanding on this.
As far as category re-nominations go, I think if someone is nominated in a category and that build ends up not being selected during that particular poll, they would still be eligible for nominations in any other category for the following polls, since the nomination periods run consecutively one after another instead of all at once (like last year). I don't think it's a total elimination or knock-out style event, because it seems like the point is trying to get more nominations in and open it up to more builds instead of limiting each person to just three votes, but correct me if I'm wrong.
For example, maybe a build is pretty damn awesome in terms of its presentation, but it ends up not being one of the top three, but it also has a really killer gameplay and roleplay elements, it could still be eligible to place in either of those categories, as long as someone (even the builder themself) nominates it. It shouldn't be excluded from future nominations just because it was nominated before and didn't place in the top three for something else. If the only builds that win are eliminated, the odds for others should improve as we go, right? So to me that sort seems like ordering the polls as more general to specific, or drill-down approach. So putting all the builds that were already nominated into presentation first sort of just gives them an extra shot to win in a category, right? Unless they don't want to win in that particular category, in which they can withdraw themselves.
