Desert Island Video Game Draft Playoffs - Round 2 (#4 Tetsujin vs. #5 Insomniacal Fan)

[Padrino]

What if the tiebreaker vote is also a tie? Let's just get it over with and let fate decide. Flip a coin! (Or do my idea please )

Spoiler: On tiebreakers generally

Tiebreakers in sports typically involve adding new information, play an extra set, or do penalty shots, etc. If we wanted to do something like this, the right way to go about it would be to draft a set of new titles and vote on those.

Redoing the vote mostly relies on the inherent randomness of voters. It's just silly to redo with the premise that people forget the context.

Re: your spoiler, I tend to think there's a great deal more randomness in a coin flip than in a voter's rationale. I mean, there were some tremendous write-ups to justify the very votes that were cast in this draft's playoffs!

That said, it's not my tie to break. You and Tetsu can come to an agreement on how to conduct it, I'm sure.

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

@Capt. Factorial asked for objections, and I raised my objections to the tiebreaker vote. @Tetsujin, do you object to a coin toss? Or to my random number website idea?

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I submit both posters take turns kicking each other in the nuts until one gives up.

We should probably vote on each poster's top 5 picks to determine who gets to go first.

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

Re: your spoiler, I tend to think there's a great deal more randomness in a coin flip than in a voter's rationale. I mean, there were some tremendous write-ups to justify the very votes that were cast in this draft's playoffs!

That said, it's not my tie to break. You and Tetsu can come to an agreement on how to conduct it, I'm sure.

For the initial vote I agree, but the writeups and everything were already available for that round. Doing the same thing over again with minimal new information is mostly relying on voters being random

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

For the initial vote I agree, but the writeups and everything were already available for that round. Doing the same thing over again with minimal new information is mostly relying on voters being random

Which isn't terrible, (especially for something as low stakes as this) I'd just suggest we cut to the chase

 

[hrdboild]

Why not let everyone revote then? And then we're right back where we started

Not necessarily. I didn't vote in any of these matchups -- got busy with work and I though the deadline was Sunday.

 

[Tetsujin]

Not necessarily. I didn't vote in any of these matchups -- got busy with work and I though the deadline was Sunday.

No pressure then

 

[hrdboild]

No pressure then

Yeah... I don't know that everyone wants me deciding the outcome of this. You might all be more comfortable with a coin flip.

I think some kind of tie-breaker is a good idea though I don't know what it should be. Each picking a top 5 list would probably produce a different result. You could also each pick one game and plead your case. I'm also cool with the two of you deciding on what the tie-breaker should be.

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

I was thinking about how we'd implement a coin flip without actually being in eachother's presence.
After thinking about it for a bit, I have an idea, let me know what you think.

There are web applications out there that generate a random number every minute (called a pulse), and then record that number so that it can be looked up later. (Example, https://random.colorado.edu/.) I'll pick a pulse that will be generated at around 10 PM tonight PDT, `959644`
Tetsujin will pick even or odd. At 10 PM, we can all look up the number on that website, and if the last digit in the random number is of the selected parity, then Tetsujin wins, otherwise I win.


Make sense?

As an example, The pulse 959644 came out last night at 9:56 (I was off by a few minutes from 10pm). The last digit in the random number ends in `c` (it's a hexadecimal number.) In hex, A, C, and E (10, 12, 14) are even numbers, where B, D, and F( 11, 13, 15) are odd numbers. So whoever picked even would be the winner.



Any way, I think this is fun. I also think it's efficient, as there's zero chance of another tie. It's fair and transparent. And I think it respects the outcome of the first vote. (Capt flipping a coin is also all these things, though maybe a little less fun for me.)

I don't think we can reach a consensus until you weigh in one way or another @Tetsujin . If a random choice is objectionable in some way, we can move on quickly. I don't want to keep everyone else waiting.