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Playoff Polls

Post by shoeless.db » Sun Aug 03, 2025 7:20 pm

Can we please stop giving PPT for playoff polls?

That is all.
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by JimBob2232 » Sun Aug 03, 2025 7:31 pm

I think this needs a poll.

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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by BaseClogger » Sun Aug 03, 2025 7:57 pm

I like polls. I don’t know why folks don’t post more of them.
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by jiminyhopkins » Sun Aug 03, 2025 8:14 pm

I think the rules are sufficient on this. You have to get at least 5 votes to get a point, and 11 to get two points. If polls are bad or irrelevant enough, they won't get the necessary votes and they won't get points.

Maybe an alternate solution is to raise the vote requirement, such as 10 votes for a point and 15+ for two points. That might weed out any polls that aren't relevant enough to warrant the required responses.

(This is coming from a guy who once posted a poll entitled "Are Drafts Shitty"... so take with a grain of salt lol)
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by BaseClogger » Sun Aug 03, 2025 8:24 pm

Based on the PPT tracker there were 29 eligible polls this season and all 29 received 10+ votes.
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by jiminyhopkins » Sun Aug 03, 2025 8:56 pm

BaseClogger wrote:
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Based on the PPT tracker there were 29 eligible polls this season and all 29 received 10+ votes.
So, it sounds like all polls are useful and drive engagement on the forums (which we need more of).
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by shoeless.db » Sun Aug 03, 2025 9:30 pm

I’m only talking about playoff polls which seem to be standard.
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by shoeless.db » Sun Aug 03, 2025 9:46 pm

Oop. Turns out my will to care about this is now at zero. My apologies for moving the cheese.
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by BaseClogger » Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:27 pm

shoeless.db wrote:
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Oop. Turns out my will to care about this is now at zero. My apologies for moving the cheese.
Hah, I get it. I've been annoyed for a moment at various times about the polls that don't even require some creativity. But I'd rather they get posted than not. Polls really are our second best discussion starter (after Suggestions threads ;)).
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by Dington » Sun Aug 03, 2025 11:16 pm

Definitely needs to be decided by a poll.
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by Dington » Sun Aug 03, 2025 11:33 pm

For the record, I take advantage of the lob ball PPT, however, I’m ok with it being removed for PPT. I will still try to post the polls first just to beat @Trebro and @Knucklehead254 once more before the season ends. It’s really their only playoff game and I seek to destroy.
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by Trebro » Mon Aug 04, 2025 12:47 am

Dington wrote:
Sun Aug 03, 2025 11:33 pm
For the record, I take advantage of the lob ball PPT, however, I’m ok with it being removed for PPT. I will still try to post the polls first just to beat @Trebro and @Knucklehead254 once more before the season ends. It’s really their only playoff game and I seek to destroy.
I was honestly annoyed when you beat me to some of them.

I don't poll for the PP. It's nice, but I just enjoy checking the league's pulse. And as Sean mentioned earlier, anything that brings people to the forums is a good thing. Plus we get to laugh when we're all hysterically wrong.
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by Graham » Mon Aug 04, 2025 1:50 am

[starts playing the 'No PP' mp3 downloaded from LimeWire]

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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by ae37jr » Mon Aug 04, 2025 1:57 am

Graham wrote:
Mon Aug 04, 2025 1:50 am
[starts playing the 'No PP' mp3 downloaded from LimeWire]
Some of the things on that album didn't have the same tone as intended. The lines about polls was meant to be funny. It came off sounding angry. But the whole album is meant to be exaggerated so I was fine with it. I was like... I hope people don't stop making polls or writing lame team news because of this stupid song.
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by Graham » Mon Aug 04, 2025 2:03 am

ae37jr wrote:
Mon Aug 04, 2025 1:57 am
Graham wrote:
Mon Aug 04, 2025 1:50 am
[starts playing the 'No PP' mp3 downloaded from LimeWire]
Some of the things on that album didn't have the same tone as intended. The lines about polls was meant to be funny. It came off sounding angry. But the whole album is meant to be exaggerated so I was fine with it. I was like... I hope people don't stop making polls or writing lame team news because of this stupid song.
For sure...the line was top of mind (spoiler alert: more album coverage coming in the '64 Media Guide). Seems like points from polls aren't egregious and I like the participation guidelines to act as a check-and-balance against empty calorie polls.

"Keep Calm and Poll On", I say.

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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by trmmilwwi » Mon Aug 04, 2025 8:44 am

Kudos for driving more traffic to the forums Shoeless!
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by Dington » Mon Aug 04, 2025 9:50 am

ae37jr wrote:
Mon Aug 04, 2025 1:57 am
Graham wrote:
Mon Aug 04, 2025 1:50 am
[starts playing the 'No PP' mp3 downloaded from LimeWire]
Some of the things on that album didn't have the same tone as intended. The lines about polls was meant to be funny. It came off sounding angry. But the whole album is meant to be exaggerated so I was fine with it. I was like... I hope people don't stop making polls or writing lame team news because of this stupid song.
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by Lane » Mon Aug 04, 2025 12:01 pm

brb, making polls for all the playoff rounds for the next 10 seasons
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Re: Playoff Polls

Post by Trebro » Mon Aug 04, 2025 1:25 pm

Lane wrote:
Mon Aug 04, 2025 12:01 pm
brb, making polls for all the playoff rounds for the next 10 seasons
I mean given how things have been lately we could probably poll now on the 2064 playoff teams and get 75 percent of them right.
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