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04/01/2004 12:47:58 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by goinskiing:
There are some fantastic shots. I think mine is one of those "withering" shots compared to the rest/ I saw my score go into the mid six range, and then quickly drop to a 5.2 several votes later. I calculated that a few of them were ones. Oh well, I still like the shot, in fact, its my favorite to date, the score reall doesn't mean to much, even though I had high hopes for this shot. With DPC, it can be a hit-or-miss thing. |
Same here, went from a 6.6 to a 5.6 with 4 votes. Ouch! That's ok. I'm with you on the score thing. Plus, it's really really early and things change so much from here to the end. I'm just enjoying looking at all the shots that blow mine out of the water. :) |
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04/01/2004 12:53:24 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by jenesis:
Originally posted by goinskiing:
There are some fantastic shots. I think mine is one of those "withering" shots compared to the rest/ I saw my score go into the mid six range, and then quickly drop to a 5.2 several votes later. I calculated that a few of them were ones. Oh well, I still like the shot, in fact, its my favorite to date, the score reall doesn't mean to much, even though I had high hopes for this shot. With DPC, it can be a hit-or-miss thing. |
Same here, went from a 6.6 to a 5.6 with 4 votes. Ouch! That's ok. I'm with you on the score thing. Plus, it's really really early and things change so much from here to the end. I'm just enjoying looking at all the shots that blow mine out of the water. :) |
I just looked at a few of your shots and I really like your style of photography! I sure hope I voted high on what I am sure is an awesome shot! |
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04/01/2004 12:59:56 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by goinskiing:
I just looked at a few of your shots and I really like your style of photography! I sure hope I voted high on what I am sure is an awesome shot! |
Right back at ya mister! ;-) I really like what you did for the orange and off-screen challenges. Best of luck to you and may the best doppleganger win.. oh, wait, wrong thread. :D |
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04/01/2004 01:00:08 AM · #29 |
Probably some mad voters passing by I droped alot too from 5.8 to 5.1 too soon to estimate anything. best luck to all of you
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04/01/2004 01:06:33 AM · #30 |
For fun a did a little spreadsheet to watch the initial votes. I think I caught your mad "outlier" voter in the act a minute ago:
Votes______Score_______Total_______New_Votes___Avg_Score
1__________6.0000______6___________-___________-
8__________5.5600______44__________7___________5.43
11_________5.1818______57__________3___________4.33
12_________5.2500______63__________1___________6
13_________5.3000______69__________1___________6
14_________5.5000______77__________1___________8
16_________5.7500______92__________2___________7.5
18_________5.6670______102_________2___________5
19_________5.5263______105_________1___________3
20_________5.3000______106_________1___________1
21_________5.4200______114_________1___________8
EDITED: Oops, no "preformatted option here". Sorry you can't see the columns.
SECOND EDIT: Trying to fix with _
Message edited by author 2004-04-01 01:10:55. |
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04/01/2004 01:13:00 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by ellamay:
Hope there is another free study soon! |
Like maybe an April Free Study? ;^) |
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04/01/2004 01:35:54 AM · #32 |
COOL! My best start yet! :o) Think I'm likin this free study thang!
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04/01/2004 01:43:00 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by LtHousLady:
COOL! My best start yet! :o) Think I'm likin this free study thang! |
Well it seems another thing is going well for you (after that post you could not tell what whas about). Glad too see happy people around, best of luck to you. :)
PS probably my whorse start but don't tell anyone
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04/01/2004 01:44:53 AM · #34 |
LOL...I'll tell ya as soon as I can, I PROMISE ;)
And your secret is safe with me!
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04/01/2004 01:58:50 AM · #35 |
| Well, I screwed up. I went downstairs to get an image ready to upload. I thought about it earlier when I was up on the computer. I went downstairs and turned on CSI and watched two episodes and totally spaced getting the image on here. Crap! |
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04/01/2004 02:03:53 AM · #36 |
Just had a "preview" looking at the thumbnails. It is superb! I was not sure if to submit or not as I did not have the time (and better tools) for this challenge. I did have submit a pic that I thought was one of the best this month and I was expecting to be somewhere in the low 4's. Happily is not! I have a 5.2 after 17 votes and a positive comment. :)
Ups! 5.01 after 25 votes. Still happy. Only to have all of these beautiful pictures to enjoy and learn from it.
Good luck everybody.
Message edited by author 2004-04-01 02:09:00. |
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04/01/2004 03:02:11 AM · #37 |
| Ok, ok stop the vote now...I have reached my personal highest vote!.....oh brother, another 7 days of watching those little numbers go up and down up and down....now I'm stressed. running off to shoot some pictures to calm down....perhaps sleep...it's 2am CT :) BTW: Great Challenge and found some very nice shots...voteing will be interesting and fun. |
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04/01/2004 03:34:02 AM · #38 |
my god 4.2????? ouch !!! never been that low yet. It shure is my lowest I hope it won't be the lowest ever seen on DPC.
Message edited by author 2004-04-01 06:19:14.
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04/01/2004 07:43:56 AM · #39 |
I must admit that I was shocked to see my score drop from around 5.5 this morning to 4.6 now.
That's the fastest drop ever.
I don't think my shot is a winner by any stretch but I truly didn't expect a sub-5 kind of score on this one.
Wonder if my entry is actually crapper than I thought or whether there really are some very harsh voters going through at the moment.
I'm about to leave so at least I won't see the score drop further for the rest of the week!
Message edited by author 2004-04-01 07:44:31.
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04/01/2004 07:46:31 AM · #40 |
You fare better then!!
My score dropped from 5.5 to 4.3!! |
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04/01/2004 07:49:47 AM · #41 |
Still 4.2 here and I had 6 on the first 3. Well atleast it's comforting thought that I'm not alone, let's all hug :)
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04/01/2004 07:50:25 AM · #42 |
Maybe all those April Fools voters will grow up in the afternoon (only 9:20am in "Far" Eastern Canada yet)
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04/01/2004 07:56:15 AM · #43 |
| I am sure my question applies to march free study as well as any other contest conceived of here. Do people just look at the obvious in images here instead of using their mind? I am beginning to worry that nobody really thinks about what they are viewing here otherwise they might understand something more to some images placed here that the maker had more than the simple wit of a 2 year old when making his statment. Oh well what do I know. Cheers have fun viewing! |
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04/01/2004 07:59:10 AM · #44 |
I started watching my score at 8 votes, where it was at 6.7. I considered that a decent score for the time I put into this one. At 10 votes, it was at 6.5. ...ok
At 23 votes, 5.8. ...Hmmm?
I went to bed at 30 votes, 5.5. ...God, is this free-fall going to stop before I wake up?
I woke up at 6:30 am, 40 votes, ...5.1
My Orange entry received a deserved 4.76. I took virtually no time with it, and submitted it simply for the sake of submitting something. ("What you reap is what you sow." "Garbage in, garbage out." etc...)
BUT, ...my March Free study is NOT a 5.000, Damnit!! Yeah, I need a hug... :-( |
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04/01/2004 08:36:35 AM · #45 |
Ok, on my way to the lowest score yet! I'll be lucky if I get a 4.5 out of this one. But, I knew it wasn't my strongest work and it isn't my favorite photo. I actually unsubmitted my first photo and submitted a different one 15 minutes before the deadline. I don't think the other one would have faired much better. Oh well, you get what you pay for I guess. My Out of Place entry is slipping, but it's still my highest score yet.
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04/01/2004 09:02:19 AM · #46 |
My guess is someone went on a 3,2,1 rampage this morning. I picked up 13 (33%) new votes from 3 to 9:00 am EST and dropped .5 point.
Message edited by author 2004-04-01 09:02:56. |
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04/01/2004 09:13:58 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by nshapiro:
My guess is someone went on a 3,2,1 rampage this morning. I picked up 13 (33%) new votes from 3 to 9:00 am EST and dropped .5 point. |
Yeah, I agree. But s/he's still rampaging, and s/he has friends.
Isn't there some sort of "statistically valid" function Drew and crew have built into their vote tabulation algorithm ...to weed out such mean-spirited votes?
Message edited by author 2004-04-01 09:14:27. |
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04/01/2004 09:28:39 AM · #48 |
All this talk about scores so early in the voting process is somewhat amusing. A couple 1's or 2's this early will have a much larger effect on your score now than they will at the end of the week, when you have 200 votes and that 1 vote you got earlier today is only accounting for 1/2% of your score.
Relax, let the week play out, and at the end when it is all said and done, you'll have just as valid an accounting of your score as everyone else. I never put much weight into the first 48 hours of voting, much less the first 4 or 5. You need a much larger statistical sample than that. |
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04/01/2004 09:32:45 AM · #49 |
Originally posted by EddyG:
All this talk about scores so early in the voting process is somewhat amusing. ...
Relax, let the week play out, ... |
That's what we're doing, EddyG - amusing ourselves. I find this a very relaxing exercise. Thanks. |
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04/01/2004 09:50:36 AM · #50 |
Originally posted by EddyG:
All this talk about scores so early in the voting process is somewhat amusing. A couple 1's or 2's this early will have a much larger effect on your score now than they will at the end of the week, when you have 200 votes and that 1 vote you got earlier today is only accounting for 1/2% of your score.
Relax, let the week play out, and at the end when it is all said and done, you'll have just as valid an accounting of your score as everyone else. I never put much weight into the first 48 hours of voting, much less the first 4 or 5. You need a much larger statistical sample than that. |
This is true, but there seems to be a large number of people with scores below 6. In a free study where there is no 'meeting the challenge' it is quite hard to believe, to me at least, that a large number of people are receiving so many 1's and 2's. Whereas we always complain about our scores on the first day, usually there are some with fairly decent to high scores that lets you think 'well i must suck then' but this time there seems to be people with consistently good past scores that likely entered great shots doing barely just above average, and a lot of them at all. I think it is the coincidental low scores that has people wondering more than anything else.
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