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12/24/2007 08:41:52 PM · #1 |
Due to a tie for 1st place, the challenge placements have been adjusted to award blue ribbons to both  GHjoll and  KarenNfld for their respective entries.
Congratulations to both on their first-place wins!
Message edited by author 2007-12-24 20:42:10. |
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12/24/2007 08:49:28 PM · #2 |
Everyone must be busy for the holidays, I didn't even see a thread wondering what happens in case of a tie. :P
Congrats to the blue ribbons. How does the system decide who gets first when there is a tie? |
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12/24/2007 08:56:53 PM · #3 |
| congrats Karen on your blue! |
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12/24/2007 08:57:24 PM · #4 |
When there's a true tie (that is, the scores are EXACTLY the same, not just to the 4 decimal places displayed) the database gives the better placement to the entry with the lower IMAGE_ID (that is, the earlier entry). It's not explicitly programmed that way, that's just how the database sorts by default.
As a matter of policy, we will change this only when ribbons are affected. Ties for 4th place or lower are not changed.
~Terry
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12/24/2007 09:03:11 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
When there's a true tie (that is, the scores are EXACTLY the same, not just to the 4 decimal places displayed) the database gives the better placement to the entry with the lower IMAGE_ID (that is, the earlier entry). It's not explicitly programmed that way, that's just how the database sorts by default.
As a matter of policy, we will change this only when ribbons are affected. Ties for 4th place or lower are not changed.
~Terry |
Thanks, I tied biteme once, but we had a different amount of votes so I figured she got me further on down the decimal point line. |
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12/24/2007 09:32:38 PM · #6 |
| So is this why the red ribbon was removed, it became a blue as well and there is now no second. 2 firsts and a third? |
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12/24/2007 09:35:00 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Monique64:
So is this why the red ribbon was removed, it became a blue as well and there is now no second. 2 firsts and a third? |
Yeah, I think that's the way it usually works when there's a tie for first in a competition. There are two first places awarded, second is skipped, and then third. |
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12/24/2007 09:46:45 PM · #8 |
I think that the 3rd place winner should go to second and everyone slides up a spot.  Hotpasta should get a ribbon for 3rd. |
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12/24/2007 10:18:58 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by Monique64:
So is this why the red ribbon was removed, it became a blue as well and there is now no second. 2 firsts and a third? |
Yeah, I think that's the way it usually works when there's a tie for first in a competition. There are two first places awarded, second is skipped, and then third. |
That's the way it happens in the Olympics. |
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12/24/2007 10:34:41 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
I think that the 3rd place winner should go to second and everyone slides up a spot. Hotpasta should get a ribbon for 3rd. |
Aww, c'mon; three scores beat pasta, how can he have a third?
R.
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12/24/2007 11:28:22 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
I think that the 3rd place winner should go to second and everyone slides up a spot. Hotpasta should get a ribbon for 3rd. |
Aww, c'mon; three scores beat pasta, how can he have a third?
R. |
Yeah... both top photos should get red :-D
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12/25/2007 12:42:20 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by Monique64:
So is this why the red ribbon was removed, it became a blue as well and there is now no second. 2 firsts and a third? |
Yeah, I think that's the way it usually works when there's a tie for first in a competition. There are two first places awarded, second is skipped, and then third. |
That's the way it happens in the Olympics. |
That's correct. The third place entry did have the second-best score, but it was the third highest-scoring photograph -- thus the third-place finish. This is the way it is done in most ranked competitions, including the Olympics.
~Terry
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