ATKDWPS 2010 - Open Discussion

[Isphera]

Since poll threads will be closed once the result has been decided, put any open discussion in here.

I am pissed Jen Ledger is out...but to be fair, getting a vote that wasn't mine against the Aussie Vixen was an achievement in my eyes :D

[D_K_Head]

...you NEED to find a hobby oric.

[Calneon]

Scarlett and Liv are through. Woo!

[Vicious Horizon]

I'm just hoping at least one of my girls gets through.. Gigi is so much hawter than Chalke T_T

[Isphera]

I had loads, mostly sports and work related. This is my off time :D

[Target]

Oric you need to keep that fantasy a secret :S
Who else voted for Jen Ledger btw?

[Isphera]

Bloo did I think

[Chazlene]

Tbh I'd rather have Gemma win than the ones I chose, and I really hope Scarlett doesn't... such an obvious choice.

[Isphera]

I'm gonna not close any polls early unless it is so obvious that they won't win, which will start happening at about 5pm tonight with Summer Glau vs. Elisha Dushku. In terms of the tie, I'm going to have to figure out a method today which isn't longest in lead (unfeasable) and my vote counts for two (biased towards my noms).

[Chazlene]

Hahaha it's funny seeing you say 'noms' Oric, since it's also lolcat for food.

[Isphera]

I just can't be bothered to type nominations every time. I will admit noms sounds a bit strange with the topic of the poll series though.

But lets be fair, we would all 'nom' our way through most of the lovely ladies on the list.

[Isphera]

!!ALERT!!

All polls will be closing at 5pm TONGIHT. Make sure you get your votes in and your nominations through. A lot of tight, close votes at the moment.

[ez64]

Can we have a notice system as there are already too many for me to count (over 5)

[Isphera]

I'll sort something out for the second round - maybe actually posting the exact ending for each poll when it begins.

[Isphera]

So with round one over, and with some surprisingly close votes and upsets, the matchups for round two are set. Which votes do you think were surprising/closer than expected, and which matchups are looking forward to in the next round?

ROUND ONE RESULTS

1A - Summer Glau bt. Elisha Dushku by 1
2A - Scarlett Johansson bt. Kari Wuhrer by 6
3A - Rhona Mitra bt. Rosario Dawson by 2
4A - Amanda Tapping bt. Alyson Hannigan by 2
5A - Gemma Atkinson vs. Ivana Milicevic by 3
6A - Jewel Staite bt. Jodie Foster by 9
7A - Kate Beckinsale bt. Emmy Rossum by 3
8A - Tricia Helfer bt. Julianna Rose Mauriello by 8

1B - Liv Tyler bt. Zooey Deschanel by 5
2B - Holly Valance bt. Jen Ledger by 9
3B - Eve Wyrwal bt. Billie Piper by 1
4B - Sarah Chalke bt. Gigi Edgely by 4
5B - Kaley Cuoco bt. Cheryl Cole by 7
6B - Evangeline Lilly bt. Megan Fox by 1
7B - Kiera Knightley bt. Grace Park by 4
8B - Yvonne Strahovski bt. Felicia Day by 2

ROUND TWO MATCHUPS

Kate Beckinsale (+3) vs. Eve Wyrwal (+1)
Tricia Helfer (+8) vs. Sarah Chalke (+4)
Summer Glau (+1) vs. Yvonne Strahovski (+2)
Gemma Atkinson (+3) vs. Liv Tyler (+5)
Amanda Tapping (+2) vs. Holly Valance (+9)
Scarlett Johansson (+6) vs. Kaley Cuoco (+7)
Rhona Mitra (+2) vs. Evangeline Lilly (+1)
Jewel Staite (+9) vs. Kiera Knightley (+4)

[Target]

This poll system really is fail though as some people get through who just aren't are "Desirable" as others

[Isphera]

Megan Fox just isn't that desirable. Half the time she looks like a dude, and the other half she looks like a tramp who tries too hard. Plus she can't act.

[Calneon]

This poll system really is fail though as some people get through who just aren't are "Desirable" as others
Surely that's down to opinion and the whole point of a democracy.

[Colonel Mitch]

Surely that's down to opinion and the whole point of a democracy.

but phantom, you dont seem to understand.... Chris can never be wrong....

[D_K_Head]

Targ isn't wrong, the Oxford English dictionary is!

[Isphera]

This poll system really is fail though as some people get through who just aren't are "Desirable" as others


Surely that's down to opinion and the whole point of a democracy.

And it is also the premise and creation point of brackets in the first place. If someone in the poll gets beaten, then they obviously are not the 'most desirable' to the community. Obviously, everyone will have their own opinion as to who should win each matchup, and thus will have their own bracket for the competition (e.g I posted a personal preliminary prediction bracket (http://www.bracketsmackdown.com/#/2312/) before this started), but as it is a community poll series, the majority opinion will win through, and thus, the true winner will emerge. In this case of the nominations who don't progress through the bracket, because it means they are not the most desirable overall, that's not to say that they are the least desirable compared to others who didn't win the competition (For example, I can't imagine that if I rejumbled the matchups that Jen Ledger would beat Cheryl Cole in a community vote). For a league table effect, you would need multiple brackets and then replace the winner of each one with a new competitor and re-run it through.

See: Bracketology (http://www.bracketsmackdown.com/#/WHATISBRACKETOLOGY/) and the book 'The Final Four of Everything (http://www.bracketsmackdown.com/#/ABOUTTHEBOOK/)' (Just ordered it from Amazon, looks like an interesting read.)

Bit more of a logical and intellectual discussion post for most babe polls on the internet, but this is one being run by me, so what did you expect ;D

[D_K_Head]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_retentive

[Isphera]

What can I say, I'm a perfectionist and love to share my knowledge :D

Getting back to the Poll Series itself, all eight round two polls will start tonight between 5-7pm and will end exactly two days later (Sunday night at the same time they began). They will close earlier if there is an overwelming majoirty in favour of a single nomination.

[Isphera]

Well round two is in the books, and big shocker - the supposed queen of ATK is dead, Gemma Atkinson has been beaten.

[Chazlene]

Well round two is in the books, and big shocker - the supposed queen of ATK is dead, Gemma Atkinson has been beaten.

I don't believe what I'm reading. Whoever voted for that plectrum-faced Tyler woman I am very disappointed in you...

[Target]

How are the tie breakers decided btw?

[Calneon]

I don't believe what I'm reading. Whoever voted for that plectrum-faced Tyler woman I am very disappointed in you...
8 out of 14?

[Isphera]

How are the tie breakers decided btw?

Read the info thread - rule 6. I put stuff in there for a reason.

@ Chaz - If it's any consolation, shes up against Summer Glau in the next round.

My Predictions;
Wyrwal bt Helfer
Glau bt. Tyler
Cuoco bt. Tapping
Knightley bt. Lilly

[Calneon]

How Cuoco or Tapping made it this far I do not know.

[ez64]

fu too :)

[Isphera]

How Cuoco or Tapping made it this far I do not know.

Tapping i'm surpised at, Cuoco is going all the way :D

[Target]

/agree with Phantom and why was the cheerleader from heros not included in this??!?!?!?!?

[Isphera]

You mean Hayden Panettiere (http://surfme.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/hayden-panettiere-17.jpg)?

If someone had nominated her before it filled up, she would be in it. But they didn't, so she isn't.

[Target]

Yeh that one

[Isphera]

All Quarter-final polls are UP!!

They will all end at 7pm on Febuary 12th, so make sure you get your votes in before then.

[Isphera]

And another should-have-been nomination - the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Front Cover Model, Brooklyn Decker

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/pr/subs/swimsuit/images/09_brooklyn-decker_27.jpg
http://www.pollsb.com/photos/o/12252-brooklyn_decker.jpg
http://malditovivant.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/08_brooklyn-decker_25.jpg
http://images.elgringooo.fr/images/200802/309brooklyn-decker-bikini-si-03.jpg
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/swimsuit/image/2009/09_brooklyn-decker_bodypainting_04.jpg

[Chalex4]

Wow! She's stunning. It'd be a bit unfair to add her now though :p.

[Isphera]

True. But if we wanted to add nominations, then we would have needed 64 nominations, or a bye system - which would have been a nightmare to work out fairly.

[Target]

Should have started with 100

[Calneon]

Should have started with 100
Needs to be a multiple of 2 target :).

[Bloo]

Needs to be a multiple of 2 target :).

2x50.

Its a multiple of 4 I thought.

[Calneon]

2x50.

Its a multiple of 4 I thought.

Oops I meant a power of 2, not a multiple. Being a multiple of 4 wouldn't work because 12/2 = 6, 6/2 = 3.

Has to be 2^2, 2^3, 2^4, etc.

[Isphera]

Hmm. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 etc.

And as awesome as my job would be looking at 256 women at the start of it all, I am not setting up 128 polls for the first round :D

And going back to Brooklyn Decker - the 2010 SI Swimsuit edition cover was released yesterday:

http://newsroom.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/brooklyn_decker_cover.jpg

[Chazlene]

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

[Bloo]

Oops I meant a power of 2, not a multiple. Being a multiple of 4 wouldn't work because 12/2 = 6, 6/2 = 3.

Has to be 2^2, 2^3, 2^4, etc.

Ahh fair play, I was just guessing myself.

EDIT: Also Chaz, you've watched far too much lost.

[Isphera]

Both my favs got through on tiebreaker - getting tense now :S

[Isphera]

Can I just ask everyone to think before they vote in the Semi-Finals to think about it for a sec. When this is said and done, the winning nomination will have our name associated with them for the next year, and it will reflect upon us a to who we chose.

Do we really want a polish model who is the idol of the swirling mass of dredge and chavdom in the UK (despite her hotness), or a fading starlet from a failing TV Show to define the community when visitors see our selection?

Or would you rather have a Sci-Fi veteran who is hot as hell, not to mention a long time ATK favourite, and a rising actress in a TV Show based around theoretical, practical and astrophysicists facing off for our votes in the final.

For me, it seems to be a no brainer. Vote Glau and Cuoco.

[Target]

Vote Bullshit

[Colonel Mitch]

Vote Bullshit

idd...

[Calneon]

Yvonne Strahovski should have been included.

http://imgur.com/stKuN.jpg

"OMG it's Miranda but IRL!"

[Isphera]

Um....she was. She was one of my nominations :P

She went out to Summer Glau in the Second Round by seven.

http://www.atkcommunity.com/showthread.php?t=2326

What makes it funnier is that you voted in that poll.....for Summer Glau.

[D_K_Head]

name associated with us? Fuck that, it's just a silly poll... when it's all said and done, it'll just climb down the new posts board and dissappear...

also: Summer seriously isn't that hot. I don't get why you're so sweaty for her oric.

[Bloo]

yvonne strahovski should have been included.


"omg it's miranda but irl!"


and blonde!

[Isphera]

She's in a TV show I watch called Chuck as well, she's quite good at acting as well.

[Isphera]

Well, the competition is over and we have an interesting final result. Evangeline Lilly, the actress from Lost wins the DWPS for 2010. Chalex's polish model comes in second and the Big Bang Theory awesomeness that is Kaley Cuoco comes in third. I'm surprised that Atkinson and Glau didn't get in the top three myself, anyone else have any surprises.

[Bloo]

I was surprised at the following for Amanda Tapping, I put her in because I couldn't think of a fourth person. Oh well, I guess a lot of other people at ATK like Stargate ^.^ Which I kinda already knew...

[Chalex4]

I didn't think as many people would go for Eve (although I'm glad to see that ATK does have some sense)!

Evangeline was definitely a deserving winner though :). Nice one Chazlene.

[Chazlene]

Why thank you.. :D I was gonna make some sort of photoshop jobby with the top 3 on a podium and chalex next to them grinning and Hutch in the background having a wank, but cba...

[Bloo]

Why thank you.. :D I was gonna make some sort of photoshop jobby with the top 3 on a podium and chalex next to them grinning and Hutch in the background having a wank, but cba...

Go on, make it the next comic! XD

[Isphera]

Please do, but have a frame of the Chalex/Atkinson picture with cartoon animations of them crying :D

My main surprise was at how close Liv Tyler came to being in the semi's. Honestly didn't see her get past first round.