Back in 2014, the members of Buffy-Boards came up with a list of the top 50 most memorable scenes in the Buffyverse (you can view the list here). It was an idea conceived and executed by the wonderful Tome (here's his original post).
In honor of the Board's 20th anniversary, we are announcing that we are going to do the list again, so we can see how (if) it has changed. We are going to use the same scenes and methodology, so we can make a true comparison.
How will it work?
The first time, Tome selected 100 scenes from Buffy and Angel. We will use the same scenes.
Each week a poll will be posted with ten scenes. The five scenes with the most votes will move on to the next stage of the contest. This will take 10 weeks and get us down to 50 scenes.
The next five weeks, the four scenes with the most votes will move on, and get us to 20 scenes.
The next two weeks will get us to 10 scenes.
The last week we will get down to the most memorable scene.
How to Vote
You will have two ways to vote:
#1 You can post the order in which you would rate the scenes in contention during that week. The first five scenes in your list will get one vote, the last five will get none. The order will be used for the seeding and for the final rankings.
#2 You can simply vote in the thread's poll for your favorite scene amongst the ten possible choices. This will get that scene one vote, but the other scenes will get nothing, as if you had made a list of the ten scenes and left the nine last spots blank. (During the final two weeks, you will be unable to vote this way.)
You can do both: vote in the poll for your favorite scene of the week and post your overall rankings. (This is how it was done the first time.)
What happens if there's a tie between two scenes for the last spot before the cut-off?
The thread will stay open for a little while longer, until someone breaks the tie. If it doesn't happen inside of a couple hours, we will look at how high each scene has been ranked in everyone's rankings. The scene with the highest ranking average will win out. If EVEN then it's a tie we will ask three random members on BB to pick and the majority will win. The only eventuality where we would let the voting process continue until there's a decisive vote is during the final two weeks.
Seeding System
Once we reach the eleventh week, we will be seeding the remaining fifty scenes. We will base the seeding on the amount of votes received by each scene in the previous round. That way, each week, the most popular scenes will be put against the least popular ones, making sure that no less-liked scenes go through in favor of some of the really loved ones simply because they were against worse competition that week!
Ordering the Top 50
Once we reach the final week, the #1 scene will have been chosen and, based on all your votes, we will order the fifty scenes.
I will be posting the first poll tomorrow!
In honor of the Board's 20th anniversary, we are announcing that we are going to do the list again, so we can see how (if) it has changed. We are going to use the same scenes and methodology, so we can make a true comparison.
How will it work?
The first time, Tome selected 100 scenes from Buffy and Angel. We will use the same scenes.
Each week a poll will be posted with ten scenes. The five scenes with the most votes will move on to the next stage of the contest. This will take 10 weeks and get us down to 50 scenes.
The next five weeks, the four scenes with the most votes will move on, and get us to 20 scenes.
The next two weeks will get us to 10 scenes.
The last week we will get down to the most memorable scene.
How to Vote
You will have two ways to vote:
#1 You can post the order in which you would rate the scenes in contention during that week. The first five scenes in your list will get one vote, the last five will get none. The order will be used for the seeding and for the final rankings.
#2 You can simply vote in the thread's poll for your favorite scene amongst the ten possible choices. This will get that scene one vote, but the other scenes will get nothing, as if you had made a list of the ten scenes and left the nine last spots blank. (During the final two weeks, you will be unable to vote this way.)
You can do both: vote in the poll for your favorite scene of the week and post your overall rankings. (This is how it was done the first time.)
What happens if there's a tie between two scenes for the last spot before the cut-off?
The thread will stay open for a little while longer, until someone breaks the tie. If it doesn't happen inside of a couple hours, we will look at how high each scene has been ranked in everyone's rankings. The scene with the highest ranking average will win out. If EVEN then it's a tie we will ask three random members on BB to pick and the majority will win. The only eventuality where we would let the voting process continue until there's a decisive vote is during the final two weeks.
Seeding System
Once we reach the eleventh week, we will be seeding the remaining fifty scenes. We will base the seeding on the amount of votes received by each scene in the previous round. That way, each week, the most popular scenes will be put against the least popular ones, making sure that no less-liked scenes go through in favor of some of the really loved ones simply because they were against worse competition that week!
Ordering the Top 50
Once we reach the final week, the #1 scene will have been chosen and, based on all your votes, we will order the fifty scenes.
I will be posting the first poll tomorrow!
