Capsize the Vote! The Popularity Contest General and Nomination Thread

[Johnny Unusual]

Awesome. Now technically not episodes but would this include any of the movies? In all honesty, I don't think they'd make my list (even though I like some of them quite a bit) but I am curious.

Top 50 Actors - Johnny Unusual
Top 50 Fictional Romantic Relationships - Positronic Brain
Top 50 Episodes of Star Trek - WisteriaHysteria

 

[WisteriaHysteria]

I'm inclined to leave the movies out of it, but if enough people wanted them in there I wouldn't mind. Especially when your average two-parters are basically just TV-movies. I just think an episode-only list would be more interesting personally.

 

[Torzelbaum]

Would 2 part episodes be counted as a single entry?

 

[WisteriaHysteria]

Would 2 part episodes be counted as a single entry?

For practicality's sake, as long as the two parter episodes share the same name, it's probably a good idea to count them as one. Just because not everyone is gonna have encyclopedic knowledge of the franchise, it's always a good idea to make these events as simple/streamlined as possible, and approachable/enjoyable for everyone regardless of the depth of their knowledge of lore/trivia/minutia. (My personal opinion is to follow the original broadcast order/rules, but that's just a matter of preference tbh. And at this point, most people either experienced the show in syndication or online streaming versus its original first run, and those are just as valid perspectives.)

 

[Bulgakov]

Thanks for checking in with me! I have a busy couple of months coming up on the horizon, so I am out this round, but will probably propose it again in the future!

 

[Johnny Unusual]

It's that time again...

Most people probably know all this but in the event someone who hasn't tried it before wants to, I want to make sure that there's no sense of a barrier to entry/enjoyment. If you don't know what the Popularity Contest is, basically we come together to make a list based on a particular topic. For example, the top 50 fantasy novels or top 50 detectives. People who want to participate submit their personal top favourite 25 things in that topic and all the lists are taken and points tallied and a top 50 list is made from all of that. Its fun. But first, we need to decide on a topic AND a host. And that's where YOU come it.


People who want to host submit their topics. Here are the general rules.


1) So I don't miss your submission, please BOLD your suggestions.

2) Please no joke suggestions. At least, not in BOLD. People have some whimsical ideas for lists so I don't want people submitting a list and I put it up and then they are like "jk, stupid!"

3) If you give a BOLD suggestion, YOU must host. Granted, if something comes up you are free to pass the duty onto another but I just don't want people submitting lists under the assumption that SOMEONE will do it.

4) One submission for person please.

5) Don't insult or put down another person's suggestions. Discussing feasibility, concerns or issues with it are fine, but please don't just say "well, that's a stupid topic". At least one person thinks it isn't.

And please...

If you have any other questions or concerns or I just bungled something up, drop me a line.

The deadline is exactly 4 days from this post dropping. So look at the post time and imagine that same time but for this Sunday (depending on your time zone). If you lose this time around, never hesitate to submit again. Its usually worth it if you can be patient.

 

[Mogri]

I still think Fictional Moms would be a good one, though I'm not up for running it.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

See I thought of fictional moms and fictional dads are both great topics but then I'm like "wait, what if there's a great non-gendered parent character? Where will they find love?" And top 50 fictional parents is also good but then I still want to do the separate kind of parents. So I'm a bit torn between archetype and inclusivity.

 

[Positronic Brain]

Moms are though - that's why I rather focus on romance and Top 50 Fictional Romantic Relationships

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Excited to see this one!

 

[Issun]

Throwing my hat in the ring for Top 50 Puppets.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Ooh, I am definitely into that.

So far...

Top 50 Fictional Romantic Relationships - Positronic Brain
Top 50 Puppets - Issun

I'll put up the poll some time tonight so if anyone else wants to join, now's the time.

 

[WildcatJF]

I have thoughts but not the time to run one right now, alas.

 

[Kirin]

I’d still be up do to plants some day, but though I should hold off seeing as I just finished one.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

It's that time again...

Most people probably know all this but in the event someone who hasn't tried it before wants to, I want to make sure that there's no sense of a barrier to entry/enjoyment. If you don't know what the Popularity Contest is, basically we come together to make a list based on a particular topic. For example, the top 50 fantasy novels or top 50 detectives. People who want to participate submit their personal top favourite 25 things in that topic and all the lists are taken and points tallied and a top 50 list is made from all of that. Its fun. But first, we need to decide on a topic AND a host. And that's where YOU come it.

People who want to host submit their topics. Here are the general rules.

1) So I don't miss your submission, please BOLD your suggestions.

2) Please no joke suggestions. At least, not in BOLD. People have some whimsical ideas for lists so I don't want people submitting a list and I put it up and then they are like "jk, stupid!"

3) If you give a BOLD suggestion, YOU must host. Granted, if something comes up you are free to pass the duty onto another but I just don't want people submitting lists under the assumption that SOMEONE will do it.

4) One submission for person please.

5) Don't insult or put down another person's suggestions. Discussing feasibility, concerns or issues with it are fine, but please don't just say "well, that's a stupid topic". At least one person thinks it isn't.

And please...

If you have any other questions or concerns or I just bungled something up, drop me a line.

The deadline is exactly 4 days from this post dropping. So look at the post time and imagine that same time but for this Sunday (depending on your time zone). If you lose this time around, never hesitate to submit again. Its usually worth it if you can be patient.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

I wanted to host a movie list for a while and after considering many takes (by genre and by decade. Would love to do 70s movies.), I decided

Top 50 Adventure Movies

 

[Positronic Brain]

I didn't kow there were more than 50 Adventure movies - that's a lot of mileage from an old Atari game. Resident Evil must be so envious,

Anyway, I'm throwing in my shipping hat for Top 50 Fictional Romantic Relationships - love is stubborn!

 

[Kirin]

I’d still be up to run Plants some time, and/or I feel like I could handle Pokemon which was in the suggestions thread... but honestly I’d be perfectly content to let either of the above run first.

(To be honest with as few proposals as we’ve been having recently, the formal voting process for topics is feeling a little vestigial. Still good to gauge and stimulate interest though, I suppose.)

 

[Beta Metroid]

I officially nominate Video Game Levels.

But for purposes of interest gauging/stoking, I'd also be interested in running or participating in Pokemon, Athletes, or Parks/Natural Locations.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Athletes is one I think I want to see but have a hard time with. I definitely know who my number one is, due to being the greatest voice actors

 

[Torzelbaum]

To be honest with as few proposals as we’ve been having recently, the formal voting process for topics is feeling a little vestigial. Still good to gauge and stimulate interest though, I suppose.)

I have lots of ideas but not much spare time or energy to do them.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

So far we have

Top 50 Adventure Movies - Johnny Unusual
Top 50 Fictional Romances - Positronic Brain
Top 50 Video Game Levels - Beta Metroid

Does anyone else have time to contribute?

 

[Kirin]

Think I’m gonna try being sensible and hold off til after my wedding to volunteer again...

 

[Johnny Unusual]

From now on, I'm also archiving popularity contest "side stories".

 

[Johnny Unusual]

It's that time again...

Most people probably know all this but in the event someone who hasn't tried it before wants to, I want to make sure that there's no sense of a barrier to entry/enjoyment. If you don't know what the Popularity Contest is, basically we come together to make a list based on a particular topic. For example, the top 50 fantasy novels or top 50 detectives. People who want to participate submit their personal top favourite 25 things in that topic and all the lists are taken and points tallied and a top 50 list is made from all of that. Its fun. But first, we need to decide on a topic AND a host. And that's where YOU come it.

People who want to host submit their topics. Here are the general rules.

1) So I don't miss your submission, please BOLD your suggestions.

2) Please no joke suggestions. At least, not in BOLD. People have some whimsical ideas for lists so I don't want people submitting a list and I put it up and then they are like "jk, stupid!"

3) If you give a BOLD suggestion, YOU must host. Granted, if something comes up you are free to pass the duty onto another but I just don't want people submitting lists under the assumption that SOMEONE will do it.

4) One submission for person please.

5) Don't insult or put down another person's suggestions. Discussing feasibility, concerns or issues with it are fine, but please don't just say "well, that's a stupid topic". At least one person thinks it isn't.

And please...

If you have any other questions or concerns or I just bungled something up, drop me a line.

The deadline is exactly 4 days from this post dropping (so around Thursday afternoon). So look at the post time and imagine that same time but for this Sunday (depending on your time zone). If you lose this time around, never hesitate to submit again. Its usually worth it if you can be patient.

 

[Mogri]

Top 50 Pokemon (gotta list em all)

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Top 50 Adventure Movies

 

[Adrenaline]

Top 50 Marvel Characters

 

[Johnny Unusual]

So far

Top 50 Adventure Movies - Johnny Unusual
Top 50 Marvel Characters - Adrenaline
Top 50 Pokémon - Mogri

Couple more days before I put the poll up.

 

[Kirin]

Between being sick and having a wedding coming up imminently I'm gonna hold off 'til later rounds. But if Pokemon were to win I might be up for contributing some to the write-ups if Mogri wanted any assistance.