non-gravity said: Don't you ever think a -5 vote is a bit out of proportion? I can totally destroy a show if I want to. Wouldn't -3 and +1 do just as well? + Glee - Game of Thrones |
Honestly I did take a while deciding that. You're right, three minus votes and a show is gone, but if a show gets at least one positive vote, it then becomes four minus votes needed to eliminate.
My goal was to make it so that the shows that get multiple minus votes and no help from plus votes would be quick to go, as they (hopefully) would be proven to be the ones that nobody thought worth saving.
The problem with -3 and +1 is that it takes 3 plus votes to match 1 minus (and 4 plus votes to outweigh said minus). With -5 and +3 it only takes 2 plus votes to slightly outweigh the 1 minus, which IMO is more fair.
But you're right in that starting with only 13 points means potentially a lot of shows may be gone before a lot of people have a chance to see the thread, so I'll go ahead and rectify that now by changing the starting number to 20 HP. :)