Reputation Prize Referendum

[Cyclone Boom 17,032]

See the statement here for the final declaration.

As discussed in this topic, we're holding a referendum to decide the future of reputation prizes in Simtropolis Challenges. It has been concluded that the amount of reputation given is too much, and not proportional to other areas of the site.

There are two questions:
 

Question 1 - How should reputation prizes be awarded for Simtropolis Challenges?

The first question involves selecting the method for reputation prizes.

Below there are 4 Options, representing how reputation could be given to challenge authors. The multipliers control how much reputation is given per place. Then in each spoiler, the sample data shows how this would convert into the actual reputation prizes. As the results system is dynamic, these values would change depending on number of entries, and the overall average rating. In addition, to help with your decision, data from the Urban Features challenge has been used with the options here.

Please read through and decide which option you think would be most suitable. Consider what you believe would be a fair reward, and also how this balances with other ways to gain reputation (e.g. forums, STEX, CJs). After this poll closes, the leading option will be used for the previous two challenges, and all ones to follow.

 

Question 2 - Should reputation prizes be reallocated for existing challenges this season?

The second question asks whether the new method (decided in Q1 above) should be used retrospectively on the previous 2 challenges this season. This would mean the old prizes would be wiped out, and the news ones given to the challenge winners.

Please vote Yes / No, to decide if you think this should happen or not.

Regardless of the outcome of this question, the results will be recalculated for the purpose of the Leaderboards (not affecting the given reputation).

 

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Polling closed at 21:00 GMT / 17:00 EDT, on Saturday 23rd July, 2016.

 

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Option 1 - Rep Multipliers

 Weekly   =  2

 Extended   =  4

 Monthly   =  8

 Custom Content   =  16

Open spoiler to view the sample data:

Spoiler

 

Sample Data -  Weekly 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.27   |   55  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.24   |   33  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.06   |   22  Rep

(10 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Extended 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.75   |   100  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.36   |   60  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.32   |   40  Rep

(15 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Monthly 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.52   |   128  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.33   |   77  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 3.95   |   51  Rep

 4th     |   Rating: 3.71   |   38  Rep

 5th     |   Rating: 3.69   |   26  Rep

(20 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Custom Content 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.80   |   91  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.63   |   55  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.35   |   36  Rep

 4th     |   Rating: 4.05   |   27  Rep

 5th     |   Rating: 4.02   |   18  Rep

(8 Total Entries)

 

 

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Option 2 - Rep Multipliers

 Weekly   =  3

 Extended   =  6

 Monthly   =  12

 Custom Content   =  24

Open spoiler to view the sample data:

Spoiler

 

Sample Data -  Weekly 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.27   |   60  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.24   |   36  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.06   |   24  Rep

(10 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Extended 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.75   |   115  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.36   |   69  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.32   |   46  Rep

(15 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Monthly 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.52   |   160  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.33   |   96  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 3.95   |   64  Rep

 4th     |   Rating: 3.71   |   48  Rep

 5th     |   Rating: 3.69   |   32  Rep

(20 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Custom Content 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.80   |   117  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.63   |   70  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.35   |   47  Rep

 4th     |   Rating: 4.05   |   35  Rep

 5th     |   Rating: 4.02   |   23  Rep

(8 Total Entries)

 

 

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Option 3 - Rep Multipliers

 Weekly   =  4

 Extended   =  8

 Monthly   =  16

 Custom Content   =  32

Open spoiler to view the sample data:

Spoiler

 

Sample Data -  Weekly 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.27   |   65  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.24   |   39  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.06   |   26  Rep

(10 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Extended 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.75   |   130  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.36   |   78  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.32   |   52  Rep

(15 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Monthly 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.52   |   192  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.33   |   115  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 3.95   |   77  Rep

 4th     |   Rating: 3.71   |   58  Rep

 5th     |   Rating: 3.69   |   38  Rep

(20 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Custom Content 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.80   |   142  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.63   |   85  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.35   |   57  Rep

 4th     |   Rating: 4.05   |   43  Rep

 5th     |   Rating: 4.02   |   28  Rep

(8 Total Entries)

 

 

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Option 4 - Rep Multipliers

 Weekly   =  5

 Extended   =  10

 Monthly   =  20

 Custom Content   =  40

Open spoiler to view the sample data:

Spoiler

 

Sample Data -  Weekly 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.27   |   70  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.24   |   42  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.06   |   28  Rep

(10 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Extended 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.75   |   145  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.36   |   87  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.32   |   58  Rep

(15 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Monthly 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.52   |   224  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.33   |   134  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 3.95   |   90  Rep

 4th     |   Rating: 3.71   |   67  Rep

 5th     |   Rating: 3.69   |   45  Rep

(20 Total Entries)

 

Sample Data -  Custom Content 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.80   |   168  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.63   |   101  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 4.35   |   67  Rep

 4th     |   Rating: 4.05   |   50  Rep

 5th     |   Rating: 4.02   |   34  Rep

(8 Total Entries)

 

 

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A few things to note:

• Rep distribution for Weekly and Extended challenges (top 3):
  50%, 30%, 20%
   
• Rep distribution for Monthly and CC challenges (top 5):
  40%, 24%, 16%, 12%, 8%
   
• The bonus rep calculation (entries and average rating) has been modified, to reduce the amount given.
   
• For comparison, the sample data is the same for each challenge type.
   
• Votes are irrelevant, and only influence the actual ranking. That's why they're not shown.
   
• The rep amounts shown above would obviously change depending on the # of entries, and the voting patterns. E.g. More entries = more rep, and vice versa.
   
• For Extended challenges, the rep multiplier is double that of Weekly. This is because they are twice as long.
   
• The same applies to Monthly challenges, which are 4x the length of Weekly.
   
• The idea of having a higher multiplier for CC challenges is to reward content, and since they are more demanding. Also as they will almost certainly receive less entries, it makes the rep more proportional to other challenge types.
   
• On the "Popular Contributors" sidebar on the forum index, the current max rep points (for all site areas) are:
  Per Week = 80  Rep
  Per Month = 251  Rep
  
  By this logic, 2 weeks (Extended challenge) = ~143  Rep

 

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Thanks for voting! 

 

(This topic is a poll only. If you've any questions or comments, please post in the General Discussion thread)

 

[Cyclone Boom 17,032]

It has been requested that data from the Urban Features challenge is shown with the options.

They are as follows:

 

Option 1

Sample Data -  Extended 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.41   |   134  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.22   |   80  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 3.95   |   54  Rep

(22 Total Entries)

 

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Option 2

Sample Data -  Extended 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.41   |   156  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.22   |   94  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 3.95   |   62  Rep

(22 Total Entries)

 

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Option 3

Sample Data -  Extended 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.41   |   178  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.22   |   107  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 3.95   |   71  Rep

(22 Total Entries)

 

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Option 4

Sample Data -  Extended 

 1st     |   Rating: 4.41   |   200  Rep

 2nd     |   Rating: 4.22   |   120  Rep

 3rd     |   Rating: 3.95   |   80  Rep

(22 Total Entries)

 

Hope this helps everyone with making your decision.