User:Irskaad/Meh/FeaturedFicIdea

'''So while I was listening to more Melodifestivalen music I got this interesting idea on how we could select June or July's featured fiction. WARNING: It's absolutely based on Melodifestivalen so I think only Sauce may understand this before reading the rest lol :P Anyways the idea:'''

In this demonstration we'll assume this gets set in May 2012.

Preparation - 18-19 May
For the first phase of the selection of the featured fiction, we'll pick 32 fictions per category. Categories? Empires, Stories (If there are enhough stories), Creatures and Characters. Either we select 2 fics per user if we want 16 users in this, or 4 fics per user if we want 8. If there are fewer than 8 then we'll also put in some inactive users to make 8 users. If we have 9-15 users then we'll add a few inactive users to make 16. Though the number of users can change as long as it's either 4, 8, 12 or 16. (Unless a user only has one fic so 2 users can count for 1)

Then we sort the fics in 4 groups of 8, like so:

We'll be doing this for Empire category, but it's the same for all.


 * Group 1
 * Draconis
 * Catharsis
 * Corruptus
 * Vi'Navitum
 * Shellious
 * CyraEmp
 * DCP
 * FRA


 * Group 2
 * JSR
 * LSA
 * Indocs
 * Khaxvis
 * Vartekians
 * Loron
 * Divinarium
 * Nelradiates


 * Group 3
 * Artharons
 * SDF
 * JPA
 * Yaidaari Republic
 * Ayrai'Shikua
 * Tahar Collective
 * Brood of War
 * UDUM


 * Group 4
 * The Lost Ones
 * Futox
 * Crystallines
 * TIAF
 * Cephalodians
 * Kread Union
 * GTFO
 * Rambo Nation

So as you can see, Groups of 8, with 2 fics per user and if the user has only 1 fic, he and other will make 1 user. This is under the 16 format. It was hard to sorry if I forgot you, then again it's an example and not the real thing. (Which might not happen sadly :

The Semifinals! - 20, 22, 24 and 26 May 2012
So it's time for the fics in the 4 groups to combat each other! So let's take group... 3 for example.


 * Group 3
 * Artharons
 * SDF
 * JPA
 * Yaidaari Republic
 * Ayrai'Shikua
 * Tahar Collective
 * Brood of War
 * UDUM

Let's say I have all users who are participating voting on this. For the voting, a Top 10 8 poll will be used. Now, here's how it goes:

The 1st and 2nd most voted fics go automatically to the final! So let's say the public voted for the Xhodocto and the Artharons to the final. We'll be seeing them on the final round on the 30th of May.

The 3rd and 4th most voted fics go to the Andra Chansen Second Chance round, which I'll explain later. So let's assume the Collective and the Brood go to the Second Chance.

And everyone else is out. Sorry.

So this will occur in groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 individually. Here's how my result is like so far in this example:


 * Final
 * Corruptus
 * CyraEmp
 * Khaxvis
 * Divinarium
 * Ayrai'Shikua
 * Artharons
 * TIAF
 * GTFO


 * Second Chance
 * Catharsis
 * Vi'Navitum
 * JSR
 * Vartekians
 * Tahar Collective
 * Brood of War
 * Crystallines
 * Rambo Nation

You may notice 2 empires missing from the Final list. That's where the 2nd chance round goes in.

Second Chance! - 28 May 2012
This is a diffrent round, some may call it useless but it gets exciting to see if your "discarded to the 2nd chance" fiction ends up in the final! Anyways, it's basically a round of duels. Let me explain after reorganizing the competitors of the 2nd chance:


 * Second chance
 * Tahar Collective vs Crystallines
 * JSR vs Brood of War
 * Vi'Navitum vs Vartekians
 * Catharsis vs Rambo

"Vs? So the strongest fic wins, right?"

NO. PAY ATTENTION.

Actually, it's more like this:

Me - "Who is better, TC or Crystallines?" Xho - "Crystallines cuz u dum" Oluap - "Tahar Collective cuz good fic" Ghelae - "I have no opinion but the Collective is a plot empire and is important, so I'd go with them."

Basically vote for your favorite fiction in the duels. 1 vs 1, one at a time. Eventually the 4 duels end and we get a second round, like so:


 * Second Round
 * Tahar Collective vs JSR
 * Vi'Navitum vs Catharsis

And rinse and repeat for the 2nd round, until you get two winners. Yes, these two will be in the final. And now we jave the 10 finalists:


 * Final
 * CyraEmp
 * Ayrai'Shikua
 * Khaxvis
 * Corruptus
 * GTFO
 * Vi'Navitum
 * Divinarium
 * Tahar Collective
 * TIAF
 * Artharons

And now...

Final! - 30 May 2012
And so we have our 10 finalists. At this point, only one will win. So how will we vote for the winner? Well there's a scoring system our users will provide us with. In honor of Xho, here's the scoring system:

A user may vote for his top 7 fiction like this:


 * 7th - 1 point
 * 6th - 2 points
 * 5th - 4 points
 * 4th - 6 points
 * 3rd - 8 points
 * 2nd - 10 points
 * 1st - 12 points

So in the end we might have 6-8 users voting, let's say the voting ends then and we have the results. The fiction with the most points gets featured!

(Note: Points not included so it's all Xs)


 * Final Results
 * 1st - Ayrai'Shikua - XX points
 * 2nd - Corruptus - XX points
 * 3rd - CyraEmp - XX points
 * 4th - Khaxvis - XX points
 * 5th - Tahar Collective - XX points
 * 6th - Artharons - XX points
 * 7th - Catharsis - XX points
 * 8th - TIAF - XX points
 * 9th - Vi'Navitum - X points
 * 10th - Divinarium - X points

Now go, Xhodocto, be featured!

And this is my idea. Like it? Maybe we can implement it ^^