Please vote for your FAVOURITE album.
Yes, the tournament has changed. See below for details.
I was going to give the new voting method a few rounds to prove itself. However, at the end of the first round, I was dreading running the next few. The lowest three albums gathered a total of five votes. Add the next two albums and you're only up to thirteen votes to be redistributed over the course of four rounds. In other words, the outcomes of the next few rounds, had I stuck with what I did in the first round, would have been strikingly similar and dull. I don't think the voting method itself was fundamentally flawed; it's just that the voting distribution amongst U2's albums on Interference is so uneven that it's not going to work for an Album Survivor. With the prospect of boring rounds, I just didn't want to even run them.
So I've changed the game to keep it interesting enough to actually run - and interesting enough to actually participate in. In reverting to the old voting method, I didn't want to ditch the results of the first round. Hence, I've made this Worst Album Survivor - under the old voting method, we would have been voting for favourite albums anyway, so the first round's poll is completely valid. I know a number of you voted on strategy for Best Album, but there really is no conceivable way that Achtung would not win. Redoing the round would be pointless as the results would not change significantly and the outcome would not be affected. I apologise for the sudden change, but at least the first round was so decisive that I can do this easily.
THERE WILL BE A BEST ALBUM SURVIVOR! As soon as this edition is finished, I will run a Best Album Survivor using the old voting method. It'll be interesting to see what different outcomes we get.
So, from here on in, the forum's favourite albums will be eliminated one by one until we're left with a single album, the least favourite of the lot. Have fun!
ELIMINATED:
1. Achtung Baby
LAST ROUND'S RESULTS:
59 votes: Achtung Baby
24: The Joshua Tree
12: Pop
9: The Unforgettable Fire
6: Zooropa
5: All That You Can't Leave Behind, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
4: October
2: Boy, War
1: Rattle And Hum
Yes, the tournament has changed. See below for details.
I was going to give the new voting method a few rounds to prove itself. However, at the end of the first round, I was dreading running the next few. The lowest three albums gathered a total of five votes. Add the next two albums and you're only up to thirteen votes to be redistributed over the course of four rounds. In other words, the outcomes of the next few rounds, had I stuck with what I did in the first round, would have been strikingly similar and dull. I don't think the voting method itself was fundamentally flawed; it's just that the voting distribution amongst U2's albums on Interference is so uneven that it's not going to work for an Album Survivor. With the prospect of boring rounds, I just didn't want to even run them.
So I've changed the game to keep it interesting enough to actually run - and interesting enough to actually participate in. In reverting to the old voting method, I didn't want to ditch the results of the first round. Hence, I've made this Worst Album Survivor - under the old voting method, we would have been voting for favourite albums anyway, so the first round's poll is completely valid. I know a number of you voted on strategy for Best Album, but there really is no conceivable way that Achtung would not win. Redoing the round would be pointless as the results would not change significantly and the outcome would not be affected. I apologise for the sudden change, but at least the first round was so decisive that I can do this easily.
THERE WILL BE A BEST ALBUM SURVIVOR! As soon as this edition is finished, I will run a Best Album Survivor using the old voting method. It'll be interesting to see what different outcomes we get.
So, from here on in, the forum's favourite albums will be eliminated one by one until we're left with a single album, the least favourite of the lot. Have fun!
ELIMINATED:
1. Achtung Baby
LAST ROUND'S RESULTS:
59 votes: Achtung Baby
24: The Joshua Tree
12: Pop
9: The Unforgettable Fire
6: Zooropa
5: All That You Can't Leave Behind, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
4: October
2: Boy, War
1: Rattle And Hum
