Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4567194-20170523203312/@comment-1942179-20170526000309

Darkest Shadow wrote: I also agree, but here's my question.

So lets say you have two nominees in the same category:


 * Alice (9 votes)


 * Bob (8 votes)

Bob has only 8 votes because his creator was forced to vote neutral

So another user wants to break the tie, and adds his votes


 * Alice now has 10 votes


 * Bob now has 9 votes

That doesn't really solve anything. Or is there some other way around it? To be honest I don't actually know.

Neoexlucky wrote: What about a designated judge role for the votes? Like, after the initial voting season is over, the judge can to look at all the forced neutral votes, and could use a 'golden buzzer' to put that character into the final round. Like in the case of Alice and Bob, the Judge could decide to put Bob in the final round with Alice.

The Judge isn't allowed to have their work be nominated for the season. Maybe the Judge also cannot vote normally either, they only are allowed those 'golden buzzers', you could even limit it to three golden buzzers a season or something if need be.

Also, if you need a guinea pig to test things out, I'll volunteer. I've got no plans at all this summer, and I'm on break till the beginning of september, so I'll be free. ^ That's partially what my idea was, if only for the designated voter.

I imagine the judges would look over the page like any other voter, with the "golden buzzer" being the equivalent of a +1 vote. Honestly, I think this is a lot more reasonable than my idea, and I might be more willing to try this instead of voting through the whole thing.