Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5082922-20131114000957

So, I have looked at the comments and opinions of people back in the last forum, as well as looked as the process itself. I have come to a few conclusions to what could look like "The Second Experiment: The Second TOTM".

Please give me any valid opinions and critism - it was hard to write this and I would like to hear if anyone has any way to change the "differences from last experiment" to run smoother.

How it would happen:
 Nommination Round:  Any user can nomminate up to 3 tributes each. One of which can be their own tributes. The nommination round will last at least 4 days.

After Nommination Round:   The two judges sit down and choose their favorites of those nomminated. They have 3 days to meet up and choose. If this date is exceed, the main judge has to make the call the next day they're online. A top 5 will now be given out.

Finalist Round:  After the Top 5 has been choosen, three days has to pass to give the judges a break and to let people see the Top 5. Within those three days, the judges can decide the victor, though it is not a requirement. After the three days has passed, the Judges can make the Victor public. However, the victor does not have to be choosen right after the 3 days.

Differences from Last Experiment

 * One extra judge will be added -  There'll be the "Main Judge" and the "Secondary Judge".
 * Stricter nommination rules - reasoning behind nomminations will be required.
 * Nommination round takes atleast 4 days - Afterwards, the judges meet up to make the call. If this takes more than three days, the "Main Judge" has to make the call. There is no deadline however, as long as there's still time for "The Final Round".
 * Round 2 have been removed - after the nomminations, a top 5 is choosen, and we go straight to "final round".
 * Nomminations are open until the Final 5 is up.
 * In the Finalist Round, people can choose to vote for their favorites, providing extra reasons why that tribute should win - still, the final call is the judge's.
 * The Final Round takes at least three days. In those three days, the judges can meet up before and decide, however their decision has to wait those three days at least before going public.
 * Two Tributes will be choosen this round - one for November and one for December - to put TOTM back on scheduel.
 * The TOTM of December will not be revealed the same date as TOTM of November.

Similarities from the Last Experiment

 * People may still nomminate 3 tributes
 * People may still nomminate 1 of their own tributes
 * Round 1 remains unchanged though with more rules about "Reason for nomminations"
 * The Finalist Round stays the same - though there's now two judges and people can give out their opinions.

Victor Deadline
The "Victor Deadline" is the deadline that says when the next TOTM HAS to be decided. I would say the "Victor Deadline" should be the 1st of the month the tribute is choosen for. So the "Tribute of January" should be choosen at latest January 1st.

If this deadline is exceed, the main judge has to make the call at the day they log in, regardless of their secondary judge's opinion.

However since this round has two victors AND since we're still off schedual, the deadline will not be applied for this TOTM. It will however count in the next.

The Secondary Judge?
I really need your help with this one - how should the secondary judge be choosen? Personally, I would like either Dustin, Kekai, Nick or Sam to be the Secondary Judge because they took time out to fill the whole "Your opinions" forum.

Of those 4, I would prefer Dustin or Kekai - Dustin because he's the second most active admin and Kekai because he basically live in the same timezone as me - we would be able to meet up easily.

But in the future, their shouldn't be any "your opinions" forums. So how should we choose them? There should be some requirements, of course. Which do you suggest? 