John
TS Member
- Favourite Ride
- Steel Vengeance
It’s that time of the year again – the Mitch Hawker coaster poll is back. The wooden ballot is now online at http://www.ushsho.com/bestrollercoasterpoll.htm. Unlike other polls, the MH poll attempts to eliminate bias towards coasters at popular parks by comparing the relative positions of rides on each ballot, rather than how many times a ride appears towards the top (which favours rides more people have been on).
If you’re new to this poll, the full instructions can be found in the spoiler box below, alternatively our very own Jordan has developed a simple ballot helper to take you through the process, which can be found here.
Ballots will be accepted until 8th Jan 2013
For the 3rd year running I’ll be using ballots posted in this thread to produce a TowersStreet mini-poll to see how the opinions of people on this forum compares to those of the wider enthusiast community. Last year there were 17 ballots posted, hopefully we can get a few more this time!
NOTE: At the moment there's a problem with the ballot text file and half of it is missing, hopefully it'll be fixed soon. In the meantime, Jordan's site includes all the coasters on the ballot. Anyone updating a previous ballot can use the list of changes in the instructions file and the 2011 ballot. Use these at your own risk - any line on your ballot not recognised by the ballot tabulation program will be ignored!
If you’re new to this poll, the full instructions can be found in the spoiler box below, alternatively our very own Jordan has developed a simple ballot helper to take you through the process, which can be found here.
1. Starting with the template linked above, add your email, name and location on the lines indicated.
2. rank the 6 “ride experiences”, 1 being the best
3. delete every ride you have never ridden.
4. replace the first ‘n’ with a ‘y’ for each coaster you have ridden
5. replace the 2nd ‘n’ with a ‘y’ if you rode that coaster in 2012
6. replace the 0 with your numerical ranking of each ride. (0 is considered worse than any other number). You may give two or more rides the same ranking if you wish.
7. E-mail your completed ballot to [email protected] with 2012 Wood Poll as the subject
Do not change any of the lines other than in the ways listed above – in particular do not replace “fav steel” with the name of your favourite steel coaster, the vote counting program will ignore any lines it does not recognise.
2. rank the 6 “ride experiences”, 1 being the best
3. delete every ride you have never ridden.
4. replace the first ‘n’ with a ‘y’ for each coaster you have ridden
5. replace the 2nd ‘n’ with a ‘y’ if you rode that coaster in 2012
6. replace the 0 with your numerical ranking of each ride. (0 is considered worse than any other number). You may give two or more rides the same ranking if you wish.
7. E-mail your completed ballot to [email protected] with 2012 Wood Poll as the subject
Do not change any of the lines other than in the ways listed above – in particular do not replace “fav steel” with the name of your favourite steel coaster, the vote counting program will ignore any lines it does not recognise.
Ballots will be accepted until 8th Jan 2013
For the 3rd year running I’ll be using ballots posted in this thread to produce a TowersStreet mini-poll to see how the opinions of people on this forum compares to those of the wider enthusiast community. Last year there were 17 ballots posted, hopefully we can get a few more this time!
NOTE: At the moment there's a problem with the ballot text file and half of it is missing, hopefully it'll be fixed soon. In the meantime, Jordan's site includes all the coasters on the ballot. Anyone updating a previous ballot can use the list of changes in the instructions file and the 2011 ballot. Use these at your own risk - any line on your ballot not recognised by the ballot tabulation program will be ignored!
