spacemt354
Chili's
I don't have any questions - but I would like to say who I am voting for and why. I took a decent amount of time and research to come up with this decision (hence the longish post), because I think the decision deserves it.
The only time I was with the two finalists on a team was post-merge, and I ran some numbers on the participation via responses to the Team Chandler Brainstorming PMs from Projects 7-9 (after which, I was voted off). Out of the total 1093 team brainstorming responses over those 3 challenges, RMichael21 and DSquared combined for 91 of them, (45 from RM, 46 from DS) which is a combined 8.33% of the total Team Chandler brainstorming responses. Ehh, not great
...but also, both of them are essentially identical in responses/active brainstorming. I can't make the distinction based on that.
So, we have to dig deeper....into the Strategy.
In my mind, you're both two peas in a pod. RM took it to levels that I personally believe shouldn't have been allowed - such as using the host's name in a post....but DSquared is an accomplice to all of this, which is equally as bad.
So -- still even in my opinion...We keep digging deeper....
A key distinction for me comes during Project 9 (The Mazes). Both RMichael21 and DSquared were Co-Team Leaders.
As Team Leader, the spotlight is on you to guide the team and contribute. RM was assigned the Tower of Terror maze, and couldn't complete it - only had a small outline, which @FigmentPigments unselfishly took on as an extra work load and wrote it up for him. DSquared had the most research heavy project (one based on Studio Ghibli), completed his work on time (it was pretty good too), and submitted our team post Project 9 as Team Leader.
*Furthermore, while I wasn't on the team, I could see his writing on the wall for the Gravity Falls project - from an outsider's view it looked like it was mostly him doing the whole project and then Basketbuddy's art.
And then we have the ever important individual projects
I'll just say that, as a huge Breaking Bad fan - I thought DSquared's was by far the best Breaking Bad project. While I could nitpick till kingdom come, I thought that the solid characterization shows a commitment to research (another example of it) and creativity. BlueDragonFive even hinted at some lines that were better than my project (and you know what....I agree!)
RM's BB project was also good despite never watching the show, and possibly better organized than DS's project, however Walter White was wayyy out of character in his dialogue, among other jarring discrepancies I noticed between the show and the project, and it just felt as if more research could have been put into it.
And for the Twilight Zone, again, RM's has better organization and clarity, but to me DSquared's was more elaborately thought out in comparison. That's a really brief explanation, and not a review of which was better, but more a testament of...in my view DSquared took more initiative when it came to researching for these projects, one of the main components that makes this game unique.
In summary, I feel the purpose of SYWTBAI is to crown a winner who has demonstrated a creative record through the projects and by doing their research in-depth. After going back and doing my own research, reviewing the projects and brainstorming, and trying to make the best decision I can, my vote for the winner is...
Good Luck and congratulations to both finalists of Season 13!
The only time I was with the two finalists on a team was post-merge, and I ran some numbers on the participation via responses to the Team Chandler Brainstorming PMs from Projects 7-9 (after which, I was voted off). Out of the total 1093 team brainstorming responses over those 3 challenges, RMichael21 and DSquared combined for 91 of them, (45 from RM, 46 from DS) which is a combined 8.33% of the total Team Chandler brainstorming responses. Ehh, not great
...but also, both of them are essentially identical in responses/active brainstorming. I can't make the distinction based on that.So, we have to dig deeper....into the Strategy.
In my mind, you're both two peas in a pod.
RM took it to levels that I personally believe shouldn't have been allowed - such as using the host's name in a post....but DSquared is an accomplice to all of this, which is equally as bad. So -- still even in my opinion...We keep digging deeper....
A key distinction for me comes during Project 9 (The Mazes). Both RMichael21 and DSquared were Co-Team Leaders.
As Team Leader, the spotlight is on you to guide the team and contribute. RM was assigned the Tower of Terror maze, and couldn't complete it - only had a small outline, which @FigmentPigments unselfishly took on as an extra work load and wrote it up for him. DSquared had the most research heavy project (one based on Studio Ghibli), completed his work on time (it was pretty good too), and submitted our team post Project 9 as Team Leader.
*Furthermore, while I wasn't on the team, I could see his writing on the wall for the Gravity Falls project - from an outsider's view it looked like it was mostly him doing the whole project and then Basketbuddy's art.
And then we have the ever important individual projects
I'll just say that, as a huge Breaking Bad fan - I thought DSquared's was by far the best Breaking Bad project. While I could nitpick till kingdom come, I thought that the solid characterization shows a commitment to research (another example of it) and creativity. BlueDragonFive even hinted at some lines that were better than my project (and you know what....I agree!)
RM's BB project was also good despite never watching the show, and possibly better organized than DS's project, however Walter White was wayyy out of character in his dialogue, among other jarring discrepancies I noticed between the show and the project, and it just felt as if more research could have been put into it.
And for the Twilight Zone, again, RM's has better organization and clarity, but to me DSquared's was more elaborately thought out in comparison. That's a really brief explanation, and not a review of which was better, but more a testament of...in my view DSquared took more initiative when it came to researching for these projects, one of the main components that makes this game unique.
In summary, I feel the purpose of SYWTBAI is to crown a winner who has demonstrated a creative record through the projects and by doing their research in-depth. After going back and doing my own research, reviewing the projects and brainstorming, and trying to make the best decision I can, my vote for the winner is...
Good Luck and congratulations to both finalists of Season 13!
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