This may not be the most coherent post as I meant to reply here when I was more awake (I got two hours of sleep last night and have been averaging 4 all week, so... yeah. D:), but since the topic was is being discussed now: I came up with several alternatives while crunching numbers earlier:
1. If less than 10 (perhaps lower it to 5) applications are released and/or the member is new and has sorted all applications since their joining (which equals out to less than 10), they get a 15% bonus rather than 25. This is still a +15 bonus if they sort 10 applications, equivalent to some of the smaller submissions in the other applications. All applications beyond 10 get the 25% bonus.
--> On the topic of new members, would the counting start only after they're officially sorted or the moment they release their application, since they can also vote on applications before joining?
2.Don't go by % or "voting on all applications" but award a fixed amount per number voted on. (An extra 20 if you vote on 10, +50 if you vote on 20-- which stacks with the previous 20... The first one is slightly less than with the 25% method yet slightly more than #1 (+/- 5), but it gives room in case someone missed just one or decided to no vote someone that others voted in. Alternatively, it could just be "a bonus 20 every 10 applications," since 20 is the normal amount given per one application vote...
3. I uh... damnit. I had another idea earlier, but now I can't remember what it was. D: I'll, er, come back when my brain is actually working.
[Edit: ... and I remembered just after submitting it! Since it's no longer part of the Golden Chocobo Awards, perhaps have a poll at the end for the best voters (among those who voted at least 75% of the time?), and the 3 (maybe 4?) winners of that poll just be given bonuses. It'll eliminate the concern about people spamming votes that are just a couple of sentences along for more points.]
I don't really have a problem with the 25% method (unless we end up having a ton of applications, which seems unlikely... or someone only votes on a few applications because they joined late, as that would give them an usually high bonus for that), but since that one is only slightly above 50%, I thought I'd offer some alternatives.
(I don't really have a problem with any number between 10 and 20... XD It can be changed if someone else helps, though.)
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1. If less than 10 (perhaps lower it to 5) applications are released and/or the member is new and has sorted all applications since their joining (which equals out to less than 10), they get a 15% bonus rather than 25. This is still a +15 bonus if they sort 10 applications, equivalent to some of the smaller submissions in the other applications. All applications beyond 10 get the 25% bonus.
--> On the topic of new members, would the counting start only after they're officially sorted or the moment they release their application, since they can also vote on applications before joining?
2.Don't go by % or "voting on all applications" but award a fixed amount per number voted on. (An extra 20 if you vote on 10, +50 if you vote on 20-- which stacks with the previous 20... The first one is slightly less than with the 25% method yet slightly more than #1 (+/- 5), but it gives room in case someone missed just one or decided to no vote someone that others voted in. Alternatively, it could just be "a bonus 20 every 10 applications," since 20 is the normal amount given per one application vote...
3. I uh... damnit. I had another idea earlier, but now I can't remember what it was. D: I'll, er, come back when my brain is actually working.
[Edit: ... and I remembered just after submitting it! Since it's no longer part of the Golden Chocobo Awards, perhaps have a poll at the end for the best voters (among those who voted at least 75% of the time?), and the 3 (maybe 4?) winners of that poll just be given bonuses. It'll eliminate the concern about people spamming votes that are just a couple of sentences along for more points.]
I don't really have a problem with the 25% method (unless we end up having a ton of applications, which seems unlikely... or someone only votes on a few applications because they joined late, as that would give them an usually high bonus for that), but since that one is only slightly above 50%, I thought I'd offer some alternatives.
(I don't really have a problem with any number between 10 and 20... XD It can be changed if someone else helps, though.)