[Poll-3] #7 BenSi vs #26 Ryro (Round 1) CIT 2018

Well ya can't get any closer than that!!

Very nice job to both of you.

Good luck in the next round @BenSi

 

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Wow, what a phenomenal matchup! Great job and coins, guys, it’s a shame that both of you don’t get to advance. Best of luck in the next round, BenSi!

 

Congratulations to both on a great match.

 

Man, it could not have been closer. Like a shootout in a World Cup match after playing regulation/overtime....
Both of you had great looking coins, writeups
John

 

Little did I expect that we would actually have to do this!

@Curtisimo, for future reference, at random.org you can flip a tetradrachm of Eukratides, a sestertius of Antoninus Pius, or several other ancient coins.
https://www.random.org/coins/?num=1&cur=40-antique.eucratides

 

Have to? Well 'chose to' I'd say. But its done.

No grousing from me, but a suggestion: break ties with a sudden death playoff. Here's a way: each contestant adds to their narrative by responding to one more special question about their coin, such as "What influence did your coin have on the development of later coinage?" or whatever. Then we vote for what we think is the best response to that. And we keep doing it until somebody comes out on top.

I realize it's not the quickest way, but it is more in keeping with the spirit of the game. Hey, if it's good enough for the PGA, it ought to be good enough for here.

My 2c.

 

Wow, that's even….!

Q

 

Another way would be to select in advance one category that would serve as a tiebreaker so, for example, the one with highest 'eye appeal' score would win.

 

Yet another way, which would probably work in most instances - in the event of a tie, the one who scored higher in more categories wins. In this particular match the result wouldn't have been different, as BenSi took both the Eye Appeal and Historic/Numismatic Interest categories.

Or, they could just battle rap?...

 

Haha yes battle rap! That settles it. No more suggestions required

Seriously though, now that I think of it that makes perfect sense to pick the tie breaker based on number of categories won! That will be the new tie breaker... if we have any more

 

Hooray for Zumbly!! Great solution, my man! With creative impulse like that, did you once work for Thomas Edison? He liked to tickle his employees with inventive challenges to see who could come up with the least elaborate, lowest cost solution. You seem to have that spark.

 

For me, it's usually the case of laziness being the father of invention . Philosophically, I'm all for "least elaborate" and "lowest cost"!