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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2700757, member: 57495"]I have to say I think the context is quite different. For me the tournament is about more than just winning likes. It (hopefully!) generates camaraderie amongst participants through friendly competition, and provides for yet another opportunity to highlight the cool factor of the coins being entered. I also think that having voters choose which coin to give their vote to in each of the three categories may see them spending a little more time ruminating on those those aspects than they otherwise might have... certainly for me it has. </p><p><br /></p><p>Participants may also enjoy the gamesmanship involved when strategizing which of their coins to pit against what coin they think a specific opponent's collection may throw up. I'm really quite thrilled just thinking about the various match-ups that have been set out and what coins are going to be in play. </p><p><br /></p><p>At the end of the day, even as I make my votes and note with great interest how everyone else has voted, I'll love my own coins no less and probably love all the others that have been submitted more. I'm really rooting for everyone here... hmmm, except perhaps whomever I'm up against! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2700757, member: 57495"]I have to say I think the context is quite different. For me the tournament is about more than just winning likes. It (hopefully!) generates camaraderie amongst participants through friendly competition, and provides for yet another opportunity to highlight the cool factor of the coins being entered. I also think that having voters choose which coin to give their vote to in each of the three categories may see them spending a little more time ruminating on those those aspects than they otherwise might have... certainly for me it has. Participants may also enjoy the gamesmanship involved when strategizing which of their coins to pit against what coin they think a specific opponent's collection may throw up. I'm really quite thrilled just thinking about the various match-ups that have been set out and what coins are going to be in play. At the end of the day, even as I make my votes and note with great interest how everyone else has voted, I'll love my own coins no less and probably love all the others that have been submitted more. I'm really rooting for everyone here... hmmm, except perhaps whomever I'm up against! :D[/QUOTE]
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