From Chris.Hilker Sent Thu, Jan 7th 1999, 01:23
From Chris.Hilker Sent Thu, Jan 7th 1999, 01:23
>. at tops only a little over 10% of the list voted in the poll. This has been true every year the poll has taken place. If anything, this year's 12.56% participation is better than usual. >. the categories lead people to vote based on best of genre. which >immediately means those most typical of the genre will tend to get higher >placing. this is like dog breeders who produce pure bred idiots, when >everybody knows that mongrels are smarter. So... how is Pole's album typical of House or Techno? I'm all for getting rid of the genre categories, as I pointed out before the poll began. But most of the requests I've seen have been for more categories, rather than fewer. >. there are too many good comps for only 1 vote. Eligible comps named in first-round balloting: 24 Eligible chillout albums named: 36 Eligible drum & bass albums named: 26 Eligible house or techno albums named: 29 I think you (or someone else) made the same claim about all the great compilations that supposedly came out last year just after first-round voting started, but the results just don't bear that out. If anything, the Chillout category would be first in line for expansion, if I had any intention of expanding the first-round voting in a category (I don't). C. -- Chris.Hilker (xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx)