voting etc.

[Pappy]

Originally posted by diangelo#67
ok pap how about my bike it was clearly in the first ten but they went around it?

i dont think there should be any limits at all. i was surprised yours didnt make it in , but when you have 1 person making the decisions it falls on that person to explain thier actions. i still dont see where bias or popularity made any difference unless you could make a case that the person picking the 10 somehow picked yours over anyone elses?

IMO it should be open to as many quads as there are entrants. the problem with that is you would have the vote/poll so big that it may not be possible. i think it should be left to one person who based on a scale such as SRH posted would define the final 10.

I do not think that the 1st 10 entered should be the quads picked.

I have also tried to stay clear of this contest in almost any fashion, but I would like to see it succeed. My complaint is against open accusations claiming any form of bias or any decisions based on popularity. I think it should be decided by an open poll after the top 10 are picked by using some form of grading etc. If i find out decisions are based on anything other then the merits of the quad and its builder then I will step in.

[diangelo#67]

I agree with you there pap, i don't see how the winner could have been based on popularity cause the guy that won i only saw on here when he was trying to sell his bike.
but I do believe that it was based on the type of quad

[Pappy]

thats why it should be based on some form of evaluation. the dude running it could have just not liked your bike therefore it wasnt included in the final poll.

i actually think the final winner should be decided by a 3 member panel. let the site decided the final 10 and then it would be judged seperatley to find the overall winner for the month.

[diangelo#67]

I completely agree

[K_Fulk]

Maybe have 3 or 4 diffrent people rate entrants on some sort of scale like srh's. Then have the top 5 be voted on every month.

Just another thought.

[250xridamatt]

I say you pick a few mods to look at all the quads and do what srh proposes. Gather up all the point and take the average. You then get an oppinion from someone who obviously knows what they are talking about, and they know the criteria a fourwheeler must have to win. There must be some method to this madness.

[TheFontMaster]

Wow I can't belive I didn't see this thread sooner. I am continuing to run the QOTM with the first 10 entries. However, I will be more stict as to what quads will be able to be entered.

This is an ATVRiders QOTM, so I feel that members of the site should have say in who wins, not just a couple mods.