Yesterday, I was bored, so I put together MoéMash, a Moé Elo Rating tournament.
http://www.moemash.com
MoéMash complements the existing moe tournaments by being different from them in several ways. Most of the existing tournaments use some sort of elimination system, similar to the way football playoffs occur.
MoéMash works in a different way from these. It generates random matches between pairs of characters (it's limited to female anime characters). When a character wins, she gains a number of points - the amount of points gained is based on the difference between her rating and the other character's rating. A character that is far ahead will only gain a small number of points, while a character that wins in an upset will be more richly rewarded.
This is the system that is used to rate chess players. If you saw the movie The Social Network, it's the system that was used to power Facemash.
When you go to the site, you'll be presented with the current leaderboard. You can then click "vote", log in, and you'll be able to start voting. Everything is updated in realitime, so you should be able to see your vote making a difference.
I seeded the site with character from the Saimoe 2010 tournament, and images taken from (http://www.animesaimoe.org). You can add new characters and images by clicking on the "Add a Character" link at the bottom of each page. Since this isn't an elimination tournament, there's no limit to the number of characters that can participate.
Anyway, that's about it. I'm interested in what people think and if their are any problems or bug reports. I'd be grateful if people add their favorite characters to the mix, so the contest becomes more representative.
And, of course, I'm curious as to the outcome.
http://www.moemash.com
MoéMash complements the existing moe tournaments by being different from them in several ways. Most of the existing tournaments use some sort of elimination system, similar to the way football playoffs occur.
MoéMash works in a different way from these. It generates random matches between pairs of characters (it's limited to female anime characters). When a character wins, she gains a number of points - the amount of points gained is based on the difference between her rating and the other character's rating. A character that is far ahead will only gain a small number of points, while a character that wins in an upset will be more richly rewarded.
This is the system that is used to rate chess players. If you saw the movie The Social Network, it's the system that was used to power Facemash.
When you go to the site, you'll be presented with the current leaderboard. You can then click "vote", log in, and you'll be able to start voting. Everything is updated in realitime, so you should be able to see your vote making a difference.
I seeded the site with character from the Saimoe 2010 tournament, and images taken from (http://www.animesaimoe.org). You can add new characters and images by clicking on the "Add a Character" link at the bottom of each page. Since this isn't an elimination tournament, there's no limit to the number of characters that can participate.
Anyway, that's about it. I'm interested in what people think and if their are any problems or bug reports. I'd be grateful if people add their favorite characters to the mix, so the contest becomes more representative.
And, of course, I'm curious as to the outcome.