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Okay, the first stage of voting has officially closed. Here are the results, from most votes to least votes. These are the themes that have continued on to this round.

Labrynth
Mythology
Around the World in 80 days
Carnival
Steampunk
Celebrations

For the second stage, I'd like you all to pick your favorite 3 out of these 6 themes and rate those 3 on a scale from 0 to 5. 0 is the lowest possible score that means that you don't like the theme at all. 5 is the highest possible score, and means that you definitely want the theme to be selected and implemented for this ball. You can use any decimals or fractions in between the numbers if you wish. Once all of the votes are in, each theme's ratings will be added together, and whichever has the highest rating will become the theme of the 8th annual ball.

I chose to use this method of theme selection (which was suggested by Angelishia) so that we could find a theme that everyone is somewhat interested in. It may not be the first choice for everyone, but it will still be a theme that the community as a whole is happy to have as the official theme for the 8th Annual Ball. This will be the final theme selection stage unless there is a tie, in which case the tie will be broken by a vote. This stage will end in a week on August 16th.

**I'd like to ask you all to rate once and not edit your ratings afterwards. Thanks.

Around the World in 80 days -5
Carnival-4
Steampunk-5

Labrynth 4.5
Steampunk 4
Celebrations 5

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Celebrations - 5
Mythology - 4.5
Carnival - 4

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lol i kinda think the scale thing is pretty pointless >_> if ya didnt like the theme at all it shouldnt be be among you 3 that you choose as your favorite(or they would probly just drop it completely). i think its probly easier to just ask what you 1st,2nd,and 3rd choice is. ya have a clear cut answer rather than some rather random numbers. its a bad idea to base on scales since people scale things differently. i myself tend to be indifferent to almost everything and stay relatively close to the middle so it'd be 3.0, 3.2 or 2.9. while if someone were to ask my 1st, 2nd, 3rd choices it would be a more direct answer 1,2 and 3.

point is a 3.3 on a scale of 1-5 to some could be a 5 to others. i dont think ya should really determine the score for the theme based on a scale. >_>

scales also sometimes show extreme bias' for or against a theme. as how some people only like a particular theme and is dead set on it. while other people may like it a bit but not to the same extreme but still like it more then the others. should that extreme scale vote weigh more heavily than the normal vote? cuz then 1 or 2 extreme biased votes could out weigh several normal votes.

i just dont see the point in using a scale. sweatdrop kinda concerned bout how ya gonna use the scaled votes to determine a winning theme. if someone can explain to me a few benefits of using a scale that'd be nice.

The main reason for using the scale is to determine a theme that everyone is somewhat happy with. Even people who gave the winning theme a 1 or a 2 had shown that they supported it to some extent, or it wouldn't be on their top 3 list at all. This way, you get to put your opinion in on more than one theme- which wouldn't be possible if there was a vote- and show that you like the theme to some extent. This will prevent us from choosing a theme that some people really love, and others absolutely hate. Instead, it will portray a common interest, which most people won't regard with the extremes of love or hate, but they will accept as the theme and be willing to work on it together.
Hope that clears up some of my reasoning for ya.

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||My suggestion had originally been ranking them 1-x as you said, but Val modified it a bit, I guess. I think either way is sufficient. ^^ As long as the method conveys what theme a person prefers and what themes a person does not prefer, then I think we'll be fine.||

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