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Is there a future for the Giants List?

Posted By: David Rockwell
Date: Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 2:23 a.m.

In Response To: Is there a future for the Giants List? (Petko)

I think it is fine to have this discussion. But in the end, the people to make the decision to continue or not are the people who are doing to work of putting it together. Inevitably, some will value their work more than others. And that's OK too. There's no need for majority rule. As you point out, the Giants list has not prevented other measurements from being developed and used.

I have always had a different issue with the list than those raised recently. There is too much emphasis on the places far removed from the top. I believe it would be an improvement to:

1. Further limit the voting one way or another to a subset of those eligible today. I don't have a proposal for doing this.

2. Reduce the number of votes cast on each ballot. This is easy. Vote for 16 or 10 or even 5 or something like that rather than 32. That keeps the riff-raff off of most ballots.

I enjoy seeing the ranking of the top 20 or so players. Somewhere after that, the value of the list declines. The process has no chance of accurately distinguishing between (for example) #50 and #60 even if people vote honestly. It would be an improvement to stop trying.

Messages In This Thread

• Is there a future for the Giants List?
  Petko -- Saturday, 20 February 2016, at 9:15 p.m.
  • Is there a future for the Giants List?
    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 20 February 2016, at 9:58 p.m.
    • Is there a future for the Giants List?
      Schigolch -- Saturday, 20 February 2016, at 11:06 p.m.
      • Is there a future for the Giants List?
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 20 February 2016, at 11:11 p.m.
  • "Yes, I agree, it is time to abolish the Giants List"
    neilkaz -- Saturday, 20 February 2016, at 10:21 p.m.
    • I disagree
      Casper Van der Tak -- Saturday, 20 February 2016, at 11:21 p.m.
      • I agree with Petko and Neil
        Rick Janowski -- Saturday, 20 February 2016, at 11:59 p.m.
        • I agree with Petko and Neil
          Colin Owen -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 2:09 a.m.
    • "Yes, I agree, it is time to abolish the Giants List"
      Bill Riles -- Monday, 22 February 2016, at 12:37 a.m.
      • "Yes, I agree, it is time to abolish the Giants List"
        Jake Jacobs -- Monday, 22 February 2016, at 1:16 a.m.
        • questions for Jake
          Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 22 February 2016, at 10:29 p.m.
          • questions for Jake
            Jake Jacobs -- Tuesday, 23 February 2016, at 1:45 a.m.
  • Is there a future for the Giants List?
    Victor Ashkenazi -- Saturday, 20 February 2016, at 10:58 p.m.
    • Is there a future for the Giants List?
      Barry Silliman -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 12:24 a.m.
    • Is there a future for the Giants List?
      Maya Peycheva -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 1:48 a.m.
      • Is there a future for the Giants List?
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 9:06 a.m.
      • Is there a future for the Giants List?
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 9:09 a.m.
      • Is there a future for the Giants List?
        Barry Silliman -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 1:53 p.m.
        • Is there a future for the Giants List?
          Rick Janowski -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 3:12 p.m.
      • Is there a future for the Giants List?
        Bill Riles -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 3:05 p.m.
        • Is there a future for the Giants List?
          Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 22 February 2016, at 10:11 p.m.
  • Is there a future for the Giants List?
    Florin Popa -- Saturday, 20 February 2016, at 11:18 p.m.
  • Is there a future for the Giants List?
    David Rockwell -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 2:23 a.m.
  • Is there a future for the Giants List?
    Bill Riles -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 2:27 a.m.
  • Is there a future for the Giants List?
    Jake Jacobs -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 3:32 a.m.
    • Backgammon Giant 32 in 2015
      Rick Janowski -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 8:31 p.m.
      • Backgammon Giant 32 in 2015
        Jake Jacobs -- Monday, 22 February 2016, at 1:10 a.m.
        • Backgammon Giant 32 in 2015
          Rick Janowski -- Monday, 22 February 2016, at 1:15 a.m.
          • Backgammon Giant 32 in 2015
            Jake Jacobs -- Tuesday, 23 February 2016, at 1:44 a.m.
    • Is there a future for the Giants List?
      Bill Riles -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 8:39 p.m.
    • Is there a future for the Giants List?
      Bill Riles -- Sunday, 21 February 2016, at 8:58 p.m.
      • Maybe is time for truth
        Iancho Hristov -- Monday, 22 February 2016, at 11:53 a.m.
        • Maybe is time for truth
          Florin Popa -- Tuesday, 23 February 2016, at 1:47 a.m.
        • Maybe is time for truth
          Iancho Hristov -- Tuesday, 23 February 2016, at 11:43 a.m.
          • Maybe is time for truth
            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 23 February 2016, at 1:28 p.m.