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Originally Posted by GGCO
Here are my initial thoughts.
Aside from styling changes, you need to do several things to make the site really easy to use.
1. Have national polls and regional polls... ie who do you think will be the best teams in your state?
2. Make it obvious where the user goes to vote. It should be one of the first things to see.
3. The heading for the table should read:
Team # | # of Votes | Change from previous rank
4. Maybe include an underdog section. Like many people pointed out, the top 25 teams are the "usual suspects". I'd like to see other teams get the spotlight.
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Regional polls is an interesting idea. I know from my perspective, if a regional isn't in New England, and it isn't webcasted, then I won't see it. I assume this is tyhe case for most people in their given regions. The only problems with regions is you'd need a lot of participation. I could see this working in a state like Michigan, but in states with smaller FIRST team populations, it would be hard to get enough people to vote to have a valid poll.
I'm also totally in favor of the "experts" voting. I think we should make 75% of the voting subject to the votes of the experts, then leave 25% of the poll up to anyone that wants to have a say (the public).