Vote for your favorites in a bracket-style contest
We’re definitely getting some interesting results. We had a couple come-from-behind close contests in Round Two and from now on, most of the choices are pretty well known and the voting gets harder. Almost all the veined cheeses are gone. […]
We’re down to a normal 64-bracket for Round Two, and it’s good to see that there are all kinds of cheeses left, from all over the world, hard & soft, fresh & aged. There were a few that were pretty […]
Our next topic for voting is our Favorite Cheeses. This is a DOUBLE bracket, with 128 different cheeses to start out. Each one has a link next to the name, so if you’re not familiar with that cheese, you can […]
And the winner of Favorite Gemstone is: SAPPHIRE Thanks to everyone who voted. Here are the top results based on our voting (evenly distributed between the four categories/colors): Sapphire Opal Ruby Fire Agate Emerald Amber Amethyst Chalcedony Jade Rhodonite Tiger’s […]
We’re down to the final two gemstones! Which will be the favorite? Sapphire or Opal? They both won handily in the Final Four. Vote now in this last round of the Favorite Gemstones. The deadline is Tuesday evening, August 11.
Wow, are these getting close! Two of the four contests in the Elite Eight round were won by ONE VOTE!! Ruby beat Amber by 1 vote Opal beat Emerald by 1 vote Sapphire beat Amethyst by 6 votes Fire Agate […]
We’re down to the top two favorites in each division, and they’re mostly what we would have expected. There was only one close contest in the Sweet Sixteen, with Emerald beating Jade by two votes. Vote now in the Elite […]
Some expected results and some surprises in our second round. The biggest surprise is Diamond losing to Opal by a healthy margin. Diamond didn’t even make it to the Sparkly Sixteen. (see what I did there?) The closest matchups were: […]
Here we are at Round Two already! We actually had a couple noteworthy matchups. Charoite beat Iolite by 1 vote – That was the only close one. Emerald beat Tsavorite 94% to 6% Topaz beat Heliodore 92% to 8% Jade […]
Our next topic is Favorite Gemstones. I’ve tried to use the most standard color for each one. Using only one color per gemstone allows for more types to be considered (e.g., rather than allowing garnets in three different colors, etc.), […]
