Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-1294345-20141206104537/@comment-5561359-20141211212654

IAmNothing712 wrote: Linusblanket2100 wrote: IAmNothing712 wrote: Okay. This wikis I assume is a democratic site, so you can post your proposed leaderboard appearance here, then we let the community vote for what they think is the more usable one. I don't understand though how was mine confusing for you. O_o Sorry, I said confusing when I meant that I just felt it wasn't detailed enough, like I said before.

What follows is my proposed Leaderboard. I am open to the notes being altered but I feel that this color scheme makes the most sense:

Thanks for considering it! Constructively speaking, it's more cumbersome. The gender of each contestant need not be mentioned, plus the yellows could give me siezures. Two cells in one column also is confusing. Also very similar to Wikipedia.

Too much colors, unnecessary ones. A non-official check in should not be in the chart per se. Information such as Roadblock counts and relationship columns are too redundant. Colors indicating gender and non-first/eliminated place finishes are superfluous. Having two cells in one column is confusing. The chart currently placed in the Season 1 page is by far the most straightforward. Simple and faithful to the show. The chart is not brain surgery, you just have to analyze what the conventions are for. I think the color makes the most sense as it provides information that could not be given without more glances at the table. If a certain fan wants to see who the underdogs were, they could just look at the colors. It also makes it more visually pleasing. The yellow may be a bit too glaring so I don't mind dropping it. However, the gender distinction is one I feel needs to be made. For one thing, it helps distinguish certain teams, like Mika & Canaan. If a fan were to look at that team, they would be confused as to what kind of team they were: female/female, male/female, etc. Secondly, it allows fans to see who was the highest-placing female team, highest-placing male team etc which are not easy to discern from the one you have posted nor the WIkipedia one. I see your point about the two cells being confusing, but we should at least keep the "p" and "c" there and only put the placings that the team checked in, regardless of when they left in the following leg (i.e. Dave/Margaretta's place in Leg 1 reflects the place they checked in, but their second leg place reflects what place they left in, which is inconsistent and confusing). Furthermore, the relationships are needed, because it helps confine a lot of information to one table. It's nice to have the other information displayed around, but what it one person just skips to the Leaderboard? Detail matters and this person should be able to discern details from that one table. Also, the Roadblock count is necessary, especially in the early seasons where Roadblocks were unevenly performed. As for it being too much like the Wikipedia chart, it may be, but it has it's own elements such as the ones you wish to remove, like genders and color schemes and the WIkipedia one isn't all bad; it may be plain but it has details, which, I stress again, is the most important.

Also, you said that the wiki was going to vote on it, so why don't we see what they think before we toss my design to the side? :)