Front242 said:
Voting what you think will happen is the only way, otherwise it might as well be in the fantasy tennis section. I don't vote for Roger against Rafa in slams since 2008 'cos frankly it'd be downright ridiculous at this stage. Can't see why people just choose the player they support even if deep down they know they haven't a prayer. It's not a poll then, it's a comedy sketch.
Also, Novak v Roger is a much more even contest as Roger v Rafa is a one way contest at this stage so voting for Roger against Rafa is just plain dense. I mean would you bet 5k on Roger to win just 'cos he's your favourite player? I think not..and good luck with that if you do!
And that should be the governing thought process for polls. If you had to bet money, who do you REALLY think is going to win. Otherwise what's the point of the poll to begin with?
I certainly and strongly agree with the bolded remark above. However, that is not exactly
the same as voting for Rafa always in a Rafa vs. Roger match, even for rational people
(and I consider myself to be one).
For example, I voted for Roger in the WTF of last year as we all know that Roger is
generally very good in indoors and despite a bad year, he was showing signs of life
based on Basel and Paris performance. Did I end up wrong? Yes. Did I vote for what
I wanted to happen as opposed to what I thought will happen? No.
Again, in the 2014 AO, I voted for Roger. It looked like the back was healed, the
new wand and the new coach were working. Confidence was up with wins over
Tsonga and Murray. There were rumors that the court was playing fast. There was
blisters in Rafa's hand. I thought Roger will pull it through. Did I end up wrong? Yes.
Not only that Roger lost, he did not even give a reasonable fight. But, did I vote for
what I wanted to happen as opposed to what I thought will happen? No.
I do believe that everybody should vote based on what they THINK will happen
(the logic is upto them) as opposed to what they WANT to happen.
Having said that, there is no way to police this even if the moderators and
administrators of this forum accepted your and my concept of how things should
happen. This is because there is no way to know what a person really thinks, other
than the person's statement.
Also, some people vote with some superstitious reverse psychology to
jinx a player (Most recent examples: Si Si voting against Halep after literally
posting 10 messages per second praising her, Nehemeth voting for Fed and
saying openly that he did to Jinx Fed as though he has magical powers of
jinxing). This is again being childish in a different manner.
Since there is no way to police this, let us just leave this as a honor code
and let people do whatever they want to do. After all, nobody can cheat themselves.
