EOTM Rules

[patty]

First off, this is in no way meant to take away from the work put in by or service provided by our EotM winner Juliette. The reviews speak for themselves and they speak overwhelming positive. Congratulations are indeed in order.

I do, however, find it dismissive of the work put in by and service provided by other advertisers with a seemingly higher qualifying review count that a clear explanation of the EotM results has not been put forward by the site.

As per the understanding most have of the EotM scoring (and as evidenced by Barry's illustrations). It appears that both Dieve and Dora had a higher qualifying review count than Juliette. By my counting Luana28 also accrued more qualifying reviews than our eventual winner. I find the fact that no explanation has been put forward to be very disrespectful towards the aforementioned providers.

The end of month ranking as I see it is
1 Dieve
2 Dora
3 Luana28
4 TS Juliette

To my knowledge there would be no reason to exclude any visible, untainted reviews. If there were any improprieties, those reviews would be marked with a rat while the veracity of the review was under review (omitted from the count while under scrutiny) and then either deemed to be accurate (rat removed, review counted) or found to not be credible (review removed, review not counted {obviously}).

The lack of transparency and forthrightness from the community moderators on this topic is disheartening, to say the least, and does nothing but foster a sense of unease and mistrust towards the integrity of the EotM contest.

Without a clear and concise explanation of the methodology used to tabulate the EotM scoring, the mods leave the competing advertisers with no direction of how to compete properly and run the risk of disenfranchising those who once believed they were engaging in a fair competition.

At this rate we will be nearly a quarter into the new competition window (including the weekend) with no understanding of how the rules are to be applied and recent evidence that the seems to point towards rules being interpreted however the mods see fit at the time of EotM announcement.

I am usually not hyper critical of the moderation team and I do understand that it is a hard and thankless job, but this seems like a dereliction of duty. The advertisers (who pay into the site and keep this place profitable) deserve better.

As a new member you have a lot of knowledge

[IAmLIAm]

As a new member you have a lot of knowledge

And here I thought we were getting on... 😉

I do enjoy learning about the things I'm interested in and I did finish high school math, so I probably am overqualified to handle the EotM scoring...

[patty]

And here I thought we were getting on... ��

I do enjoy learning about the things I'm interested in and I did finish high school math, so I probably am overqualified to handle the EotM scoring...

Of course we are getting on I don't give compliments to everyone lol also just to let you know EOTM is not just about review points there are also other rules that escorts have to do

[oddball]

Everyone seems to be assuming the results are manually tallied, and therefore shenanigans, whereas given it's a monthly task and they supposedly do have clearly defined rules then it may well be done automatically, e.g. via SQL script, and, IF the result was actually incorrect, it may be that the code needs tweaking.

[BarryD]

As a new member you have a lot of knowledge

one of it's alter egos talking

This analysis and summation is simply quite brilliant and reflects my thoughts exactly about the flawed system laid bare here. Please apply for any position as a mod!!!

you might row back on the application request if you are/made aware of the devious skullduggery on it

Everyone seems to be assuming the results are manually tallied, and therefore shenanigans, whereas given it's a monthly task and they supposedly do have clearly defined rules then it may well be done automatically, e.g. via SQL script, and, IF the result was actually incorrect, it may be that the code needs tweaking.

Flawed systems (it's auto calculated btw) / incorrect results... for me it's simple unless the mods confirm change of rule (which is doubtful) / otherwise
in the interest of health and safety / E-I War / to keep their own check mechanisms intact / to themselves

Escort of the Month Competition Rules:

Each month, www.escort-ireland.com will host the Escort of the Month Competition, a competition whereby each review an escort receives for the month will have a points value, and the escort with the highest points value at the end of the month will be declared the winner!

The winner of the Escort of the Month (EOTM) Competition will receive up to one month of free advertising (terms and conditions apply) and will receive extra exposure on the forums E-I. They will also be put into the EOTM 'Hall of Fame'

As with all competitions, there are rules to ensure that everything is fair:

- For each review submitted, a star ratings given for each area of the review will have a points value. The higher the outcome for each area selected, the more points that review will be worth. The escort with the highest points value by the end of the month will be declared the winner.
- The month that the escort is announced the winner will be the winner based on the points totalled from the previous month; i.e. 'Miss September' is calculated from the reviews submitted in August, and so on.
- Reviews will only count when a) the reviewer has held a message boards account for six months and b) their reviews will only be counted from their tenth review.
- If a client resubmits a review for an escort that they have already visited, only their first review will have a points value.
- If we believe that a review is fake, we may disqualify an escort from the competition for the month. If there are more serious cases of cheating, we may disqualify escorts from all future competitions.
- Escorts cannot win the competition two consecutive months. In the event of an escort receiving the highest points a second month in a row, the person in second place will take the winning spot.
- Once the winner has been announced for a particular month, any review points that are received for that month thereafter will not be will not be counted for that month.

and again just want to reiterate, escorts may/may not be aware of the fake/s based on the logic of my previous post

[IAmLIAm]

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- If we believe that a review is fake, we may disqualify an escort from the competition for the month. If there are more serious cases of cheating, we may disqualify escorts from all future competitions.
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Indeed, and I laid out the standard operating procedure for resolving the confusion over how to determine unverified reviews (the rats). Identifying suspect reviews as such isn't just about the EotM. If the mods believe a review needs to receive more scrutiny, then potential clients using said reviews to inform their decision making of who to visit should also be made aware that there may be some concern over said review (hence the rat system).

You are suggesting that 3 unrelated, independent , established, well reviewed providers all received enough questionable reviews to allow a fourth, less established provider to jump them in scoring. Additionally, these tainted reviews (while suspect enough to disqualify advertisers from the competition) didn't raise to the severity of flagging them with a rat as to notify potential clients of possible concerns.

I actually didn't peg you as the type to be satisfied with a vague "trust us, we know what we're doing," answer from the backroom. You did such a good job illustrating the discrepancies in the scoring, but for this you don't want transparency in the procedure. You just except that things don't add up and without question land at In Mod we Trust? Interesting...

[Barney Rubble]

In the past Savannah or Lucky Lu or Floki would have addressed the Thread and that would be an end to all the speculation.

Roger must be on holiday again....

[BarryD]

just to let you know EOTM is not just about review points there are also other rules that escorts have to do

like ensuring any fake reviews are reported and appropriately removed

reminded me of a conversation I had with a lady I meet from time to time about fake reviewers.
she would immediately have any removed from her profile to ensure sound etiquette/character and also out of respect for her colleagues. very admirable and a classy lady

In the past Savannah or Lucky Lu or Floki would have addressed the Thread and that would be an end to all the speculation.
Roger must be on holiday again....

Rogeroo was about the past few days ... stalking my handle

[patty]

like ensuring any fake reviews are reported and appropriately removed

reminded me of a conversation I had with a lady I meet from time to time about fake reviewers.
she would immediately have any removed from her profile to ensure sound etiquette/character and also out of respect for her colleagues. very admirable and a classy lady

What I know escorts can't delete good or bad reviews. If this escort is managing to delete her reviews, something is wrong.

Reminded me of a conversation I had with few customers got pms after they write review.

[rockonallnite]

In the past Savannah or Lucky Lu or Floki would have addressed the Thread and that would be an end to all the speculation.

Roger must be on holiday again....

I think Roger is still trying to figure out how the hell the EOTM competition works...any mods around?!, this place is a shambles.