Open Activity: Animagus Voting Discussion

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Activity: Animagus Voting Discussion
Points/Knuts: Participation Only - 10 points/5 knuts (2 points for additional comments, 30 points cap)
Deadline: December 28th, 5pm UTC

We know that Animagus Voting can be a time-consuming, complicated thing, with so many animals and species to choose from and so many places to check. It can be especially hard when you really don't know much about animals at all. But it's really, really not that scary! We promise ;-)

So this activity is all about Animagus Voting! If you vote on Animagus apps regularly, tell us how you go on about it! Where do you start? Do you get a ~vibe from an applicant and then go off that? Do you look at their preferred weather or time of day? Do you take their appearance or pictures into consideration? And where do you look? Do you go to wiki straight away or do you know some animal resource pages we might not know about yet?
And if you DON'T vote for Animagus, if you've never tackled it before, tell us what kept you from it and what we could do to help you try it. If you're new at HiH, tell us what you WOULD do, maybe check out some apps for ideas.

Please make your initial comment at least 250 words long, so it can count for points. 10 points per initial comment, 2 points for any substantial additional comment (30 points cap). Don't forget to sign with your name & house! (you don't have to sign with your animagus form, since this is an activity open for everyone).

We know that voting can be intimidating (I didn't vote for Amimagus either at first, until I had former Animagus mod peyton07 help me through my first voting, which made it so much less complicated :D) and hope that this post will result in a lively discussion about how to vote on Animagus, what your different strategies are and what tips you can share. We hope that it helps you and that more of you will tackle Animagus voting in the future :D

(and don't forget to check out the current batch of applications here and apply your new-found voting knowledge that you will hopefully gain from this activity to them :D)

Comments

[vitallani.livejournal.com]

For me, Animagus voting takes quite a long time.

When I first started, I did a lot of research, but didn't realise that I was meant to explain why I chose the animal I did, so I spent a lot of time researching only to get 1pt/1knut. I then re-read the rules and saw the scoring system and started explaining more thoroughly my decision.

What I generally do is read through the entire application first; as I go through, I will eliminate of keep certain animal types - e.g. if someone says they prefer air, then I will most likely choose a bird, and if they say that they do no like air, then I won't consider anything that has the ability to fly. I always try to keep a balance between what the applicant wants and what kind of vibe I get from them. If they don't want to be a particular type of animal, then I won't give it to them even if I feel it fits. But I also won't choose an animal just because they feel a strong connection to it, if I don't feel it fits their personality.

Once I've read through the entire application, I will usually have whittled it down to a few choices. I will check to see that those animals are not already registered and then I will go to google/wikipedia and research those animals. I will try to find the one most suiting.

If after reading the application I have no idea, then I will type in some of the features described in the application into google and see what animals it comes up with. I will then make a determination out of that.

Sometimes it can take 40 mins to even an hour to finish voting.

Bryony/Sltyherin