Odds vs. Percentages

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Odds vs. Percentages

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  • July 14, 2025 at 12:08 pm #1206289747 Reply
    RicosMama
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    July 14, 2025 at 12:08 pm #1206289747

    I would like it explained why there are no longer odds for picks but now percentages?

    What is the reasoning behind this change. Have you ever considered doing a poll to ask the USERS what the prefer because this is nonsense.

    What is the value of finding a longshot? I don’t see where I keep the “percentage” I got my pick at, like we did with the odds.

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    July 15, 2025 at 2:21 pm #1206290755 Reply
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    July 15, 2025 at 2:21 pm #1206290755

    Just completely ruins the appeal of this whole website. Cannot imagine the reasoning that led to this.

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    July 17, 2025 at 11:04 am #1206292069 Reply
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    July 17, 2025 at 11:04 am #1206292069

    Makes no sense, because in the overview there are still odds there but you enter the category and they’re not there. Not even the percentages at which I got the selections are there. It ruins the appeal of the predictions by a lot.

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    August 4, 2025 at 8:42 pm #1206299782 Reply
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    August 4, 2025 at 8:42 pm #1206299782

    Unearthing a longshot, much like navigating through challenging levels in Geometry Dash Lite, can bring an exhilarating rush of excitement and potential rewards. While the move to displaying percentages over odds may seem unfamiliar initially, the value of discovering a longshot lies in uncovering undervalued opportunities that could yield substantial returns.

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    January 11, 2026 at 1:34 pm #1206414734 Reply
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    January 11, 2026 at 1:34 pm #1206414734

    And now I cannot find the page that would show how many actual users were picking a nominee to win, just back to the percentages. How this site has gone steadily down hill should be studied.

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    January 15, 2026 at 8:49 pm #1206419878 Reply
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    January 15, 2026 at 8:49 pm #1206419878

    I’m back here again to say the percentage odds system is awful and a complete mistake.

    Impossible to compare the odds of contender you might drop for a contender you might put in, so you could easily lose 100/1 odds for something worthless. I can’t imagine a single person that is happier with it this way. I’ve been using this site for over a decade and this one decision makes the whole site nearly unusable.

    If a year goes by with this system in place could the site at least poll users on which version they prefer? Who does it benefit to be this way?

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