Does anyone know how the Q's point system work?

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Does anyone know how the Q's point system work?

Last week I took part in a couple of polls for some points on the Q. On one of them I got 5 out of 6 right, the other one I got like 3 out of 8 right. On the second poll I lost 31 some-odd points. On the first one I lost 33 points. How does that work? I get losing points for doing crappy on the one poll, but I only missed one on the other poll and I lose 33 points? Could someone explain this to me?

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14%	a. It works like this...
52%	b. I got no clue.
34%	c. Suck it up and quit whinin'

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#5 \| 129 days ago Beaneaters (+)	+27 Yeah, here is the formula and the guy who came up with it. This should help. It works like this...
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#1 \| 129 days ago rrl100807 (+)	+1 you are not the only one with this problem i promise, even if it is just you and i, you are not the only one. I got no clue.
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#2 \| 129 days ago Pat (+)	+10 The more people get a question right, the less points you get for the question. For example, if 90% of people pick team A to win, and it happens, then those 90% don't get a lot of points. But if team B wins, then the people who picked the upset get a lot of points. So on the poll where you got 5 out of 6 correct, it is likely that almost everyone got 4-5 correct, so even though you did well percentage-wise, you still did worse than the average person who took that poll. It works like this...
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#3 \| 129 days ago TerikaHarifa (+)	Pat wrote: The more people get a question right, the less points you get for the question. For example, if 90% of people pick team A to win, and it happens, then those 90% don't get a lot of points. But if team B wins, then the people who picked the upset get a lot of points. So on the poll where you got 5 out of 6 correct, it is likely that almost everyone got 4-5 correct, so even though you did well percentage-wise, you still did worse than the average person who took that poll. +1 that made my head hurt. but I did understand what you said, so.... I got no clue.
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#4 \| 129 days ago akyankee (+)	Pat wrote: The more people get a question right, the less points you get for the question. For example, if 90% of people pick team A to win, and it happens, then those 90% don't get a lot of points. But if team B wins, then the people who picked the upset get a lot of points. So on the poll where you got 5 out of 6 correct, it is likely that almost everyone got 4-5 correct, so even though you did well percentage-wise, you still did worse than the average person who took that poll. ok I understand that but to miss one out of 6 and get negative points? I'm sorry that sounds broken to me I got no clue.
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#5 \| 129 days ago Beaneaters (+)	+27 Yeah, here is the formula and the guy who came up with it. This should help. It works like this...
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#6 \| 129 days ago hskrdave (+)	+4 i knew what pat said, but overall, especially with all points seemingly multiplied by 10, and earning other points through blogs, quizes, etc, i dont understand. i only have a bacheleors degree. I got no clue.
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#7 \| 129 days ago akyankee (+)	Beaneaters wrote: Yeah, here is the formula and the guy who came up with it. This should help. NOOOOOOO!!!! Stupid work computer not displaying the image.... guess I will have to check it at home I got no clue.
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#8 \| 129 days ago Pat (+)	akyankee wrote: ok I understand that but to miss one out of 6 and get negative points? I'm sorry that sounds broken to me Perhaps they were all "easy" questions, so you don't get many points for getting them right, but you get docked big time for getting any wrong. If more than half of the poll-takers got all 6 correct, then anyone who missed anything would lose points. It works like this...
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#9 \| 129 days ago Ryan (+)	akyankee wrote: ok I understand that but to miss one out of 6 and get negative points? I'm sorry that sounds broken to me +2 I understand the frustration. How easy was the poll? Sometimes the problem is that the polls that are put out there aren't difficult enough. I would rather have a poll with tough questions than to answer a poll with easy questions and then have to rely on a random guess for the tiebreaker to separate me from everyone else that answered the easy questions..... Suck it up and quit whinin'
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#10 \| 129 days ago Disciple (+)	Beaneaters wrote: Yeah, here is the formula and the guy who came up with it. This should help. This is one of the funniest posts I have seen on the Q since I've been around. Nice job! Suck it up and quit whinin'
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#11 \| 129 days ago Raven73 (+)	+3 I can't hardly keep up with when to eat lunch let alone try to figure this stuff out! I'm just having a blast! I guess that's what happens when winning isn't everything...I could give a rip about standings, points etc. I'm just here to prove how much I don't know! I got no clue.
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#12 \| 129 days ago hskrdave (+)	Raven73 wrote: I can't hardly keep up with when to eat lunch let alone try to figure this stuff out! I'm just having a blast! I guess that's what happens when winning isn't everything...I could give a rip about standings, points etc. I'm just here to prove how much I don't know! +1 and you're doing a damn fine job of not knowing anything. actually i don't know that for sure, since i didn't look, but it is all about having fun. I got no clue.
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#13 \| 129 days ago kramer (+)	+1 Pat's description pretty much sums it up, but I've noticed 1 other thing. If I do well on polls like that and bomb the tiebreaker, I'll end up being the dunce. Suck it up and quit whinin'
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#14 \| 129 days ago MattTito23 (+)	Okay, here's another question about points for everybody, on my profile page next to "My Prediction Results" it says FanIQ=23439. Does anybody know what that number is? Because it doesnt match any of my other numbers... I got no clue.
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#15 \| 129 days ago PeacefulDave (+)	+1 I'm totally confused by it. One day last week I scored positive points on all the polls I answered (I only answered 3 or 4) but I lost almost 500 points that day. A couple days later I bombed almost everything and gained over 300 points. I got no clue.
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#16 \| 128 days ago Jubanator14 (+)	That number is your FanIQ points from all the polls you enter worth FanIQ points. It is added with quiz and trivia points to get the IQ points. The best way to see why you won/lost points is after the poll is scored, on the far left you can click a link right under the "How you did against your friends" section and it shows how everyone who took the poll finished. It works like this...
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Answer Breakdown

Answers are sorted in reverse chronological order

#	Name	FanIQ	Answer (Red= You Disagreed)
44	Boski93 05/14/2008 11:03AM		I got no clue.
43	Jahiegel 05/13/2008 10:26PM		It works like this...
42	rootman54 04/21/2008 05:50PM		It works like this...
41	The Wakka Man 04/21/2008 10:44AM		I got no clue.
40	JBrenn 04/16/2008 12:06AM		I got no clue.
39	Jubanator14 04/15/2008 09:01PM		It works like this...
38	woody050681 04/15/2008 08:22PM		I got no clue.
37	Bmeister 04/15/2008 02:18AM		I got no clue.
36	tpowell25 04/15/2008 12:49AM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
35	CMB 04/15/2008 12:09AM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
34	PeacefulDave 04/14/2008 10:34PM		I got no clue.
33	TheChad81578 04/14/2008 09:56PM		I got no clue.
32	Nick S 04/14/2008 09:18PM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
31	TTTYYYLLLEEERRR 04/14/2008 08:49PM		I got no clue.
30	G Money 04/14/2008 07:38PM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
29	G Money 04/14/2008 07:38PM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
28	MattTito23 04/14/2008 05:47PM		I got no clue.
27	DiabloLoco 04/14/2008 05:15PM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
26	kramer 04/14/2008 03:48PM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
25	towsongirl12 04/14/2008 01:44PM		I got no clue.
24	Raven73 04/14/2008 01:18PM		I got no clue.
23	derms33 04/14/2008 01:13PM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
22	sports_schmorts 04/14/2008 01:12PM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
21	LyndaH73 04/14/2008 01:11PM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
20	Disciple 04/14/2008 01:03PM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
19	Lobotomy Jones 04/14/2008 12:59PM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
18	KSbengals 04/14/2008 12:02PM		I got no clue.
17	Ryan 04/14/2008 11:29AM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
16	RunningDawg 04/14/2008 10:54AM		I got no clue.
15	MarcusMan 04/14/2008 10:37AM		I got no clue.
14	theshrewdone 04/14/2008 10:12AM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
13	ukcatfan383 04/14/2008 10:04AM		I got no clue.
12	Kerri 04/14/2008 10:01AM		I got no clue.
11	akyankee 04/14/2008 09:51AM		I got no clue.
10	mandisdad 04/14/2008 09:48AM		I got no clue.
9	hskrdave 04/14/2008 09:44AM		I got no clue.
8	Beaneaters 04/14/2008 09:41AM		It works like this...
7	TerikaHarifa 04/14/2008 09:32AM		I got no clue.
6	Anthonyg7575 04/14/2008 09:30AM		Suck it up and quit whinin'
5	Indydave 04/14/2008 09:28AM		It works like this...
4	Michael G 04/14/2008 09:19AM		I got no clue.
3	LaFreniere 04/14/2008 08:56AM		I got no clue.
2	Pat 04/14/2008 08:43AM		It works like this...
1	rrl100807 04/14/2008 08:42AM		I got no clue.