During the show, on the Zoom feed, someone asked if Science Crazed‘s Worst Acting win was the largest in CMP history. I confidently said, “no,” but then had to look up the numbers.
Having looked up the numbers, the short answer is still “no.” The long answer is a touch complicated.
In only six years, we have three different eras of CMP.
The first era was the first year — pre-pandemic. We had three shows (Smith, Ann Arbor, Penguicon). Total vote tallies were 194-240. The highest vote differential we had in this year was the Hold My Beer winner Wiseguys vs Zombies (90 votes over the second-place clip Transmorphers 2: Fall of Man). It was also the highest winning percentage at 59.8%.
The second era we did only online shows.
CMP 2 vote tallies ranged from 45-81 votes. The highest winning% was 74.65% (Conquest, Least-Special Effect).
CMP 3 vote tallies ranged from 36-52 votes. The highest winning% was 58.97% (Nude Nuns with Big Guns, Over the Top).
The third era is our current one, hybrid in-person and remote. We have one hybrid show, but also remote-only categories, which have much smaller overall vote tallies.
CMP 4 hybrid vote tallies were 90-110 (remote 42-45). Highest winning% was 88.68% (Ghost Shark, Because I Could Not Stop For Death…), and the vote differential there was 88 votes.
CMP 5 hybrid vote tallies were 103-124 (remote 30-34). Highest winning% was 69.23% (Battle of Los Angeles, B.A.M.F.), and the vote differential there was 56 votes.
This brings us to CMP 6. Science Crazed‘s Worst Acting win was the highest winning% and the highest vote differential … at 78.35% of the overall vote with a 69 vote differential.
tl;dr Science Crazed‘s Worst Acting clip is currently the second-largest winning% in CMP history and the third-largest vote differential.