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by blurx7 » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:43 pm
If Coreyeagle and Dr. Mindbender want to be judges, I will make a third if Lightning doesnt want to participate. I pm'd him but have not heard back, due, no doubt, to his being on vacation.
When he returns, should he wish to judge, I will be happy to not have to be involved.
I suggest that the themes be left open to individual choice, in order to allow and encourage large participation. Someone wants to do Pearl Harbor...fine. Someone wants to do air combat over Berlin...fine. Someone wants to do Iraq, or Sinai, or Stalingrad, or the Bulge or even WWI trench warfare...fine. Whatever gets them going.
I changed my mind about customization. I now believe we should allow any customization at all, again to maximize participation.
I suggest a set of criteria for judging, to include points given for different categories. For example:
creativity, realism, originality, use of scenic elements, historical accuracy, detail, back-story, use of vehicles, background etc. adding up to a total of 100 possible points. Each judge would simply grade each entry with, for example, 6 out of 10 for creativity, 5 out of 10 for realism etc, thus giving each entry a numerical score out of 100 possible points. That way it won't matter what theme they use. The judging will be universal. I like this idea, because it equalizes things a little. Someone who is very clever with figuring out a cool and unique setting or story but who doesn't have the realism/customization skills will still have a shot. And vice versus. We allow everyone to play to their own personal strengths.
If we achieve a tie at some point we could refer to Lightning as a tie breaker.
I believe "trick" photography and "photoshopping", if detectable, should be cause for disqualification.
Three contests, each in a different scale as outlined before.
Time limit? Good question. What do we need from kickoff to deadline? One month? Three months? A year? A week?
Ideas? Comments?
Geoff