The Judges Reference Posting!
This posting is aimed at my Judges for reference and information!
Initially i thought about sending a pm, but that only can take up to 5000 characters,
and this posting clearly needs more.
EDIT: Every Judge also got now a PM pointing them to this posting!
I also dont see any harm in informing the pepole how the judging will be done.
If anyone has questions about it or recomendations youre welcome to post them.
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Hello dear Judge,
you formerly agreed to judge on my
AAR Contest.
Thank you again for your time and contribution!
It is now time for you to come into action and start reading the participating AAR´s,
to find your Favourites and to give out points, that will determine a Winner in the End!
As you are aware, the contest will end on the
15th November 2010.
The Judging begins today and will end hopefully on the
29nd November 2010 or sooner.
That means,
that i expect to get your final points at the latest on the 29.11., and not before the 15.11.!
The sooner to the 15th, the better of course, so i can announce the winner as soon as possible.
I hope this provides enough time for you - the judges, to read the AARs and give your points.
If you have difficulties with this shedule,
please notify me so we can work something out.
We have 19 participating AAR´s:
So, what exactly will be needed to be judged and what not?
For that please allways take a look at the
Contest Thread!
I prepared a overview posting for you judges (and the contestors) where is noted what chapters have to be judged.
THIS <- is the final Overview Posting. (updated on 15-11-2010)
As you can see there is
BLUE text, that gives you information on which chapters are to be judged on the specific AAR.
I will constantly update that listing (or post a new one) and after the 15th Nov. i will post a final one, so you will allways have a reference.
If you are ever unclear about what to judge then you can allways ask me and i will explain it.
But what will be your Job exactly? How do i have to judge?
Well... Your job will be to read every participants AAR´s
chapters that are to be judged
(the first 10 chapters at most).
You also should read the rest of the AAR (interludes/prologue/ect.) and comments by the author,
but those should only count to the general impression of the AAR.
That means they should only contribute to a lesser extent to the points score you decide to award.
You may give lesser points to a AAR that has not the 5 necessary chapters, but thats up to you.
Your main focus for giving out points should always lay on the chapters themself.
Besides all that, you can judge completly freely by your own taste.
You will not have to worry about contest rules, substracting points, or anything to do with it.
I constantly check the AAR´s and watch over the rules myself.
That said, if you spot anything concerning the rules of the contest,
that you want to tell me, or ask me, feel free to do so
The Points Formula - How to award Points!
Every Judge get 800 points. Those are to be spent on the AARs to be judged.
The AAR you rank first (highest) has to get 99 points.
The AAR you rank last (lowest) has to get 1 point.
That leaves you
700 points to spend on the AARs between them.
The points difference between 2 AARs has to be at least
2 points
and no two AARs can get the same ammount of points.
Every AAR has to get points, obviously.
How you spend those points is up to you - the Judge.
How will all that get done?
All comunication between me and the judges should be taken via Private Message!
You, the Judge, read the AAR´s - You give your points - You send them to me in a PM.
I sum it all up - I will announce the winner and the rankings.
At the moment there are
16 Judges.
Dont announce that you are a Judge in this thread or anywhere else in public!
This will automaticly exclude you from judging.
The names of the Judges will be made public after the end result is announced.
Their rankings and scores will not be made public by me.
Clarification: the scores will be made public, but without the name of the judge that gave the score.
However,
every Judge is welcomed after the end of the contest
to announce his scores and comment them if he chooses to,
but its not mandatory or required.
Please judge Fair and to the best of your ability!
If you have further Questions just ask them (via PM)
Cheers
Alex
EDIT: 2 more entries added - so we have 17 contestors now!
Edit2: new Overview Posting linked
Edit3: the final contestors added - 21 now!
Edit4: new Overview posting linked, judges section updated
Edit5: new updated Points Formula included
Edit6: reduced number of AARs to 20
Edit7: reduced number of AARs to 19, new final overview posting linked
Edit8: Judging end date adjusted, clarification to score publication posted