Jerry Stratton wrote:

> In article <36a21507.0@news.povray.org>, Nieminen Mika <war### [at] cctutfi> wrote:
> >  This is exactly what I have been whining about several times here. As
> >Dan excellently said it, cross-contamination of voting categories.
> >  A stunning looking image -> High score on each category.
> >  An ugly image -> low score on each category.
> >
> >  The question is: Can we do anything about this?
>
> Probably not. Remember that the artistic and interpretation are going to
> depend heavily on the technical merit of the piece simply for natural
> reasons; and the interpretation score will depend heavily on the artistic
> merit of the piece.

I don't agree on this, necessarily. Particularly the Art -> Tech link.

I cannot use the straight POV code. I just don't have the brain for it. Instead, I
use Moray. Because of this (and I won't discuss if this is fair or not, I don't
know) I will always recieve deductions on the tech marks. On the otherhand, I
think that Moray can (not necessarily by me, though) create pics that look as nice
as straight code. But because of this cross-voting, it would not recieve the Art
scores.

And while the Art and Interpretation/Composition scores are definitely linked, the
Tech and Interpretaion are not, at all.

Sometimes I feel a panel-judge only system may even work better, but that goes
against the spirit of the competition... maybe our current system with a "Panel's
Choice" awards?

Ah well :)

Simon
http://home.istar.ca/~sdevet

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