Nimish Ajmani wrote:
> "Charles C" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>> John VanSickle <evi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>> It may also be that judges let their overall opinions color the
>>> individual category scores.  If they like the concept, judges tend to
>>> ignore technical flaws, for instance.
>> I bet it works that way at the other end of the spectrum too.  E.g. un-inspiring
>> images may get little attention paid to a clever concept etc.
>>
>> I wonder, does anybody else have a tendency to open the description first before
>> bothering to look at the final product?  :-)
> 
> What I usually do is first read the description.  Then I grade the image based
> on its own merit.  I then adjust my given score based on what I read, and end
> up with a final score.

I generally view the entry first, and then read the description.  This 
is for the animations round (which is the side I enter).  If I need the 
description in order to understand the animation, then there is 
something wrong with the execution of the concept.

Regards,
John

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