Hi Scott,
Thanks for starting the vote collection! I have some suggestions for the doc:
1. Don't say how many will go on to the finals. That hasn't been agreed on yet.
2. I think it might be better for the scores to be hidden -- I know that seeing others' scores has at least some effect on me, though I try to avoid it, and I'd like to have mine and others' uninfluenced scores, at least at first.
3. What I would like to see in a table like this is whether a judge *has* rated any particular game. Seeing how much overall judging has been done helps us all pace ourselves better, and focus on games that need more attention.
4. It looks like column C is making a sort of average rating. I think that is actually counterproductive, because the judging algorithm will not choose based on an average score, but by comparing preferences: whether judge J rates game X higher than game Y is all that matters, not their absolute ratings nor the magnitude of the difference in their ratings. So posting an average rating can be misleading and set up false expectations about who will make the finals.
Regards,
Bryan
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:40 PM, S Myers
<iamthecheeze@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, we need to start collecting votes somewhere.
I have setup a google doc which can collect our scores and sort them
effectively. This (slightly long) link goes to that doc:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqDTjHClqKDOdFBCMFBENlJoX2ZvMzRqUXZEY3ZNZ1E&hl=en
This has a certain dis-advantage of not being particularly secret or
anonymous, but preliminary judging hasn't been anonymous anyway. In
fact maybe a degree of collective headspace is okay. If you think
something is a poor game, maybe I should consider why I like it. The
main goal here is to whittle it down to just a few entries, by any
means necessary, and we certainly have some strong designs to
consider. But, if it seems a little too transparent, then I will
simply make the document private and you can all email me your various
personal ratings and I will put them in fFor you. That's cool.
By the way, I really want to be sure to give a strong word of
encouragement to everyone who has put together a game, and maybe offer
some words of encouragement fFor fFuture game designers. We have seen
some really outstanding efforts. This has been a real pleasure to be
a part of.
Cheers!
--Scott, who is still churning away at some cool ideas fFor a prize.
Maybe a trophy made of glass ...
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