Re: [piecepack] Next piecepack game design competition

["Karol" <karol@...>]

I volunteer. Details sent directly to Michael privately.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Schoessow" <mschoessow@...>
To: <piecepack@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <steves@...>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 1:42 PM
Subject: [piecepack] Next piecepack game design competition


> Hello All,
>
> I'm planning to post the details of the next design competition later this
> week. As things stand, the plan is for a longer contest to allow more time
> for designers to play-test and work on design details, etc.
>
> Last Thursday I had an enjoyable phone conversation with Ron Hale-Evans
> during which we discussed the previous competition and talked about ways
in
> which future competitions could be improved. Ron suggested that blind
> judging (the play-testers and judge are not told who authored which game
> until after the winner has been selected) has some advantages. Firstly, it
> reduces any appearance of bias in cases where the judge and some entrants
> know each other. Secondly, it would reduce the appearance of bias if the
> winner turned out to be the judge of the previous contest. Ron then
offered
> to act as the screener for the up-coming contest. This morning I e-mailed
> Ron and said that I would be happy to accept his offer, but I thought it
> would be unfortunate if he could not enter the new contest and that I
could
> probably find another volunteer, to which he replied that that would be
fine
> too.
>
> So, I'm asking for a volunteer. Obviously I'm looking for someone who
> definitely does not plan to enter a game in the next competition. The job
> would be very simple; receive the new contest entries, replace the
author's
> name with a cross-referenced number for each game as it comes in, then
send
> the game on to me. After the judging is complete, I would send the winning
> announcement to the screener who would just add the winner's name to it
and
> post it. At least this seems like a reasonable way to handle things.
> Comments are welcome of course.
>
> The person who agrees to be the screener obviously gets to see all the
games
> early, as they come in, so you may want to think of this as an incentive
:)
>
>
> -Mike
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> Mike Schoessow
> mschoessow@...
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