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Quote Originally Posted by Elbub View Post
I'm in some level of agreement with most of what you've posted, @Felly, which I'll give my opinions, both pro and con, below.

I participated only as a judge, and sometimes one week felt too short, but I guess that's kind of the point of WAR too. Short and frantic, and yet so much fun.

I think from a participant's standpoint, it's too short, and I puttered around the other sections, and I feel like some judges seemed rushed in their judging. I might be wrong there, but that was the vibe I got.

And it would have been helpful to sound my opinions off somebody else, who could agree with or challenge my judgements. I do feel, however, that it shouldn't be obligatory to have panels though but if people want to judge as a panel, it shouldn't be dismissed either.

I should probably add onto this that not every section may need a panel. The only two sections that come to mind at the moment are Showdown (provided it's done next year like it was this year) and URPG, both because they only counted wins/losses instead of critiquing something. Sections that are more subjective, like Drawn/Graphic/Pixel Art and Creative Writing and Humor, I feel should have a panel though since they're more opinion based rather than "okay you won 10 battles, here's a point."

I like the idea and reasoning behind splitting points between teams rather than individuals (this is meant to be a team event after all), but then what happens in a situation like my last judgement? I gave three points to three members of the same team. Probably the biggest reason why? Because only four people participated, three of them all on the same team. I know that perhaps the ASB can be considered a bit of a wild card in that it probably saw one of the lowest participations across all the categories, but that doesn't mean that that issue is can't or won't happen for us again, or for other categories.

In a case like that, it'd be understandable if the points went to people of the same team then. You can't give someone points for not participating. xD There should be some sort of reason to giving the points to three different people of three different teams, and in some cases, it just won't make sense, and that'll be fine.