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David Thornley <thornley@visi.com> wrote:
> also OK to refuse to grade such a game, or to grade it on other
> things.  It's OK to give a game a low score due to bad grammar,
> or to ignore the grammar entirely.

or because it has d34d goatz in it and you don't like that kind of thing.

> What all of this does is set the judging criteria dynamically,
> achieving approximately the same results as if we'd thrashed
> it over in stultifying detail until we were all about ready
> to boycott the Comp.

Yes- people should realize that the comp achieves a fantastic result thru
the miracle of averaging so durn many voters. It achieves the "right"
answers to most of these fairness questions because it's pretty
democratic.


