MessengerOfDreams wrote:Okay, looks like I'm spending Christmas eve defending my beliefs on where production and judging ♥♥♥♥ the pooch. But hey, I does the crime, I does the time.
If you said such a shocking comment, you should expect to explain it.
1) I think everything up until the deadline went smoothly, so props for that.
2) But you never ever ever just go out into an LDC and say "I played so and sos level. It sucked." "Especially before the results, especially when you're a judge, especially when you lead the LDC, and especially so offhandedly rude. Nwolf should have kept his mouth shut until after the LDC and everyone else shouldn't have hoped on that train with him. Not only is it unfun and unprofessional to just start ganging up on someone after they finish their level, it's even more so before results are announced. I don't care if it was a contender like Amp or a last-placer like koolkid, it's not okay. Ever.
I agree here. It was a mistake saying that/
3) I certainly didn't help things by pranking N with the results. Bad me. Baaaad.
I trully agree with that. It was very sporadic and had no constructive purpose.
4) There were definitely problems with judging. One, just because you traditionally don't like some elements in a level doesn't mean you should automatically let it cloud your judging. If you're not a fan of puzzle levels, don't punish a level for being a puzzle level. This has been a constant, famous problem within judging, such as SMIC punishing for levels not having enough puzzle, and Star king for levels not having coins or 1ups or even Buff for not liking story level. If you don't think you can let personal bias go while you judge, DON'T JUDGE.
Yeah, I agree to a point. But at which point cut-off or enemy spam can also be considered "bias", yet the large majority of judges take point for that. But mind that finding judges that like EVERYTHING is not that easy. Specially with those kinds of problems. Only 5 people have applied to judge, and it was not easy to choose for Nwolf. If you Amp would have liked to judge, she should have offered herself (sorry Amps). I thought that was how the judging system works. And if it does not work, then if should be re-thinked.
5) You don't actually give people tons of points for praising Nwolf! He was joking! Even if you found it funny, it doesn't constitute two whole points! That's ♥♥♥♥ and when you take that ridiculous bit out or lower it to a reasonable point five points, you knock down poor Kaboom several places. The fun and graphics part of the level and the enjoyment therein should be the primary gathering of points.
Yeah, I agree.
6) Quit being so vague. From a good amount of judging I couldn't tell what people liked and disliked about the level. "It was odd", "It was ehh", or "It looked off" don't give people the slightest bit of critique.
Personally, I did not recieve complaints about that, although I can see what you are talking about. I think judges should have taken more judge to develop more.
7) Don't hire a new judge without testing them with a couple of judging. I don't know why Arceus was so low, but I don't know if he was properly vetted, and he needs to be. He hasn't properly proved himself capable of a position, and I did the same with Nwolf and others.
Yeah, I agree.
8) Amp, don't give out medals before we are clear on everything. Places look to change and only Suyo only has the ability to delete medals.
Bah, it is not trully that bad. Good point though. [/quote]
9) Don't flip your ♥♥♥♥ just because someone isn't happy with you. Good luck with that Anti-MoD campaign, now that, you know, I have no position of power.
This is not related to the LDC itself. He said he WAS NOT going to do the Anti-MoD campain, he just said he was tempted to do so (aka: he was angry at you). Some people are more sensitive than others, MoD. And I think that is where your real blame goes.
It is not what you said, but the way you said it was incredibly obnoxious and offensive. You should have just made this post to begin with.
Honestly though, if that makes a bad LDC, then I think we have a problem. Really? Man, scores are always biased. They come from subjective judges, because they have tastes and stuff they like more than others. Of course, in this LDC they were a bit too much subjective.
Seriously, what makes an LDC is the effort and the people that work on it. I agree the judging could have been better, I am not saying this LDC was perfect. I am saying that this level had good stuff to make it up. And in the end, it was an LDC people had fun with. The fun kinda went away the furthest when you started to say this LDC was a faillure, that is was badly managed. That is what really made this LDC suffer. You made people feel bad, and that ultimately killed the purpose of the LDC.
We are not proffesional. We are not proffesional judges or LDers. You should accept mistakes from people and not attacking them like you did. I know you made a long list, but none of the points (except 6) ) really bothered me through this LDC.
Merry Christmas.
