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Originally Posted by moshenko
Fewer challenges is a good idea, I think. It's difficult to say whether this particular format (still+animation+abstract) will work without knowing the specifics of how the challenges are created. Will they be designated spaces/structures? Self-designed? Existing? Premature questions, probably, but for what it's worth I felt that many of last year's challenges left too much up for speculation and decision.
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At this point I do not anticipate having anythign pre-made for the competition, except perhaps some primatives like was done in the Challenge #1. As for the structure of the challenges, when you say designated spaces, what so you mean? If the challenged were to be more defined, what would make them better?
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Originally Posted by moshenko
Will judges be compensated for their participation as an incentive to provide adequate feedback? Will they be required to participate in WIP rounds?
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I'd love to pay judges, but the fact is I just don't make any money on this competition so I don't think this will happen. I have earmarked money this year, first for CGA, to pay some writters for the site. While I could shift this to the judges it would mean not being able to pay for some really exciting content for the site, so I think payment will likely remain off the table. As for participation in WIP rounds, unless EVERY judge provided equal commentary to every participant there is bound to be problems, so I think commentary will have to be limited to the results of each challenge.
My thinking in having studios act as judging centers is that they can shift the responsibilty around and ofset some of the time it will take to judge these. My estimate is that judges will have to spend around 8-10 hours per challenge judging. If I'm wrong on this, please let me know. I did not anticipate judges spending more than about 2-3 last year and I was WAAY off. I think some even spent more than 10, but I'm hoping this will not be the case this year.
One of my concerns with the judging and having the same number of competitors throughout the challenge and having both a Studio/Team and Individual categories, means 20 total competitiors. I will need many more judges this year so the two sides are divided.