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Re: Proposal: TOWN building contest
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lugnet.town
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Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:46:18 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Amy Hughes writes:
> In lugnet.town, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
> > * Small minifig model (up to 25 pieces)
> > * Medium minifig model (up to 125 pieces)
> > * Large minifig model (up to 625 pieces)
> > * Huge minifig model (anything large than 625 pieces)
> > * Microfig model
> > * Macrofig model
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> I think your categories are too small. As someone stated, 1000 pieces makes
> only a medium-sized model. The organ in my church might use more than that.
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> I still like subjective size categories. The contest guidelines may quantify
> what is a "small", "medium" and "large" model, but the voters should decide
> which models qualify for which categories.
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> Example 1:
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> I submit a train station that I think fits the piece-count of the "medium" size
> category, so I describe it as a medium-sized train station. But I've used my
> large pile of 1x12's and baseplates and the voters don't think it's
> medium-sized and don't vote for it.
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> Example 2:
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> I submit a train station that I think fits the piece-count of the "medium"
> category. But I've used my large pile of 1x12's and baseplates and it's pretty
> large, so I describe it as a large train station and it's voted on in that
> category.
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> The problem with creating too many categories (and size categories multiply the
> total number of categories) is that there will be few entries in each category.
> For example, if we have three size categories for train-related buildings and
> two small ones, one medium one and five large ones are submitted, the small
> ones haven't competed much, and the medium one not at all. It'd be an empty
> victory for me to win an award without challenge.
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> I also hope there are type-independent awards such as...
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> Best use of detail
> Best engineered structure
> Most clever use of pieces
> Best use of standard pieces
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> For example, you might consider a bridge's truss design and a train station's
> roof design as contenders for the "Best engineered structure" award, though
> they are completely different types of structures.
[...]
What if there were no entry categories at all? Entries went into one pool,
then the specific awards went to the most appropriate winners as determined by
votes. Because participants would see a list of awards to be handed out, they
could certainly decide to build to one(or more)'s definition. This would make
the voting more time consuming but may be more fair and less confusing.
Otherwise, it looks to me like what we'd really have is many small contests. And
if they were separate contests, I think it would be fun to stagger them - like
one month we would all be building sculptures, another month we would all build
houses, etc. Such a string of contests would encourage builders to try new
things.
-Suz
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