ADMIN: Judging duration

richard on 2006/09/16 07:14 of Bouncy the Hungry Rabbit

I've had an enquiry about the length of the judging period (why two weeks and not just one).

I'll re-evaluate the duration at the end of this challenge, but at the moment only 35% of eligible users have actually rated any games. Eligible users being those in a team that put in a final entry.

Of that 35% of users, no-one has rated all the games. Several have only rated one. A couple of games have been rated by 24% of users, but the average is more like about 15% of users.

If it turns out these numbers don't move much at the end of the second week, I'll reduce judging to one week.

There's a chance, of course that my posting this message will encourage some users to rate some more games. Miaow ;)

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TenjouUtena on 2006/09/16 14:13:

I'll admit I certainly feel no pressure to judge anything in the first week. I always figured the interval was there so you had a little time to spend away from the keyboard before judging.

erik on 2006/09/16 17:31:

Since Thursday it says 'rated' for all the games on my entry listings page. Well, except my own game I guess.

In the past, I've appreciated the two weeks, but this time around I just got the ratings done quickly, and two weeks seems like forever. If there were more entries, the extra time would probably be needed.

JDruid on 2006/09/16 18:01:

I'd prefer one week. I'm pretty eager to try out all the games so I write most of my reviews soon after the entries are released. I'm also eager to see the comments for our game.

I actually wouldn't mind if there was some kind of a mandatory voting for at least a couple of entries.

RB[0] on 2006/09/16 18:29:

I personally prefer the longer period.
Following the compo I generally have to focus on real life for a while.
So it is nice that I dont have a lot of pressure to get back on the computer right away.
And I like to be able to really play each game for a while so that I can get a good feel for the game and what the the developers were going for with it.

It is much easier this compo due to the smaller number of entrants, but I still feel the current duration time is about the best you can get,
long enough so that there isnt a major time constraint,
but also short enough that you dont have to wait till kingdom come to find out how you did.

Phil on 2006/09/18 02:24:

I was one of the people who commented on how long the judging period is, but I must admit that the arguments here have swayed me. Two weeks isn't that long to have to wait, and the ability to have a cool-off period before diving into judging is actually quite nice. I now think the longer period is better.

Not that I don't want to know what people think of my game right now...

eltriuqS on 2006/09/19 20:57:

I spent all the time i could during the last week and the weekend, and still ended with 4 unrated games.
I would really hate to rate a game without fully playing it and see what it worth, so two weeks is a must for me, in order to not make it py-two-weeks of not seeing anyone

donal.h on 2006/09/19 23:20:

Yeah, I did my best while locked up in a hotel room to rate as many games as possible. I still have a list of about 7 games that I have played, but not rated, and then a list of games that I haven't been able to run.

And, this is the first time I've managed to make it back to this site since last week. I was checking to make sure time hadn't run out! Want to give everyone a vote that I can.

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