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RE: Waterfest Show Results
Oh, Scott, I completely agree with your judging function over form, etc...
although I do admit you were rather outspoken about your taste last year (a
couple of us overheard quite negative comments about our cars, which are
sometimes tough to hear). [No worries, it wasn't me. :) ]
Anyways, the fact of the matter was that the judges were completely
inconsistent in their judging. Not naming any names or anything, but there
are many, many examples on the judging sheet that make no sense: i.e. one
person getting a 9 for exterior condition, and another getting a 12,
despite that the former was in nowhere the condition of the latter. Just
strange things. I don't care who winds up with what amount of points, but
the assigning of points needs to be consistent.
I, for one, wasn't expecting a trophy and didn't deserve one this
year. However, if you look at the rankings on the cars from the judging
sheet, it's absurd. A blind, deaf, and dumb judge would have been more
accurate in ranking the cars -- no matter what scale you ranked them on --
cleanliness, thoughtfulness of modifications, overall theme, overall
condition, or taste. Obviously, we were all right when, at the show, we
immediately deduced that they were clueless assholes.
I can't *wait* to write to Rapid. I feel genuinely badly for anyone who
expected to be judged fairly.
Jason
At 03:00 PM 8/15/00 , Scott Williams wrote:
>Now, if I'd been "running" the Scirocco and Rabbit judging again this year
>it would have been another story. With possible risk to my WF judging
>career, I must say that I usually reviewed cars differently than how we were
>instructed to. I looked for function over form and real engineering over
>bolt-ons. More than a few rougher cars prevailed over their more polished
>neighbors.
>
>Sometimes the differences were entirely subjective, too. Jan Folkson, who
>entered his car in the stock class, got mad props for some obscure but
>ultra-original parts like... um, I dunno... unfaded original sound deadening
>material under his hood or the original Continental tires, etc. Rich Deede
>got slammed for spray painting his speaker grills in the colors of the
>German flag. Someone thought it looked tacky. See? It ain't all science. The
>guy that lost to Brett last year did so because he *painted* his valve
>cover. Brett *polished* his which is harder to make look nice. The same car
>also had a saggy motormount. ZAP!
>
>Anyway, judging is hard and not all of the guys know how to really critique
>a car. And then there is the inescapable matter of personal taste... HTH
>_________________________________________
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of 16v Jason
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:36 AM
> > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Waterfest Show Results
> >
> >
> > Don't know if anyone has posted this because I haven't been attentive to
> > the list... but the judges' results have been posted on
> > http://www.rapidparts.com.
> >
> > Go ahead and smoke a joint before you read them -- maybe the results will
> > make more sense then... because obviously the judges smoked something bad
> > before the show.
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