Speaking as a judge--while this was in fact the place where my judging was at its weakest, this was not nearly as hard as you're making it out to be. I DID go through games. I do admit I didn't go through games quite as thoroughly as I'd have preferred, but I wouldn't call the judging I did half-assed/poor.In post 22, Faraday wrote:won't work, judges won't get through the sheer volume of games needed to judge it properly - so it'll be judged half assed and poorly.
It's not hard to go through the necessary games and highlight key aspects.
Which is why having more judges has always been my suggested answer and I maintain it as being the correct one. Judges might not be able to judge every category properly, but with more judges, they don't need to. I don't think that it's a lack of volunteers, so much as a lack of easy access to volunteering.In post 22, Faraday wrote:the biggest problem with the scummies has always been a lack of volunteers to judge who then follow through and judgeproperly.
There was an announcement made in one thread asking for judges fairly late--but it was a fairly obscure announcement if I recall correctly, one not readily available to find. Make it much, much, much easier to apply/volunteer to be a judge, and I guarantee you you'll get the needed number of volunteers. Lack of exposure to how to volunteer is in fact going to suffocate the number of volunteers.
