Outnumbered
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^^^Sean, I believe we're on the same page. My point is that when you have TCs telling judges, as was the case with me in the one contest I've judged, that anything below a 6 requires a comment card, you are likely going to get judges who score nothing below a 6. No matter how bad it is, you'll see nothing below a 6 so they don't have to fill out a comment card. That doesn't mean they're wrong, it just means they don't want to have to say, "Hey, Mr. Cook, that entry was just plain bad."
I was told the cooks spend a lot of money and time to do their entries so you need to score high as a result. If a judge doesn't hear that or if they want to use the scale that's given to them, they may give a 6 for an entry that is average...or they may give a 6 because the entry is horrible.
I've gotten a few 6s at contests, and those are always along with more 9s. My only question to that is , "How am I supposed to know if that 6 was a horrible entry according to that judge, of if it was average."
In the case of the new score reporting, I think I can get that. I just don't believe this new reporting system will keep judges from using a 3 point scale.
I hope I'm wrong, however. If, as was mentioned in the other thread, we get a tracking system and some education to train judges on how they should score, I may be. In that case, I will gladly wear the egg on my face.
I was told the cooks spend a lot of money and time to do their entries so you need to score high as a result. If a judge doesn't hear that or if they want to use the scale that's given to them, they may give a 6 for an entry that is average...or they may give a 6 because the entry is horrible.
I've gotten a few 6s at contests, and those are always along with more 9s. My only question to that is , "How am I supposed to know if that 6 was a horrible entry according to that judge, of if it was average."
In the case of the new score reporting, I think I can get that. I just don't believe this new reporting system will keep judges from using a 3 point scale.
I hope I'm wrong, however. If, as was mentioned in the other thread, we get a tracking system and some education to train judges on how they should score, I may be. In that case, I will gladly wear the egg on my face.
