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thehelmetguy1 wrote:

Zha Hong Lang wrote:

JupiHornet wrote:That's not a good idea. The whole point of judges is to have different opinions

Yet people use the truncated mean all the time for judging, especially in sports. Someone even suggested it for maglx3 if they had enough judges.

This doesn't mean that the judges' reviews shouldn't be mentioned if they hit the high or low barrier, but just that their score would not be used in the final mean. If six judges score a level 70-80, and one scores the level 30, then all this does is avoid a score of 69 instead of 75. The end goal isn't to get rid of their opinion, but to avoid it from negatively effecting placement if it's too much of an outlier.

In other words, it prevents the Quill Factor

Zha Hong Lang wrote:all this does is avoid a score of 69 instead of 75.

Zha Hong Lang wrote:I was just thinking about something...

Since we have a lot of judges this contest, why not use something like the truncated mean? Since some peeps might still think people can be biased or have bad tastes in general, this system actively removes outlier scores so that they won't affect the placement of the level, while still keeping the scores from most of the judges.

TLtimelord wrote:We won't forcibly remove every outlier scores that happens, but judges can and will discuss scores & levels to try to keep outlier scores to a minimum. That's the best response I can give you for that suggestion.

Superiorstar wrote:I'll just submit one of my old unseen levels if that counts.

Vinyl Scratch wrote:I'm back.
And I'm here to enlist in the tournament.

Vinyl Scratch wrote:I'm back.
And I'm here to enlist in the tournament.

Vinyl Scratch wrote:I'm back.
And I'm here to enlist in the tournament.