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| Judge's Open Letter for Contest | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 5 2009, 10:16 AM (97 Views) | |
| DamnCranky666 | Nov 5 2009, 10:16 AM Post #1 |
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Folks, we just got this "Open Letter" from Ken Hamilton, who is judging the first annual CRANKY CHRISTMAS CLASSIC MODEL CONTEST. This will also be posted over in the contest part of the forum. Thanks, Ken, this really helps keep things in line and in perspective. An Open Letter to Contest Participants I’m honored to have been asked to judge Cranky’s Christmas Contest, but let’s face it: contests that offer cash prizes beg controversy on many levels. In order to ensure impartiality, I’m going to conduct the judging of with the following self-imposed restrictions: First, I will NOT view any of the in-progress photos that will be posted on the Forum so I won’t see who is building what. You’ll just have to trust me on that one. Second, when it comes time for the judging, I will ask Virgil to open a Fotki album where all entries, with no names, will be posted. Since each entry will have 6 photos, I’d like to see a Fotki page with all 6-pictures across each row so the entries will be easier for me to observe. Judging will be based solely on photos submitted by each builder, so the higher the quality of the photo, the more accurately the model can be judged. I will assume that, by the time photos are transferred to Fotki, any glitches regarding eligibility (model year, parts used, subject, etc.) will have been addressed by Virgil and each model that makes it into the final Fotki “Judging Album” is, in fact, compliant with all the rules. Third (and here’s the tricky part), be prepared that this one-man judging procedure will be purely subjective. I’m working up some personal ground rules, which may include some sort of points system, to evaluate each model. I’m still working on this one so everybody will be on (…Cliché Alert---à) a “level playing field”. Great emphasis will be placed on general construction, believability, sound automotive practices, clean (in a technical sense) building and other boring stuff like that but, in the end, the winner will be the car that – in my opinion – is the best (for whatever reason in my opinion) of the pack. Will this be a perfect system? Probably not. But I want to assure everyone that no favorites will be played and I will make every effort to be as fair and thorough as possible. Somebody is going to win, but more people than that will lose…and for that I apologize in advance. I hope there are no hurt feelings or grumbling comments when this is over, and I’ll do my best to avoid that. Now let’s go have some fun. Ken Hamilton |
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| kingme | Nov 5 2009, 11:39 AM Post #2 |
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Well said Ken. I agree. I think this is a great opportunity for some fun and competition. I just hope the competition does not out weigh the fun. We are all friends here and I hope we are all friends when we are done. I am excited to participate in this and I am coming into it with no delusions of actually winning. But I am going to give it a shot and have fun along the way... |
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| khamilton | Nov 5 2009, 11:44 AM Post #3 |
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You never know, Wayne............... |
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| DamnCranky666 | Nov 5 2009, 11:46 AM Post #4 |
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I just heard from Tim Kustom that he is not saying yea or ney, but that he intends on jumping and surprising people with a kick-ass build! I'd say those are fighting words! |
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| Danny i | Nov 6 2009, 12:07 AM Post #5 |
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..I'm with you Wayne, this is my first rat rod attempt and I'm geeked just to have a good reason to build one! |
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| Bryan_M | Nov 6 2009, 01:30 AM Post #6 |
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very cool guys!! this contest is doing EXACTLY what we wanted..........stirring up enthusiasm! bryan m |
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| Hollywood Jim | Nov 6 2009, 03:06 AM Post #7 |
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You guys could not have found a more upstanding, honest and qualified guy for a judge. OK what did they promise you Ken??? ( Not going to visit the in-progress thread huh?....... Hummmm, now we have a place to talk about Ken and he won't know what we're saying. ) |
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| khamilton | Nov 6 2009, 08:45 PM Post #8 |
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Careful.... I didn't promise JUDY woudn't follow the in-progress thread. |
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| DamnCranky666 | Nov 6 2009, 10:33 PM Post #9 |
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LOL!!! |
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| mnapoleon | Nov 7 2009, 07:57 PM Post #10 |
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Note To Self Send $10 to Bryan McCallum and $30 to Ken Hami...oops! Nevermind! Edited by mnapoleon, Nov 7 2009, 07:58 PM.
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| DamnCranky666 | Nov 7 2009, 09:12 PM Post #11 |
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Does this mean you are in, Mike? Say yes, it's easy! |
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