Talhydras wrote:
jwa8402 wrote:
I enjoyed reading these. Gave me a better idea of what is popular and what just doesn't work.
I'm more than a little offended by even the implication that any of the judges would score 'popular' ship designs better. I took my job to be scoring ships based on the merits of the design itself as determined by the scoring categories. How popular a ship was or what ANY other judge said had absolutely no bearing on how I judged any ship, and it should not have. This is not a fucking concensus about who's the best, nor is it ever going to be a popularity contest. At least, not while I'm judging.
Never say that shit again.
I'm sorry that I offended you, and also that you completely misinterpreted my comment. Or the use of the word 'popular', not sure which. To loosely quote SWS, this is a forum based on merit, so whats 'popular' is your definition of whats good, which in this case is based on the judging criteria. And you may not have been reading other judge's comments but I was and several were consistent in their conclusions.
To put it even more simply, several ships which I thought quite good were consistently deemed unsightly or nonfunctional by experts such as yourself. I therefore was thanking the judges for giving me a better idea of what styles work to achieve both quality looks and functional designs, presumably the purpose of the BP. I took away a lot from the comments of all the judges together.
Could have done with a little less attitude though. Yes, a contest with a eventual winner determined by multiple judges is a consensus. It is a popularity contest, but among the qualified experts based on who best met the specified criteria, not the masses talking out their asses. If a vet comes in and builds something passable but far below their known skill, then it is about who built it.
Still, I didn't say any of those things, nor were they my point. Please don't take a single general and innocently worded one sentence comment and come at me with those accusations. I have the utmost respect for all the judges, and you in particular, otherwise I would not have bothered to respond.