yayy! The scores have finally been sent in, averaged, averaged again, and averaged yet again. First, let me explain the process of scoring in this round.
1. Each judge scored your wallpaper in these categories
~Originality - ?/10
~*Theme* - ?/10
~Overall - ?/10
*the theme was not scored on WHAT your theme was, but HOW WELL you showed your theme in your wallpaper and if it made sense
2. The judges sent their scores to me
3. There were 4 judges, including me. I added all of our scores up for each individual category, for each individual
waller. For example, if I was judging alterlier's wall (just pulling a random name)
(chloe's score for her originality + animanga's score for her originality + knightstar3's score for her
originality + my score for her originality) and divided that sum by 4. that would be alterlier's average score for
her originality.
I did that for all 3 categories, and got averages for all 3 categories for each waller.
4. Then, I added up all the averages from each category of each waller in one team, and divided it by the # of wallers
in the team to get an overall average score for the team. by dividing it by the # of wallers in the team, I made this
fair because of the major difference in the # of wallers for the 2 teams. This method was used for the first round also
(although the # of members in each team during the 1st round were all the same)
ALSO - when i divide it by the number of wallers in the team, this makes the team score more dependent on how each
waller did, rather than dependent on how many wallers decided to actually be responsible and submit a wall. it does take
a bit of meaning away from the "teamwork" part, but I decided that some people were being just plain
irresponsible and immature by not letting their team captains know of their absence, and that the rest of their team
members shouldnt have to pay for it when they worked so hard.
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so onto the scores -
Team Forsaken - total team points = 24
Team Divine Radiance - total team points = 24
lol I know it seems unbelieveable, but that is not a lie, and I did not mess with the scores. the actual scores were 23.5183 (Divine Radiance) and 23.7125 (Forsaken), but if they are rounded that makes them a tie. team forsaken can celebrate a victory because they won by .2 points! but all in all, that might be much closer to a tie than a victory lol. either way you want to interpret it, im just glad that the scores were so close because it shows that everyone in CL has awesome skills! (and even those of you who didnt participate have awesome skills too!) yayyy so lets just grab some chips and salsa and go celebrate.
since thingperson demands for this to be clearER, THIS IS A TIE. yes. a tie. if i deduct 3 points from forsaken for missing/late walls, and 2 points from divine radiance for replacing absent wallers late in the round, this will make divine radiance the winner. if i go with the decimal scores, forsaken will win. so either way, its a tie anyways.
more news to follow in the next announcement since this one is getting too long. (along with the award banners for this contest!)
THE BIGGEST THANKS EVER GOES TO CHLOE-CHAN, KNIGHTSTAR3, AND ANIMANGA FOR JUDGING ALL THE ENTRIES IN THIS ROUND! (especially chloe since this was a more of a last minute thing for you! thanks so much ^-^)
and free your inner waller contest has now officially ended. there will be no final round with the winning team competing within itself for a couple reasons - the whole point of the FYIW contest was to promote teamwork. Even if forsaken did compete within itself, its missing too many team members (rikka is getting her computer fixed). I think some people are sick of contests right now.
if anyone wants or has an idea for another contest after we give ourselves a 1 month break, post it in the guestbook pleeeze. thanks!
oh oh, almost forgot. I can definitely send you your individual scores this time (no critique though). So sorries about last time for the ppl that requested scores >.< I lost a lot of stuff when my computer had a minor crash and I totally forgot to let you guys know. but i dont think my computer will be crashin anytime soon so i will most definitely get them to you asap, and if i dont you can hit me.
