who won and where?

[stevek]

Originally posted by RachelOfMars
Is that even possible? There are ten teams in that list... Unless they started skipping the duplicate wins in their count of top three...

Well I know 103 three won twice in our conf. and I'm sure there was another duplicate. I'm surprised there were 10 I thought there'd be less. It would seem that the cream should keep rising to the top. But the judging is very subjective and (no Offence) but some of you are not fully trained to evaluate these. It takes years of experience to do that. Even many professionals have trouble in this area. And given the conditions of the viewing for judging that just adds to the ability to focus and hear and truely evaluate all the entries. The main reason I think some of you may have been unprepaired is that Autodesk assumed that everyone reviewed and fully understood the catagories and many other students pointed out in other threads that they wondered if some teams even read the entry form because they couldnt identify the answers to the required element- What Does FIRST Mean to Your Team?. These Animators are the same ones that are judging the animations too... Dont get me wrong- I feel that you can all do it- if there is time spend learning how to evaluate.

In our conf- there were 10 teams that are going on to the Professional Round of Judging- That doesn't include the NJ regional that is this weekend. I dont mind that there are 10 teams because I want as many teams as posible to get the opportunity to win. But- in theory (based on my oppinion which is based on my experience) there should only be 5-6 teams that continually rise to the top, if all the criteria are followed for the catagories. Technically there should be the same 3- but the system allows for the a subjective eye which exists in all of us. Anyway I hope three more teams are added to the list just to give more teams the opportunity to move on.

Good luck to all the other conferences as wee wind down the last few weekends and approach the Championships.