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03/03/2009 12:25:54 PM · #1
This is a bit out of the box, but I was thinking that a "Net" winner, based upon a handicap, would be a nice addition to the challenge awards. This isn't meant to take away from the current blue/yellow/red winners, but to provide a way to recognize those working their way up the learning curve.

Here's the basics:
Similar to a golf handicap, take the last highest 15 scores of a photographer's last 30 entries and calcluate their average. You must have at least 30 entries to get a handicap assigned.

For any subsequent challenge, you net someone's score against their handicap to determine their net score. As an example, someone that scored a 5.75 in a challenge with a handicap of 5.5 would have a "net" scrore of +.25.

The person with the highest net score would win the "Net Improved" ribbon for that challenge.

To avoid impacting the prestige of the current ribbons, I would suggest posting the winners on a separate row, in a section devoted to the Net winners.
03/03/2009 12:41:37 PM · #2
That's a pretty cool idea ... We could almost start a side challenge of that type also ... similar to the "beat your average" side challenge from last year ... or potentially like the FSM that SDW has put together ...
03/03/2009 03:37:20 PM · #3
Good idea, but I'd suggest the average of fewer than 30 entries as it would be a shame to exclude newbies who are the most likely to improve.
03/03/2009 05:16:53 PM · #4
Then you could have the biggest gainer award. % above average for x number of challenges.
03/03/2009 05:27:49 PM · #5
It's a fun idea, but the problem with it is people like me: my LIFETIME average is 5.5ish, but I have 5 ribbons, 7 4th-5th place, and a whole BUNCH of top 10's. My best 15 of my last 30 might be even LOWER than 5.5, I am not sure. Why? Because I goof around a lot with off-the-wall images that I know full well will not score very decently, and my average reflects this. Yet, anytime a challenge comes along that happens to fit in my traditional wheelhouse, I am a threat to pop out a high-scoring image. But I wouldn't think it was "fair" for me to receive some sort of an "improvement ribbon" based on this...

R.
03/03/2009 06:25:34 PM · #6
You could base it on just your 15 highest of all time. /That would make it fair. It would be harder for those with a higher avg obviously, but the avg would closer reflect your capability.

nevermind!! mine would be 6.944

Message edited by author 2009-03-03 18:31:23.
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