August 2012 tournament judge week

[NightOfHorror]

You most likely know that the 2012 August tournament's theme was Darkness as chosen by voters. Four contestants and three judges entered this tournament and I would like to thank them all with my deepest appreciation:
-tzoli; game name- Night Search
game link- viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12275
-AliceXIII; game name- InBounce Darkness
game link- viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12294
-friedfish; game name- Dark and Dead
game link- viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12295
-Jagmaster; game name- Mine-Bot
game link- viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12296

Now then, we have the judges to thank for their participation. Give a hand to the following:
jonathang
HBlade
NightOfHorror- This month's Master Judge

They will be judging all the games. If any of them do not turn in even one rating by the end of judge week, all of their ratings will not count. Also, judges please be sure to keep ratings to yourself during Judge Week, you may only tell a person's score after the award ceremony. Judge week will start on August 22nd and end at August 28th. The grading rubric is the same as posted before:

Theme- x/10 (How well did they follow the direction of the theme?)
Originality- x/10 (Was this game new, or something anybody would throw out there?)
Creativity- x/10 (Did they use there originality in a creative, thoughtful way to enhance game-play?)
music/sound- x/5 (Did the music/sound follow with their type of game, did it enhance game-play?)
graphics- x/10 (Were they attractive with their style of game, and did it make you want to play it?)
game-play- x/10 (Was this game nearly clean of bugs, did the game have replay value, did you enjoy your time playing it, was it smooth?)
overall- x/20 (How did you feel about the game generally?)
Total- x/75 (Total points for the game by one judge)
Bonus- Creepiness- x/10 (Was the game creepy or scary for you to play?)
Judge-Total- x/225 (This is the full points one game got. The master judge will find this score.)
Judge-Bonus-Total- x/30 (This is the full bonus points one game gets. The master judge will find this score.)

Wanted to give a quick heads up that in the following tournaments, the title will count towards points too.

Bonus is just a tie-breaker and does not add on to the score.
Example: Bill and Tom are competing against each other. Bill gets 70 points and 2 bonus points. Tom gets 71 points and 0 bonus points. That does not mean Bill has now 72 points, bonus points are only counted in for ties. That means Tom won. Say they were tied in regular points. Bill has 72 points and 2 bonus points and Tom has 72 points and 0 bonus points. Since Bill had more bonus points, he won the tie. If there is still a tie, then the master judge will decide, by any means, who is the winner.

If any judges need clarifications, I will gladly do my best to do so. Also, for the award ceremony, all contestants have agreed to it, so there will be one for sure. That will begin at the 29th and end on the 30th.

Thank you to all who made this possible.

Next tournament starts on September 2nd. Don't forget to vote for which theme you want in the September theme pick!

[MrJolteon]

May 2012?
Shouldn't it be August 2012?

[NightOfHorror]

Yeah.
I have no idea what happened there.

[NightOfHorror]

I wanted to say to the contestants that I am devoting a day and a half to each game. I mean that each day I will only focus on one game, until the last two days of judge week, in which I will do two games in one day, and those last two days are when I make the final ratings. I am devoting them in order from first game submitted to last game submitted.

[NightOfHorror]

All contestants agreed to an award ceremony, so we will have one! Also, don't forget that ratings are what you must send me judges. I don't only decide the winner, all the judges do.

[NightOfHorror]

HBlade, you were supposed to use the grading rubric that I told the judges to use and most of all, you were supposed to only pm me the ratings, not release them to the public!

Also, judges please be sure to keep ratings to yourself during Judge Week, you may only tell a person's score after the award ceremony.

[Hblade]

Sorry.

[NightOfHorror]

it is fine.

[NightOfHorror]

Judges, don't forget that if you don't turn in all the ratings by 11:59:59 on the 28th; Central Standard Time for every game, all of your ratings will not count.

[NightOfHorror]

I still don't have any ratings from jonathang, and only one from HBlade. I am not joking around when I say this is the last day to turn in every game's rating or none of your ratings will count.

[Hblade]

Sorry, but I dont think I'll have time to give you the rest.

[NightOfHorror]

Can you at least give me a number out of 75 for each game, I could care less about the sub-categories. Oh and the bonus?

[NightOfHorror]

Judge week is officially over.