tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post9151988877079209859..comments2024-03-17T09:07:56.678+01:00Comments on The Gaming Philosopher: [IF Competition] Final ResultsVictor Gijsbershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770054233775973753noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-65766710129106379172009-11-18T18:32:12.474+01:002009-11-18T18:32:12.474+01:00With respect to GATOR-ON and Interface in particul...With respect to <i>GATOR-ON</i> and <i>Interface</i> in particular, I think the first impressions of the two were starkly different.<br /><br />In <i>Interface</i> I was immediately hooked by the introduction -- it set the scene and gave me an idea what to expect. The first few moves revealed more of the premise in a way I found interesting, and so I was strongly motivated to continue through Matt Wigdahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220909323666942078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-11056874161750725742009-11-18T04:23:28.048+01:002009-11-18T04:23:28.048+01:00Skewing scores down gives you more room to differe...Skewing scores down gives you more room to differentiate among the higher scoring games. Since presumably most reviewers care more about how the upper half ranks than they do about the lower half, this is arguably perfectly rational.<br /><br />With students, skewing scores up makes sense, because they turn in performance evaluations. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585527872046335125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-87303344819392360682009-11-17T19:48:05.496+01:002009-11-17T19:48:05.496+01:00At the risk of pointing out the obvious (but quite...At the risk of pointing out the obvious (but quite frankly, many reviewers didn't seem to be aware): 5 is not the average on a 1 to 10 scale. It's below average.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-32096685150424852312009-11-17T11:41:20.320+01:002009-11-17T11:41:20.320+01:00Well, I have never given an average score of 5.02 ...Well, I have never given an average score of 5.02 to my students. I doubt I have ever given an average below 6.Victor Gijsbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770054233775973753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-29588835714761273082009-11-17T06:08:34.652+01:002009-11-17T06:08:34.652+01:00The scores are not skewed. The average score is 5...The scores are not skewed. The average score is 5.02.Conradhttp://onewetsneaker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-58078266139697719782009-11-16T15:05:34.225+01:002009-11-16T15:05:34.225+01:00Perhaps lots of strong games not entered in compet...Perhaps lots of strong games not entered in competitions skewed things?Nick Novitskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08863651199447917923noreply@blogger.com