The judges have finished their scoring, each with one eye cast toward the shared rubric and another toward the subjective “X-factors” that influence his or her personal opinions about what makes interactive fiction great. They have pondered at length before rendering their well-considered judgment.
That judgment is not binding, however. Audience voting has already begun (see the previous post above), and the rules of the contest place the ultimate choice within your hands.
Will the judges’ verdict stand? Will their influence be decisive? Only time will tell! We now reveal the judges’ numeric scores, and their determination of the superior dish…
(text version of scoring results)
J. J. Guest
Challenger: Writing 9, Playability 3, Design 8, Inventiveness 7, Challenge 7 / TOTAL 34
Iron Chef*: Writing 7, Playability 6, Design 8, Inventiveness 8, Challenge 8 / TOTAL 37
Agnieszka Trzaska
Challenger: Writing 7, Playability 2, Design 4, Inventiveness 6, Challenge 8 / TOTAL 27
Iron Chef*: Writing 6, Playability 5, Design 7, Inventiveness 6, Challenge 9 / TOTAL 33
Joey Jones
Challenger: Writing 4, Playability 4, Design 5, Inventiveness 6, Challenge 7 / TOTAL 26
Iron Chef*: Writing 6, Playability 7, Design 7, Inventiveness 7, Challenge 9 / TOTAL 36
Charm Cochran
Challenger: Writing 7, Playability 3, Design 5, Inventiveness 8, Challenge 5 / TOTAL 28
Iron Chef*: Writing 6, Playability 6, Design 7, Inventiveness 9, Challenge 8 / TOTAL 36
Lucian P. Smith
Challenger: Writing 2, Playability 3, Design 7, Inventiveness 5, Challenge 9 / TOTAL 26
Iron Chef*: Writing 7, Playability 8, Design 7, Inventiveness 8, Challenge 9 / TOTAL 39
JUDGES CHOOSE: IRON CHEF
NOTE: Asterisks denote each judge’s choice for winner, which may contradict that judge’s assigned scores.
We’ll be hearing more from the judges soon as they post their written evaluations of each dish, providing some insight into the reasoning behind their decisions and the laudatory qualities they observe.