Linda Slocum Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Everyone loves to push the old Rank and Rate argument all the time on this forum and directly from the mouths of DCI judges. It still blows my mind that the people in Green and Khaki can't read the sheet and assign the proper number for each individual corps based on the box criteria and subcaption criteria that best suits the performance of THAT corps at THAT time without the influence of another show from another corps weighting the numbers on the page. Ranking and rating has always been and shall always be a complete load of HOO HOCKEY! You forget that the judges are human, and thus subject to all sorts of external influences. Whether it is personal preferences (they like/dislike a show), time of day, how tired they are, the hotel shower that was cold instead of hot, how lumpy their bed was, or what they had for breakfast... scores from one day to the next are quite likely to be a bit different. They are supposed to be ranking each corps according to a non-subjective standard even though it is truly subjective scoring. There's no way a single judge would be 100% consistent from one day to the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sds554 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 isn't all of drum corps comparing apples to oranges? Like really, to a point you can judge execution, but when everyone is doing something different... different fruit entirely. And some people dont like plums or bananas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodigal bari Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Rank and Rate is a great excuse for BOA judges that are doing regional's because they have never seen most of the groups that are performing. THESE ARE DCI JUDGES. They have been watching the corps all summer long and most have had the chance to make several viewings of each corps by now. If anything .. they should be ranking and rating against that corps prior performances AS IT RELATES TO THE BOX CRITERIA. Besides another fact that the DCI judges can use the FAN NETWORK to study the shows and become familiar enough with them to know what to look for in the live performance... ...which leads to another question...Is this being done by the adjudication community and what value is it (either good or bad) as well as the professional ethics of said practice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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