Rotary Music Festival Cedarburg, WI - July 3, 2023

[Bruckner8]

2 hours ago, scheherazadesghost said:

Almost like the game is made up and points don't matter.

It only matters when the judge wishes to make a decision, putting a wide spread in a subcaption in such a way as to render other judges’ opinions moot.
 

for example, at finals, when the arbitrary scoring nears the 100 point ceiling, and judges are ranking their corps, and carefully assigning 0.1 spreads between otherwise equal competition, a judge or two will put a CLEAR DECISION MAKING SPREAD of 0.3 or so, thus calling the show using a number. 

[scheherazadesghost]

23 minutes ago, Bruckner8 said:

It only matters when the judge wishes to make a decision, putting a wide spread in a subcaption in such a way as to render other judges’ opinions moot.
 

for example, at finals, when the arbitrary scoring nears the 100 point ceiling, and judges are ranking their corps, and carefully assigning 0.1 spreads between otherwise equal competition, a judge or two will put a CLEAR DECISION MAKING SPREAD of 0.3 or so, thus calling the show using a number. 

Meh, that's assuming one needs numbers to assign value. I stopped needing that when I learned about the judging systems in high school.

The creative process and product outside of these systems are inherently valuable and delightfully intangible. Numbers and judges sully that for me.