Re: Most described mouse

[Duncan Louttit <duncan@swallow.co.uk>]

Hi Everyone,

         Judges prizes are slightly different. This allows for any 
criterion at the judges discretion so it does allow for a prize to be 
awarded to a "pile of parts".

         Regards,

         Duncan

At 08:10 28/07/04, you wrote:
>Duncan,
>
>The problem with that is that we have in the past awarded a Judges prize 
>to a mouse that didn't
>complete a run, for sheer off-the-wall imagination and insuperable optimism.
>
>See http://www.micromouse.mmu.ac.uk/2002/censored.shtml
>
>I favour "completion" for lightest and "completion except in excpetional 
>circumstances" for most
>completely desribed.
>
>Jerry
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>          How about "To be eligible for ANY prize etc...."?
>
>          Regards,
>
>          Duncan
>
>At 08:45 27/07/04, you wrote:
> >Duncan,
> >
> >Good point. How about
> >
> >"To be eligible for the prize, a mouse must normally complete one
> >successful run of the course. In
> >exceptional circumstances, the Judges may still award the prize to a mouse
> >that does not complete a
> >run if they feel that the circumstances warrant it."
> >
> >This allows us to award the prize to a well documented mouse that would
> >obviously work, except that
> >(say) it got dropped on the way to the competition. The same wording could
> >perhaps be applied to the
> >lightest mouse prize.
> >
> >Jerry
>
>
>
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