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March 25, 2005
Snapshots
Giving the Snapshot value in the point system would:
-- Strengthen the relationship between the action and the projected image for the spectator
-- Encourage the player to come up with more strategy beyond flailing arms
-- Give more justification for having the camera that takes photos of the player being hit
Panel of Judges:
In boxing there is a panel of 2 (?) judges constantly taking points for moves besides the knockouts so that if there is a tie, the points are tallied. In Hit Me! there could also be judges who evaluate the photos. So in addition to the point attained from getting a hit, there are more points for good photos.
The problem with this is that it would be sort of a pain to make sure there are non-bias judges at all games. There is already a ref who has enough responsibilities -- wouldn't it be sort of overkill to add more ref-like people to the mix when it is supposed to be a simple spectator sport?
Referee:
The ref could be the judge for the photos. The problem here is that the ref has enough responsibilities already. The ref starts and stops the game, and if the whole boundary thing becomes a rule then, that's a lot of stuff to keep track of, a lot of responsibilities.
Audience Participation:
This I think would be the ideal situation -- if the audience could vote for the better photo. However, this would perhaps be too time consuming to have people wait in line or too technically difficult making numerous buttons. I thought about putting it online if it were some sort of tie-breaker, but then people would have to come back to see the results or they would end up seeing results at home -- which is no fun. Well, this is something to consider in the future, but not this time around.
Set Criteria:
The rules could be the judges! If there is a simple enough, straightforward enough point system for the photos, then the rules themselves could essentially allocate the points. In other words, say each hit is worth 1 point. The snapshot quality is then worth a possible maximum of 2 more points. Here's the breakdown:
you get 0 points if there is no sign of the victim
you get 1 point if there is some sort of body part of the victim
you get 2 points if you can see the face of the victim
All the fuzzy stuff in between can be taken care of by the ref. How about that?
Posted by kaho at March 25, 2005 11:12 AM