Smiley_Girl
08-22-2006, 11:16 AM
CAU Award Committee Charter
Discussion Thread-AKA New Designated CAU Judging Panel (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28310)
CAU Hall of Fame (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showpost.php?p=949042&postcount=1)
It's my pleasure to announce the arrival of the fourth Tactics Arena Online CAU Committee. It was created in the spirit of Mithrandir's committee, and will hopefully achieve a system of organization for those interested and involved in the forums' CAU section.
Mithrandir's Committee (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16946)
Current Judges
Forest_Archer
Shatterstar
Smiley_Girl
Deleyrn
Toledo13
Ironhorse123
Cross Punisher
The following "How to:" section should answer any questions you have about this committee. Sorry we didn't format it like that earlier. ;)
How to get your unit to begin the judging process:
Send a PM to one of the judges asking for the committee to judge your unit. If this is irksome to you or you want to get to whichever judge is on next, make a post asking for your unit to be judged in the discussion thread.
How to get your unit considered for judging:
If any judge, after recieving word that you wish to send your unit through this committe's process, decides that your unit is moderately original, structured, creative and balanced, he may send word to the rest of the committee that the unit should be considered for an award.
Don't give up if the judge decides it shouldn't be considered yet! The judge should tell you why your unit isn't being considered. You should consider how to revise it so that it could be further acknowledged by the committee. Also, be patient in considering that everyone involved with the committee might also have a life. Don't fret at us just because we might take a while to do things right.
Some confusion may arise because of this committee's numberous recent overhauls. The "under consideration" stage was previously awarded "Bronze". This is no longer the case. Some differ on whether this stage should be awarded at all, but it is certainly an achievement, if perhaps minor.
When the judge's word gets through about a unit's new status, the monthly section of the CAU Hall of Fame should be updated to include your unit.
How to get your unit considered for the Silver Award:
After your unit is placed in the "Under Consideration" section, Judges will (hopefully) appear to vote on your unit. This voting process is a simple "yes" or "no" vote, but that belies the complexity of possibly adding units and a myriad of special abilities to the Tactics Arena Online game.
The judges will do their little voting stint, but they're supposed to explain exactly why they vote the way they do. If they don't do this to your satisfaction, you can complain to their superiors, but we really can't promise much. The best case scenario is that that person would no longer be a judge and the judging period for your unit might be extended. However, if you disagree, please do it respectfully.
If any 5 of the judges vote "yes" for your unit, it will shortly be accepted to the committee's hall of fame as a silver-awarded unit. Congradulations: You just figured out how there's a possibility one of your units could be silver! :p
How to get your unit considered for the Gold Award:
After a unit is awarded silver, the judges convene to vote for an upgrade to gold status. Only the most excellent products of the CAU community should recieve gold status, and preferably not any joke units either. Other than that, it is up to Judges to decide what a gold unit should look like.
With any group of judges, any judge may suggest voting to upgrade a silver unit's status to gold. Yes, the process can be initiated at any time with any silver unit. However, the voting must be unanimous, meaning that all current judges must give that unit "yes" votes if it is to become gold.
This would be quite an achievement. Maybe it'll even happen someday!
How to properly judge a unit, according to this committee's standards:
First of all, judging should usually be done in the same thread that describes a unit's statistics and abilities. Units to be judged the usual way are under the "Under Consideration: Original-Thread" section of the first discussion post. The only exception to that rule is when an older unit is submitted to the committee. The committee isn't going to necro such old threads: instead voting is done for that unit in the discussion thread. These exception units are listed under the "Under Consideration: Discussion-Thread" section of the first discussion post.
A simple "yes" or "no" is unacceptable voting practice. Judges should post their thoughts, dislikes, and praise for all to see along with their votes. If the unit's creator is concerned with the judge's vote, he or she may attempt to persuade them to change it by possibly explaining it or revising it.
Judging Criteria
Originality/Creativity
Balance
Tactical Usage
Abuse Potential
Simplicity
After posting their votes in various unit's threads, a judge should pm all the votes they've made to the lead judge (or whoever else might be in charge of the threads) on the 5th and the 21st of every month. This can be done as far ahead of time as the judges like. If a judge knows he or she will be unavailable to vote for a while, the community should be informed and the judge possibly replaced.
How to become a Panel Judge for this committee:
Twice every month, sometime before the 5th and the 21st, you may submit an "election unit". Once a unit has been submitted as an election unit, it may never be submitted to aid you in this election process again. There are no other requirements for submiting your election unit, other than that it must have been made by you.
The Standing Judges will choose from the available election units. The four people who turn in the best election units may become Panel Judges. If there are any ties or similar troubles, the Standing Judges will decide a method for themselves how to choose between any number of potential Panel Judges.
How to become a Standing Judge for this committee:
Standing Judges are not elected or nominated. Instead, one of the previous Standing Judges chooses one of the members of the CAU community to replace him or her, if that member is willing.
Should the committee ever seriously feel the need to bring in more Standing Judges to deal with growth, they must unanimously be voted in by all of the committee's present judges.
Discussion Thread-AKA New Designated CAU Judging Panel (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28310)
CAU Hall of Fame (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showpost.php?p=949042&postcount=1)
It's my pleasure to announce the arrival of the fourth Tactics Arena Online CAU Committee. It was created in the spirit of Mithrandir's committee, and will hopefully achieve a system of organization for those interested and involved in the forums' CAU section.
Mithrandir's Committee (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16946)
Current Judges
Forest_Archer
Shatterstar
Smiley_Girl
Deleyrn
Toledo13
Ironhorse123
Cross Punisher
The following "How to:" section should answer any questions you have about this committee. Sorry we didn't format it like that earlier. ;)
How to get your unit to begin the judging process:
Send a PM to one of the judges asking for the committee to judge your unit. If this is irksome to you or you want to get to whichever judge is on next, make a post asking for your unit to be judged in the discussion thread.
How to get your unit considered for judging:
If any judge, after recieving word that you wish to send your unit through this committe's process, decides that your unit is moderately original, structured, creative and balanced, he may send word to the rest of the committee that the unit should be considered for an award.
Don't give up if the judge decides it shouldn't be considered yet! The judge should tell you why your unit isn't being considered. You should consider how to revise it so that it could be further acknowledged by the committee. Also, be patient in considering that everyone involved with the committee might also have a life. Don't fret at us just because we might take a while to do things right.
Some confusion may arise because of this committee's numberous recent overhauls. The "under consideration" stage was previously awarded "Bronze". This is no longer the case. Some differ on whether this stage should be awarded at all, but it is certainly an achievement, if perhaps minor.
When the judge's word gets through about a unit's new status, the monthly section of the CAU Hall of Fame should be updated to include your unit.
How to get your unit considered for the Silver Award:
After your unit is placed in the "Under Consideration" section, Judges will (hopefully) appear to vote on your unit. This voting process is a simple "yes" or "no" vote, but that belies the complexity of possibly adding units and a myriad of special abilities to the Tactics Arena Online game.
The judges will do their little voting stint, but they're supposed to explain exactly why they vote the way they do. If they don't do this to your satisfaction, you can complain to their superiors, but we really can't promise much. The best case scenario is that that person would no longer be a judge and the judging period for your unit might be extended. However, if you disagree, please do it respectfully.
If any 5 of the judges vote "yes" for your unit, it will shortly be accepted to the committee's hall of fame as a silver-awarded unit. Congradulations: You just figured out how there's a possibility one of your units could be silver! :p
How to get your unit considered for the Gold Award:
After a unit is awarded silver, the judges convene to vote for an upgrade to gold status. Only the most excellent products of the CAU community should recieve gold status, and preferably not any joke units either. Other than that, it is up to Judges to decide what a gold unit should look like.
With any group of judges, any judge may suggest voting to upgrade a silver unit's status to gold. Yes, the process can be initiated at any time with any silver unit. However, the voting must be unanimous, meaning that all current judges must give that unit "yes" votes if it is to become gold.
This would be quite an achievement. Maybe it'll even happen someday!
How to properly judge a unit, according to this committee's standards:
First of all, judging should usually be done in the same thread that describes a unit's statistics and abilities. Units to be judged the usual way are under the "Under Consideration: Original-Thread" section of the first discussion post. The only exception to that rule is when an older unit is submitted to the committee. The committee isn't going to necro such old threads: instead voting is done for that unit in the discussion thread. These exception units are listed under the "Under Consideration: Discussion-Thread" section of the first discussion post.
A simple "yes" or "no" is unacceptable voting practice. Judges should post their thoughts, dislikes, and praise for all to see along with their votes. If the unit's creator is concerned with the judge's vote, he or she may attempt to persuade them to change it by possibly explaining it or revising it.
Judging Criteria
Originality/Creativity
Balance
Tactical Usage
Abuse Potential
Simplicity
After posting their votes in various unit's threads, a judge should pm all the votes they've made to the lead judge (or whoever else might be in charge of the threads) on the 5th and the 21st of every month. This can be done as far ahead of time as the judges like. If a judge knows he or she will be unavailable to vote for a while, the community should be informed and the judge possibly replaced.
How to become a Panel Judge for this committee:
Twice every month, sometime before the 5th and the 21st, you may submit an "election unit". Once a unit has been submitted as an election unit, it may never be submitted to aid you in this election process again. There are no other requirements for submiting your election unit, other than that it must have been made by you.
The Standing Judges will choose from the available election units. The four people who turn in the best election units may become Panel Judges. If there are any ties or similar troubles, the Standing Judges will decide a method for themselves how to choose between any number of potential Panel Judges.
How to become a Standing Judge for this committee:
Standing Judges are not elected or nominated. Instead, one of the previous Standing Judges chooses one of the members of the CAU community to replace him or her, if that member is willing.
Should the committee ever seriously feel the need to bring in more Standing Judges to deal with growth, they must unanimously be voted in by all of the committee's present judges.