Link to info about spot checks: http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge/browse_thread/thread/1b56a2c80dfc752/cf89bdc65d73cc8c#cf89bdc65d73cc8c
Quote: "It's worth noting that there have been and may continue to be random "spot checks" that are not reviews by judges, but part of routine testing of our procedures and tools. The abortive hits you described sound like those spot checks." On Apr 28, 12:22 pm, "Steven A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ConAim - it is worth noting that it has been stated that Google plans > to post-process these results for outliners. Hence if one judge does > indeed not do a good job evaluating the application, and the other > three score it signifigantly higher, Google will likely look into the > issue. > > Source:http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge/browse_thread/thread... > > It is also not a loss of 1000+ hours of development regardless of the > end result - this entire contest is an extra. While there may be some > applications that would be unable to continue, I would guess most of > us saw value in our own idea. Many who don't win in the contest will > still continue with their vision (I know I will) and hence the coding > won't go to waste as it still got us one step closer to bringing our > application into existance. At least, even if I lose, I still > appreciate Google having held this contest. > > That being said, I do hope that it was only a spot check done by > Google to verify the application was still running rather than an > official judge (in other threads, Dan has said that not all > connections are from a judge, some are just checking the application). > Oh - and of course, good luck with the submission. :) > > On Apr 28, 12:06 pm, ConAim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It's UNFAIR the way the organize to judge these things. If your > > application will end up on the bucket of one of the bad judge or > > a judge that don't give a danm about Android then you are screw. > > > My README.doc is less than 2 pages (1 page is a huges network > > diagram). Which does include less than 5 steps required to join and > > play the game. > > Yes, even freaken low IQ guy do know that Online Multi-Player games > > required 2 players to play. But all I see from the log on my server is > > that they run the game, click Ready, and after 1 minute of not see any > > activity going, they then close it. > > > Here go your 1000+ hours of development...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
