>>>>> "KCI" == Keith C Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
KCI> Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> there is a newsgroup (forgot the name) regularly runs cryptic
>> crossword competitions. they have the winner of each one become
>> the puzzle maker and judge of the next one. they don't use any
>> automatic judge/test things since it is a purely verbal battle
>> and no software could help. but i like the idea of the winner
>> being the next judge and/or puzzle maker.
KCI> It sounds like you're talking about the People's Clue-Writing
KCI> Competition (PCWC) run in rec.puzzles.croswords. It's true
^s
KCI> that they don't have software for judging the entries, but they
KCI> do have Perl and Awk scripts for tabulating the votes -- the
KCI> winner is determined by votes from the public (for appropriate
KCI> values of "public"), as the name implies. I know because I
KCI> moderated it once 4 years ago.
bingo!
they have 2 running contests IIRC. one is a voted one as you mentioned
with a strict format for sending in votes so they can parse them. the
other is judged by a single person. in both cases i think the winner is
either the next judge and/or puzzle submitter. both are long running and
have well established structures and rules and stuff.
just something to mention if we want to make golf contest an on going
thing here and somewhat more organized. and this is from the (failed)
leader of the perl golf apocolypse at TPC4. :) so i know what doesn't
work!
uri
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