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- ¶3WHAT'S THE POINT OF....
-
- ..attending to a competition ?
-
- ¶2By THE CLASH of ANGELICA...
-
-
- ¶1 I wrote this article since I felt I
- wanted to say something about the
- voting-systems at parties. I guess
- the subject has been very common to
- many of the scene-guys of today,
- because they feel unfair threaten on
- the parties ! (I would appreciate if
- someone could respond to this article,
- because I think that it's a case that
- concerns almost everyone).
-
- I guess everybody wants to become
- famous because of what they're doing
- in the scene. One way to really take
- the big step, is, for instance winning
- a compo at a party. What's the big
- deal to contribute to a big
- competition, when you know that you
- will be pissed off by the results ?
- You all know that there usually is two
- different ways to judge a compo; A
- jury with only skilled persons, or a
- voting-system. When I was present at
- "¶3THE GATHERING '92¶1", there were
- actually both ! A jury picked out ten
- different contributions first, and
- then people got to vote for the
- vinner. I, personally didn't like it
- that way. You see, many well- known
- groups and persons weren't picked out
- of the jury at all, so they became
- pretty upset by the way it had been
- done. (Oh, please don't misunderstand
- me and think that I think that it's
- only the well-known and good groups
- who make awesome productions !) I
- found it very funny, because when I
- asked 0ystein Eide of ex-M.O.N. why
- he shouldn't compete he answered:What
- is the point of competing when I know
- that Jumbo of Cola Crew will win ? I
- think that 0ystein had a very good
- point when he said that, because I
- think that everybody who contributes
- to the competitions want to win, so
- there's no, or less point to
- contribute when you know that you
- won't win anyway ! (Why do people
- compete at all ? To win ofcourse !)
-
- Ok, I'll now look at some of the
- advantages and disadvantages with the
- two different systems;
-
- ¶3A jury ¶1(¶2advantages¶1):
- -They will always know what is very
- skilled made (if it's about music,
- for example;effects, style, etc.)
- -They will save a lot of time and
- other technical problems (such as
- no need of voting-teminals/systems)
- -There's a limited opportunity to,
- for instance bribe a jury instead
- of lots of contacts, friends, etc.
-
- ¶1(¶2disadvantages¶1):
- -They pick out, for instance what's
- skilled made, instead of what the
- people likes
- -No democracy, in other words; they
- can't reflect the peoples opinion,
- they only pick out what they like
- themselves
-
- ¶3Voting ¶1(¶2advantages¶1):
- -It will reflect peoples opinions
- -The winner wins because he makes
- popular productions, not neces-
- sarily very skilled or well-done,
- but cool to listen to or look at
-
- ¶1(¶2disadvantages¶1):
- -Most people often vote their own
- style instead of what's well-made
- -Often chaos under voting
-
-
- Well, I guess there's many more as
- well, but right now I can't come up
- with any more. I also have to admit
- that since I'm a musician myself, I
- strictly thought on music when I wrote
- the dis/ -advantages list. It's also
- very difficult to be objective when I
- have my own opinion myself, so you
- might think that I judge unfair now,
- but I think that voting-systems is the
- best way to judge the competitions.
- At least everybody have a chance then,
- and the winner is reflected on peoples
- opinions, not whether it's skilled
- done, or a new style, but it's cool to
- look at or listen to. If you think it
- over, you might have the same opinion
- as me ! After all, I guess
- voting-system is more fair for
- everyone. At least, everybody is
- given the same chances. (What I mean
- is that you don't actually need to
- have good reputations to win a
- competiton on a party if you're very
- skilled anyway !)
-
- ¶2 Ok, I guess it's time to finnish
- this awesome article, but before I
- quit, I would like if anybody could
- write a similiar article on the same
- subject. (After all, this article
- reflected more of my own opinions than
- peoples own reactions !)
-
-
- Signed:¶3THE CLASH ¶2of ¶3ANGELICA
-