[NSRCA-discussion] World F3A contest

mike mueller mups1953 at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 21 06:09:00 AKDT 2013 

My 50 years of experience in this sport has led me to this conclusion.
 Despite judging issues most of the time the right person wins after all the scores are in.
 A lot of work went into preparation for the Worlds. Judging being a huge part of that. They are the ones who see the flights and are asked to grade them.
 I'd tend to trust them and the system that produced them.
 World Championship competitions are a lot more than a single person and team taking home the trophy. It's a chance for like people from all over the world to share their passion for the sport. No losers in my opinion because everyone gets to experience the spectacle that it is.
 
Mike Mueller
Customer Services 
 F3AUnlimited


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After having the chance to see some raw scores I concluded that judges are very well calibrated.  If they keep working like that I am sure the best pilots will win.

Vicente "Vince" Bortone

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On Aug 20, 2013, at 9:42 PM, Ronald Van Putte <vanputter at gmail.com> wrote:


And then there's the guy with the Vanquish.  But, now that I think about it, it's unique too, because his is the only Vanquish there.  Never mind.......
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>Ron
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>On Aug 20, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Chuck Hochhalter wrote:
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>That would work if they had identical planes,  but you have the ALFERMA, asylur, trigantic, galactic a,   Each plane unique to its pilot.
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>>Sent from my iPhone
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>>On Aug 20, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Randy Forbus <rforbus at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>They should hide all the contestants from the judges and let them score the flight and not the flyer
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>>>________________________________
>>>From: klhoard at hotmail.com
>>>To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>>Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:03:54 -0500
>>>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] World F3A contest
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>>>
>>>Hmmmm. . . . pedigree.  
>>> 
>>>So, have the Labra-Doodles score the German Shepherds and so forth . . 
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>>> 
>>>Very interesting. . . 
>>>From: rcmaster199 at aol.com 
>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 3:57 PM
>>>To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
>>>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] World F3A contest
>>>  What oftentimes is referred to 
as Bias is more a Calibration issue that Bias, methinks...
>>> 
>>>20 judges from 20 countries who have no actual means of practicing the art 
of Judging in each others' countries, are bound to score very differently from 
one another, regardless of what the good book sez.
>>> 
>>>One way to counter the calibration (lack of I should say) issue is to have 
judges with a known pedigree in a team or a pool, similar to how other sports 
such as Figure Skating do it. The size of the team could be as many as 50, from 
a variety of countries, that are tasked to judge the various Finals competitions 
around the world. FAI pays the bill of course. New blood enters when their 
pedigree is proven
>>> 
>>>Regards
>>> 
>>>Matt
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>>>
>>>-----Original 
Message-----
>>>From: Derek Koopowitz <derekkoopowitz at gmail.com>
>>>To: 
'General pattern discussion' <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>Sent: 
Tue, Aug 20, 2013 11:39 am
>>>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] World F3A 
contest
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>>>It is really 
hard to get all 20 judges to be biased especially when they come from all over… 
in the prelims, if one looks at the scores, there are 5 judges scoring and if 
the range is somewhat narrow on a maneuver then I really doubt there is bias or 
collusion – they are obviously seeing the same thing.  None of us were 
there to see what the conditions were like and based on what I’ve heard they 
were REALLY challenging… 
>>> 
>>>We flew in 25 
mph winds at the Nats this year, pretty much down the runway… and I know how 
challenging that was… I saw MANY good Masters pilots struggle (one’s that 
finished in the top 4 in Masters) with the box and a LOT of them were going out 
the box on the left side.  All the scores that I gave them were well 
deserved…
>>> 
>>> 
>>>From:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org?] On Behalf Of Michael S. Harrison
>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 
5:21 AM
>>>To: 'General pattern discussion'
>>>Subject: Re: 
[NSRCA-discussion] World F3A contest
>>> 
>>>biased 
amateurs,,,,
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>>>From:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Keith Hoard
>>>Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 5:28 
PM
>>>To: General pattern discussion
>>>Subject: Re: 
[NSRCA-discussion] World F3A contest
>>> 
>>>So basically the Team, AMA, sponsors, and various other 
contributors just spent $50,000 to get scored by a bunch of amateurs.  
>>>
>>>Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>On Aug 19, 2013, at 17:07, 
"George Kennie" <geobet4evr at gmail.com> 
wrote:
>>>I think that many of these international judges have been  uptown most of the day and are familiar with the atmosphere that they are  operating in and it's potential to reward or penalize them for significant  discrepancies in their scoring awards.
>>>> 
>>>>Possible mental bias exercises: " Let's see now, here  comes CPLR, (He's GOOD ! ), this is TBL scoring, I know that all the other  judges will grade him highly and if I don't want to stick out like a sore  thumb I'd better do likewise"
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>>>>Think that's too harsh? I don't think so. I know that  everybody thinks that I'm a nut case, but I don't care. I scored these guys in  Twenty Eleven and I saw 5 pilots who outpointed CPLR and I also witnessed the  surprise on his face when they proclaimed him the winner. Am I biased? I don't  think so. CPLR is a great guy to talk to. He and I had great conversations  regarding force arrangements and I found him to be a wonderful down to earth  all around terrific person, but this isn't a personality contest. Your mission  is to outpoint your opponents and according to my numbers he didn't do that.  Of course you can say that I know absolutely zero about judging, but that's an  opinion that would take some amount of verification. I say that my scores were  not TBL modified and possibly reflected more accurate raw numbers   
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>>>>I was convinced that the whole international panel could  have been classified as individuals who had met poor certification standards,  but could it be possible that TBL influenced the outcome in some way? 
>>>> 
>>>>Nah!, I think I'm sticking to my original  conclusion.
>>>> 
>>>>G.
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>>>>On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Stuart Chale <schale1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>Each Worlds the scoring always always causes me "to raise  an eyebrow"  I can't say surprises me because we have seen it before. For  most flyers the scores seem lower than we would expect.  Lower than they  would receive at the Nats never mind local contests.  Did Joseph really  deserve 6's on a half loop turnaround.  Did he have 60 degrees of error  or fly a half hexagon?  Are the Judges that much better than the rest of  us that they are seeing the errors that we don't?   Or are they  upping the bar with an unwritten rule ( 1 point / 5 degrees etc) .  Any  10's given out?
>>>>I know the top fliers are difficult to differentiate until 
  the finals and unknowns and usually it works out that the best flyer wins, I 
  just like to see the same criteria used at all contests.
>>>>
>>>>Or maybe I am 
  not as good a judge as I think :)
>>>>
>>>>Stuart C.
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