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Originally Posted by ilikexd

Care to say which ones, AND explain why? I would say that the quality has been increasing as people have been getting better and more experienced.

If you seriously want me to, I could list some files. I haven't played a ton of the newest files, but I know some of them felt dumb. I could spend some time later to go over a lot of the files from the last year. It'll have to be later today or something since I'm about to leave

Yes, some did. And some went the extra mile. The problem isn't with the judges or system as some whole, it's that there was a coinciding of numerous personal failures and the fact that a lot of people had to put stuff off for final exams; a few people were behind, which motivated others to not worry about being on time because they thought they wouldn't be the last ones, and a couple just straight out did nothing -- it's their personal fault and it's being dealt with... it's not the system or the workload, as can be demonstrated by the fact that other judges did everything well and within the timeframe.

I know some of the judges did the job like they should, and it is the personal failings of certain judges that blew this up. But it is also true that lowering the amount of submissions makes it even less likely for that to happen.