Judging seminars start soon... I would like to see some consistency between the regions. The whole "well, the rules are ambiguous so I am going to judge it like this" aint gonna cut it in the long run. It will end up like the presentation score and die an agonizing death. I agree with what someone said earlier, if you judge it per manuever, you end up with double jeopardy. I interpret the rule as saying you need to judge it based in the way the entire pattern is flown. For instance, lets say you put that humpty this side of the far end of the box, and the next 3 manuevers are askew because the whole pattern would have flown better had the humpty been at the far end... the next three manuevers are now flown at the optimal position for judging based on the now skewed pattern - how do you downgrade that? Its going to be judges interpretation, and like Dean said, as long as the best pilot gets the best score it wont matter too much. I worry with this kind of rule, however, that there will be inconsistency from region to region based on how each region interprets it and teaches at thier judging seminar. Going to lead to some arguments at inter-region contests for sure - arguments are not good for membership, and if an ambiguous inconsistent rule cost you a contest... well....