ORIGINAL: jsallade
make sure the judges have time to consider your last figure, mark a score and are ready to judge the next figure.
what "looks good"
Some folks will be very forthcoming with what they are looking for even if there is no right answer per the rulebook.
I suspect there is just a bias amongst the judges for longer lines flown nice and slow between manuevers so that's what I'm going to give them a bit more of this year, though I'll tell you that more often I think folks need to be downgraded for flying to far out than the opposite.
The rules seem to indicate that controlling the size of the box should be rewarded (as long as there is a line between manuevers).
It's just a bias that has developed I suspect so you can be right according to the rules but if you want the best scores your probably just going to have to follow the crowd.
I know that I have taken certain quotes out of your last post but these are things that definetly need addressing. I appreciate your honesty toward IMAC but as a true IMAC'er I must respond. One thing I love about IMAC is the fact that it does have defined rules. Some of which I personally don't agree but I choose to fly IMAC and I do support the rule book completely. The one thing that attracts me to IMAC is the fact that the criteria is set forth in the rule book and that is the criteria that I must be judge to.
If you are being judged to a different standard than the rule book then we do have a problem. As IMAC spends lots of money on education and teaching the rules and this has drastically improved over the years.
We are not judged on speed. We are not judged on length of lines between maneuvers, but we are judged on the entire line. Every bobble does count! If there is a bias among judges then this is something that we must work on. Please help me spread the word as to help each judge apply only the criteria set forth in the rule book!
One last thing, You should be rewarded for a smaller footprint.
This is one of my soap boxes. Sorry not trying to offend anyone either just trying to make IMAC better.
Stan