anchor.diff:    | work.
     | 
     | Each expert judge will be asked to review an initial batch of 5-10 entries.
  -  | After they do their initial batch, judges will also be encouraged to review
  +  | After they do their initial batch, judges will be encouraged to review
     | a handful more of the top entries that pique their interest.  Experts will
     | not be allowed to vote for people who they know.
     | 
  
positive.code:   | be asked to [grade along a curve] with a mean of 3.5.
    | 
    | The hope is that this will allow every entry to get at least 2-3 thoughtful
    | expert reviews, and that the best entries will get enough reviews that the
    | [law of large numbers] ensures fairness.
    | 
    | A number of you have noted that we have a large number of expert judges.
    | The reason for this is simply a matter of math: if we want to each of the
    | ~200 teams to have at least 3 expert reviews, then 600 expert reviews need
    | to be written.  So that each review can be thoughtful, we can’t ask experts
    | to write more than 10 reviews. Hence we needed to get over 60 expert
    | judges. Fortunately, we were able to achieve that goal with a **very
    | talented** pool of judges.
    | 
    | ### Public Voting
    | 
    | Any member of the general public may vote.  In fact, you are encouraged to
    | try and get as many people to vote for your entry as possible.
    | 
    | It will be very easy for anybody to vote (yes, your mom will be able to do
    | it).  However, we will have the following requirements for general public
    | voters:
    | 
    | - They will need a valid e-mail address (we will ask them to verify their
    |   votes by e-mail).
    | - They will need to vote for at least 5 entries before **any** of their
    |   votes count.
    | 
    | We will also be implementing a number of mechanisms to detect and eliminate
    | ballet stuffing, but the honor code also applies (see the cheating
    | section below).
    | 
    | ### Evaluation
    | 
    | Entries will be evaluated on a 1-5 scale in 4 dimensions:
    | 
    | - Usefulness - how useful is the service provided?
    | - Appearance - how good does it look?
    | - Innovation - how original was the idea and execution?
    | - Completeness - how "fully baked" is the site? Are there bugs or dead ends?
    | 
    | In addition, there will be a popularity component derived from each entry's
    | vote count.
    | 
    | ### Calculation
    | 
    | With the exception of the popularity component, which will be based purely
    | on public voting, a team's score will be determined by adding the expert
    | judging score and the public score for each dimension (usefulness,
    | appearance, innovation, and completeness).
    | 
    | The overall score will be the average score of the 5 components
    | (usefulness, appearance, innovation, completeness and popularity).
    | 
    | ### Prizes
    | 
    | There will be the following prize categories:
    | 
    | - Overall winner - the best overall score
    | - Solo winner - the best overall score for a one person team
    | - Usefulness winner - the highest usefulness score
    | - Appearance winner - the highest appearance score
    | - Innovation winner - the highest innovation score
    | - Completeness winner - the highest completeness score
    | - Popularity winner - the most popular
    | 
    | A team may only win one prize and will earn the highest prize (in the above
    | rank order) for which it qualifies, opening its spot in the running for
  
negative.code:   | to do the honorable thing.
    | 
    | We will be implementing a zero tolerance policy towards cheating.  If you
    | are provably caught cheating, you will be disqualified immediately, be banned
    | from all future events, and generally be thought of as a bad person by all of
    | the organizers and potentially many, many, more people.  Trust us, it's not
    | worth the risk.
    | 
    | ### Closing Thoughts
    | 
    | There's no system of voting that will make everybody happy.  Our decisions
    | are based on lessons from dozens of other competitions and we believe that
    | they're going to make for a great Knockout.
    | 
    | But it’s important to remember at the end of the day, even if you don’t
    | win, you’ll still have had a great time, have built something awesome, and
    | have gotten a ton of exposure for your idea.
    | 
    | Interested in judging? [Contact us](mailto:all@nodeknockout.com).
    | 
  