One serious flaw with the judging system is that it is difficult to tell how good a mod is without actually looking at the changes suggested in the map itself. There could a 50 line detailed mod that just didn't give very good advice, or there could be a quick, simple 5 line mod that was very useful. There is no way of really knowing how effective the mod was unless:
a) you checked the suggested changes yourself, or
b) the mapper posted which changes they did or didn't make, which only a handful of mappers do anyway, and even so it's not like mappers actually go into any detail about how useful the modder's mod was.
EDIT: Also, how would you propose a judging system would handle IRC modding? The only way of handling this in my mind would be do have users actually PM or post their IRC mod logs. Does anyone really want all that hassle?
Personally I am in favour of deciding modder of the month by kudosu. It's measurable and non-debatable; the proposed judging system just seems way too subjective. Sure you can get kudosu by suggesting a new combo or two, but if that's all the modder could find and the mapper found it useful, isn't that all that matters?
Deciding by kudosu I believe will also push people to mod more since there would be a live scoreboard (the monthly kudosu charts). People will be much more motivated to see their username climb the kudosu ranking charts than they would if there was no gauge to tell how well they are doing.
a) you checked the suggested changes yourself, or
b) the mapper posted which changes they did or didn't make, which only a handful of mappers do anyway, and even so it's not like mappers actually go into any detail about how useful the modder's mod was.
EDIT: Also, how would you propose a judging system would handle IRC modding? The only way of handling this in my mind would be do have users actually PM or post their IRC mod logs. Does anyone really want all that hassle?
Personally I am in favour of deciding modder of the month by kudosu. It's measurable and non-debatable; the proposed judging system just seems way too subjective. Sure you can get kudosu by suggesting a new combo or two, but if that's all the modder could find and the mapper found it useful, isn't that all that matters?
Deciding by kudosu I believe will also push people to mod more since there would be a live scoreboard (the monthly kudosu charts). People will be much more motivated to see their username climb the kudosu ranking charts than they would if there was no gauge to tell how well they are doing.