The main objective of the Score Room is to take all the scores given by the appraisers and turn them into results.  What form do the results take?


DI tournament result fall into 2 categories.  


Raw Scores


These are intermediate or early scores that let a team see what the appraisers thought of their work.  Raw scores are only available for Team Challenge (not for Instant Challenge).  Raw scores are typically reviewed by the Head Appraiser with representatives of the team (a team manager and a team member).  This review serves the following purposes:


  1. giving the team some feedback
  2. letting the team see deductions
  3. seeing if there are any discrepancies in objective scoring (eg number of balls or distance spanned)


#2 and #3 can be challenged by the team.  


Scaled Scores


These are the final results. Calculating scaled scores from raw scores is described in the Rules of the Road.  It involves averaging among the appraisers and scaling among the competing teams in a chal-lev.  Its complexity was the impetus for the scoring programs.  The output of scoring programs includes:


  1. the rank order of the teams in a chal-lev (remember who is competing at a tournament - more here)
  2. detail on the scoring for the scored items that teams could use for comparison purposes
  3. who is advancing to the next level of competition


Calculating Raw Scores


Two tools will calculate raw scores:


  1. the Resource Area
    As this is an interaction between the appraiser team and the competing teams, the Head Appraiser (HA) typically handles this task.  An HA knows when scoring for a team is complete.  At this point the HA can invite the team to look at a screen on the their laptop or tablet.  The HA can also email the team their raw scores.  More on this topic here.

  2. the Classic Scoring Program (CSP)
    Prior to the advent of Mobile Scoring, an appraiser team would submit their score sheets to the Score Room to be entered into the CSP.  When all the scores for a team's team challenge were entered, the CSP could print out raw scores.  This was then used by the HA to review the raw scores.  Some tournaments still like this approach of handing the team a paper copy of the raw scores.  More on this topic here.


Calculating Final Result 


Either of the Scoring Programs can produce final results.  Both are able to send results back to the Resource Area that also can report final results.  To know what will work best for your tournament, you need to have an understanding of how the final results will be conveyed to the public.  For example:


  • most tournaments have an awards ceremony where they announce the winners
    In this case a list of the rank finishes of the teams in each chal-lev is useful.  This might be announced by an MC or placed in a slide presentation.  An MC typically wants a printed list; a slide presentation wants the info in a .CSV.  We might also want to send this to the local newspaper or put it on a website.
  • many tournaments post more detail on the scoring
    This might detail each team's final score with a bit of detail about the team challenge and instant challenge scores.
  • some tournaments supply more detail on the scoring of each chal-lev
    This includes scores on score-items for the teams.  This goes under the moniker of Hall of Scores as in the early days of DI, these scores would be posted in a room for team managers to view.
  • Advancing to the next tournament
    This is included in rank finish of teams.  This info is also useful in working on the next level tournament.


As a general practice, the Web Scoring Program sends the results to the Resource Area that has means to disseminate this information.  More here.


The Classic Scoring Program will print out reports or create .CSV files that contain this information.  It can also upload the information to the Resource Area where it can be disseminated.  More here.