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To: Diver who wrote (300)5/7/1998 10:56:00 PM
From: Don Pueblo  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12810
 
Should the "Savage Seven" grading system be expanded to include "Hype"?

I don't want to clutter the thread with this, but perhaps a bonus "Style" or "Artistic Merit" category (and judge) could be considered that could include hype, along with other things like mentioning that you know Bill Gates or Warren Buffett while spelling the names wrong. I realize it is subjective, but it seems such a waste of good talent to let these things escape with no points awarded. That "Open Letter" to the CEO of 3COM is a good example; the subtle flair of posting a moronic letter that one is too cowardly to actually mail but wishes to see in print, followed by the self-satisfied sneer of

I-guess-I-showed-that-multimillionaire-CEO-a-thing-or-two-that-he-will-never-see- now-back-to-my-porn-flicks