I think we should pay some attention to the post mortem threads that, whether we are keen to admit it or not, I suspect we all comb for favourable (or other) comments about the systems we sweated blood to bring to the show.
If one fails to get a mention is it because the poster didnt make it to your room (and it is hard to give all 46 or so rooms sufficient attention in one day as that would be 10 mins at most in each room, give or take, with no breaks for food and drink etc), or because they didnt like it (following the custom that it is better to say nowt than offend)?
You never know.
I think if the custom continues of 'Best In Show' posts, then the judge or judges should give some indication of which rooms they did and didnt visit. And to aid a fair assessment perhaps some mention of the 'List Price' or 'Current Used value' of the system should be given in the programme so that a 'Best In Class' 'award' could be given as in the Le mans 24 Hour race, where the classes are measured according to cubic capacity - with us its pounds shillings and pence.
Its not a competition I hear you say! Well, no it isnt, as such, but its not a laugh either. There are some serious systems at our shows and if the owners are inevitably going to be judged in the post mortem threads, then I urge a little more rigour on the part of the contributors to those threads.
Jack NSM