Scenario Testing for Ladder Points?

[Scud]

I received several emails concerning this, so I asked for advice amongst the other ladder mods and officers. We thought this should be discussed openly to see if there was a general consensus that the membership could follow as a routine guideline, as opposed to an enforceable "rule". We also needed to know if this was even an issue.

A few things I saw posted that I liked. Far and away, number 1, are the posts from designers who design for the pure satisfaction and don't want or need any other reward. Kudos and thanks. Can't ever say that enough.

I also liked the medal idea. A bronze, silver and gold level. Toni and I might need some help finding the designers who would get what, since it would be a retroactive thing and this club goes back a long ways. Some will wear the medal proudly and some will throw it in their sock drawer, but in the end, it's the thought that counts.

For those who feel OK about posting a test scenario and playing for points, I don't have any objections, personally. As was mentioned, this can easily be abused, but it can anyway?

So based on everything posted I would lean toward:
1. Allowing the posting of non-H2H scenarios, provided (if it's a play test) the designer posts the availability of the file, mentions it's there for play testers, and anyone who plays it makes the effort to play it to the finish. I think what's created an issue is the secretive nature of an upload, play-test between a couple of friends, then the file disappears, so an open posting should take care of that.
2. Medal awards, bronze, silver, gold.

Point #1 would be a recommended code of conduct among the design community, 99% of whom I seriously doubt would have an issue. For those of you who feel this needs to be a policeable kind of thing, you gotta tell me how and make a better case for it then I've seen in this thread...and maybe that's a good thing.

So, will that work? Anything else?

Dave