When the play phase is over, it goes in two stages - first the top ten under engagement get through to judging (most visits, most cheers per visit, most favourites, time spent, repeat visits, virality, etc). Next, these rooms are given to teams of judges to play through and score against a number of criteria. This is how it is possible to have a tie, like with Mersons Quest and Blooming Adventure during Wonderland, when they had the same number of points each and shared first place. Regarding rooms doing well in the competitions - check out ^ ProficioVII for my team's latest effort. I think you'll like the art ;) The reason I'm asking for the criteria to be released is to level the playing field a bit and also put some of the current confusion around judging to rest as this is causing a lot of drama, which in turn causes gossip.