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Revert "moved from demo section to prize section"
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jonmarkgo committed Aug 19, 2012
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the reverse of their pass for large events, or a physical item for smaller ones)
in order to vote.

### Judge Selection

The judges for your hackathon should reflect the nature of your event.
For standard hackathons, judges should be primarily technical or knowledgable in the relevant thematic area (eg. musicians judging Music Hack Day).
Try to avoid having businesspeople (VCs, non-technical founders, journalists, etc.) judge technical events, as it encourages hackers to build prototype businesses, not interesting hacks.
It should be possible to win a hackathon based purely on technical merit, even if the hack is completely impractical.

### Judge previews _Optional_

If possible, let the judges meet all the teams for a few minutes, a couple of
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wish to pursue further development of a hack they should speak to the winning
team separately.

### Judge selection

The judges for your hackathon should reflect the nature of your event.
For standard hackathons, judges should be primarily technical or knowledgable in the relevant thematic area (eg. musicians judging Music Hack Day).
Try to avoid having businesspeople (VCs, non-technical founders, journalists, etc.) judge technical events, as it encourages hackers to build prototype businesses, not interesting hacks.
It should be possible to win a hackathon based purely on technical merit, even if the hack is completely impractical.

## Atmosphere and attitudes

### Don't make people feel unwelcome
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