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mandatory damage for the 18

A modification to the scoring criteria currently being voted on by the ABC whereby damage becomes mandatory for a judge to award a score of 18, with one of the two required Ds necessarily being damage.

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« damage will be mandatory to give an 18. The 3D rule we told you about earlier, damage will be required. You will still need two but with damage included. »

Alex (animateur) · at 58:22
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