> "If you're interpreting the scores as "goodness" you're missing the point, yes." no, words have connotations, and "points" has a positive-esteem connotation.

> "If you're interpreting the scores as "goodness" you're missing the point, yes." no, words have connotations, and "points" has a positive-esteem connotation. change the word to something like "kills" and see how the connotation changes.