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"Perfect character" is pretty chincy, there's a broad spectrum available but we will expect people to adhere to certain ranges in a variety of categories.

They can read those simply structured posts and save themselves the trouble + better translate it to their team, or they can have their characters rejected 30 times and ultimately still not grasp how to translate their character properly even after they're accepted. [Ryugi: Bastards nerfed me into uselessness..! Even though.. I'm stronger than any other participant.. naahhgggg..]

It does nothing but benefit. If 3 of 30 people read it, I've made the process better for 3 people and therefore justified the effort put into it.

The only reason people see little need to heed such matters here is you put no stock into better defining what's kosher. You handle it long after the fact when it becomes a problem. So instead of people remembering what is right/wrong for GTB, they only know "I wonder what the ******** Vintrict's thinking now."

I'd actually dare you to ask several GTB veterans if they think they can design a character with a decent assortment of powers and get it into GTB on the first try with 100% certainty. Most, being honest, would probably tell you "I'm unsure." Because you don't clearly translate your intentions, your changes in what is acceptable, etc. year to year.

And that's aces, it's the draw to GTB IMO. "COME SEE WHAT THE MAGNIFICENT VINTRICT THINKS NEXT"

Now let's not get carried away!

Lying is a beautiful tool.

There's three judges. Aside from me, the other two are likely to change each year. Their views change. Mine may change simply because I can always improve my perspective on balance. I'm getting there, but I haven't yet. But the one view that comes with GTB is "it's a melee-orientated tournament where you will face people with powers and weapons. Sometimes supplementary. Other times, being the primary arsenal." I probably could add like this sentence or something similar and it'll say the same thing as "Street Fighter, King of Fighters, etc." No need for five thousand paragraphs.

Your method still doesn't work. No one is going to perfectly get in every single time. There's never a guarantee of it. With the other two judges, too, it further makes it nearly impossible. I rather there be revisions, anyway. I don't care much for the speed of grading as it is making sure nothing abusive gets into the tournament straight off the bat. All your method does is increase the reading length of people who are looking through the rules. The best strategy, actually, for entering in your ideal view of a profile grading system would be to make a profile or take one I already had, submit it, get all the judge opinions back, then fit it to what they said. Rinse, repeat.

There. You just wasted most of your time writing up that article. These 3 people who got in on the first try, I'm sure you're proud of them. But it didn't make the process significantly simpler for anyone. That's why idealistic views like that suck.

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Simple solution: DON'T BUY POT.

Right, or you can write 5,000 paragraphs in structured manner that's CTRL+F'able and really nail that s**t right in the butt.

I mean yes, there'll always be a massive gray area where you'll just have to wing it (judge and participant wise), but I shouldn't as a participant ever have to guess about basic principles. It should be somewhere, in writing. Or, if there's a potential issue with my profile, it should be zeroed in on during grading.

The only issue there at HoH is we had several different rotations of judges grading, so there was a distinct disconnect in standards between each rotation. Easily remedied going forward, I genuinely underestimated the chances of DIABLO MONK getting in with Fist of the North Star powers, but the fact remains a majority of what's kosher should be accessible by players at all times, not guessed at darkly.

You also have a tendency of making sweeping on what is acceptable mid-tournament. At least in the past.



Yeah huh! cool



Not "perfectly?" But I mean, after the (ironically) Ryugi-made "How to HoH" video, the slightly redefined codex, etc. -- the past year, most participants got in with very minor revisions needed. Oh of course, there were nightmare entries that just needed ******** axed, but the ratio of that to surprisingly easy to remedy profiles was surprising.

Comparing it to previous years of HoH (and having access to the records to look at that), I'd say it definitely yielded results.



Your badness is profound Mr. V.

Again, it's not just for the rare "I get in off the bat" entries, it's to help reduce the number of revision iterations needed, and to help the player better understand why they had their character altered. If we get someone in but they're grumbling going "why was I reduced to nothingness.. horrible tournament..." --- then we dropped the ball somewhere, or they're Ryugi and they're ******** insane, but come on. Not everyone's got the Ryugin Spirit.

So if no one reads it? Okay, I wasted like an hour. Sucks.

People do read it? Sweet, it can literally only benefit.

And this is just erroneous "how to" stuff, where you really drop the ball at GTB IMO is in your grading system. Again, it's not perfect at HoH, I'm going to take a crack at regulating it more next year. But, the grading here lacks proper review. Said review can be:

-Modular.
-Help participants better where they failed.
-Reduce complaining.
-n** conflict or confusion in the bud.
-Entertaining.
-Presenting a more unified vision of what you, Vintrackt, feel is appropriate.

...what you do here instead, is give a few numbers and then a short sentence or two at the end and that's all folks. Leaving you to (often out of context and in a disorganized way) argue out your viewpoints here until it makes your p***s angry and you have to bust out the ban button while chanting "MAKE YOUR OWN TOURNAMENT THEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, WERHHRHRG"


There's nothing idealistic about it. It's plain fact one's superior in quality and, at worst, will yield minor positives.

Also, ahwhawhawhaw. You got caught.

*ignores rules*

*submits profile*

There. I just destroyed your entire profile process. Have fun grading!

That's my point.

I already addressed that though. Again, if people don't check it, alright, at most I'm out of an hour of my time.

If two people do, I justified doing it, as that exponentially saved time regarding future round gradings, since they have a better knowledge of what's "right."

So unless you're like.. an immensely lazy Jew, there's really no drawback.