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From the looks of it, we probably won't need a third judge due to the similar votes on the fights.

You're implying I never saw them.

I had only two issues.

Zantara took two points from me for misunderstanding that " Light blade " means light weight. Two points, not one.
And the little mixup with right hands versus left hands. That raised issues because he didnt see that, or I didn't mention it. So, for everyone here, Marx is left handed, sword held in his left hand.

But, I still won in both cases, so it's not that big a deal. I'm ******** psyched that on my first try, I'm getting into the semi's.

It's an accomplishment considering you're the only non veteran to this scene still here right now. But, you came from a good roleplaying battle background over from the rp guild, so that helped you. I wished more of you had joined. Great rpers there.

And that brings up the whole issue with the rubric I've been talking about for over two years now.

But really, the main thing I've noticed in judging, and not just the GTB, is that the judging conflicting.

It may not be in character for a character to fight or take the optimal attack, but playing your character stupidity is almost never reflected positively in any RP category. All it nets you is a lower score in whatever tactics/logic category there is because your only answer is, "Well, because that's what my character would do...That's what they know how to do."

And I still don't have the slightest clue on how the RP category is graded. It's really frustrating to get nothing but praise for how I portray my character and to never get a 3. Seriously, what's the point of me even being somewhat consistent with how she reacts to situations instead of just masterfully doing everything, despite her not being a trained fighter.



It's very frustrating when I get comments like that, about how good of a job I did, and a score that doesn't reflect it. On top of that, I'm not told what is being looked for to get that perfect score. Though, I have a bunch it's not consistent to begin with.

I mean, it's nice that the judge took his time to go through and nitpick the not-so-important stuff in each paragraph of each post, but it offers very little information in regards as to why he gave the numbers he did.

In the future I think it'd be much better to organize your comments by judging category and explain your decision in points. It'd be much more helpful to say, "You did this very well, but here's exactly why you got a 1 instead of a 2."

Thats funny.

This is how I felt about our round at HoH.

But we're not on the same page when it comes to that, are we?

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You guys must be reading different stuff, because my explanations supply me with their reasoning.

Vin noted that Marx is one snide ********, which makes it difficult to tell the difference between the narrative and the actual character himself. My style of Roleplay involves making the narrative itself part of the character. Changes on vocabulary, syntax, and the flow differ between the characters based on their personalities.
This makes it difficult for them to judge it in this context, and as a result, the points suffer.

I won't change my style just to suit points gaining, but hell, this is the second round that Zantara has given me a one for Roleplay, and the first that Vin has.

That's funny, because if Sassin had not fallen, I was thinking of having Marx kick water onto her fur, and use the momentary cat- freakout to get in a blow or two.