| As of now, I am implementing a [public] system for grading roleplays. I normally would just think of these things within my own mind, but since I get a lot of questions about some of my choices for winners, I will base each of the roleplaying on the five following categories: In this category, I'm looking at how much information was covered, character development, continuity of storyline, and match focus. By information being covered, I'm referring to the overall development of the story; straying too far off the original point of the RP, however, will probably hurt the score of the roleplay. When we say character development, I'm referring to any growth and change the character will certainly go through as time passes. Continuity of storyline refers to any current storyline and/or angle one has going on, and match focus refers to the attention one will make upon their upcoming match (if applicable). The length of a roleplay is also factored into this grade. If I think that an RP was cut [too] short and/or ended abruptly, or the RP was too long and felt drawn out, then it may be negatively affected. A good RP doesn't have a set length...what it should have is a good flow and the ability to keep the reader(s) interested. I tend to look at roleplays, and their length, like they are chapters in books...some chapters are longer than others, but all that matters is the quality of the story. It's always quality over quantity, remember that. In this category, I'll look at how accurate information given in a roleplay is, along with how well one is able to get their point across. All grading and scoring is subjective to the critic, however, this may be the most subjective of all categories. In this category, all that is being looked at is the enjoyment the reader (which for judging purposes is me) got out of the roleplay. Entertainment could come from a multitude of ways: a roleplay could be hilarious, thought-provoking, touching, scary, action-packed...there's many genres of writing, and a writer has his pick of it. The score to this category just tells how much entertainment the reader got out of the roleplay. In this category, I'm looking for, well...creativity and originality in a roleplay. Scenes and stories that have been done to death (whether it is an 'e-fed cliché' or the only type of roleplay a writer does) will bring this portion of the scoring down. Scenes and stories that are at least somewhat new and refreshing could help with scoring well in this category. To score well in this category, one would have to try and be creative, but realistic at the same time (although, if you can prove the surrealism, you don't have to be totally realistic...for example, one of the better roleplayers I know handles a character that is an elf; a tall elf, but an elf nevertheless. But he has such a great back-story, as well as convincing roleplays, and a unique way of presenting it that it works very well), and details can help too. Ah yes, the beloved spelling and grammar category. A missed period or comma here, and a typo there, won't seriously damper the score to this category, but the more spelling and grammar related problems seen will definitely hurt. If I'm reading an RP, and I feel like ripping my eyeballs out because the text on the screen is written so poorly, one could be damn sure that I will score that roleplay poorly in this category. One thing we have to remember is that a roleplay IS a WRITTEN piece of work. Now, for those wrestling fans that want to get a little creative and make up their own wrestler, spelling and grammar is not that important to them. And the PCW will not bad mouth these individuals. But one has to understand that one is posting things that people have to read. To score decently in this category, all one would probably need is a passing of an 8th grade English class. A roleplayer doesn't need to be a literary genius. But roleplays are pieces of work that are going to be judged. And I have no choice but to judge. Each category is graded on a 10 point scale. The maximum points per roleplay is 50. Also, although you'll get a score for each roleplay you produce, only your highest scoring roleplay (for the event in which you wrote it for) will determine a winner in your match. Lastly, to help encourage handlers to RP, if you roleplay before your opponent(s), you or your team will receive a .5 incentive bonus. But be warned, sandbagging two hours before the deadline will result in you losing .5. Furthermore, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. |
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That's a good question. It could happen that the person would lose, but I seriously doubt it. It all depends on the two compared with the one. In the case of that, the one RP will be challenged by the person's best RP. And if it's equal, the second roleplay would probably put them over. Thanks for the question. If anyone else has any questions, please ask. Hmm. Good question. I have been examining the rules as of late, and that is one of the rules that has had me thinking. Though you shouldn't base your whole RP on what your opponent says, I know that they RPing can give you inspiration to RP yourself. So, here's what I will do. Starting at Trauma [32], whoever RPs first [between the combatants of the match] will get a bonus of .5 points on your overall RP grade. So, for example, say Wrestler A is facing Wrestler B. If Wrestler B is the first to get an RP out of the two, then Wrestler B will get .5 points when deciding a winner. Another example would be tag team and multiple person matches [triple threats, four ways, etc]. The rule is still the same, where the first person to RP will be the one getting .5 points on their grade. This, I hope, gives you the incentive to RP sooner. I read or glance through all the RPs once they are posted, but, for grading sake, I go and re-read them following the deadline. As I am reading them this time around, I will jot down the grades for each. I will then either send them out before the results are up or after the results are up...depending on my mood, but most of the time [as it has been shown] it's been after. I appreciate the question, and if there are any more, please send them my way. The first number, would be your combined score from all the categories. The second number, along with the "ppc" letters would represent how many points per category you scored. So if you would see: "Example 1" by Wrestler A: 38. 7.6 ppc. The number underlined and in bold would represent your combined point total. The numbers and letters in italics would represent your average point per category. Thanks for your question. This isn't a question that I haven't heard before. But there's a reason I don't send the scores to each category. That reason being? Well, I'll tell ya: Ego. If I send in a grade, right, and say you got a 7 in originality. All that's going to do is make people come to me and question why they received this grade instead of receiving that grade. I don't need 15-20 people IMing or PMing me asking me the same question or belittling me opinion. Remember, these are my opinions and my opinions alone at what each grade a person gets. My opinion may be different from another's...as is evident when I grade RPs better than what a person believed they would get or grade RPs lower than what a person may believe they got. To save myself from getting agitated to the point where I don't wanna manage the PCW or to save myself from having e-fedders angered at the grade they may have received in this category or that, I give out the entire grade rather than individual category grades. I know not ALL people would get angered or question my opinion and would actually use the grades to improve, but I just can't take that risk. I'm still trying to keep myself happy as well as trying to keep everyone else happy. Hope that answers the question. All grades will be given following the results. Also, only way to receive your grade is to ask for them, either on the OOC Board, PM, and/or IM. You also only have a week to ask for your grades, for all grades get overwritten following the new grades. |