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Post by Alex Richards on May 11, 2016 23:31:11 GMT -6
What do you gentlemen look for when judging roleplays?
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Post by Spencer Adams on May 11, 2016 23:42:12 GMT -6
I think it's a number of things and will vary between the 3 of us. We came from the dub, so the same wacky style is welcome for sure. Feedback will be given back on rps upon request.
I think there are a lot of rp factors. (creativity, amount of grip and weight, match relevance, etc.) Will be able to tell more as the examples (roleplays) drop next week by saying what we like and what could maybe be improved upon in our eyes. We've come to love you all for what you brought to the table. Do you and we will do our best to give the pointers that we believe will get you all to be even better.
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Post by John Gable on May 11, 2016 23:43:26 GMT -6
As three distinctly different judges, we will have our own way of seeing what is a good RP. I can tell you right off the bat that we are looking forward to the mixture of Character development and shooting. The important thing is creating and understanding the world this is in. It is hard to establish details on our preferences as those, even to ourselves, are hard to pin down. What we plan to do is after every week, us three judges will post in the feedback board going over every RP, not in tedious detail but going over explaining what worked and what might need improvement. In doing so, we hope to give people an encouraging idea of where they stand and what possible direction to lean in (though hopefully not influencing the character too much to be altered in personality, as these are your own personal beings). We just hope to help you understand us. As we feel in the past, such things as these were unclear and unpredictable, we hope to give you a rock to stand on.
Simple things are apparent, like Spelling and grammar will have an effect, uniqueness, variety, etc. Overall though, we just ask you to deliver the best possible work you can and hope not to force you in a direction you don't feel comfortable in. I hope that helps!
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Post by Spencer Adams on May 11, 2016 23:45:14 GMT -6
Another thing that was asked was questions about shooting. There are multiple ways to approach this. Some people worry and say "I don't really do the tear down/roasting type shoots" and that's fine. The goal with those for anyone wondering, at least to me, is to pull us in. Relevance is as important as traditional shoot promos. Do what fits you, but I personally will be looking for that relevance to our IC world in UCI.
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Post by Alex Richards on May 11, 2016 23:48:09 GMT -6
thanks for the information guys
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Post by occulo on May 12, 2016 0:14:53 GMT -6
This is good to hear. Means I can carry my story on without worrying  |
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Post by "Mr. God" Benjamin Atreyu on May 12, 2016 0:23:32 GMT -6
What they said, yo.
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Post by Jayson Price on May 12, 2016 7:41:46 GMT -6
Should I still make the checks out to "Cash"?
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Post by Gravedigger on May 12, 2016 7:56:00 GMT -6
Should I still make the checks out to "Cash"? No, Dale is using the character Wentworth Updegraff Jr. So make them out to Updegraff. |
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Post by John Gable on May 12, 2016 9:14:38 GMT -6
Should I still make the checks out to "Cash"? No, Dale is using the character Wentworth Updegraff Jr. So make them out to Updegraff. Boooooooooo! *Bans Digger fureva!* |
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Post by Jayson Price on May 12, 2016 11:40:24 GMT -6
Well 3 owners = 3 checks. So no booing needed.
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Post by The Polar Phantasm on May 13, 2016 12:31:41 GMT -6
At least creativity is appreciated.
Seriously, if this was another 'fed where people are rewarded for writing the blandest shit-talk promos ever I would kill myself.
I think most of the reason I had so much trouble getting caught up in WCF was that shoot promos give me headaches. Seriously, if you're going to shoot on someone, keep it short. Spending 5000 words telling people they suck at wrestling and you're good at it is a waste of everyone's time. Write some fucking scenery or something, please. If you sound like a HHH promo circa 1999 I will probably never read your shit again; drugs are expensive, and I shouldn't need them to read promos.
-B.
P.S. My bad if I sound angry here; I just really hate shoot promos. They're almost always the worst. Coming up with funny nicknames for your opponents should be like, .5% of a promo and not the point of it. Trust the fuckhead; I've seen a lot of shoot promos in my day. They're like the Black Eyed Peas of roleplay writing; not very creative, no redeeming value and practically unavoidable.
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Post by Spencer Adams on May 13, 2016 12:42:01 GMT -6
At least creativity is appreciated. Seriously, if this was another 'fed where people are rewarded for writing the blandest shit-talk promos ever I would kill myself. I think most of the reason I had so much trouble getting caught up in WCF was that shoot promos give me headaches. Seriously, if you're going to shoot on someone, keep it short. Spending 5000 words telling people they suck at wrestling and you're good at it is a waste of everyone's time. Write some fucking scenery or something, please. If you sound like a HHH promo circa 1999 I will probably never read your shit again; drugs are expensive, and I shouldn't need them to read promos. -B. There are different ways to do it with setting some scenery if it feels better to write for you. One way is to set a scene that takes a jab at a character and comes off as a bit clever rather than just straight up direct. Rather than paragraphs of shoot at a time, you could maybe look to break it up into a conversation between two people that keeps focus on the opponent, but more in a conversation or more realistic setting than just cutting the shoot. In general, I don't think you need multiple thousands of words worth of shoot to succeed, just find ways to mix the stories you want to tell with what you're doing that particular week in the world of UCI. I could definitely see the seeds of this in your last promo. You're gonna do just fine, man. |
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Post by The Polar Phantasm on May 13, 2016 12:58:29 GMT -6
At least creativity is appreciated. Seriously, if this was another 'fed where people are rewarded for writing the blandest shit-talk promos ever I would kill myself. I think most of the reason I had so much trouble getting caught up in WCF was that shoot promos give me headaches. Seriously, if you're going to shoot on someone, keep it short. Spending 5000 words telling people they suck at wrestling and you're good at it is a waste of everyone's time. Write some fucking scenery or something, please. If you sound like a HHH promo circa 1999 I will probably never read your shit again; drugs are expensive, and I shouldn't need them to read promos. -B. There are different ways to do it with setting some scenery if it feels better to write for you. One way is to set a scene that takes a jab at a character and comes off as a bit clever rather than just straight up direct. Rather than paragraphs of shoot at a time, you could maybe look to break it up into a conversation between two people that keeps focus on the opponent, but more in a conversation or more realistic setting than just cutting the shoot. In general, I don't think you need multiple thousands of words worth of shoot to succeed, just find ways to mix the stories you want to tell with what you're doing that particular week in the world of UCI. I could definitely see the seeds of this in your last promo. You're gonna do just fine, man. I try to keep things relevant to the state of the company, what I'm booked to do, etc. I just felt a lot of pressure in the Dub to be like everybody else; spitting paragraphs of venom at people, yawn. I feel sorry for people who write shoot promos, like nobody ever told them they could do whatever they wanted. You know? Like, hey man- this is a medium where pretty much anything you can imagine is ok, and- oh, you're desperately trying to win a fake belt so you have to write six pages of bullshit. Nevermind, go for it. I'm just worried that this'll be the case again, because e-feds always seem to lean that way. I have faith in y'all, for sure. -B. |
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Post by Lyndon "Big" Diehl on May 13, 2016 13:04:36 GMT -6
There are different ways to do it with setting some scenery if it feels better to write for you. One way is to set a scene that takes a jab at a character and comes off as a bit clever rather than just straight up direct. Rather than paragraphs of shoot at a time, you could maybe look to break it up into a conversation between two people that keeps focus on the opponent, but more in a conversation or more realistic setting than just cutting the shoot. In general, I don't think you need multiple thousands of words worth of shoot to succeed, just find ways to mix the stories you want to tell with what you're doing that particular week in the world of UCI. I could definitely see the seeds of this in your last promo. You're gonna do just fine, man. I try to keep things relevant to the state of the company, what I'm booked to do, etc. I just felt a lot of pressure in the Dub to be like everybody else; spitting paragraphs of venom at people, yawn. I feel sorry for people who write shoot promos, like nobody ever told them they could do whatever they wanted. You know? Like, hey man- this is a medium where pretty much anything you can imagine is ok, and- oh, you're desperately trying to win a fake belt so you have to write six pages of bullshit. Nevermind, go for it. I'm just worried that this'll be the case again, because e-feds always seem to lean that way. I have faith in y'all, for sure. -B. I felt the same way about color coding. |
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