Okay….. wow a lot of you have some very good points.

Some of my pet peeves are easy.

When a place has a rubric. I get it, you want to know how you scored. You want to know where to improv. However like Bobby said, when that happens everything begins to blend and look the same. You wouldn’t have Demos, Corey, Thad, Alias or anyone else you think is worth a damn if they were writing towards a grading scale. Would all of them be doing well still? Of course however maybe you don’t get the transition from Charlie to Demos because it doesn’t score well. Go to any fed around with a public rubric l, and you’ll see 90% of the RPs are exactly the same with characters swapped out and insults flipped.

If you want to know what the judges like, do what I use. Read the RP’s for RP’s of the month. What do they all have in common? What sets them apart? Same thing with star of the month. The judges clearly liked their work all month, go back and read what they did. You’ll see that while there isn’t a rubric used every time they all have a similar thing in common…. creativity.

Another peeve of mine is match writers who don’t understand the characters involved in the match. It doesn’t happen often here because the writers take the time to reach out and ask if they have a question. But I have also seen that Yes Shawn is a heel, however he’s not going to be on his knees begging for you not to hit him and then go for a low blow. If they knew the character and read up a bit, they would know ‘ok he wouldn’t beg, but he’s def going for that low blow.’

And mine final pet peeve.

Like when I lose….. what’s up with that?
I’m the bestest ever! I should never lose!

Also Love you Theo. Thanks for all you do.
You’re okay Vin.