BATTLE JUDGES

[Odara]

Hello everyone! Chili here and I decided that I would post an open thread discussing battle judges. With a lot of conquests and fights in general going on recently it got me thinking about just who should judge fights and in MY personal opinion, I don't believe that staff should necessarily automatically be the ones to judge fights. When you have an occasion where staff are involved in said battles you get questions that arise where are the staff members going to be honest judging or biased due to characters? WELLLL.. I think I have a solution.

Back on one of my old rpg sites I was a part of there was a judging system where ALL members could sign up to judge battles. When there would be a specific battles that arise different members would be chosen to judge the fight, usually 2 judging the fighters and one person to tally points. There would be different questions that were asked of a particular character and how they dealt different attacks, resulting in how many points in each criteria. At the end they would tally up all the points and whoever had the most points would win the fight. The members who were judging would pm their forms to the person tallying and then the person tallying would post the results in the fight thread. I think that this is a really good idea for us to try on here especially considering the amount of staff that is involved in different conquests and battles. I think it would also be a great way to incorporate our new members. Get them involved and have them judge battles. If we create a form they can go off of that and score characters accordingly. Let me know what you guys think but I think this is a great idea and I hope we can try it out!

[Severus]

I really like this idea and I think it would work great with everything that is going on now.

[Odara]

I'm so glad you do and I think it's a really good way to get our new members involved into current site plots. If I can I can try to recreate the point system and I can also get a list set up of potential judges weeee super excited. 

[Erastor]

Point of order: I remember heading to a particular site which was holding an RPG fighting tournament (what drew me in at the time was that this tourney had cash prizes) in which I created characters for battle, designed some of the arenas, and judged some of the battles (none of mine, obviously). I say this in order to explain why I think this is a good idea.

Also, hi. I haven't gone. I just wanted work out of he way before I create my character.

[Messoria]

I personally like the idea as well ^.^

[Odara]

Hi Erastor and thank you so much for your response! I'm glad that you are interested in this kind of thing and I would personally love for you to sign up to be a judge if you would like to do so <3 Also thank you for the support Evie <3<3

Judging System:

Here is what we would have the character's list before their posts:

Character Name: Name here
Character Age: Age here
Character Gender: Gender here
Character Breed: Breed here
Character Height/Weight: Height and weight
Character Pack: Pack Name or Loner
Character's Health: 100% or whatever percent the character starts out at

At the end of each post they would then put this form:

Attacks 3/3:
Attack number One
Attack number two
attack number three

Dodges 3/3:
Dodge number One
Dodge number Two
Dodge number Three

Injuries:
Potential injury
Potential injury
Potential injury


The form can be modified as the terms can be determined between the individuals who are fighting. There can be 3 attacks 2 dodges, 5 attacks 3 dodges, really as many attacks and dodges as you would like but I would say the max out on attacks would be 6. Then there would be a different form for the Judges to fill out.

Judge Form example:

Quality over Quantity: Scored 1-5, judges can provide a brief description on why they chose their score. 1 would be horrendous, 5 would be phenomenal.
No god modeling or powerplaying: Scored 1-5
Realism of attacks: Scored 1-5
Attacks compared to oponent: Scored 1-5
Completion of form: Scored 1-5
Spelling and grammar: Scored 1-5
Total Points: Tally up the totals and usually a brief description could be provided and certain categories to explain why that judge picked that number in that category.


ALSO just as a general note the combat mediation can also be used in accordance with the judging forms

[Deleted]

There are combat mediation rules in place already that have never been used:  Click here.  These rules take into account the character's size relative to their opponent and other factors.  I like the idea of impartial judges, but I'm unclear about how two rounds of scoring would work out (with the judging form plus the rules already in place).  Here's a portion of the combat mediation:

How combat is judged

Combat must be one-on-one, and lasts for a maximum of 3 turns each (6 posts in total), starting with the challenging wolf (unless otherwise agreed upon). This can be shortened to 2 turns each when necessary, but if the participants desire additional turns then it must be approved by the mediating judge, as it increases the workload for judging.

Each post is graded from 0-10 in three categories: coherence, guard, and power play (for a total of 30 marks per post). ’Coherence’ judges the clarity and fluency of how you describe your wolf’s tactics – the strategy must be logical and make sense in your mind’s eye. Convoluted stratagems will make it harder for the judge to understand what your wolf is trying to do, whilst over-simplified approaches might not make any sense, either. Ensure that you reach a good balance. ’Guard’ judges your wolf’s defense, and the attention to detail you make in specifying HOW your wolf is defending themselves and thus not exposing the vital parts of their body. Neglect to mention these details by depending too heavily on offensive tactics and you will score very poorly. Judging ’Power play’ ensures that you are not attempting to control the other wolf in any way, whether by making immediate contact or simply making an assumption about the other wolf’s whereabouts and intended tactics. It also includes your wolf inexplicably dodging every attack the other character makes. A successful combat tactic is always about compromising and minimising damage, by judiciously allowing your wolf to sustain some degree of harm. You will not be penalized marks for receiving any damage - it only determines the location of the injuries sustained when the victor is decided. Once the combat is finished, and each wolf has made 3 posts (for a potential maximum of 90 points), a final mark out of 10 is given for ‘Originality’ – this judges your wolf’s overall style and outstanding tactics throughout the entire fight. How you receive points in originality is up to you – you could incorporate humour, monologue/dialogue, astonishing battle tactics or unique use of the environment. It’s entirely about creative freedom. Each participant can achieve a cumulative maximum of 100 points from 3 rounds of combat.