Question About Thread Judgement [Archive]

Fuzzball

08-02-14, 05:54 PM

I read that there are a few different types of judgements you can submit your thread for, and it seems that each one is simply about how much time it will take to judge, and the amount of people who will judge it. If you submit for a longer time judgement with more people, do you get more EXP an Gold? I guess I want to know what the benefits of submitting for each judgement is.

Quentin Boone

08-02-14, 06:16 PM

Unless you request a workshop, only one person will judge your thread: One of our assigned judges will read through your thread and then give you feedback, a score, and the EXP and GP rewards, depending on the type of judgement.

Full Rubric: You will be judged, and given feedback, on all 10 areas of the rubric. This gives the highest level of feedback and commentary so is best suited to help you grow as a writer.

Condensed Rubric: You will be judged, and given feedback, on the three categories of the rubric, plus the wildcard. This gives a nice overview of the thread for you and generalised areas of strengths and weaknesses.

Basic Judgement: You will be given feedback in the form of three strengths and three weaknesses for the thread. There is no published score for this type of judgement. This is useful if you want feedback but nothing too detailed.

No Judgement: You will simply receive the EXP and GP earned from the thread, without any feedback. This is a great way of getting your rewards very quickly.

Workshop: Rather than one of the judges giving you feedback, the Workshop option lets the entire community give you feedback. You are given rewards immediately (akin to a No Judgement) but the workshop is left open for 30 days so anyone can give you feedback. This is helpful if you want multiple opinions on a piece of your writing, and those who give feedback also get rewards.

For all the judgement types, the rewards you receive are based on the quality of your writing. Even for No Judgement requests, the thread is - at the very least - skim-read to determine what level of rewards should be given. The same goes for the immediate rewards you receive in a Workshop judgement.

In short: There are no bonuses for making our jobs easier. :)