Originally Posted by
Ran Iji
After reading the rubric, out of the 100 point scale only Pacing and Action have anything to do with the actual combat, which puts it around 30 points total. It is of my personal opinion, that speech should take a backseat in the tournament and be removed from the equation. Factor their chatting into Story telling, at best. I don't see why it should remotely be 10% of their total score. I'd switch the free floating 5 points over to Action, increasing it to 20 points, or 1/5th of the total rubric, and then the remaining 5 points over to pacing, increasing it to 20. Between the two, now you have 40 of your points all in how you go about 'business' in character.
I don't recall Time being part of the rubric. Personally, I'd be anal about it and make it a percentage of their total grade. This means even the best would get hit -hard- by losing points due to timeliness. Five points [assuming it'd be around that range] is nothing to a great writer/fighter, but if you make it a building percentage of their total score....
Also, to keep Cliff notes...
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