Judge Class 2025 - RPLOG

Participants

• Greyson
• Junes
• Kaguya
• Kira
• Kuricha
• Mal
• Rosemint
• Syntax

Date

18/5/2025

Log

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "HELLOOO! And welcome to the first recorded judge class since 2016! This is entirely OOC and non-canon, but I will be handing out cookies and shit once we're done."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "While this is non-canon and technically OOC, we're using the IC chats so that the logger can pick things up. HI FUTURE PEOPLE ON THE WIKI!"

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "You are welcome to ask questions ICly, but know you are a dork and you will be judged. <3"

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "BUT I ask that you don't flood chat with nonsense or unrelated stuff. People are going to be reading this for later usage, after all. Any questions before we get started?"

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Excellent! Let's begin then."

(Junes) Junes decided to raise a hand and a few fluffy tails "can we ask questions in the middle or wait till after your done talking?"

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "You can ask in the middle if it's important, but it's better to wait until I ask if people have questions."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Awesome timing by the way. XD"

(Junes) Junes snickers!

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Alright, first thing's first. What is a judge?...I'm writing the answer, don't go cutting me off now."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "People crave events and the staff recognizes that a static world in which nothing changes is prone to become stagnant as far as the RP community is concerned. If people's actions have no impact on the world or the world never changes, it can really drag things down. But staff have their own lives as well not to mention tasks they have to do for the game. That's where judges come in!"

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Judges are player volunteers who have been determined by staff to be trustworthy enough to run canon events for the community! That's right! Unlike other MMORPG's, it is entirely possible for the players to have an impact on the overall world's story! Wow!"

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "But that comes with a lot of responsibility. Judges aren't just running whatever they want. They are representatives of the game and its setting and are expected to not just run solid events and ensure everyone plays nice but also ensure their events respect the world they are running it in."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Think of yourself as a guest dungeon master in a D&D game you are temporarily taking over half way through the campaign. There are certain expectations that once the real DM comes back, things aren't totally haywire."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Anyone can request to be a judge, but you should only request to become one if you don't just want to run canon events but run them for other people. Running events isn't just for YOUR benefit. This is most definitely a public service and there will be times where judged events need to be run that might be entirely removed from whatever pet project you have cooking in your skull. Remember: You can always ASK a judge to host an event based on your idea. If you're only interested in becoming a judge so you can run events for yourself and your small group of friends? Probably don't."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Staff expects judges to be as inclusive as possible and we'd be a little miffed if you just became a judge so your private events could come with special rewards."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Any questions about what a judge is and when you should consider becoming one?"

(Greyson) Greyson raises a hand, "For those curious about becoming a judge, what would you recommend as practice or preparation beforehand? Aside from just reading up on commands or a few bits and pieces from logs like this one?"

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Do you mean in the lead up to your event?"

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Or in preparation to become a judge?"

(Greyson) Greyson shifts his hand in a so-so motion, "Lead up to your first event or before becoming one in the first place, yeah! Both of those work!"

(Junes) Junes raises a hand and offers "maybe like a practice run of your first judged event?"

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "To become a judge, you mainly need to show staff that you are a good RPer, a decent person, and have your heart int he right place. Becoming a judge, theoretically, is easy. That's actually one of the reasons why we have judge "levels"."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "I'll elaborate on levels after this round of questions."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "I can also go into more detail on how a judge prepares for events in the next section."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "What I will say is that judges don't need to be an expert on ALL of the game's lore. Knowing as much as possible is important, but what matters most is that you know everything you need to know specifically for the scene you want to run."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "So, for the purposes of just becoming a judge, the main prep work you should do if you ask me are two things. Make yourself known in the community and psudo-run a scene or two based around your character"

(Mal) Mal taps the microphone, before leaning in. "A good way to judge whether you, yourself, are ready to be a Judge is by participating in other Judges' events. It ties in with showing Staff that you are a good RPer, and decent person. Other Judged events, and even public RPs that aren't judged at all. I know there's a great Taco Tuesday just about every Tuesday in the Zephyr Lobby, for starters."

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Excellent point, actually! Yeah, actually ATTENDING events is also a great strategy to prepare!"

(Syntax) Syntax chitters "Just note that, just like RP styles, all judges have their own styles. The best example of this is actually the recent three out of bubble events that were run"