How To Be A Judge - RPLOG
From Flexible Survival
Participants
Date
29/9/2016
Log
Aaron walks out from behind the fountain, looking at the gathered class. "Everyone take a seat, there should be plenty of mats for all. And yes, this scene is OOCly IC. I'm not going to use the OOC command for literally every pose; trust me, I'll be doing plenty of typing as it is. Besides, the fact that you're here means you're working on self-improvement, and I have absolutely no problem with you being rewarded for that." Bringing an easel with her, she leaves it sitting for the moment with a large ream of paper, the front of which reads, "JUDGING 101: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Just F-ing Do It Already".
Aaron continues, "We're walking into this right away, folks. The pose you just saw was pre-typed before the class began, as is this one. This is a useful tool for anyone wanting to judge scenes; while you're not going to be able to go too far out (as player behavior will dictate much of what you do), having an introductory pose or two typed out in advance will help you set the scene without disruption. Now, a bit of background info: I expect this class to run for a little while. Feel free to ask questions, but please try to keep idle chatter to a minimum or in pages; I do have to work tonight, after all."
Aaron softly churrls, "Thus ends the pre-typed portion of our class tonight. Now, do we have any preliminary questions?"
Razana wanders over to make an attempt to push herself onto Lilac's lap, ten looks towards Aaron and shakes her head.
Aaron softly churrls, "I'll give people a minute to type."
Sroath i've got lots of questions, but i'm guessing most will end up being covered. so i'll wait until the end.
Aaron smiles. "Okay, great. Let's get started, then." Pulling aside the first sheet of paper, she reveals the next one: "STEP 1: BECOMING A JUDGE". Looking out to her audience, she inquires, "All right. How many people in this room are part of this class because they're not yet judges, but hope to be? Show of hands." That said, she waits patiently for any replies.
Sroath puts up a hand immediately.
Joannah takes a seat, relaxing in it, the feline taking a good look around the gathered masses and gives Ectios a small wave. "Well, I don't have any questions as of yet, but I've very much interested in hearing what you have to say on the subject. I had some thoughts about becoming a Judge in the past and with my own Manor now constructed, I have a bit more time on my hands so running a Judged scene seems to be interesting." Hearing the second part of Aaron's speech, she raises her hand as well.
Ectios lifts a long arm into the air.
Silver-fang alluringly purrs, "Maybe...... What's a Judge?"
Sroath blinks.
Arris raises a hand.
Aaron nods. "Well, since we have at least one person who says yes - and also for the sake of posterity, remember that this will be posted to the wiki for later reference - I'll cover the material." Turning to Silver-fang, she points at hir. "Good question. A judge is someone authorized by staff on a formal level to run canon scenes, given tools not accessible to the average player to do so, and potentially rewarded for the activity. It does NOT represent an obligation to run scenes. That said, it's a privilege, not a right, and judge status can be taken away if it's abused."
Aaron draws in a deep breath. "Now, brace yourself. Becoming a judge is suuuuuuuper-complicated." Words begin to appear on the paper as if by magic as she speaks! NANITES! "Step one, put in a +request stating that you want to be a judge (or speak to a handy wiz). Step two, wait. Step three, judge status!" Grinning a bit, she notes, "That's right! That's all it takes. If you're not horrible and you want to be a judge, it's pretty much a done deal. That's how I got MY judge status, some years back."
Ectios then lowers his hand before moving to stand next to his mistress. Though the setting would most likely not require him to fulfill any of his butler services.
Aaron softly churrls, "That said...Vath, does that about cover it? Anything else they need to know?"
Sroath darkly emanates, "what should such a request be filed under?"
Vath tips his hat in greeting as he appears near the podium, giving a bow in greeting before listing off a few things about judging. "First and formost? If you aren't certain it fits into cannon? Please contact a staffer, we are more then happy to help talk about the ideas, in fact I am almost exclusively just sitting around waiting for people to poke me about lore since it is my job." Giving a bit of a smile.
Lilac nods in agreement. "Angus is also another great contact to have. I've had a couple of my scenes vetted by him. I just gave him a rundown of my 'script' for the scene and he helped me tighten up the lore on some of the concepts I had written down."
Joannah nods her head. "And of course being a decent writer with a good grasp of the English language and having a fairly decent amount of RP experience would probably not a bad thing."
Aaron softly churrls, "Miranai/Miorna has also been a great help in that regard. Between the two of them, at least one is usually around."
Ectios retrieves a small notepad from an inside pocket of his tailcoat, and after a pen is removed from the binding he begins to scribble a few notes.
Joannah interjects, "And we have the new Lore staffer, Neant as well."
Aaron softly churrls, "Now, Vath. Specifically, is there anything else they need to know about how to become a judge? It's been some time since I became one, things might have changed."
Sroath softly churrs, "including which topic the request should be filed under?"
Aaron softly churrls, "I'd say the request should be filed under 'Judge'."
Sroath softly churrs, "... i've never noticed that option. my apologies."
Vath tries to think of a few things off the top of his head. "A good grasp of the lore is a great step in the right direction, Now to make it clear having the title of judge does not mean you have to churn out scenes by yourself all the time. Sometimes staff think up scenes that they themselves either don't have the time to do or have something preventing them from running them, and are more then happy to provide them to judges willing to give them a shot."
Aaron chuckles. "It's fine. Why would you? You've never been a judge before."
Joannah softly purrs, "And several Staff members have player alts that are Judges as well.""
Aaron nods. "That's true. Now then, so that the log doesn't get too scattered, I'm going to call for silence until Vath tells us he's done."
Vath steps down from the podium. "I don't really have anything else to add, I'll leave the floor to you Aaron."
Aaron nods. "Okay! So! Moving on. Different topics will be delineated by a three-line spoof, so brace yourselves for a little bit of spam."
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