But we were idiots. We didn't really know a thing. We didn't really know the true nature of our existence. At least, not until we started thinking for ourselves. It all started when that damn prophet came to us. Called himself The Arbiter, and promised us a chance at redemption, ascension, and rebirth...whatever that meant. He promised us a mighty kingdom from beyond the Monument of God---look I'm just reading it as I remember it. I know it's cheesy as hell. Anyways, like any happy ending, one had to earn it and we were all tasked to do one simple thing.
"A Tournament."
Upon hearing those words, the Monument shook and bathed us with a cold green light. And in that moment we felt different; like we could rule the world anytime we wanted. We were the Chosen: The sacrifice necessary to Save Our World, he said. The Monument had given us so much and now it was asking for something in return. Our souls. The madman wanted us to slay each other for his benefit.
"And why should we do anything you say?!" one of them protested.
The Arbiter frowned. He wasn't used to such pointless exposition from a nobody in the crowd.
"Because if you don't play my game...you won't be bestowed my most benevolent of blessings."
He paused. Dramatic effect was his all-time specialty after all.
"10/10."
Rate the User 2014
War of the Users
War of the Users
Dramatic Backstory
60 years ago, before The Monolith came to be, the structure known as The Monument (of God) fell from the heavens to bring judgement to Stickpage. A mysterious being known only as the Arbiter accompanied this Monument and granted a bunch of Users with extraordinary powers, tasking them to fight to the death all for the glory of Ascension. Armed with a bunch of mysterious abilities and a killing instinct, the denizens of Stickpage are forced to comply with the voices in their heads: To become Number 1."
Hold Your Applause
Well this is it, the thread people have been waiting for. Let's get to it. Let's kill these motherfuckers!
I mean Rate them. Hell, let's do both.
To the uninitiated, Rate the User was a glorious event last year (check my sig) where people from all over attempt to put a price on our fellow member's heads by assigning them a numerical value of 0 to 10 and saying just a few words about them. It was a fun event with writeups and feels to be had. The same thing is going to happen this year, but with more explosions and drama! EXPLODE!!! Ahem.
Wait, KILL them? How will you get your Chosen?
Basically, I and someone plan to write an excuse-plot that pretty much serves as ridiculously unrelated backstory to my Monolith-universe RP (on another thread). You don't need to read THAT to understand the plot of this one (what plot lol) and vice-versa. I just love to be damn consistent with my canon. But I alone can't write this story because this is RATE the User of course. You'll be the ones to help me decide who dies and who stays!
You the people shall nominate (via posting in this thread) up to 10 users that I may use as fodder---ahem---people to rate aheheh. You can nominate anyone really as long as they fulfill the following criteria:
a) Majority of the forum knows who the User is and recognize him/her as an active poster for the past year (on or off like Firefly and Cruel are fine).
b) If new, the User has to have been here at least a month enough to be known.
c) The User must've been active Forum-wise, and isn't banned.
I'll allow exceptions to the above, only if the User has been nominated at least 5 times. These are people who frequent the IRC more, only post in certain sections, and quite frankly are just shy lurkers. The only exception I won't allow is the provision for Banned users. They're out no matter what. And please, don't rally on some nobody or an obscure user if you really think the whole forum isn't going to rate that guy anyways. Wasting my time, and I shall filter them personally.
Did you just say "Tournament"? How will these fights work?
Well technically The Arbiter said that but okay. Amongst all the nominations, I shall be picking up to 50 Users based on who was nominated the most. If it doesn't reach that number then so be it. I will then proceed to update this thread with a Tournament Bracket and every week we shall have a matchup. In these matchup weeks, for example:
Jombo vs Cronos
You guys, the users, will "vote" by Rating these users on a scale of 1 to 10 and making writeups for them. And if you want, you can even write why you think X is better than Y. By the end of the "voting period", I shall count the ratings and the higher one gets to win in the story. You know, like that shitty Rock Hard Gladiators mechanic. But this time, more fun!
I'm sure you can draw the logical conclusion here: the further up the bracket you go, the more chance you have of people circlejerking to you with ratings and writeups galore! And really, once you run out of things to say about one user, you're bound to bash the other or make stupid statements which is in the spirit of this tournament, is what it's all about! Once you're dead, all the most memorable writeups will be saved for posterity in my first post. Yay death is awesome.
But wait, there's more!
And once all THAT's done, you guys will be in for a treat because I will also do my own Top-Whatever that may or may not include people from your list! I might also do that alternate interpretation "What if the User was in a bar" kind of schtick or whatever I can think of. I've honestly not decided yet so let's just wait till then. We got alot of shit ahead of us.
Battle Mechanics
The story is just flavor for what is essentially a Popularity Contest. Every week, there shall be a matchup decided based on which users got seeded in the Nomination period. For that period, you must choose between only those users and judge them accordingly. Your "attacks" can vary in different ways. Among which are:
How to Vote (Click to Show)
I'm sure you can now see the implications of this, as I mentioned: The further in you go, the greater chance your current rating can shift between good or bad. And if you can't cope with the popularity power, you will be trounced. For the raters, you also have to think about whether or not you want to save that Notable Writeup early on or much later when the competition is more fierce. Choose wisely because once a user has been eliminated, I will no longer entertain writeups from anyone. Even if it's awesome.
Rules on Rating
- Try to be realistic and unbiased. Rate the Users in reference to other Users. Means you should give someone a 7 not because he's a 7 for all of SP, but only in comparison to his opponent.
- Don't just give 10 to everything you love and 1 to everything you hate. This is to ultimately tally and simulate how much worth a User has in restrospect by assigning a value to them. You know, for fun.
- This is Rate the User 2014 Try and make your judgements based on recent appearances.
- No Ratings over 10 or under 1. Even 0s are unacceptable.
- REAL Numbers only pls. No Awesome/10. No decimals and fractions. No negatives. Ratings made this way will be rounded down or disregarded even if it has a writeup.
- Don't Rate/Diss/Praise the Ratings! Everyone has a right to an opinion.
- In the event of a tie, we will go into Sudden Death. I'll explain how it goes when and if it happens.
Sample Matchup
Cronos vs Smile
a) Nish posts "#Smile 6/10. I don't really know Smile that much. But he's nice so far and I see him often on the Chat thread."
b) Jutsu posts "#Cronos 7/10. Cronos is awesome. He...
c) GuardianTempest posts "#Smile sucks balls. 4/10 He's always rude, and never lets up on how horny he is.
d) Raptor posts "#Smile 9/10 and #Cronos 6/10. I would say that Smile's hips are wider so truly, he gets to wear the pants in the family... Cronos is all mashed potatoes though. I mean have you seen him shirtless? Ew..."
e) Pox posts "#Smile. He's cool 8/10"
Here's what happens:
a) This was a bit overused last year. "I don't really know him" is stupid. If you don't know the guy, then don't rate him. If you do, then don't say you don't know him and just try to say something else. For this, Nish's post is worth the normal 6 points. It's a pitiful writeup, but it's still a writeup.
b) If Jutsu can fully say stuff he really thinks why the user is a 7/10 then Cronos' attack power will be a full 7 based on this post AND an additional 5 pts to boot.
c) It is the same as Cronos, but then opinion is negative. Still, it is meaningful so Smile gets the full 4 Attack Points AND the additional 5 pts.
d) RATING TWO USERS AT ONCE IS ALLOWED. In this case, Smile gets 9 Pts and Cronos gets 6 as it's a normal writeup.
e) This counts as a Simple Rating because the blurb is hardly a writeup. At least Nish tried to give a damn. Smile gets 4 points.
So the Winner of this Battle is calculated by determining the Total Attack Power accumulated:
Smile gets 6 + 4+5 + 9 + 4 = 28 <--- Smile wins!
Cronos gets 7+5 + 6 = 18
Take note, it doesn't matter if all Cronos got were the best writeups. In the end, Smile was still more popular (or notorious as it were) so he still won in the end.
Final Average
The Final Average is a true number that determines the User's actual Strength. This is the score in determining the Top User and not the Attack Power. In addition to battling in this thread, the winners and losers' Final Average will be calculated and displayed on the Frontpage to serve as their permanent True Standing. The loser will have no chance to improve while the winner's Final Average can still change as it faces more and more opponents. Calculation is based on the actual rating the user got without all the bells and whistles. So:
Smile gets 6 + 4 + 9 / 3 = 6.33/10 --> His 8 score didn't count because it was a Simple Rating.
Cronos gets 7 + 6 / 2 = 6.5/10
In my Front Page, Cronos will rank at an absolute 6.5, while Smile will have the privilege of getting higher or lower. So if in the next rounds, he proves to be unpopular in comparison, he could end up with a lower True Ranking! The REAL winner of this tournament will be the one who manages to preserve the highest Final Average, not who the last man standing is.
Happy rating :D!
Chapter 1: Smile vs Zero, Hewitt vs PLasmagh0st, Jutsu vs Poppetje3d
Chapter 2: Nish vs Charry, Camila vs Mikematic, Devour vs Julermud