SmackDown: MadMike's Revenge!

In-Depth Judging Criteria

In this part, we'll go into detail about judging.

As previously stated, the criteria we are using is:

1. Prompt Adherence
2. Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation
3. Story Enjoyability

Each criterion will have a maximum of five (5) points, meaning the combined score will be out of fifteen (15).

1. Prompt Adherence:

5 points - All prompts were effectively used by the writer. Judges should give five points to stories where the prompts have become a seamless part of the narrative. Meaning no dialogue like: "Hey, Dad, let's play lunar golf! Alfalfa! Mmmm! My favourite!"—where the emboldened text is a prompted quote. Note: Comedies should be given some measure of leniency, as stupid comedy can still be funny, and wacky use of prompts can become how the story's world is.

4 points - All prompts were used by the writer, but not in a completely congruent manner in regards to the story.

3 points - Some prompts were used by the writer in a way that didn't feel totally genuine, and/or in rounds with three or more prompts, only two were used.

2 points - Most prompts used by the writer felt artificially inserted, and in rounds with three or more prompts, only two were used.

1 point - Only one prompt was used (in rounds with more than three prompts), and/or the prompts weren't effectively used by the writer at all.

0 points - The writer seems to have actively gone out of their way to defecate on the given prompts. Not just not using any of them, but outright peppering in a "Fuck you, MadMikeMarsbergen!" here and there in their story. The writer will promptly be banned from SmackDown: MadMike's Revenge and any future SmackDowns, and MadMikeMarsbergen will personally tattletale on them to Wattpad, and use his close ties to the worldwide writing community to make the writer's life a waking nightmare. He will also steal their pet and adopt it as his own, providing it with more love than the writer him-/her-/itself could ever dream of providing.

2. Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation

5 points - A perfect story, or one mistake shy of perfect. No matter the case, a 5 given in this category will shoot a spotlight into the night sky, alerting MadMikeMarsbergen.

4 points - Close to perfect—only a few mistakes.

3 points - More than a few mistakes but less than ten.

2 points - More than ten mistakes, and/or the same mistakes are made over and over.

1 point - The story is barely readable due to the gross amount of errors.

0 points - The writer either doesn't care, or doesn't know they're making these mistakes. Depending on which, they will either be advised to start giving a shit, or to hone their craft a little more and try again next SmackDown.

3. Story Enjoyability

Note: Judges will be shuffled each round, as this is a very subjective criterion and one judge may enjoy the same story/writer more or less than another judge.

5 points - Enthralling from beginning to end. One's attention never wavers. One wants more, more, MORE!

4 points - A great story. Almost kept the judge's eyes glued to the screen the whole time, but at one point their cat came flying past on a unicycle and they had to look.

3 points - A good story, but the cat jumped on the judge's lap and they started to pat it, taking their eyes off the screen because the story wasn't gripping them.

2 points - Not very good, but not a terrible story. Needs more action/comedy/heartbreak/*insert desire here* (except if it wouldn't make a lick of sense to have that, of course).

1 point - The judge almost fell asleep while reading the story.

0 points - The writer seems to have gone out of their way to make the shittiest story possible—or the judge is an idiot, or has a vendetta against the writer in question. No matter the case, if a 0 is given in this category, MadMikeMarsbergen himself will check the story. If the story truly blows more chunks than MadMikeMarsbergen into his toilet on curry night, the 0 will be permitted—otherwise, the judge will be banned from SmackDown: MadMike's Revenge, any and all future SmackDowns, and they will be stripped of any and all belongings, including (but not limited to): their wallet, their hair, their heart and soul, and their eyeball(s). The judge in question will forever live a life of shame, cast out of Wattpad society, doomed to walk the world alone, and they will almost certainly return in the next life as the anus of a person with irritable bowel syndrome.

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There we have it. Hopefully this leads to some damn fine scoring.

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