Task 2 Results

[Burter]

TRUNKS:

I chose Team Rocket because I think the techniques and the Elementation(sp?) were interesting.

Though once again both teams sucked in that they took the "Chubbs Stats" a little too far. Just because we have high stats, and power ups doesn't mean your RPG has to have them too.

ANDROID 18:

I voted for Excesior, because it just was more interesting to me. Yes after reading further into TR's it was good, but Excesior's was more in-depth and told me what I wanted to know.

Yes and I am a major structure nazi, and I get more interested in reading something that varies in bold, underlines, and what not. I can't stand TR's structure, it made me skip some things but I forced myself to read it.

This is hard to judge, because I don't know exactly what I'm judging...if it whether I'd join or not? =/ Well to me Excesior did better, but TR did almost as good, they just lacked the information bit.

VEGETA JR:

Excelsior

KAMI:

I liked Excesior's better. So I voted for them. I enjoyed the content more which made me feel like I would want to join that RPG as opposed to TR. Just a personal bias really.

BURTER:

Excelsior
Pros: Current Saga(nice touch), Extra Stats, Power-Up System was awesome
Cons: Starting stats vary between class. It will automatically make people want a certain character, like Saiyans on Chubbs. Item: Blinding Sword- Bleh.

Team Rocket
Pros: Creative Storyline. NPC: The One- Sexy =D. Different Elmenations. Techniques well though-out
Cons: Storyline was written kinda brief and vague. Layout hard to read, all bold and italics. Techniques needed bold

I vote Rocket

REIJIN:

Well, the decision comes down to me then... The drama... The suspense... I can't let this go lightly then, can I? One wrong thought decides who the next staff member is...

Initial impression from glancing at both is that they both look good, however, once again Excelsior has presented better. Rocket has almost exactly what I like to see, but there is something about Excelsior's that I just cannot put into words in terms of effect. That said, let me get to reading the content.

My initial though on Excelsior is that this doesn't sound like the type of genre that I would love to roleplay, on mere taste issues. As this is a taste issue, I will do my best not to let it interefere, but I will take note of it. I do note minor inconsistencies in the terminology from Excelsior, as they go from calling "Ki" Life Force back to calling it "Ki" by the end of their stats system. The usage on bold and spaces in the starting stats area, though, seems wasted, as the way it's done causes the bold to fade away and not stand out in any way. The two best work together in contrast.

NPC's showed that Excelsior had not given a finished product by the due line. However, they did get a lot done, so this is not a fatal blow. NPCs though seem pretty decently thought out. Races are nothing special, but seem to fit more as "classes". Everything else was equally bland, where it was good material, but nothing that stood out.

As for Rocket's, the first impression to me is that of Star Ocean. Reading further into it, it seems very similar to Excelsiors, though also different. I like the way the stats were organized, along with the explaination on the money and skills system. Your NPCs are the brief bland information I really expected in general, so no surprises there. As for races, they seem a bit interesting to me, but so far, I see no reason at all to play as a human. The locations are very distinct and broadly defined, along with the items, which is good. I like the specification of the form of currency needed between the races different towns. Some of the items, however, seemed to have a description for what type of armor they were, without having the actual amount of boost on them. This seems unfinished.

Powerups seem pretty well organized, and while nothing special, don't stand out as a bad way. As for the Techniques, however, I had to sit a moment to figure out what some of these techniques you were referring to were. They were not listed on your own list, and seemed to be vague references from other places. Upon further reading of the way it was referred, I realized that you were referring to a DBZ technique, without even mentioning where it was from. This will lose your reader, as they may not have any interest in DBZ and may be wondering exactly what "Time Freeze" has to do with holding one's breath.

Reading through some of the background work, I see that Humans do indeed have their perks, but nothing I noticed myself. I would not have though about joining as a human. The other part that I do not understand is what "story" you took this from? It seems to be either a fan rpg like a "Dbz" or "Naruto" RPG, or something made off of someone's personal story. It seemed as if in order to prove himself from before, that Zarbon went out of his way to do nearly the entire thing himself as a way of making up for before, even seeming to ignore other suggestions. However, those suggestions may have been made late, but from what I see, the decision on what type to do was never made and noone knew what was going on for a while. It seemed that he made the decision based on his own personal storyline, which despite his intentions, made him look biased. I realize you worked hard, but you seemed set on doing nearly all the work yourself, and that doesn't give anyone else a reason as to why they are safe or not safe if it comes to firing them. WHat is a leader without his crew?

Excelsior's background work seems very good so far, with equal input from almost all parties. Bra seemed to do a very good job as leader, encouraging his team and being open minded but clear about his opinions. He was very open to changes in his ideas, and took them without fault. I think the internal work was much more organized.

Reading through the information I saw, I felt that I was more drawn to joining Rocket's RPG... but would rather work under Excelsior's workmanship. So if I was a member, I'd join Rocket, but to be staff, would be with Excelsior. So this leaves me equally tied as well...

But my final vote would be on...

Excelsior

Excelsior, because judging from the way they work together to get the job done, I would be assured that the RPG would have a longer happier existance than Rocket's, which seemed to be unstable and on the verge of an implosion from a staff disagreement. Part of the staff duty of working together would be getting along, and Rocket did not.