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Welcome to RMT (Rate My Team) of the month. RMT of the month is a competition that is determined to find the best RMT on the forums. Each month, members will be able to enter their RMT and have it judged by a group of credible judges. The winner will have his RMT displayed in this thread for everyone to see. And if it’s REALLY good, the RMT may even find itself in the RMT Archive.
Rules:
1. Follow all PokeBeach rules
2. The RMT you submit to the competition MUST BE YOUR OWN CREATION. The judges and I will be checking thoroughly to make sure it is actually your own work.
3. Make sure the thread you are linking me to is the FINAL VERSION of the RMT. If it is a work in progress, it may not be submitted until it is at the final draft.
4. Your RMT must be a thread on PokeBeach.
5. For the first few rounds, you may enter any RMT from any time, but the point of this is to grow as a battler and writer. If you keep posting your work that you had already made a long time ago, it destroys the point. After a few rounds, you will be notified when you must use recently made RMTs.
6. Your RMT may be of any tier. Please use our Official PokeBeach Ban List for more information.
7. To sign up, simply PM me your entry and I will add it to the list of the current round's contestants.
Getting Started:
-If you are new to writing RMTs, here is a thread to help you get started. It has the basic, fundamental rules on how to write your RMT. You must follow all of these rules in order to have your RMT posted, let alone considered in the RMT competition.
RMT Rules and Guidelines
-If you are still unclear about how to go about starting your RMT, here are two very good examples:
dragonexpert’s Shrine of Immortality
TheDarkLucario’s Operation Desert Storm
-It is not recommended to use the same exact styles as the two examples. They are simply here to get you started. You should develop your own creative style that fit your team and personality.
Judges:
[smod]King Arceus[/smod]
[mod]bacon-boy[/mod]
[member]Hot N' Spicy[/member]
Criteria:
Teams will be graded out of a score of 50 points. The categories are:
Style (15 points)
The way that the format looks. If things are arranged in a sensible order. How good the style of writing is. If images are used sensibly. Correct spelling, grammar, and terminology. If it's interesting to read. If the writer appropriately distributes his level of detail (As in skipping over irrelevant/obvious details and explaining more important and less obvious details). Lack of repetition. Reasonably concise, no waffle.
Content (20 points)
Suitable introduction. Key details on Pokemon (Name, ability, EVs, move set, etc). Information on why each Pokemon and set was chosen, what it does, how it helps the team, etc. Discussion on how the team plays, including its strengths and weaknesses (marks here are rewarded for the discussion itself, not the team quality). Team building process is nice.
Effectiveness of team (15 points)
The ability to handle the majority of the meta game. Synergy between team members and effective use of sets. Demonstration of team's effectiveness (tournament wins, ladder ratings). Possible inclusion of threat list detailing how each Pokemon is handled. Creativity of the team, and whether it does something different that gives it an edge.
While this competition should not cause any arguments or disagreements, it should be very competitive. This whole experience should allow both the writers and readers to learn and grow. It should encourage everyone to work harder on their teams and, in the end, become more experienced and better battlers.
Have fun and good luck!
Round 3:
Deadline: January 31st, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST.
1) [member]Cinesra[/member] with DiscOUnt Pharmaceuticals [OU]
2) [smod]King Arceus[/smod] with Ubers Gym RMT
Winners:
[member]Peachy[/member] with Fighting of the Metagame won the November 2011 RMT of the Month!
[member]PDC[/member] with White America - UU Hail won the December 2011 RMT of the Month!
