Secret Criteria, Revealed!
Rank (3 criteria) - There are 3 different criteria in which your essay will be directly ranked against the other two challengers' essays. These categories are subjective. In the event of a tie, both tied players will earn the higher score.
The 3 ranked words were:
The,
Challenge, and
Seven/7. Each essay was scored on how many times each word was mentioned in the essay itself. For Seven/7, either the word or the number counted.
Topics (4 criteria) - There are 4 topics that I have selected that each have certain specifics that may appear in your essay. Each topic has 3 potential specifics, with more difficult/obscure specifics being worth more points.
Names: Your own flavour name 1, team name 2, other character 3)
Lore: Queen Athena (1), the in-universe prizes (2), anything specific in the history compendium or flavour of a challenge (3)
Challenges: Single challenge (1), Favourite challenge (2), At least 3 separate challenges (3)
Teammates: Teammate by name (1), praising team's work in a team challenge (2), complaining about a teammate's work in a team challenge (3)
For each instance, only the highest point value was rewarded. So, for example, so long as you mentioned at least 3 different challenges, you would earn 3 points, even if you didn't mention which one was your favourite.
As Skyleaf did not submit an entry, only Vracken and Jabberwock's essays were judged. Here's how their points broken down: