OC Threads

Greetings space friends, Today you will proceed beyond a rubicon - for you have discovered my OC rating thread. Back from the depths of a now-deceased website, after countless hours of roleplay on many different characters and accounts, I am back 5 years later to tell you how shit both your OC and your waifu are. So how it works is simple. Step 1: Go to https://goo.gl/forms/4sPAh6KUS4Gz9bmf2 and fill out the form with all relevant details. Yes I did omit Alicorn as a species type. This was deliberate. Alicorn OCs are automatically shit-tier. Step 2: Wait for 3-5 business days for me to review your submission. Step 3: Your submission will be reposted to this thread, along with my notes and thoughts following my established criteria. Why am I tying it to a form, do you ask? Well, if someone is suggesting an OC that they've just created or are working on, I would like to keep who it belongs to private. This will keep people from feeling publicly shamed. If you're submitting an OC that's already known by the community - then you know full well what you're doing. Rating methodology: Each question in the form asks for specific information. This information is judged both individually, and as part of the whole. Each individual category is rated on a 5 point scale. This scale is: 1. No positive qualities 2. Sporatic positive qualities - overall negative 3. Both positive and negative qualities. Overall neutral 4. Negative qualities taint an otherwise positive thought. 5. Majority positive qualities - no major negative qalities. The categories that are rated using this system are: Physical Attributes (Appearance) Psychological Attributes (Personality) Historical Attributes (Story) Unity (How well the attributes compliment each other) After all the categories have been rated, an overall score will be administered. This overall score is out of 28. 5 points are allocated per category. An additional point is allocated to each category which has a score of 5. Up to an additional 4 points are added meritoriously for interesting, high quality, high effort characteristics of the character. Overall Score Ranges: 4-8: Requires immediate incineration 9-12: Needs an overhaul, but some fundamental details can be recycled. 13-17: Good details, needs some help around the edges 18-22: Great details, needs that last piece to make it extraordinary 23-24: Amazing! 25+: God-tier Disclaimer: I reserve the right to be sarcastic as fuck during the reviewing process. I also lack morals and impulse control, so take that as you will. Don't wanna get flamed? Don't submit bad characters. Submitting characters is only anonymous to me or anyone who reads this thread if they haven't seen your character before. OC's Rated: Starlight Sparkle ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/?view=309 ) Red Ink ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/?view=328 ) Carnelian Clout ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/?view=347 ) Ryan Shine ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/?view=353 ) Dusty Bones ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/?view=369 ) Lights Action ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/?view=389 ) Luciette ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/?view=390 ) Angel Wingate Heart ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/?view=500 ) FireBlitz ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/view_899 ) Heart Container ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/view_1341 ) Brody Dusk ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/view_1343 ) Butterscotch ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/view_1459 ) Mysti Synphorrnia ( https://canterlotavenue.com/forum/thread/45/spackles-oc-rating-thread/view_1499 )

Hope you know what you're getting yourself into here! And hope you're better at actually getting back to people than the last person who attempted to do something like this x) Good luck.

They're not. They automatically omit alicorns based on that. How surface level can you get.

They didn't have a wicked-ass google form, so I'm already a step above the rest.

I don't omit alicorns based on any critera other than they're guaranteed garbage.

That's surface level. Might as well omit any other race as well based upon such an arbitrary ruleset.

As the number of shit alicorn OCs increases, my number of fucks given approaches zero. And let me tell you, that asymptote has been going for quite a while.

Fair enough. I had just hoped you'd be able to provide a better reasoning behind that beyond 'they're ecky'. If you're gonna judge things you might as well have some basis behind your decisions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Just my take.

I mean, I do have a basis. I ran a thread exactly like this a really really long time ago. Let me tell you, the shit that I had to wade through would have made a water treatment plant employee nauseous. I just straight up don't accept them anymore. They have no place in this world other than canon character only.

They have no place in the world other than canon? But OCs are, by design, not canon. What's the purpose in neglecting an established creation solely because "Oh that's just a thing reserved for these characters in the show"? It's not as if one needs to even be born alicorn any more, what with Twinkle Spinkle. Are the canon alicorns shitty characters simply by design too?

Alicorns are not shitty just because they're alicorns. Alicorn OCs are shitty because they're made by people who have little to no experience making characters, and aren't paid to make them. Alicorns are a special case scenario. They're a significant development or character in any plotline/story/clopfic. Or at least they should be. IMHO Alicorns are best used as if they were a Starbucks - nice every once in a while for the right reasons, but shit when you can't drive more than 10m without hitting another one.

Congratulations. You've just rationalized an alicorn character with reason rather than dismissed them with emotion. By dismissing the shit you toss out the potential diamonds. As a judge of potential you should be willing to wade through the shit to find those who have good things rather than just outright dismiss an entire category based on "Well a lot of you don't know how to use this so noone gets them".

I kinda want to take on the challenge of making a /good/ alicorn OC just by seeing you two argue.

Oh I know. That's why I never inferred you couldn't. Just that you were shit for having a closed mind and not actually judging for any reason beyond...judging.

As a judge, I do what I want. I'm not held to any standard from anyone other than what you try to project on to me.