PXFIRE SEASON 2 JUDGE APPLICATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Feel like being a section Judge for PXFIRE Season 2? You've come to the right place! If you're not quite sure what it all entails, you can find all the details in the PXFIRE Season 2 Information and Rules thread!

Becoming a PXFIRE Season 2 section Judge will mean you will have total control (ooh!) over the section for as long as it runs. You decide the rules, you decide what themes and parameters the contestants will work with, and how things run for the section. If you want to challenge your contestants in ways such as the Drawn Art Judge declaring contestants can only use shades of blue, you can do things like that!

As a reminder, these are the sections we need great Judges for:

Role Play
Creative Writing
Humor
Caption Contest
Drawn Art
Graphic Art
Pixel Art
Comics
Showdown

JUDGING CREDO

Just a few things to bear in mind if you want to apply and you become a Judge:

  • Be civil, be reasonable, be fair. As a Judge, you can still be part of a PXFIRE Team and you'll be earning that team points by submitting results on time (though you don't have to be on a team). Your teammates will also be submitting entries. PLEASE be neutral and objective in judging and don't fall into the temptation of giving your teammates more points just because they're on your team. We're trusting you here!
  • Be kind about judging. Some contestants may be trying new things for the first time and might not be rock stars at it. Be careful with your criticism, keep it constructive, and always be on the lookout for things you can suggest for others to improve. Even if a particular submission isn't that great, it feels better for the contestant if you say at least something nice or positive about it in additional to giving them advice for what to improve upon. It's something they could focus more on and target as something to build upon.
  • Please submit results on time. It helps keep the section moving along nicely and it overall helps keep PXFIRE running like a well-oiled machine if each section is running along and in sync with all the others. Plus you get rewarded points for it!


SUBMISSION FORM

PART 1 (Only need to fill this out once)

Name: It's YOU!
Section you'd like to Judge: Pick the one you'd like to do and/or think you'd be good at handling. You don't have to limit it to one choice, though you will only be selected for one at max!
What is your availability like from now through July? If you have vacations planned or foresee some time where you might not be active, please let us know! We may need to factor that in for scheduling.
If selected to be a Judge, would you like your section to be run during the 1st half of PXFIRE or the 2nd Half? This is mainly done on a first come, first serve basis, though it has the potential of being changed if member availability becomes a factor. Excluding Caption Contest, four sections will be active during the first half and the other four will swap out with the others during the second.

PART 2 (If submitting for more than one section though you can only Judge one section at max), please fill out the bottom questions for each section you're applying for)

Please note any experience you have with judging/grading things or with giving constructive criticism that would help your judging: Are you applying for Comics and have done comics before? Sure, let us know! We may be looking for people who have a bit more experience in the field to be Judges, but don't let that deter you if you think you can handle judging a section.
Please outline an example challenge or something you might do for your section You don't actually have to use this exact example challenge if you're selected, we just want to get an idea of what to expect from you if you were to be the Judge for this section.
Include about 3-5 sentences about how you'd like to run the section and what kinds of ideas you have for it. You don't need to spoil everything and you're totally free to keep your more secretive curveball challenges hidden, but just a general idea of how you would decide to lay things out would be great.

That's it! Thank you for offering to help support PXFIRE Season 2!