For the purposes on this post, Gelgarin is going to0 pretend that he is critiquing scripts or literature.
David Cougar
Liked: Fantastic writing. Laid groundwork for things to come. Had me in it.
Disliked: Big Blocks of Text. Cougar is a little one dimensional right now.
Right now Showtime seems to be quite a conventional character, and as such it's harder to hook your reader in to a piece of writing. That being said, the preceding comment can be more or less ignored, given that you've got a hold of what is the most important aspect of character development. It's what we pretentious wannabe writers describe as the characters voice.
You're tremendously good at maintaining a consistent tone throughout the piece. Cougar remains a narcisstic jackass (I hope that's what you're going for. If he's supposed to be an underdog baby face then you might want to rethink your strategy

), and this comes through in everything he says. Often when people are trying to portray specific characteristics, they tend to crowbar in segments to try and convey what they want, and leave the text feeling forced and unreadable. You don't even come close to doing this, so well done.
Content wise, I think solid would most likly be the best word. I especially liked the bit with me in it.
I'm obsessive with regards to continuity, so references to the past will always go over well with me, and given that the young man you hold an ill fated grudge again happens to be incarnated inside my head, it makes me happy to see the ground being laid for a potential feud.
The only other thing I can think to say, is that you put the occasional comma in the wrong place (a hypocritical comment coming from someone with violent dyslexia), and bunch your dialogue up too much. I find soliloquies will flow
so much better if you add some line breaks. Ironically, when text is bunched up, it actually reads slower. Since youre cutting what strikes me as being quite a rhythmic and fast pace promo, chopping the blocks up text up will do you no end of good.
[tempting fact]In retrospect, my favourite piece. You'll definitely get though.[/tempting fate]
Trademark
Liked: Interesting character. Forward looking piece.
Disliked: No acknowledgement of setting. Some unfortunate phrasing.
I felt the lack of an introduction hurt this piece. We went to fully fledged soliloquy right off the bat, which made it harder for me as a reader to visualize what I was seeing. Its a minor matter, but quite a low cost way that I think you could make your RP more effective.
You have a very unfortunate typo, where your character talks about working to the highest level of my been. I make more than enough typos that I know never to hold them against a piece of writing, but I thought Id mention this one simply because it did break the flow for me quite badly.
As I said for Showtime, I love the way that you two are laying rails for the future. I think thats as area where the pair of you have a much better grasp of e-feding than myself.
The writing its self is OK. There are a couple of phrases I didnt like. but for every tear they shed worrying about having to face me, there is one who seems to make sense. Sticks in the mind as a rather clunky phrase that left me a little confused as to what you were trying to say. You quickly ratified the situation with your next couple of lines, but it was a minor blemish.
All that being said; this was a perfectly acceptable RP, and Id be very suppressed not to see you secure a contract.
Frankie
Liked: Some eloquent phrases
Disliked: Crass. Too much vulgarity and pop culture referenced. Didnt get your character across.
My big problem with this is that, having read through it, I dont feel like I understand your character. Youve put across that hes angry, but left no hint as the
why this might be the case.
I also had a problem with the content. It may of course just be me, but I find the use of unnecessary swearing and pop culture references to be highly unpleasant. It didnt make me dislike your character, but it did make me dislike reading about him, which is exactly what you need to avoid doing.
In fairness, I should add that I though your little bit on the future being unwritten was neat writing. It was smart, it was intriguing, and it made me want to hear more on the subject. My advice would be to try and tap into that tone, leave the culgarity at home, and you should have the tools to produce a reasonable RP.
Zander
Liked: Funny background image
Disliked: Lacking in content. Didnt make the think your character would win a match.
Shouldnt Xander be spelt with an X. Phonetically its all the same, but Xander is an unusual name held by a character in Buffy, whilst a Zander is a species of fish, so that might be something to watch out for.
My first comment is rather double edged, depending on what you were going for. I personally found the piece to be quite amusing, so provided Zander is a comedy character, then everything went swimmingly. If Im supposed to be able to take him seriously then there might be a problem, but as long as you (to quote JBL) stick with what brought you to the dance, then you should be able to do OK here.
Alex Christopher
Liked: Good writing. No obvious weaknesses.
Disliked: Very by the numbers character. Actions and text didnt complement one another.
Well youve clearly got some idea of what youre doing. You can write, and people who can write generally know that they can write, so Ill gloss over telling you that you can write. (Gelgarin: making feedback fun)
Christopher is a well conveyed character. Ive read your piece, and I know exactly who he is, which should be one of the major goals of a first RP. That being said, there was nothing about your character that made me want to sit up and take notice. Hes a skilled heel with a bad attitude, and unless you add some extra depth, then I think youre going to struggle to show people anything that they havent seen before.
The only other negative I can pick up on it that the actions seemed like their only purpose was to break your text up. They didnt compliment the monologue, and didnt have any purpose of their own. I couldnt understand what they were there for.
Still, a strong RP overall, and Im pretty confident that youll last the 15 minutes.
Ace
Liked: Interesting concept. Unconventional character.
Disliked: Too little content. Slightly wooden dialogue.
Ace is probably the most interesting character in the battle royal, simply because he breaks from the normal wrestling mold. The card shark in a nice idea, and Id like to see you make more of it in future role-plays.
In this one Im sorry to say, I didnt think we got to see enough of your character. I think Ace only had seven short lines of dialogue, and much of that was dedicated to the scene you were showing, and not to the match ahead.
The other problem I had was that I dont know if Ace is supposed to be a face or a heel. It seems youre trying to make him charismatic, but also something of a jerk at the same time. There is no reason why a character cant be both, but its a tough needle to thread if you want to pull it off, I felt you missed the mark on this attempt.
Nevertheless, your RP left me wanting to hear more from Ace, so I hope that you get through.
Big Dave
Liked: Strong opening. Put over the match and company well.
Disliked: Clash between actions and dialogue.
Showtime aside, I read everybodys RPs from bottom to top, so its about fucking time that I came to a baby face.
I liked the opening. It breaks from the conventional mold of going straight into the dialogue and hooked me into the text quickly. That being said, I was left puzzled as to the purpose.
When Dave is talking he comes across as a confident, charismatic baby face, but when reading the opening section I thought he was another heel. Perhaps its the unimpressed look, and way you had him wink at Becky (hitting on Rebecca is my new No.1 pet peeve) that did it, but the end result was two halves of role-play that didnt fit together.
Daves soliloquy was quite good. Theres room to improve on the writing front, but that will come naturally as you produce more of these things. You did a good job of putting over the match, and grounding the role-play in the moment, rather than it being a generic piece of writing. You clearly took some time to do a little research into WZCW, and it added a lot.
Overall, a good piece.
And last but not least
Battlez
Liked: Strong character history. Well written interview.
Disliked: Err
average writing?
Goody, another face. I guess WZCW isnt going to be totally overrun by evil after all.
Points right away for showing some humility. Possibly its because Ive been reading heel RPs recently, but its nice to see someone acknowledge their rookie status. I think youve set the groundings for a very interesting character. If I were to knit pick, Id suggest that you might be giving away too much information too quickly, but thats very much a stylistic choice, so I wouldnt worry about it.
I also liked how your piece felt like an actual interview, with interesting questions and interesting answers.
Overall your piece doesnt have any serious weaknesses (hence my struggle to fill the dislikes category). The actual writing its self is slightly limited, but certainly not enough to take away the enjoyment of the RP. Sorry I cant think of anything more constuctuve to say, I think Im burned out on feedback.
Mr Fear doesnt get feedback because hes banned.