#allhallows2k18judging

[allhalllows]

creepy mermaids. o…okay. she hasn’t seen pirates of the caribbean, so she doesn’t even know that’s a thing. she just sorta sits there and watches as @dracaelum-faerie‘s pokémon make short work of the illusory sailors in the performance. when she delivers her verdict, she remembers to be extra nice, knowing that @ofreborngods is watching.

LOOKS: 28 / 30

❝i think, hands down, this was the best looking freestyle i’ve seen so far. like, you did such a good job, there is literally nothing i could criticize. the way you handled everything, from the music to the acrobatics was perfect. okay, maybe having one of your pokémon eat sailors like that was a bit over the top, but whatever, i can forgive you. you deserve a perfect score!❞

COMPLEXITY: 25 / 30

❝i can really appreciate some of the stunts you did, and also the moves you used to set the scene. the illusions were really intricate and it made me feel like it was actually there! it was just a bit simple, but that’s okay, i can live with that. ❞

ORIGINALITY: 30 / 30

❝i love how you put a twist on mermaids. they’re usually really beautiful and nice, so it’s great to see them looking so monstrous! and it fit the music perfectly too. well done!❞

BONUSES:

❝you get +10 for using part of your theme round in the freestyle round. also, you get to have +10 for using psychic and haze. this means…❞

❝Annalise, your total is 103 POINTS!❞

[heartists]

oh, these treats sure were nice! she loved, loved, loved a touch of fruitiness in her dessert, and @grimastor‘s entry had that on lock. cherrim fruits and chocolate and strawberries, oh, my--and there was something in particular about those strawberries that she enjoyed. and what was this? an evolution? could he perhaps be emulating her grand festival performance, in which she had evolved two eevee? grinning widely, she delivers her verdict.

LOOKS: 25 / 30

❝oh my gosh, these look so amazing! and you even copied my performance at the grand festival so i’m definitely giving you more points for that! but, points off for having it land on the sprinkles and make a mess like that. imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but like, not if you flub it.❞

COMPLEXITY: 25 / 30

❝the taste of these is just incredible. there are so many layers to the flavor--i could eat these all day, except not really because then i’d get fat and nobody wants that. my only complaint is, you didn’t make your pokémon work that hard while you were making them. but they did a really good job for what they did!❞

ORIGINALITY: 27 / 30

❝i’ve never seen purrloin head cupcakes before, although i mean i have seen treats shaped like pokémon. but you did it in such a new and interesting way that it really caught my attention. can i have you bake my cupcakes like, forever? i’ll pay you a ton~❞

BONUSES:

❝you get +5 for using haze and +5 for using psychic. which means…❞

❝Grimsley, your total is 87 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

oh fuck, he’s hot.

no nonononono, he can’t be that hot. she hates him. after all, @astralinity was the one who said that wallace inventing #Thotoween was karma--she can’t let that go. the intricate detail on his entry notwithstanding, she doesn’t like it because she doesn’t like him. frowning, she delivers her verdict.

LOOKS: 15 / 30

❝okay, you wanted to be a hot vampire. big deal. YOU FORGOT TO MAKE COSTUMES FOR YOUR POKÉMON TOO! so, lots of points off for that!!❞ the perfect excuse to take off points, as it was both true and legal.

COMPLEXITY: 19 / 30

❝i mean, the whole thing was just so basic. you came in with your shirt off which got my attention, but the rest of the thing wasn’t even worth watching. i swear to god, i like yuugetsu’s creepy performance better than yours. i am so glad that there were two other people onstage at the same time as you, because otherwise i think i would’ve fallen asleep. what a yawn!❞

ORIGINALITY: 20 / 30

❝i admit, i’ve never really seen a vampire dressed like that before--usually they’re all doom and gloom. i guess you could get some points for that. but…tamato berry juice as blood? that’s just so tacky. also, you could’ve really put more thought into your pokémons’ costumes--they were barely dressed, you should’ve made them something else!❞

BONUSES:

❝you get +15 for using taunt, psychic and will-o-wisp. which means…❞

❝Keith, your total is 69 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

oh wow. for once she can actually tell that someone is trying to kiss her ass. quite wise of @firewarriorshamus​ to do so in his entry, given the comments he’d made about her attitude toward poor people, but…is it going to fly with her? not with all that edgyass gore on the ground--are those ketchup packs? for the love of arceus…

and now a MUSTACHE? HOW DARE HE?! who cares if it’s an accident--that’s just so gross and ew and it just SHOWS he can’t do anything right. fuming, she balls a fist and delivers her verdict.

LOOKS: 5 / 30

❝okay. the blood was tacky, the torn-up dolls were tacky, and the mustache was unforgivable. you made me look ugly, okay? and that’s just--that’s just not fair! i deserve better than to be treated this way by my own contestants. did may train you to do this because i’m going to have to give her a piece of my MIND about her student messing up like this on my stage!❞ however, it isn’t even a bigger mess than ursula had already made of her own showcase. ironic.

COMPLEXITY: 10 / 30

❝okay first of all, are those stuffed dolls what you would call stage decorations? nuh-uh! like, if you’re going to leave wallace a bloody mess onstage, at least make him look like the real wallace. and no offense, but like, blood and guts really aren’t my thing…you really should’ve just decapitated another wallace statue. second, points off again for putting a mustache on my carving. if you want to portray me at all, DO IT RIGHT!!❞

ORIGINALITY: 15 / 30

❝well, i certainly wasn’t expecting anything along those lines, i’ll give you that. i feel like i should give you less, but it’s not like you’re going to move on to the next round anyway so. just remember that mistakes will cost you!❞

BONUSES & CROWD VOTE:

❝no bonuses for you, i’m afraid! which means…❞

❝Shamus, your total is 30 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

just as planned.

@estrellawn‘s entry has gone down in flames, and ursula herself started the fire. the leavanny that wouldn’t listen did its job, and now she and her pokémon run backstage with their tails tucked between their legs. ah, victory, sweeter than any of the desserts that had been offered to her today, but unlike dessert this revenge was best served cold. cold as the icy landscape of her heart, and bitter as a ripe durin berry in the spring. 

she can’t say so, though--it’s a risk even to smirk. the only sorrow to this “happy” ending lies in that she cannot LAUGH before the world at the woman who thought she could call her a friend…but she can critique like wallace, for the sake of being “objective.” with hardly a hint of emotion on her face, she delivers her verdict.

LOOKS: 0 / 30

❝well, that was embarrassing, can’t we agree?❞ she simpers. ❝honey, you had the right idea, but i simply can’t give points to an entry that can’t even stay together through a performance. this is the looks category, and nothing looks worse than watching someone’s dreams fall apart. what can i say? both you and your dress broke down.❞

COMPLEXITY: 0 / 30

❝you were quite excited for this, weren’t you? bursting with enthusiasm. ready for your audience’s wildest expectations to go to pieces. practically coming apart at the seams. i feel so sorry for you, i think i’m about to tear up~❞ a slight smile, a tilt of the head. ❝unfortunately, as an impartial judge, i need a brain as well as a heart. as sad as it will be for your hopes to come undone…i’m going to have to give you another zero.❞

ORIGINALITY: 5 / 30

❝i do feel sorry for you, dawn. i really do. you came here thinking you could win it all, and then your clothing fell tragically short. however, in spite of the absolutely insipid gore theme of your work--which i suppose is fitting, given the bloodbath that was your performance--i think you deserve a few pity points because i mean…you were trying. at least you had the decency to run offstage so that no one would see you.❞ 

she doesn’t recognize the kuchisake onna theme, nor does she want to. even if she did, her score would not have changed.

BONUSES & CROWD VOTE:

❝well, you got +5 for using psychic…i suppose you need all the help you can get. this means--❞

❝Dawn…oh, dear. Your total is 10 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

oh nice, a creepy haunted castle! @3000yearmonarch has a really unique take on stage decorating in her entry--totally different from the classic haunted houses that she had expected from her international crowd. and her pokémon are so into it, too. she loves the sight of them hard at work, clawing and biting away at the fabric and styrofoam and--

wait ,are those portraits?! that was…gosh, she didn’t really know what to say. on one hand, if her mom was cool with it, cool. on the other hand, those were HER paintings on HER wall and HNNnnnnNNNNNnghhh!! 

she pauses. once she’s collected herself enough to know what she wants to say, she delivers her verdict.

LOOKS: 18 / 30

❝okay, you had a nice idea, but did you really have to go grabbing my portraits from my castle?❞ she slams a hand on the judge’s table. ❝that’s just so rude, oh my god. couldn’t you, like, do the haunted castle effect without stealing from me? you could’ve SMUDGED them!❞

COMPLEXITY: 26 / 30

❝anyway, it was a really nice setup i guess. you were more elaborate than some of your competitors, that’s for sure. you got all the details just right except for the portraits. that was completely unnecessary.❞

ORIGINALITY: 23 / 30

❝all right fine, i admit it, that was something i’ve never seen before. but i’m just really upset that you used my paintings. okay?❞

BONUSES:

❝you get +15 for using shadow claw, crunch and will-o-wisp, and another +5 for using a mawile which i also use. which means…❞

❝Pascale, your total is 87 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

oh. oh god. is she actually expected to EAT THAT? what in hell’s name was @lunarisvesperaregina even putting in her entry--is that even safe for human consumption? she visibly scoots back in her chair as yuugetsu approached, eyeing the crème brûlée--that thing probably has poison in it. 

eventually, after a long series of protestations (1 / 2), she dips her spoon into the crust, and…

it’s GOOD? what the heck? oh gosh, she just has to eat more! this is on par with the dessert served right here in her castle, for arceus’ sake. still reeling from the difference between the sight and the taste, she delivers her verdict:

LOOKS: 20 / 30

❝w…well the treat itself looked fine, it’s just…you terrified me, yuugetsu! don’t ever do that to me again!❞ she shouldn’t have taken off points, as that’s what halloween is for, but given her personality--all’s well and good until she’s the one on the receiving end of a scare.

COMPLEXITY: 30 / 30

❝that was…quite a performance you put on while making it, even though it was creepy as heck. the flavor is also really complex and subtle--it’s the kind of thing i’m used to, you know, so good job on that i guess.❞

 ORIGINALITY: 30 / 30

❝i have never seen anything done like that in my entire life. even by halloween standards it super freaked me out. i…wow. i can’t even put it into words. i’m just…❞ ursula, the word you’re looking for is shook.

BONUSES:

❝well, you get +5 for using psychic and +5 for using spirit shackle. i, like, didn’t expect you to do this well, but--❞

❝Yuugetsu…your score is 90 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

ah, yes, the famous @stageonmay, who defeated dawn in the wallace cup--ready to claim her throne as the pumpkin queen in her performance! this one is juuuuuuuust right--good enough to get a good score, but not so overwhelmingly good that it would make her jealous enough to tank the tally. folding her hands on her judge’s desk, she delivers her verdict:

LOOKS: 27 / 30

❝okay so. i really liked how you handled this whole thing. everything was super well timed and amazing and you did a good job keeping the performance flow coherent. it wasn’t the most intense thing i’ve ever seen, but part of me thinks it was meant to be that way. and so that’s how i scored you.❞

COMPLEXITY: 30 / 30

❝so many move combos and trust falls! i can’t even count them. props to you for being brave enough to do that onstage. but i would expect no less from the winner of the wallace cup!❞

ORIGINALITY: 28 / 30

❝you really put a lot of thought and individuality into your performance! it was like, you interpreted the nightmare before christmas in a totally different way. you did a great job as jack skellington and i’d love to see you perform him again. do the one where he fights oogie-boogie!❞

BONUSES:

❝you get +10 for using scary face and psychic. which means…❞

❝May, your total is 95 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

well, what did you know? @dracaelum-faerie​ was as cute and nice to watch onstage as she was off. what a relief, because sometimes it could be very much the opposite. thank goodness this was a performance that she could give a good score to. giving a small round of applause, she delivers her verdict:

LOOKS: 27 / 30

❝i would so wear your mermaid dress and i would so use your seaking costume. and that’s enough to get you a good score in my book. plus your presentation? spot-on. loved the dialogue and the gyarados acting!❞

COMPLEXITY: 26 / 30

❝you did quite a bit of work with your pokémon there! some of the costumes turned out rather simple, but i think i can live with that. i just looooove the work you did on your mermaid dress and also the seaking. the mareanie was a little bit underwhelming, but you know what, i think i’ll let that slide.❞

ORIGINALITY: 26 / 30

❝okay, i’m gonna be honest, mermaids for water pokémon is a bit of an obvious choice. but you do have two non-water types that you made look exactly like water ones, plus you actually made most of them look like the pokémon they were supposed to be.❞

BONUSES & CROWD VOTE:

❝you get +15 for using toxic spikes, psychic and bite. you also get +10 for making your alolan exeggutor look scary and +10 for making that whiscash of yours look beautiful--i would have never been able to tell it was a whiscash! which means…❞

❝Annalise, your total is 114 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

well! @eevee-sohma was just as good as ursula had hoped she’d be--she didn’t want to get stuck giving a contest judge a bad score. as she moves forward with her entry, ursula delivers her verdict:

LOOKS: 25 / 30

❝i just really, really liked it a lot! a bit simple, like daisy’s, but i can forgive that. it’s not every day you see a nurse decide to go spooky!❞

COMPLEXITY: 24 / 30

❝i think you did a great job with the complexity of it. you have some level of detail, which is good, and the fact you maintained that eye for detail for all four of your pokémon is also impressive. great work!❞

ORIGINALITY: 23 / 30

❝there’s a part of me that feels like i’ve seen this all before, but there’s also a part of it that seems to be totally new and exciting. i just can’t quite put my finger on how…i think it’s because you put scary costumes on cute pokémon.❞

BONUSES AND PENALTIES:

❝well, you did do a good job making some of your cute pokémon look scary, so you get a +20 for that. you also get +7 for using shattered psyche as a z-move. unfortunately, i’m also going to have to give you a -20 for not using your pokémon enough…you’re supposed to use your pokémons’ moves to help create the costumes, not just the leavanny and ditto. which means…❞

❝Nurse Joy, your score is 79 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

wow, the girl from the old grandma country is actually pretty good. @ranseiuniter​ certainly arrived in style, and her baking skills look like nothing to sneeze at. she takes a bite of hiroko’s masterpieces before setting them aside to save for tomorrow, then delivers her verdict:

LOOKS: 25 / 30

❝your treats looked so cute! i almost felt bad eating them. i really like the blend of mochi and apple in the flavor. points off for the gengar turning out lopsided though. in performance, everything has to be perfect and, well, that really wasn’t.❞

COMPLEXITY: 23 / 30

❝i mean you didn’t really make your pokémon work that hard, which is one downside. you put some really great detail on those…what should i call them? pastries? okay, pastries works. so yeah. you get a score that’s sorta in the middle--not the highest, but also not the lowest either.❞

ORIGINALITY: 30 / 30

❝i just love how you combined both mochi and apple pie! a classic halloween treat, but it’s also, like, ethnic and stuff.❞ ursula, you might want to reevaluate your choice of words… ❝plus you did three different pokémon too and made them float to me like ghosts. that was really cool!❞

BONUSES:

❝you get +5 points for using psychic. and that means…❞

❝Hiroko, your score is 83 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

@dracaelum-faerie @kxkuko @ranseiuniter @stageonmay@sparklingemeraldidol @devonheir@gottamuseemall @3000yearmonarch @eevee-sohma @estrellawn @astralinity@lunarisvesperaregina @firewarriorshamus @grimastor @imbicilite@grimomens @facadxs@griseousperformer @lukissed @sayurismiles@lostguidings @nimbasah @ofreborngods@aeshmedai @coldbornthief @stygianmoondust @hikaup @eiriini @moonpulled @elitentomology @sangmer @wxrldxfpokemxn @hclianthi 

i am pleased to announce that my judging for the all hallows’ faire is now COMPLETE! you can find all the results under the tag #allhallows2k18judging. i’ll be writing up the announcement post for the winners, which i hope to release by saturday. i hope you all have enjoyed yourselves--it’s been a blast holding this event with you!

[allhalllows]

❝w-well…i suppose i have to give him a score now…❞

even while @grimastor is in the hospital, she still feels obligated to give him a verdict. with the distinct feeling that the redo she offered is not going to happen, she speaks on his performance in the aftermath of her shock. 

LOOKS: 19 / 30

❝it was really…simple but at the same time, it was effective. i really liked the drama of the fight scene, it was super, uh, realistic?❞ not least because someone had actually gotten hurt during it.

COMPLEXITY: 20 / 30

❝so uh. i can’t give you a perfect score here because…well. yeah, but i can give you a really good score for trying. the only thing i would suggest to you is that you use more move combinations.❞

ORIGINALITY: 23 / 30

❝i really like how you used the dark-type pokémon as the heroes of the story. and while anyone can see why you’d pick yourself as the vampire, it wasn’t the obvious choice to make the bisharp the protag. good work on that!❞

BONUSES:

❝you get +10 for using haze and psychic. which means…❞

❝Grimsley…your total is 72 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

@imbicilite​ thought he was in control, now did he?

how cute.

LOOKS: 18 / 30

❝that part where you had your pokémon strangle you? that was really gross. like. i don’t really care so much that you got hurt by it as i care that that is not the kind of thing you should be presenting in an appeal. in the first round, you did really good, but now you’re just trying too hard and it’s, like, painful to watch. next time just spare me the gory visuals and drop out--you’d be doing everyone a favor.❞

COMPLEXITY: 18 / 30

❝number one rule of an actual performance: use move combinations. you didn’t have a single combo in your entire performance and that is just not going to fly.❞

she’s not even going to give him props for singing after being strangled like that. typical.

ORIGINALITY: 10 / 30

she chuckles, and gives him an amused smile. ❝the whole premise of this was just complete nonsense. you? in control of something?❞ she’s fully laughing at him now, in front of the entire world. ❝try again.❞

BONUSES & CROWD VOTE:

❝i guess i have to give you bonuses now. so, you have +10 for using your previous round in the freestyle, and then you get another +10 for using will-o-wisp and string shot. which means…❞

❝Fabien, your total is 66 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

oh great, it’s the old lady again. she hears the opening song, and she’s about to doze off already--an old person performing to old person music! she should have banned that in the contest rules! god, it is getting SO late and she just wants to go to sleep already…

thank goodness for her that @kxkuko‘s freestyle is short. with the excitement of knowing it was over, she delivers her verdict. 

LOOKS: 22 / 30

❝okay, it was actually kind of cool how you were just walking around while all your pokémon were attacking and stuff. that actually made you look really strong and not scared of anything. but like…you could’ve made it a lot more. i can’t quite put my finger on what i’m saying but you could’ve done a lot more and stuff and honestly, just walking around was starting to bore the heck out of me.❞

COMPLEXITY: 18 / 30

❝now don’t get me wrong, you still did a really great job, but you could’ve used a lot more move combinations and stuff to make it even better. flashier.❞ besides, the woman is old, so it wasn’t like there was much she could do in terms of making her own movements more complex. is that going to stop ursula from taking off points? nope!

ORIGINALITY: 24 / 30

❝like i said, i liked how you were walking around and not being scared of anything. and i liked how you made it halloween-themed even though the music wasn’t halloween-y. but it was also, um. kinda lacking in the moves department from what i could see? that doesn’t mean i still didn’t enjoy it, though. i’d love to see you onstage again!❞ she would hate to see her onstage again.

BONUSES & CROWD VOTE:

❝you get +15 for using confuse ray, night shade and psychic. plus you get another +10 for using your theme creation in your performance. which means…❞

❝Agatha, your total is 89 POINTS!❞

[allhalllows]

ooooooh, @ranseiuniter‘s performance looks super exotic! she’s dressed in some sort . commemorating a great battle of the past, perhaps? who knew someone from such a backward country could perform so well--and stay consistent between rounds? she’s super pumped about this freestyle as she speaks her verdict. 

LOOKS: 27 / 30

❝spooky, but not too spooky. complicated--a little bit simple, but not too much--i like the work you did making the soldiers really stand out. it’s exactly the way i want it, really. you did good!❞

COMPLEXITY: 25 / 30

❝i feel like a lot of the attention was on the soldiers and not enough on the background, so you definitely could’ve made it more impressive that way. but you did really well anyway. i really liked the soldiers for what they were, so points for that!❞

ORIGINALITY: 28 / 30

❝i just love ethnic stuff in performances! i use it a lot too. what battle was this based on? you need to teach me aaaaaallll about your culture.❞

BONUSES:

❝you get +10 for using psychic and shadow ball. but i’m afraid i’m going to have to take off 10 points for not dressing up your pokémon. which means…❞

❝Hinode, your total is 80 POINTS!❞