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Edgic Guidelines


Observations

1) The winner may have ups and downs, but is typically not too UTR/INV or too OTT.
2) Over the course of the game the winner's presence and visibility should end up closer to the average of all the players. (The winner typically gravitates to near the top in MOR differential, which calculates the closeness to average in presence, tone and ratings).
3) The tribe (or the core group that will surround a surprise winner) that has the most complex dynamics and strategy usually contains the winner.
4) The ending is typically set up to be a somewhat of a 'surprise'. You either don't expect the winner or second place to be there. These two are often manipulated in the editing to make each look like they have a chance to win.
5) If two people are a 'known final pair' then the likelihood of them actually being the final two is slim. It would need to be a situation that cannot be avoided (i.e. Amber/Rob)
6) The winner will typically have a fair amount of meaningful editing and typically wont be ignored in long stretches.
7) Typically the winner is not overly Positive or Negative.
8) Typically the winner is surrounded by the player/s receiving the distracting edit.
9) The winner will have substantial comments/insight from many of the jury members, that may resurface in front of the jury or mislead the audience on voting.



Complex tribe:

1) Complex tribe has nothing to do with strategy -the average person doesn't care. It has to do with dangling, loose ends -anxious for us to revisit.
2) Complex tribe gets the most focus pre-merge.
3) In theory, the reason the tribe seems complex, is because the focus may be surrounding the winner or final core players.

Ratings

INV - Invisible

1) Irrelevant, no confessionals in the early episodes, little or no confessionals in the mid to late episodes.
2) The player's editing was insignificant to any character development.
3) INV is little more than extreme UTR - in a sense, it is UTR1

UTR - Under the radar

1) UTR means a character that is either underutilized or deliberately hidden (the trick is figuring out which). In story terms, they are kept out of focus. An UTR edit means the player may be seen, but they aren't seen doing or saying anything of major significance. Since showcasing players who do nothing isn't very entertaining, UTR edits do tend toward low visibility, but that needn't be the case.
2) Players who receive significant face time, but little to no speaking time.
3) The UTR Edit within an episode will typically be void of direct conflicts and character insight.
4) If the player gets some significant screen time, but doesn't do anything special, then you rate it UTR.

MOR - Middle of the road

1) MOR means something between UTR, CP, and OTT. They say and do enough to avoid UTR, but they're not emphasized caricatures or developed personalities. This is a holding episode for characters who could be CP, but the story didn't particularly involve them, or for normally UTR characters who couldn't escape inclusion in the story. As such, winners are often portrayed as MOR at some point in the story. However, a consistently MOR edit is not a good thing because these characters are more just kind of there.
2) Someone who gets an odd positive and negative mix, but not in an Over the Top manner.
3) If the player did something that you feel makes them better that UTR, but not enough to qualify for CP, then you rate MOR.
4) MOR can be used to describe characters who were mostly UTR with a fair amount of CP.

CP - Complex personality

1) CP means a character that is well-developed. Their editing has depth to it, and their choices are presented to the audience so that we get an insight into their thinking. We generally see their strengths and flaws. Not too surprisingly, these are the major players in the course of the game, and it is their choices that shape the story.
2) CP shows complexity of thought about the game, and or complex emotions that might be construed as Positive or Negative. "Players" like Brian, Shii Ann, Jeff Varner, or Chris, during the normal course of their editing, would in my mind be complex because they were always in the game. and many of their edits related directly to the strategic maneuvering in their tribe (successful or not).
3) Someone who expresses internal conflict over a situation, someone who expresses a "deep" or turbulent emotion like remorse, loneliness, or betrayal expressed intelligently and not like "You're a liar, T!;" someone who demonstrates a complex strategy or bold strategic move and their reasoning for it. There has to be something shown in interviews that contradicts what we've seen or adds conflict to the scenario.
4) If the player gets quality screen time and is either shown multiple times being strategic or shows a multi-dimensional side, then you go with CP.

OTT - Over the top

1) OTT means a character that is being characterized or simplified. In story terms, they are the villains and heroes, the ones we love to love or hate. A consistently OTT character is presented as a distraction to the other players. Of course, not all OTT players stay that way, and often an OTT player will go UTR for awhile if the editors want to bring them back to the main storyline as a more well-rounded character. Contrasting OTT edits in the same player (OTTN v. OTTP) generally mean a more complex edit over the course of the show.
2) OTT players are generally always edited in a Positive or Negative light.
3) A mixture of positive and negative editing ends up being neutral overall.
4) Usually lacking in strategy, or strategy not expressed with much internal conflict - but they can have lots and lots of conflict with other people; no remorse if N and no "evil" strategizing if P - only focusing on loyalty or saving one's own skin


Tone

PP) Extremely positive.
P) Positive.
No rating - neutral) Neutral or is being edited in a positive and negative light.
N) Negative.
NN) Extremely negative.


Visibility Measures the amount of presence that a player had in an episode. Visibility includes confessionals, speaking time, face time and tribal council questions (TCQ).

1) Low visibility.
2) Medium low visibility.
3) Average visibility.
4) Medium high visibility.
5) High visibility.





Posting Schedule

Thursday - Episode airs and all posters (except the 3 Category posters) begin posting ratings.
Monday (Noon) - All ratings are due.
Monday (by 6) - Episode Tally is posted with close calls listed. (any rating where there is not at least 55% agreement), discussion on close calls begins.
Wednesday (by Noon) - Discussion on close calls ends.
Wednesday (by 6) - After considering discussion, Category Watchdogs and Player Watchdogs make the final call. If they disagree KQ will have the final say.


Assignments


Category Posters

1) Rating watchdog: Cuauhtemoc Cosby
2) Tone watchdog: fat little fingers
3) Visibility watchdog: realitytv3000



Player Watchdogs

1) Angie Jakusz - GervaseRules
2) Ashlee Ashby - Sunnmaid
3) Bobby Drinkard - Merrilin
4) Caryn Groedel - OnlyTheHunter
5) Coby Archa - JiMmAtHy & Unduli
6) Greg Carey - Craig
7) Ian Rosenberger - Warrior
8) Ibrehem Rahman - ScepticA
9) James Miller - KernelQ
10) Janu Tornell - 7Neves7
11) Jeff Wilson - Oowatanite
12) Jennifer Lyon - beatles20147
13) Jolanda Jones - unduli
14) Jonathan Libby - Jedijake
15) Katie Gallagher - I Luv Tijuana
16) Kimberly Mullen - Auntie Camerman
17) Stephenie LaGrossa - 9RedWing19
18) Tom Westman - pastordice
19) Wanda Shirk - AllMenAreIslands
20) Willard Smith - AllMenAreIslands


New Watchdogs

T.C. Voting Watchdog - OnlyTheHunter
J.P. Watchdog - Burnt by Lava
Recap Watchdog - colleenlover






Your main responsibility is to make sure your "player or category" is getting a fair rating each week. So many times we all give our ratings, PD tallies and RW charts them. Your job will be to give it that second look and send up a flare if something looks odd.
Everyone will be rating ALL the players as normal. If people want to make a special effort with their 'watchdog' player, that will be cool too. The main thing is to just keep an eye on final ratings each week so that 'your' player is not being falsely rated.

Official Tallies: Pastordice

Strategic Comments: AllMenAreIslands

Edgic Charts: 9RedWing19

Edgic Analysis: 9RedWing19

SPV and Charts: 9RedWing19

TC/Voting: OnlyTheHunter

Confessionals: I Luv Tijuana (Please check ILT's thread for confessional count and content.)

Edgic Guidelines: Warrior


Episode Reference

Episode 1 discussion starts on page 28...Tally on page 44
Episode 2 discussion starts on page 60...Tally on page 78
Episode 3 discussion starts on page 90...Tally on page 109
Episode 4 discussion starts on page 123..Tally on page 136
Episode 5 discussion starts on page 146...Tally on page 160
Episode 6 discussion starts on page 167...Tally on page 179
Episode 7 discussion starts on page 185...Tally on page 195
Episode 8 discussion starts on page 200...Tally on page 210 and 225
Episode 9 discussion starts on page 215...Tally on page 226
Episode 10 discussion starts on page 231...Tally on page 240
Episode 11 discussion starts on page 246...Tally on page 253
Episode 12 discussion starts on page 259...Tally on page 269
Episode 13 discussion starts on page 274...Tally on page 289
Episode 14 discussion starts on page 290...Tally on page 296