The Animated Atrocity Scorecard and WHY it should not be used

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Yes I'm guilty of creating one of these. But I've worked out that it should never be used.

1. The Categories.

The categories are designed to get certain episodes Mr Enter dislikes towards the bad end, by choosing categories that work around Mr Enter. 'Low Production Values' has almost nothing to do with opinion whatsoever. 'Rancid Morals' and 'Unfortunate Implications' are really similar and worth 1/5 of the whole thing, which is pretty dumb. There is only one category for 'Annoyance' and one for 'Lacklustre Writing' which are generally the main reasons for disliking an episode.

2. No place to Voice your Own Opinion

The system caters little for individual opinions, other than a section marked 'Other Notes'. What if you like One Coarse Meal? I don't but I know many people do. You can't deny there is unnecessary cruelty in it but if you find that funny.

3. Redeeming Qualities are not even considered.

I like the KK moments in Someone's In The Kitchen With Sandy. I like Mr Krabs in Accidents Will Happen. I like DadMom AngryPants in Dumped. I don't like any of them but they have qualities which redeem yourself.

4. Not all episodes with points are 'Atrocities' despite Mr Enter's reasoning (or lack of it).

No Hat for Pat has unnecessary cruelty but it's brilliant. And that's not because I like unnecessary cruelty. But it's automatically an 'Atrocity' just by getting points on a scorecard. SpongeBob's crying in All That Glitters gets several 'cringe-inducing audio' points but I still like All That Glitters.

5. Mr Enter's deviantart.

Enter actively encourages you to send scorecards to him, and he puts up ones he agrees with but ignores others. And obviously you can put them on your page but they'll get little reception.

6. Enter's supporters flood the internet with them.

Title says it all.

7. Certain things are exaggerated and vague.

The way some people go on about certain episodes leads them to just award points without a good reason. What does 8 annoyance points even mean?

8. The Idea Itself.

The entire idea that you can put episodes on a scorecard is pretty dumb in itself - you don't think about awarding points for trivial stuff during an episode. Besides, that's not how episodes were ever intended to be judged. How much you enjoy them, how engaged you are, how developed characters are, and most of all how funny it is should contribute. But that's not taken into account enough.

9. Opinions are SUBJECTIVE.

Do I really need to expand on this? Similar to above, but I must reiterate one size does not fit all.
 
Despite making Scorecards for shows on deviantart I'm never making one of these. It's such a flawed grading system it isn't even funny.
 
Honest Slug said:
Despite making Scorecards for shows on deviantart I'm never making one of these. It's such a flawed grading system it isn't even funny.
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Are the cards supposed to be funny?

Btw, the cards can be used for (very) mild to horrendous atrocities. So you can consider a (very) mild atrocity a guilty pleasure. Besides, the cards are based on personal opinions/thoughts and point of view. Mr. Enter never told everyone to agree with his cards. Some people who use his cards are the ones who exaggerate the most.

You've made some good points and i can see why you dislike them. I respect your opinion.
 
I don't mind using a scorecard for judging things all that much. While I don't think it should override elaboration of said opinions, I find it a useful tool to easily ensure you discuss what's important and take everything into account, while providing an easy comparison to other works so that you can easily pick out what you want to see, heck, I find it a useful tool when reviewing. And I quite like how Enter styled in in the form of a notepad, and I find adapting the scale to his style of reviewing allows him to be more unique.

It's just... if you're using the card as the finished work you're publishing on DeviantART or something, you're being lazy and trying to quickly rack up views. The cards act as a first step so that in the eventual video reviews, Mr. Enter can further discuss them. On their own they're effortless rants. The people making these take the cards far too literally and are usually far too overreactive towards the episodes. Even Mr. Enter explained in a journal how most were misusing them. And there's so many of them it's unbearable.

Granted the card itself's also flawed in that it completely fails to account for components of the episode that were done well or at least unique. The entirely negative point system encourages baseless negativity by removing any way to account for ideas and executions that were done any less than horribly. Were there any jokes, characters, story elements, or implications of the message that you felt needed to be further expanded? Do you have any possible solutions to improve? Nonexistent.
 
If you need a template card to voice your opinion, that means you lacks the proper judgment and writing skill to properly criticizes something and you should just stop doing it. Most of the scorecards I see are just nonsensical rants with the points seemingly to be filled randomly. And the other notes section are rarely ever filled, mostly used to fill uninspired "opinions" like "NICK PAY FOR THIS EPISODE?!". Mr Enter is a disgrace to whatever fandom he have set himself on.
 
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