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Lazyeye · 06-16-2019, 01:49 PM

Hello fellow photoshoppers, Gimp users, and paint connoisseurs. I would like to take a moment of your time and discuss a few changes that will be occurring in the graphics section starting tomorrow in terms of grading.

First, I would like to give you a break down of the hierarchy of our grading team. We have seen a lot of changes over the past couple seasons, ushering in a lot of improvement over that time. I would like to extend a special thanks to the grading team, y’all have done exceptionally well over the past few seasons, have raised the bar for grading, and have been quite a bit more expedient than previous iterations of the team.

Our team is as follows

@Lazyeye – Graphics Head
@karey – Main arbitrator
@Julio Tokolosh – Grader
@Carpy48 – Grader
@GeckoeyGecko – “Grader”
@hewasajazzman – Grader
@Bruins10 – Grader
@Im_A_Boonana - Grader
@Gray – Grader
@ligma - Grader
@chetib – Video Grader

Now on to the few changes

The first change you’ll see, which will take place tomorrow, is a revised grading and pay scale. The current rubric and pay scale on the forums will be removed and replaced. The new scale will condense the scoring into a 1-5/5 scale and you will earn 250k per point that you receive per submission. We will not be objectifying the scores through examples, jersey changes, animation, and all that jazz. There will be general guidelines and the score will be up to subjectivity of the graders. I would predict the average score would be between a 2-3 out of 5 for a majority of the sig makers here. Half points will be utilized as well (125k per half)
Here are the general guidelines

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1 – User demonstrates a basic level of photoshop (or any other photo manipulation software) and has the necessary elements required in a signature. The signature includes a photo, background and text. 250k  

2- User demonstrates a baseline knowledge of the tools within photoshop and shows some understanding of lighting, depth, flow, and other artistic elements. User has shown they have surpassed the beginning levels of photoshop. 500k

3- User demonstrates effective use of photoshop tools to create a quality signature. All aspects of lighting, depth, flow, color, and creativity are present within the signature. There is still room for improvement but the user now has a good understanding of sig making. 750k

4- User demonstrates an advanced knowledge of the tools in photoshop. They are expertly utilizing artistic elements such as lighting, depth, etc, to create a high-quality signature. 1 mil

5- Cream of the crop. A very rare score for an expert-quality signature that demonstrates a high level of artistic ability and cohesiveness. 1.25 mil

The vagueness of the new guideline is intentional. I am attempting to remove the hard limits such as jersey swaps and animation out of the guideline but this will increase the subjectivity of grading, which will fall on the graders. To combat this is the reason the score is being reduced to 5 instead of 10. This should intrinsically reduce the deviation of subjectivity between graders. At the same time, a vaguer guideline with no hard limits will allow users to be more creative in their signatures and not worry so much about checking certain blocks to hit higher scores. We here at the graphics section want to see people improve and flex those creative muscles when it comes to signature. Hopefully by reducing the scale and removing certain hard limits we have begun down that path. Grading itself will remain relatively the same except for a bit more emphasis in the comments on how and where to improve.

There will always be grading issues when it comes to subjectivity. In order to combat this, I will be introducing an arbitration thread in the next week or so once I finalize the format. This will give users a couple weeks after receiving their grade to contest their score if they feel they weren’t graded properly. Now this isn’t something you will be posting in every week, but just on occasion if you feel you were slighted in a score. At this time, karey and I will be the arbitrators. Once the thread goes up, there will be a specific format to follow and karey and I will decide whether we concur with the grader or to bump up your pay. I don’t really expect any issues in terms of abuse for arbitration, but we will keep a close eye on how it goes this season.

For the near future, I’m going to be working on some consolidation and reorganizing of the forums. In my opinion, the current forums are somewhat stretched thin with resources so I feel a consolidation is needed. I will also be hosting another full-blown sig tourney at the beginning of the next off season.

That is all the changes that will be introduced at this time. The new grading scale and payment system will be in effect for all submissions after 6/16. If anyone has any questions or concerns about the new system then I would be happy to answer them. If not, then I look forward to seeing your pretty sigs!

Bruins10 · 06-16-2019, 01:53 PM

crutch · 06-16-2019, 02:02 PM

finally that god awful scale is gone

long live lazyeye

.bojo · 06-16-2019, 02:06 PM

Why is gecko a "grader"

Lazyeye · 06-16-2019, 02:09 PM

06-16-2019, 02:06 PM.bojo Wrote: Why is gecko a "grader"

He's our mascot grader, our locker room guy

doesn't do a lot of work but he brings up the morale

GeckoeyGecko · 06-16-2019, 02:25 PM

06-16-2019, 02:06 PM.bojo Wrote: Why is gecko a "grader"

bribes

GeckoeyGecko · 06-16-2019, 02:25 PM

06-16-2019, 02:09 PMLazyeye Wrote:
06-16-2019, 02:06 PM.bojo Wrote: Why is gecko a "grader"

He's our mascot grader, our locker room guy

doesn't do a lot of work but he brings up the morale