Introduction to Level Judging

Level judging is the act of reviewing a level; it is difficult to master and requires tons of dedication and effort to properly write reviews.

Becoming a level judge has its benefits, such as:
  • You have authority over other users, as you have moderator powers in the Levels and Projects sections of the forum.
  • You can lock, move, merge, delete threads and posts.
  • You get access to a forum exclusive to level judges.
  • Your levels will be automatically perceived as good, since you’re a level judge.
  • You get a pink-colored nick which will make you stand out as a user. Downside is that you might be mistaken for a homosexual.

Becoming a level judge

You must make a review, send it to one of the admins, become a judge and then never review any level until you get demoted. 

Below is a list of level guidelines that you must base your review on. Failure to do so will result in demotion.

  1. The level must have custom graphics. If a level does not contain custom graphics in it then it's not worth your time.
  2. Absolutely no graphics that don't belong to Smb3. Graphics belonging to any other style have to be immediately purged from the levels section.
  3. Unless the creator’s nickname is reghrhre, Chad, Kyo or Zephyr, you should only review the screenshots provided in the creator’s post and not the level as a whole.
  4. If the creator of the level does not have one of the nicks aforementioned, you should only review the level’s screenshots.
  5. If the creator’s nickname is one of the aforementioned nicks, the level must receive a perfect score of 10/10, regardless of how good the level actually is.
  6. If the level lacks switch block puzzles, then it is a waste of your time and does NOT deserve a good score. Switch block puzzles are famous for giving the reviewer the impression that the level is long and non-linear. Levels with switch block puzzles are considered non-linear and must receive a high score. If the level lacks switch block puzzles then it is linear and must be deleted immediately.
  7. Hard levels must receive a low score. This is a level judge tradition so you better respect it.
  8. The level must be tediously long and very non-linear. Short or medium-length levels must receive a low score.
  9. You must give a rating ranging from 0 to 10, 20 or 100. You can also use the reviewing star emoticons provided by the forum system.
  10. You absolutely must review the level’s graphics without rating the actual gameplay as it has no relevance whatsoever. Graphics, being the most important factor in a level, must be reviewed painstakingly.
  11. If the creator of the level is a moderator or administrator, then you must give it a high score.

Retaining your position

Now that you've earned your Level Judge position and an admin threatens to demote you, promise them that you’ll be more active, post a single review and then become inactive again for a few months, rinse and repeat. Have fun being respected.