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Everquest Train Grading Points:


Pulling:

You are the group's puller.

-10 points

Group does not know/think you are the puller.

+15 points

Group does not know/think you are pulling.

+10 points

Group deliberately misled into thinking you were NOT pulling.

+50 points

Pulled while group members were AFK?

+5 points per AFK member.

Was it the Enchanter or Cleric who was AFK?

+10 points per AFK Enchanter/Cleric.

Warnings:

Did you /shout a warning to the zone before the train hit?

-20 points

Did you /ooc a warning to the zone before the train hit?

-10 points

Did you /auction the warning?

+5 points

Did you use /say for the warning?

+5 points

/gsay?

+10 points

/tell?

+15 points

/ttell?

+20 points

/ttell and you had a mob / NPC targeted?

+30 points

Did your warning arrive after the train hit?

+30 points

Did you, after the train had hit, falsely claim to have warned folks before the train, even though you really hadn't?

+40 points

Did someone have the logs to prove you lied?

-40 points

Did you warn your group that a train was heading this way?

-10 points

Was is a cryptic warning? ("Ummm...", "OMG", "3 inc, i think", "may be an add", etc)

+10 points

Did you deliberately mislead your group into thinking a train was NOT coming?

+20 points

Content:

Number of mobs?

+10 points per mob above four.

Did any of the mobs summon?

+10 points per mob.

Did they summon another player?

+20 points

Did any of the mobs HT/DT?

+10 points per mob.

Did they HT/DT another player?

+20 points

Was it the bard?

+30 points

Did they HT/DT another player's pet?

+15 points

Was the HT/DT enough to kill it?

+25 points

Did your train contain any "named" mobs or rare spawns?

+30 points

Did your train contain any Deities?
(Claiming you saw God during the experience does NOT count!)

+50 points

Did your train contain representatives of more than 50% of all mob types in that zone?

+25 points

Impact:

"WTH?" from Witnesses?

+5 points

"***?" from Witnesses?

+10 points

"OMG?" from Witnesses?

+5 points

"OMFG?" from Witnesses?

+10 points

Actual profanity from Witnesses?

+15 points

Did it make it past the filter?

+20 points

Witnesses petitioned for use of profanity?

+30 points

Witnesses banned for use of profanity?

+50 points

Did you force any Monks/SK's/Necros to FD?

+5 points each.

Did you force any Clerics to DA?

+10 points each.

Evasion:

Did you survive your own train?

+50 points

Did you self-inflict damage and/or zone to fake your own death in order to soften the incoming accusations?

+20 points

Number of survivors in the group who did not use FD or zone to evade death?

-30 points each.

Aftermath:

Did you claim responsibility for your train?

-10 points

Did you regret it?

-50 points

Brag about it?

+50 points

Blame lag?

+10 points

Blame the bard?

+10 points

Did they buy it?

+30 points

No confirmed deaths?

-200 points

Confirmed deaths?

+20 points per death.

Did any player die multiple times?
(Bind-looped, rezed only to die again, etc.)

+100 points bonus.

Were any deaths from classes that have Feign Death?
(Monk, Shaman, Necromancer)

+20 points per death.

Were any victims looting their corpses from a previous death when your train hit?

+50 points

Number of insulting/accusatory tells from train victims/witnesses:

+10 points each.

Number of congratulatory tells from Monks, SK's, Rangers or other pullers:

+20 points each.

Number of tells from victims rendered incoherent by rage:

+25 points each.

Were you petitioned?

+20 points

Did you shout/ooc to the zone that trains in EQ "are a fact of life" or other similar rationalization?

+10 points

Now were you petitioned?

+40 points

Did any victims/groupmembers quit EQ for the night?

+30 points each.

Quit EQ, period?

+1000 points

For Experts Only:

Guides killed:

+50 points each.

GM's killed?

+100 points each.

Verant/GM-Admins killed?

x2 Multiplier.

Did recovery from your train require Verant representatives to summon corpses/reset spawns?

+100 points

Total group wipeout?

+50 points per group.

Total raid wipeout?.

x1.5 Multiplier.

Did you ruin a GM event?
(Can they even be ruined? Don't they start out that way...)

+50 points

Did you ruin an RP event?

+100 points

Was it a wedding?

+200 points

Was it YOUR OWN wedding?

+400 points



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Last Updated March, 2002.
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