The Blog Games Season 1: Week 6
First published: Thursday May 20th, 2021
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The Blog Games Season 1: Week 6!
Week of May 11th - May 17th, 2021
Please read our introduction blog for information if you are new to this event. The deadline for blogs is 12 AM EST/5 AM BST/9 PM PST on Tuesdays (Monday for PST). Sheesh, chill on the blogs this week! Mind you, only the first 2 blogs per person will be ranked each week. The deadline for this week and next week are still the same. We just needed a bit extra time to put this together.
Blog Rank 5! - Geopro: Tasmania
Ethaboo's Criteria Grading:
8/10: Formatting
9/10: Grammar
9/10: Appeal
10/10: Content/Information - A lot of nice information about a place most people don't know anything about.
8/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
ChineseChen's Criteria Grading:
7/10: Formatting
9/10: Grammar
8/10: Appeal
10/10: Content/Information - Very nice
9/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
Blog Rank 5! - Nazgul: If Jetpunk Was an Online Shooter #3
Ethaboo's Criteria Grading:
8/10: Formatting
8/10: Grammar
9/10: Appeal
9/10: Content/Information
10/10: Creativity/Uniqueness - Still very creative, and I liked how there were custom flags made in the blog.
ChineseChen's Criteria Grading:
7/10: Formatting
8/10: Grammar
9/10: Appeal
9/10: Content/Information
10/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
Blog Rank 4! - baptistegorce: Interview of a JetPunker #14 - MG17
Ethaboo's Criteria Grading:
8/10: Formatting
8/10: Grammar
9/10: Appeal
10/10: Content/Information - Nice to hear about another Jetpunker.
10/10: Creativity/Uniqueness - Very creative as always, and very interesting to read.
ChineseChen's Criteria Grading:
8/10: Formatting
7/10: Grammar
9/10: Appeal
10/10: Content/Information - Interesting and funny to read as always
9/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
Blog Rank 4! - cathlete: Some "Eurekas" of Mathematics - Part Three
Ethaboo's Criteria Grading:
8/10: Formatting
9/10: Grammar
9/10: Appeal
9/10: Content/Information - Super informative
9/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
ChineseChen's Criteria Grading:
8/10: Formatting
9/10: Grammar
9/10: Appeal - Math is interesting
9/10: Content/Information - Some nice explanations, very interesting
9/10: Creativity/Uniqueness - One of very few math blogs
Blog Rank 3! - ThatOneGuy25: Oregon: From the Trees to the Breeze
Ethaboo's Criteria Grading:
9/10: Formatting
9/10: Grammar
8/10: Appeal
10/10: Content/Information - There is a lot of information about a state that most people don't know much about.
8/10: Creativity/Uniqueness - The title is very creative indeed.
ChineseChen's Criteria Grading:
9/10: Formatting - Was on the verge of a 10 but some line spacings were a bit weird
9/10: Grammar
8/10: Appeal
10/10: Content/Information - Very good information
9/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
Blog Rank 3! - Geopro: WWIII - Where Will It Start?
Ethaboo's Criteria Grading:
8/10: Formatting
9/10: Grammar
10/10: Appeal - The title is very creepy but very intriguing.
9/10: Content/Information
8/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
ChineseChen's Criteria Grading:
8/10: Formatting
9/10: Grammar
9/10: Appeal
10/10: Content/Information - Maybe a little political, but informative nontheless
9/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
Blog Rank 2! - HighPriest57: The 500 Most Beautiful Cities in the World: #500–486
Ethaboo's Criteria Grading:
9/10: Formatting
9/10: Grammar
9/10: Appeal
10/10: Content/Information - There is a lot of information about these first 15 cities, and I liked the pictures too.
9/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
ChineseChen's Criteria Grading:
9/10: Formatting - Very nice colored headings, dividers look good
9/10: Grammar
8/10: Appeal
10/10: Content/Information - So much good info
9/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
Honorable Mentions
Before we get into the number one blog this week, I would like to introduce the 3 honorable mentions for this week! Also, I did forget to say that the Honorable Mentions will NOT actually be based on the criteria, just my opinion on the blog. But I will be rating them on the criteria. For the first honorable mention, I would like to present...
FacterLiger0804 - Planet Earth - Rainforest: Scene 2
Facter is on cooldown for Week 6, although this blog was great. Very entertaining and funny. 90/100
For the next Honorable Mention...
Beckette - 9 Things Only Found In America!
Beckette is also on cooldown. We did not know many of the things on this list! (And a lot of the items suck, e.g. spray cheese) 88/100
Last but not least I present...
YakosaysB0T5WANA - If Countries Were Middle Schoolers
Very funny, lots of stereotypes. This type of humor is kind of needed in the blog section. 86/100
Now onto the best blog this week!
Blog Rank 1! - MG17: Brazilian National Parks - Pictures and Info! #Part 5 + Bonus
Ethaboo's Criteria Grading:
9/10: Formatting
8/10: Grammar
10/10: Appeal - The appeal is going to be very high since all of the other parts of the series were great too.
10/10: Content/Information - Still a lot of information in this blog.
9/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
ChineseChen's Criteria Grading:
9/10: Formatting - Very nice pictures and use of dividers and split view
8/10: Grammar
10/10: Appeal - Very excited for last part of series
10/10: Content/Information - Excellent. Just excellent
9/10: Creativity/Uniqueness
Awards
Here are the winners of the 5 weekly awards!
Best Story - Nazgul: If Jetpunk Was an Online Shooter #3
Best Informational - cathlete: Some "Eurekas" of Mathematics - Part Three
Funniest - YakosaysB0T5WANA: If Countries Were Middle Schoolers #2
Best Title - ThatOneGuy25: Oregon: From the Trees to the Breeze
Favorite of Judges - HighPriest57: The 500 Most Beautiful Cities in the World: #500–486
Welcome New Bloggers!
Milojica - What if USSR Reunited Today?
This was a nice first blog, similar to BigGeographyGuy's series. Information is pretty similar too. This blog got 82/100
A quite extensive informational blog about (what it appears to be) their homeland. Pictures were very nice. 87/100
Any blogs that are labeled as "Milestone Blogs" won't be graded on the criteria as it doesn't seem correct to grade a blog just celebrating a milestone and saying a simple thank you. But, I still feel the need to welcome them to the blogging community!
Welcome to all new bloggers, and I hope you can make more great blogs in the future!
Blog News!
We have made a new rule: only the first two blogs per week per person will be ranked.
Conclusion
I thank you for reading this week's Blog Games! Hopefully next week the blogs can be better than ever. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please state in the comments. We hope you enjoyed! Bye!
*says nothing else*
I’m just with a doubt: The favorite of the judges wouldn’t be considered as the first one?
Edit: How long till I get blocked lol.
Edit: And this is the critical flaw with "The Blog Games". Every week they only review the ones they like, and I do not buy into them reviewing every blog. I have seen some severely great blogs enter the RUB (e.g. May Madness). I do not in any way believe that they put in the work.
One personal problem I have is that all the story blogs usually have a higher success in the blog games than all the other ones. And story blogs, although they are funny, require less work as Clutch said.
Is there a chance that you can do even MORE categories for blogs like the geography and history ones? That will make it much more fair
Just curious
It is possible to make 1 blog a day, JUST LOOK at YakosaysBot5wana´s blog, HE MADE A BLOG EACH DAY FOR 12 DAYS IN A ROW
Even if you're worried about subs that you could gain from the recognition of placing on the leaderboard, I've placed three times, I believe, still only have 3 subs. When it boils down to it, people are going to recognize good content with or without leaderboards. Getting "snubbed" isn't a blemish on your blogs.
u better belol