Talk:Mary Sue Test/@comment-20355458-20150807223330/@comment-4547854-20150808003524

Suzi made this awhile ago. She probably edited it a lot from the RS Forums into the Wiki. This is still a dated test, especially since it doesn't account for the amount of Airuts, Aviantese and any other races that have been introduced into the game and that have gotten more RPers making characters for them, whileas Mahjarrat are penalized for existing. The fact you can get points for being practically anything, except for a few First Age species and Goblins, is just stupid.

There should be more de-Sueifiers that have a better impact if this was to be an effective solution to OP characters, as well as characters who provide a fair amount of comedic relief(although may not be dedicated to such a field) should be getting some extra de-Sueifiers so when people say "those characters aren't taken seriously anyway" I don't get the temptation to say "Well this test shouldn't be taken seriously anyway."

And maybe, just maybe, change the ranges of these "Rankings." 1-20 is waaaay too low for what this test is worth for the more well-developed characters who may fall into the races that are penalized. Really, the way I'm seeing is people pass this test if they get more than 30, because this idea of a Mary Sue is being put into place with that 1-20 score range as these are theoretically "perfect characters" in terms of their development. 1-20 is a good range for the "Awesome!" category, whileas 21-40 is a good "Good, but could do better" sort of deal. Then 41-60 is "Hey, yo, careful with what you're doing here." Then 61+ is "Okay, so one of two things is happening. Your character is well developed, has maybe a few OP things about it, but it's still as good as any character that scores a 2. Either that or you really need to work on your shit."

But even with massive improvements, this test still shouldn't be taken seriously because of the concept and the "Mary Sue" labelling. Maybe the test should be renamed to something like "Character Balancing" or something more professional to avoid giving off that elitist feel that this test is giving. "Oh, your character is a Mary Sue, you suck hahahaha! *rp's my Zamorajarrat*"

I need to stop before I rage.