Saturday, February 25, 2006
It's been since October of last year that I last reviewed Jason "Nightmare" Sparks, so I tend to lose track of the latest goings on of this UWA Veteran. His eagerness to reach the Top has been a stressful but hard fought climb, as he is recognized as being one of UWA's hard workers.
Role playing in UWA now for around 2 and half years he has deep roots in the place and has developed a few feuds to put under his belt.
I see great promise in his work as I look for reasons to offer him this Elite Status.
He has improved all fronts, Spelling and Grammar is excellent.
Telling the story through narration of his thoughts and feelings is something new from Sparks and most enjoyable to read.
It kind of reminds you of one of those old fashioned Detective Stories where the Detective narrates the goings on in the scene.. I kind of like that.
But there is one thing that I feel puts me off giving Spark's the Top Rank.. He rants allot near the end, sure it's an interview scene but he can say allot less and still get the message across.
Apart from that the rest would say Elite status to me, but the rant at the end which he does allot in his rps needs to be seriously thinned down. The beginning of his rps are a pleasure to read, but he let's himself down in the end with the Interview Sequence.
I'm not a big fan of huge rant sequences.
If he make's the interview sequences smaller and more of the beginning narration style which he pretty much talks about his character in them narrations then I think he has the basic skills in making that Elite status wonted so badly. It's something that I admire about him is that he never says quit. he'll try harder in order to prove himself.
25-10-05
Jason Sparks formerly known as Nightmare back in the early days has gone through allot of tough times but has come out on top on many occasion.
But being left behind is something Sparks refuses to let happen to him.
He has a point to prove that he can stand toe to toe with the big guns of UWA.
Well, what can I say about Sparky's progress.. I feel that Sparks needs to tone down on the swearing, perhaps invent some kind of insult that only Sparks says.
But allot of his insults towards his opponent are usually the F Word and that lowers the quality of Sparks when he talks.
Which is a shame as I've never realised how good the description side is of Sparks.. He's got talent in this field.
Although when he calls Segrada emo-baby I thought that was pretty funny.
Another talent of Sparks is his brand of humour can make me laugh from time to time. His comedic side is a strong point and I think he needs to work on that part, with allot less swearing and more comedic wit I think Sparks could entertain his fellow rpers with his humour.
The sketch he wrote with a mentally unstable Spitfly was a brilliant read. I feel it was just the swearing I found that spoilt it.
Another thing I like is that his former name of "Nightmare" that a few of us call him from time to time to whined him up a bit.. He's decided to take that and graft it into his character as deep down Sparks despises his old persona and I think that is a great way in developing the personality of Sparks.
Now when you rp along side Sparks and you feel tempted to call him "Nightmare".. Don't! lol
On second thoughts do.. I feel that Nightmare going into one of his "My names Sparks!!".. Kind of reminds me of Hetherington when he told everyone that he was not Gorgon, his masked alter-ego.
I have to say that "Nigh...." Sorry Sparks has really improved since his early days in UWA and I think that a little more work and he can make an Elite someday, quite frankly this Contender ranking I'm giving him is a shock.
As I predicted a Mid-Carder. But as you delve deeper into Sparks Promo's, there is talent behind his work.
Jason I feel still needs to develop an Identity for himself as I don't have a clue what he's about and that is his failure.
Sparks needs to evolve and stake his claim to the World Title, but it's a question of how?
