Ah, Toran and Aftershock beat me to it.
Since about a 7.5 average is required in each category to get the required number of points to pass, if a storyline is not included, it will get an automatic 7.5, therefor not overly hurting or helping the score.
Really though, what's the point of us all posting up things like this if you all dont read them, and you critisize us in later posts?
-Jinx