12-04-2012, 01:31 PM
I am not really sure I get what you are saying, Greg. If I understand, you are saying that those who do not write will be much weaker in comparison to those that do? I can understand that. It is something I didn't quite think about. It would be interesting to just not have stats altogether, or a power level/combat level. What I was talking about there at the end would just be really for unlocking specific abilities and training with NPCs, not really for showing off who is the strongest, numbers/power levels wise. I think that those particular sets of data just have never really fit with a play by post roleplaying game like this. That's just me, anyways. There will always be strengths and weaknesses with every character, but I think that having someone who likes to write a lot beat the bejesus out of someone who can only write a few times a month is just ridiculous. If you want to write a lot and rack up points and gain some levels so you can go train for elemental ki, that's cool, but if you just want to go at your own pace without the fear of being overshadowed by someone whose been around for a month or two and dwarfed you level/points-wise, that's cool too. I would like to see points taking a more meaningful role, especially for the format of game we have.
Man alone measures time.
Man alone chimes the hour.
And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear no other creature endures.
A fear of time running out.
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper