A Quick Vote

[Alexander Trafford]

Why not allow people over 3k CA to participate, but include a bit about how if they're over 3k they have to wear collars that reduces their CA to the average of the remainder of the field (those under 3k)

So people who have a CA over 3k would have to wear mechanisms that reduced their CA to the average CA of those participating under 3k.

A = 4000 CA
B = 1000 CA
C = 2000 CA
D = 3000 CA

A would be allowed to participate, but his collar would diminish his CA to 2000. You're probably asking, why not just drop their CA to the 3000 limit? If you drop it to the average, they'll be weaker than above-average participants (in terms of CA in the under-3k part of the field). For two reasons, first, that those with higher CA's have probably earned it with regards to quality, and to level the playing field means giving other, less active, and, due to less activity, probably less tuned writers, a slight advantage in CA (A > B slightly, and RPs more regularly, so is more in 'writing shape', so give B > A in terms of CA). The other reason is that most people with higher CA are accostumed to RPing being in control of fights, and dominating, and this forces them to RP from a new perspective.