Mechanics/Stats preferences

[Piper Juunanagou]

Stats are useless.

The only purpose stats have really served over the last 7 years I've been here is to serve as a way for people to measure themselves against one another OOC. Srsly. Stats never matter when they should (in fights or sagas). And don't try to tell me they do or have--just go look back a how many times you see a phrase like 'Stats (later CA) won't matter for the sake of X, Y, or Z.' To add to that, how much genuine PvP have we had over the last 4 years? Instead, we've had a bunch of competitions where 'writing quality' and other vague, amorphouse traits have determined who gets the gold medal.

I know why we've had them (stats), we're an RPG based off a show where one of the most amusing elements was 'POWAH LEVEL.' On Chubbs, however, they just seem like fluff. Why bother if they mean nothing? And I don't see a future where they'll mean anything of any value other than slots on a leaderboard.

Edit: I will state for the record that I picked the third option. Mainly because I didn't know how inclusive the term 'mechanics' is.