Mechanics/Stats preferences

[Mal Nova]

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.

Wrong!



And right at the same time


Writing will ALWAYS be a tier higher then Power level/stats.

However, stats should never be overlooked.

(YUP IM GONNA DO IT AGAIN!)

I joined and did a quest with Minoshia and we wound up against A-16..... he had at least a teir 1 power up and that was huge against us newbies...

Me and Mino plotted decided to toss water on his circuits. I guess we wrote well enough... that the end result was.....TRIPLE KILL!!!!!

All three of us died. Myself and Mino even wound up getting to go to KK's... 16 went to heaven or hell.

I think Rad(Kaden) explained it to me once or twice... When he.... or they.... back in the day judged it... they took writing.... and stats into play. How well you wrote... how you wrote it... what you did... and so on... Then they decided.

You could write your ass getting kicked and some how win.... if you wrote it correctly...



These days.... I think you can challenge someone and if they dont accept then it's like bleh... they lose nothing and you gain nothing. That's what bugs me the most...


Also.... stats gave me like 30+ moves... that's SO MANY DIFFERENT COMBOS AND WRITING IDEAS.... And I say that after remember Rebnik stating that it was the storyline that carried me so far... after Retane carried Tapion's body to the island.

@Belle- So what you are saying is you were to chicken shit to give it a go? lol