The Like/Hate Thread

[Super Buu]

It sounds like what you and Greg want (and it could be a ton of people, you two are just the only ones who've said anything) is a system where you can put it down for a while, then come back every now and again and still be on-par with the people who never stopped.

That sounds horrible. To clarify my stance, what I think would be a good idea is if you can put it down for a while, come back, and not be 30x weaker than the people who never stopped.

Like I've said, I think people who dedicate themselves more should have more. That's like, fundamental. I would never suggest taking that away. But you've got to realise, that it is NOT all-or-nothing. I'm finding it difficult to get this across. To give an example, you could go even more extreme than we are currently - say, making a single post gives you 10,000 CA. That rewards people even more for posting. But that's not necessarily a good thing. See, every positive feature has negative repercussions - you can say the same with negative features, like a death penalty. In this case, the increased reward for posting more in turn punishes you more for not posting. It's very exclusive.

So, given that concept, you have to find a middle-ground that makes most people happy. If we made it so that the CA gained from posting was much smaller than it currently is, it wouldn't remove the reward for players who are dedicated. You're still going to be much stronger than someone who doesn't dedicate as much time to writing on Chubbs. But it won't be so massive - I'm talking 5, 10, 20 times more powerful - that it excludes people.

Obviously, if you do not want 'casual' writers on the site, and would rather it be only the most dedicated writers, then things are perfect as they are. But I think those people might have more fun if there were more people to write with.