So...

[Aqua]

Originally posted by Minoshia

Originally posted by Raditzu

Originally posted by Minoshia
But if they are willing to due it that way isn't that up to the individual (or individuals if the former owner is still playing)? I'm not trying to start something I'm just curious why it's not allowed if all parties involved have no problem having it that way.

What Aqua was saying is that we've had the exact scenario you just proposed, but it didn't work out. We've had people agree to continue on and it still didn't work out. What you have to understand is that changing something about an established cannon character doesn't just affect you. It affects everyone who has a relationship with that character.

A perfect example is a previous roleplaying experience I had with Coola. Raditzu has a long established and diverse history with the old Koola. Now someone else RPs Coola and they just pretend that that history never happened. How does that fit into the rest of the RPG? Suddenly all the saga-level fights we've had mean nothing? Koola helping to take over the planet Earth is just whipped away? It doesn't jive.

Disallowing characters to play cannons with established history serves as a method of ensuring stability and consistency with the Chubbs universe as well as serves as a mark of respect to the work and development that people have already put into their characters. Retiring a character used to be reserved as a significant honor for a Chubbs member. We're extending this honor to everyone who contributed to the Chubbs universe up to this point.

Hmm interseting. So basically right now I'm screwing up Minoshia's character since I'm not rolepalying him like he was roleplayed before. Had I known that I would have joined as Zorn, or Captain Kale.

You aren't "screwing it up," you're just putting your own interp on it but in so doing a flaw in the current system is highlighted. That flaw is one which the staff has worked to get rid of by instituting the new set of canon rules.