Since I'm a noob compared to most of you, if not all of you (I started rping here in '12), I came to realize a ton of stuff from rping here. The reset system has offered a ton of pros and cons.
For example, the pros:
-If your character dies, you can get back into rp and not be weak...you'll have kg right off the bat and be taken quite seriously.
-This ties in with the above, it's a way to give your chracter perks. Most Vets have more resets, so they're awarded with more (of course, this sucks for people who don't level).
-It prevents someone from making a new character becoming Madara right off the bat.
But, there's the obvious cons:
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Over poweredness. If a 16 reset account is obtained, you're pretty OP. And thanks to the nasty precendent set, those resets don't need to be trained...at all.
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Skill in SL is based on who has resets and not who can RP better. There have been a few exceptions, but the only way to combat this is to get more resets...which leads too...
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Madaras running everywhere. Like deadass...how many Rinni, mokuton, sharingan combos are there? At this point the amount of oxygen in our atmosphere isn't an issue anymore due to the amount of sprawling forests being made.
But the problem, I believe, stems at the very cornerstone of SL.
It's moderation. The appeal of SL is the freedom of it. Like, damn, compared to other places...it's super loose and you really have to push the line before it's considered out of line. But, it's also it's down fall.
I have never seen a place where the RP mods where merely a side option -
and that's not a dig on them, they're phenomal people who do their job; granted, when they're asked to mod a fight or something.
I remember a few months ago in HQ, I said Kyu, our new RP mod, didn't do anything. Of course, stupid me failed to realize he couldn't do much since he really can't do much without beng asked, and even then he doesn't have that much power.
The title of mod is just simply that, a title. Of course, after many people "berated" me, I came to realize I was an asshole. I apologized, but to this day I still feel like a jerk. So sorry if you're reading this!
I really wish we could use our mods more...like, a lot more. This approach of "Hey, you don't like someone? Then don't RP with them!" really falls apart when it comes to canon stuff. We really saw the effect of this when Kay wasn't cool with Chiyo's resets. The fact that people are disagreeing, on the same site no less, on what basically constitutes for power is sad and unfortunete.
So...why don't we make legit rules and have, I dunno...mods enforce them? And when I say "enforce", I mean enforce. This self-governing, democracy doesn't really work on issues where the majority is split...it only causes more dissension, angry people, and hate. Hence, that's the duty of a mod...
Of course, I'm all for site wide nerf. How about...people only get to use one KG, like in the actual Manga/Canon?
These are my thoughts and please feel free to disagree with them. Maybe what I'm saying isn't that good...so please feel free to correct me if at all possible.
Edit: I just realized how old this thread is...screw me for putting this much time and effort into it.