For the first time in awhile, I came to a topic and after getting through about half of it, I'm like, "TL:DR".
I vote no. If I recall correctly I voted against making the 0-tails challengeable, but in case I don't recall correctly, just for the record, I don't currently think that making the Mazo challengeable is a good idea.
Why not? Well, my gut reaction was, "It's an item, not a biju" and then I read through Bocc's post on that argument and had to think a little harder on it. The Mazo is a summoned creature, practically an "item" akin to Edo Tensei zombies (they're not items, but they can be possessed). The Kiri swords aren't challengeable, animal summons to my knowledge are not challengeable, and Edo zombies are not challengable, so why would the Mazo be challengeable?
Don't get me wrong:
Hardly very fun at all to participate in an event that you know you are going to lose before you even make your opening post. That's nothing more than being a glorified npc for the express purpose of being just another target for the villain's rp enjoyment. Its much too one sided.
I totally agree with this. But I mean, really Kay, how is the Serean Event any better than Bocc getting the Gedo Mazo and maybe someday making the 10-tails? And don't state the seemingly obvious of it being a Warren vs Bocchiere thing, 'cause neither of them really play nice unless you're on the inside scoop of the cone.
At least Bocc's RP fights, the ones I've participated in anyways, don't boil down to: "You can't do anything but what I want you to do because I don't want you to do it because I am playing GM here". His also tends to work by general SL logic and not some special brand that comes out of the woodwork when a certain faction needs to exert undue influence on the masses.
There is no fun in trying to hunt something that is being withheld and dangled away from you SOLELY because of "reasons". I'm not saying Bocc doesn't have a chance at getting it IC (knowing Warren Bocc better have a fire suit for dem hoops) but there needs to be more perspective looking here.
Why were a bunch of biju rules revamped in the first place? At the heart, to make the fights more fair, civil, and accessible. For both hunter and hunted, hero and villain if you will.
This here:
When Kyo and I brought the dang gone thing into existence, it was for the express purpose of locking it up from ever entering the general public.
That's just evil right there. It was a canon item, it was eventually going to come into SL circulation. You two had just gotten to it first. Intending to effectively remove from RP something because of the issues involved with it (including potential OPness) is almost the same as the argument I used for getting rid of the biju, and yet, here they still are causing mild headaches.
Warren is not going to use it to destroy the world, and you will Bocch.
I don't know Kayenta, Serean has been pretty frisky with the world's village boards, I wouldn't put it past him to at least try to bring the world to an end with it or some other means.
Funny you should mention spite though Warren because unlike Kay I can't really imagine you having good intentions. You claim to have important plans for the Mazo but how long have you had it now? At least a year. What are you still doing? Unless you're acting out Black Zetsu's plan in real time I can't imagine what you wouldn't be finished with by now.
You know Bocc, I wouldn't be surprised if it showed up in the conclusion to the Serean Event. Not one bit.