Hey everyone
Quite honestly, preferences are cool and all but at the end of the day it's a huge effort to maintain between challenger and host. Just yesterday I was all up for a preferences list as a host should be able to determine the clause for what they're defending, ultimately it's theirs already and should be able to advocate what they want in a match to make it as exciting or as enjoyable for them as they can (fairly) make it. However, now that I think about it-- a standardized template can be considered with possible changes to it. Such as a preset of things they can void, but they also don't want mystery posts where people are vague about what happens so that it can happen in the future to whatever suits the need.
What if we do a point system? Like, extremely rough draft (making it as I write) but the host has 3 points to allocate in things they don't want.
Now, it's a given that things such as Swift Release, Izanami, etc. are frowned upon by many in an IC perspective, so a preset void list can just be thrown out there without costing points. Now, the host HAS to negotiate with certain things. Such as:
Challenger likes to use explosion release, dust release, rinnegan with paths, and a sage mode boost.
Well, the host doesn't like that one bit, but can use points to say he doesn't want rinnegan at all in the fight. I guess challengers may have points too? I dunno, think of it like using money to barter for an item you want. The buyer wants less, the seller wants more. End of the day, middle grounds is only met by a give and take that both agree on.
I'll expand on this more later tonight as I'm at work right now and can't invest that much time atm.
Edit: Steel > *Izanami.