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Bumping

That's a perfect idea, Peter.

I made a discord server because I do think it would be easier to talk that way: https://discord.gg/dkJqPHc

Another pro tip: If a Buddhist monk shows you an amulet, it's not a souvenir for you to take.  Those dudes are fast and will chase you down.

Literally just DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING THAT SOMEONE OFFERS YOU. Keep your hands in your pockets and don't make eye contact. You will be handed 100000 things just don't take them!!!

I want to do what the non-natives want to do. I was talking with Kozi about making a game plan according to what people felt like doing. Also depends on how many people show up, etc. We were talking about going to some museums If anyone wants to do anything in particular, post it here and we'll figure it out.

I just wanna eat some Halal Guys and chill.

wait hang on I know Im the one who said Aug 19th because we thought we would be in town already for Summer Slam but we cant afford that show anymore so perhaps the date should be reconsidered because thats kiiiiiinda my wedding anniversary and I should maaaaaybe spend it with my husband lol does anyone have another suggestion XD

LOL Kozi suggested August 19th because of the cheap flights for that weekend.

What are the dates that work for you?

I love her

I am going to be in LA and SF from August 2-7, other than that I don't have anything major planned.

Shen, try looking on Airbnb? Maybe you can get something cool right in Manhattan? Are you driving? If so, make sure you have somewhere to park your car!! I bet some airbnb's come with a parking spot.

This could be a good idea. We already keep track of number of defaults in character statistics, so it seems like just an improvement on statistics that are already being kept track of.

Would this new statistic only take into account regular battles or include all types of battles and events?

Like, if someone had previously had a lot of defaults and then wanted to prove themselves again, could they do a number of beyond battles to improve their score?

This is an interesting point. I can see pros and cons to counting bb's towards that particular score.

Pros would be that it would encourage folks to do more bb's, which is a good thing in my opinion. If they are doing something for self-improvement then I am certainly in favor of it!

A con is that a bb doesn't have a time limit, and if you want to get a feel for how this person does in a battle, then that's not really an accurate representation. Same goes for intro comics.

It certainly would count things like tournaments.

Love to hear more thoughts on this.

Thank you Red and to all the mods - this post was intended as a 'hey, what are we doing as a community?' (Monday, your 'it falls on you' comment is illustrating exactly the attitude I kind of hope everyone in the community has - that we should make individual efforts to be more supportive - but shouldn't be forced into it) rather than 'hey mods, step it up'. While some stuff discussed requires mod insight, people like Peta have shown we can all make this place more constructive, fun, and less needlessly stressful for each other

I didn't take it that way at all, it's great to have these discussions. It's good for people to voice concerns!!

ALSO, I think I thought of a solution that doesn't really punish people. I would rather let your battle records speak for themselves.

Ideally, I'd like for people to CHECK OUT YOUR OPPONENT and make an INFORMED DECISION on if you want to battle with them or not.

I'm proposing COMPLETION RATES and SUBMISSION RATES.

You submission rating will be your recent (last 5 battles?) rate of default. So, if someone challenges you and you see their submission rate is 20%, maybe you don't want to accept.

Completion is based on the amount of comics you had recently with a poor average score for quality. The idea behind this is that incompletes get lower quality scores. So you can quickly see what to expect from your opponent. This would help new people too.

This way, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to accept challenges from people that you are comfortable with. No more looking through comics history, you could quickly vet someone with this rating. If you KNOW someone always defaults or does poor work and you still battle them, that on you.

If you want to improve your scores, do better work.

How does that sound?

There has been a call recently for action to be taken against defaulters and incompleters. It has been suggested that if you do these things frequently, then your ability to enter battles should be taken away until you submit a completed BB, or something similar.

This is a really difficult thing. I am not sure how necessary it is, but I want to hear thoughts on it.

On one hand, frequent defaulters are way WAY less likely to be selected for tournaments. They also build a reputation for themselves. There are certain people I would never team up with or battle, because personally, I want a good fight from my opponent.

To me, this seems fair. But putting out sub-par work, or not at all, you're limiting who is willing to collab with you, battle you, and what tournaments you can be in. And if someone DOES want to battle or collab, I'm assuming they KNOW your reputation and they are willing to accept that risk.

IF we did have a punishment for defaulters/incompletes the rules would need to be extremely clear to keep things fair. Just as an example, lets say you default/incomplete x number of times. You would need to submit a completed BB before you can battle again. I'm not sure I see the value in this, but I'm willing to hear reason why someone might think it's a good idea. Depending on your reasons for defaulting, it might not change a thing.

The excuse you had for defaulting would not be taken into consideration. If your computer dies, you were in the hospital, or you got lazy, its a strike against you. The less judgement that needs to be made by a person, the better. This would eliminate any bias a mod might have (or that you think we have ) No reason is more or less valid than another one. It is what it is. I think a major problem with the site used to be that punishments were dealt out whenever a mod thought it fit. I think our current staff is very level headed, but we are all humans and have friends on the site. So, not to seem cold, but having a clear-cut rule is the fairest thing to do.

Personally, I'm not super keen on punishments. This is a small community. We all know each other, and our battle records are easily seen. I HOPE that everyone takes pride in their work here, and does their best regardless. Shit happens and I'm not about to shame anyone for it.

She's cute as hell, I love the whole concept.

As for the amount of information, keep it short, if possible. What you have written is perfect so far. You can show her personality and demonstrate her powers in your intro pages. Keep going with this!