Phaedrus45 said:
Prep Time - What should we expect from our characters during the 24 hour prep time? Should they be able to use only sources that would normally be available? Should they be able to consult their own teamates? Is previous matches that have happened in other rounds considered as viewable to contestants (like a mojoverse type thing)?
I personally liked how we had it last season. There is to be no character interaction. Preptime is simply your character and that's it. Also, resources that belong STRICTLY to the character in question can be used, not something his teammate can use or make up for him. Some examples below:
Any X-man who is not a psychic cannot use Cerebro.
If there is something in the Avenger's Mansion that is accessable to everyone, but your Avenger Character died before it became accessable, it is not accessable to the character.
Any X-man who cannot fly, or has never been seen flying it, cannot use the blackbird.
Thing, Sue, and Johnny cannot use devices created by Reed, unless he previously created it FOR them to use, thus making it their's.
Someone whose had SHIELD clearance (Danielle Moonstar, Kitty Pryde, etc) who was not a level 10 agent (Nick Fury), cannot use level 10 agent's resources.
etc. etc. etc. If there is a question on whether something is allowed, PM it to Phaed or Myself. (Provided we keep preptime this way)
And I have to say that I ended up not being a fan of the characters knowing about previous matches, or even the tournament at all. I like to picture the matches as random individual things.
Could someone ever be able to say, "I want to be involved, but I would only like to focus my attention on a certain number of characters?" If someone gets a character you really like, should trading before the contest begins be allowed? (i.e. "I'll give you my Thing and Mr. Fantastic for your Kitty Pryde.")
Hmm, never even considered these options. Truthfully, I'm not 100% against the ideas. I'm okay with them if Phaed and most everyone else are.
Debates - Should some type of schedule be more defined for debating, or should participants be allowed to debate until the voting is over? Do you like it when debates get so heated? Were there moments that you believe a debate went too far?
I personally like the idea of open debating until voting is over, for the fact that not everyone has the same scheduals, and sometimes people need more time before getting their debates up. I think this is especially important if we are going to make debating a 99.9% manditory thing.
The only times that I can recall a match's debates going too far are when names and belittlements begin to appear. I don't mind a little heated debate, but I've said it since day one, this is a gentlemen's game and it will be treated like so.
Locations - Any locations you would like to see next round? If we have a location, such as the Daily Bugle, should normal circumstances be taken into consideration? (i.e. bystanders, driven cars.) As a location can make the difference in a match, should we have locations and dates for each made up before brackets, this way making sure all circumstances are completely random?
I actually really like the idea of predetermining the locations before the brackets are made. It's really cool having a hometown advantage, but it's something that Powder wasn't able to do last season, and I'd like to maybe see it happen this season. I think that the circumstances of each location should be decided on in each location. (One random week can be Daily Bugle fully staffed, another week can be Daily Bugle empty, or whatever). There's a lot of matches, so we'd need a lot of locations, but I think something that could help is by including locations of other media, though I prefer not too many. If Phaed is okay with this then I'm okay with it, but I prefer it to be 90% comic book locations. Heck it can even be comic book locations outside of the Marvel and DC universes.
How long should we have voting last? Did you feel Tuesday morning to Thursday morning was adequate? Should everyone be allowed to vote that wants to vote? Should everyone be expected to vote in all matches for votes to count? (i.e. DH only voting in threads that happened to involve his characters.) Do you like the rule, once you vote, that's it, no changing your mind? (kind of falls into the category of debating, with people getting more information when debating continues through the voting days.)
To tell you the truth, toward the middle to end, I stopped remembering when any schedual took place (due to my hectic schedual). I did feel that the schedual was fairly adaquate though, and did alright. Two and a half to three days is good voting time in my opinion.
I do think that it should be manditory that a vote is cast in EVERY thread, or not counted at all. It isn't fair to the players who aren't in your thread, if your vote could have saved their player, but you were too lazy to do all threads (this isn't a knock to Deathshead, just saying this in general).
I'm still against the notion of changing your votes, though if I'm in the minority on this I can change my vote on this
In my opinion, if you worry about changing your vote during voting time, then put off voting for as long as you can and read every rebuttle that comes. Don't vote in the first 3 minutes and get mad when someone puts up a rebuttal after you vote.
Should each victory be taken into account when battling your next opponent? (i.e. Malice takes over Thing's body and wins. Should the next round then ideally involve Thing/Malice versus that opponent?)
In my opinion, no. I prefur this to be all individual matches, thus no connection. Plus if Malice takes over Thing's body in round 1, most probably Malice's opponant in round 2 won't remember this, it taking place 27 years later. And who wants to retrace a thread to find the match to see how it went?
Also, as previously mentioned, if a character has defeated a certain character already in battle, should that be a point to be mentioned in future debates? Does you previous matches then be taken as fact as your character has defeated another character?
Again, in my opinion, no.
I would prefer not to see him back....
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