Putting this here without the identity of the one who sent it to me since I'm pretty sure they would prefer i leave their name out of it. As for this, I'll let you guys talk about it, and if it's still in discussion when my computer gets fully fixed so I'm not using safe mode anymore, I'll put in my 2 cents.
To Whom it may Concern,
i know that due to a recent event there has been a good amount of whiplash. I was one of the people who voiced my concern regarding said issue. The issue in question is in regard to the most recent post of Heero in the Priory Event in the thread located in the Magnolia location. I have seen the remarks, arguing, and general attack of both Heero and the decision of the staff t just go with the post as is. After speaking with both staff and many players both in the thread and not, it seems the problem is that rather then explaining in detail the issue, the players have been attacking the staff with comments and negative feed back rather then pointing out the issue.
After speaking with a lot of the people i have been able to pinpoint the issue to a more refine problem. The players are not mad at Heero for his post; However, they do feel his post was over the top and suffers from "Main Character Syndrome", and the players are not mad's at the staff's choice as it was made to help move the plot along without dealing with obvious outrageous issues. However, the problem the players have is that by just "accepting" the obvious issue, the staff it promoting this kind of outrageous posts, and actions by certain players. If the issues are not addressed then the problem will continue into the future and potentially get worse. Another issue that has lended itself to this is the issue regarding the actually power levels and abilities of ranks themselves. So far the best answer i have received about how to gauge power is that the Rank above you is generally considered "Twice" as strong as the rank below it. This is never really explained, and in truth for the sake of the site, shouldn't be. However, it does lend itself tot he issue that H ranks seem to push their powers into the realm of demi-god levels. This is seen in Heero's post as he creates the issue at hand by
"Running down the street like Sonic the Hedgehog on water, a cool moment where Heero passed Simon also moving at superspeed running on the water happened as Heero threw him a FT hand sign in slow motion as he passed him. Flipping forward over a Trash Dumpster, he swore he saw a little girl inside of it as the dumpster floated by (Bys). Leaping forward off of the water once more, and rocketing into the air. A literal sonic BOOM went off; as the skies began to dim...
The clouds above began to whirl as if some insanely powerful event was about to happen. Suddenly from nowhere; Heero came flying around the city of magnolia at break neck speeds. He would loop around the city more times than one could count; creating a HUGE tornado.
The water itself began to whirl and spin beneath the city; as houses groaned and croaked; in the massive tornado that was beyond F-5 class; it literally surrounded the city. The tornado itself began to whip up with water; as the streets began to run dry in certain areas. "
-Copied from the post itself-
He basically without magic starts to run so fast around the outskirts of the city he creates a tornado "Beyond F-5 class". Even if this was not the issue, the fact that physics were COMPLETELY ignored is another issue. Which brings the issue back to the point stated above. The issue lies in the fact that allowing this will continue to perpetuate most posts, and acts like this taking away from the fun of RPing for many of us.
Also to be noted in this, is that fact that he killed more then just his own enemy in this act which took away from post a lot for the lower ranked people had planned and we enjoying as it played into their characters well.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Group of Players.