Dear Staff,
Generally I tend just to be an observer with threads that I'm not an active part of. Partly because I do like to have an idea of what is going around in the site but also out of entertainment. And this includes the Chunin Exams which I have been enjoying and which deserve a tip of the hat towards Meep.
That been said I have come preoccupation on the way some of the decisions have been handled in regards of battle moderation. As in, while I do believe that staff has the best interest of the participants in mind, there are some decisions that I don't fully understand nor that I believe are correct given the specific circumstances of the fights.
In short, I believe that this is due a dissonance between what site members believe are the elements that may affect a battle, namely specializations, special abilities, techniques, rank of characters and out of character knowledge compared with what staff members considers that it may or may not affect, as in some occasions what it is written in the site doesn't necessarily correspond with calls made when battle moderation is required.
I believe that this create confusion and in many ways discontent with how some decisions are being handled by staff, specially in an event like the Chunin Exams that is formative for characters and in many occasions can even result in the death of participant characters.
In tabletop, wargaming, etc, the term rules as written is used to indicate that a game is played with the rules as they are, not as rules as they might be interpreted due bias, word of mouth or any other element. I want to reiterate that this is not me implying there are ulterior motives, but rather that there doesn't necessarily exist an unified criteria in case that disputes exist. While I do understand that this is a hobby and expecting complex rulings might not be possible, a more transparent understanding of the rules in battle, a way to better understand of how specialization, be sole, primary, secondary or generalist a way to better understand of how specialization, be sole, primary, secondary, or generalist as well how rank and special abilities are quantified and measured against each other would beneficial and I believe it would dissipate arguments or discontent.
As well, I believe that it is necessary that if/when a clarified set of rules is provided, staff could be receptive of opinion on what could be adjusted, clarified and given context in case that there is an existing ambiguity and that the set of rules pertaining to battles is considered a living document that might be changed in a balanced and unbiased manner.
This, of course, are my opinions.
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