I joined up in late 2010. Just as they do now, the seniors always told us of the glorious days of NB, the days where the role-play was fun and awesome. Back then, I always wondered what it was that made late 2008 and most of 2009 so cool, but now I think I know. It was not, as some would say, because of the easy customs or completely individual fighting-styles, because while those were certainly good points, they didn't create life in the role-play. No, what really made the 'old times' worth the bad spelling, terrible grammar and overuse of emoticons worth it, was that there was fewer restrictions in the role-play.
Today, there are restrictions everywhere and on everything, but I'm actually not bothered by most of them. Untill now.
Yesterday, a rule was published and put into effect. The rule puts a limit on the amount of customs you can be allowed to use. When I was done reading the rule, I couldn't help but sigh in defeat.
Dear Moderators. If this was your doing, I can only wonder why you want to kill the role-play.
Canon techniques are good, they're safe and we have data on them that describes how they look, how they're performed and what they do. But as you all know, custom techniques are the life-blood of this role-play.
In the old days, becoming an individual fighter, even creating your own style was possible just with canon techniques. It's not possible anymore. This community will continue to grow and, as a direct result of that, the role-play will grow.
Custom techniques are my way of bringing a bit of individualism into the fight. Custom techniques allows a fighter to take a deep breath, knowing that he has something his opponent does not, and then widen his eyes in fright when the opponent shoots his own custom technique back at him.
This rule is probably yet another attempt to create a good equilibrium, where everybody has roughly the same amount of special abilities, custom techniques and power overall. While I approve of your attempt at promoting strategical thinking and battle tactics, I grit my teeth at this rule.
I have about 300, if not more, custom techniques. Many believe that being allowed to use a custom is pretty easy and that making your own, approveable custom is a piece of cake. Honestly, it isn't. Everything I have, from first to last is something I've fought for. I've spend a year of my life talking, trading, fighting and writing for new custom techniques, and now you want to cut me off. When the Hachimon were disallowed on bio's with a Kekkei Genkai, you allowed the existing bio's breaking that rule to exist. When bio's with both Sage Mode, EIG and implanted Mangekyou Sharingans were outlawed, you allowed the existing ones to exist. You allowed those who had fought for their abilities to keep them, but now you want to spit on me and so many other peoples' work?
It's been proposed that the five elements should be restricted to three, because, technically, a Ninja can only use all the five if he has the Rinnegan. Do you remember what was adviced every time?
"Just include that rule in your personal fight, we don't want to restrict the entire RP."
The same can be said for custom techniques. Even now we have fights and tournaments where customs are disallowed, so why do you force me and many others to drop our work into the bin?
Drop this rule, you're tightening your already choking grip on this role-play and one day it's going to burst.
I was linked to this by Yard:
It's a petition, urging people to sign in order to get the aforementioned 70-rule removed. I all but beg every serious role-player here; sign this petition. This is not a matter of being OP or spamming CJ's, all of those problems can be solved with individual restrictions in battle threads. This is about all of us, old as new, being forced to discard something we've worked hard for.
We need to change our mentality, not the rules. I say; a free NB is a creative NB! Don't take away our freedom.
I hope you'll show your support and sign the petition.
EDIT: I'd like to quote Yard, who made the petition. This is his profile message:
Today, there are restrictions everywhere and on everything, but I'm actually not bothered by most of them. Untill now.
Yesterday, a rule was published and put into effect. The rule puts a limit on the amount of customs you can be allowed to use. When I was done reading the rule, I couldn't help but sigh in defeat.
Dear Moderators. If this was your doing, I can only wonder why you want to kill the role-play.
Canon techniques are good, they're safe and we have data on them that describes how they look, how they're performed and what they do. But as you all know, custom techniques are the life-blood of this role-play.
In the old days, becoming an individual fighter, even creating your own style was possible just with canon techniques. It's not possible anymore. This community will continue to grow and, as a direct result of that, the role-play will grow.
Custom techniques are my way of bringing a bit of individualism into the fight. Custom techniques allows a fighter to take a deep breath, knowing that he has something his opponent does not, and then widen his eyes in fright when the opponent shoots his own custom technique back at him.
This rule is probably yet another attempt to create a good equilibrium, where everybody has roughly the same amount of special abilities, custom techniques and power overall. While I approve of your attempt at promoting strategical thinking and battle tactics, I grit my teeth at this rule.
I have about 300, if not more, custom techniques. Many believe that being allowed to use a custom is pretty easy and that making your own, approveable custom is a piece of cake. Honestly, it isn't. Everything I have, from first to last is something I've fought for. I've spend a year of my life talking, trading, fighting and writing for new custom techniques, and now you want to cut me off. When the Hachimon were disallowed on bio's with a Kekkei Genkai, you allowed the existing bio's breaking that rule to exist. When bio's with both Sage Mode, EIG and implanted Mangekyou Sharingans were outlawed, you allowed the existing ones to exist. You allowed those who had fought for their abilities to keep them, but now you want to spit on me and so many other peoples' work?
It's been proposed that the five elements should be restricted to three, because, technically, a Ninja can only use all the five if he has the Rinnegan. Do you remember what was adviced every time?
"Just include that rule in your personal fight, we don't want to restrict the entire RP."
The same can be said for custom techniques. Even now we have fights and tournaments where customs are disallowed, so why do you force me and many others to drop our work into the bin?
Drop this rule, you're tightening your already choking grip on this role-play and one day it's going to burst.
I was linked to this by Yard:
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It's a petition, urging people to sign in order to get the aforementioned 70-rule removed. I all but beg every serious role-player here; sign this petition. This is not a matter of being OP or spamming CJ's, all of those problems can be solved with individual restrictions in battle threads. This is about all of us, old as new, being forced to discard something we've worked hard for.
We need to change our mentality, not the rules. I say; a free NB is a creative NB! Don't take away our freedom.
I hope you'll show your support and sign the petition.
EDIT: I'd like to quote Yard, who made the petition. This is his profile message:
Not everyone gains Curse Marks, Sage Mode, the Eight Gates or Yin & Yang. Some base much of their role-playing on customs.
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