Board Thread:Captain's Council/@comment-2089817-20160507033741/@comment-3403804-20160507154940

Hello everyone, sorry I'm a tad late to the summit, but here I am. Now, onwards to the first question.

1. The RPCQE isn't at all a bad idea, it ensures that we, unlike a certain other fanon wiki, don't fall to random mediocrity. That being said, I have experience in matters where admins make grand decisions about the kind of content that is permitted, as do you, Sei. The RPCQE, while certainly neccessary to uphold high standards does sometimes chase away otherwise valuable members, who may not yet be ready to commit work of that magnitude to a place they've just joined. Because, let's be real, most people want to make powerful characters, with awesome powers and abilities and Bankais and whatever else you might want. When it works, it works, but when it doesn't work it comes off as elitist and obnoxious. For certain users who just come here to have fun, explore the Bleachverse and make interesting characters it conveys the following message.

"You're not good enough to be a part of this clique."

I am not advocating having it removed, but I think it'd be in the community's interest if we upped the base character permissions a tad. For example, we might revise it so that you're allowed to have a character at roughly Ichinose-class, which I believe is sufficient to make characters people want to utilize, and serve as a neat middle-road. As opposed to being forced to make characters which many wouldn't even consider fun.

Ichinose-class characters are those who thread the line between Lieutenant-class and Captain-class. I would define them as being slightly more advanced than your typical lieutenant, to the extent that they might be afforded up to Great Spiritual Energy, and one Master-rank in one field. I believe that is more than enough to keep new users interested, while still keeping true to the premise of the RPCQE. In order to further incentivize making low-rank characters at 3rd Seat Level we might include an Ichinose-class penalty of minus 5 points. Which would urge those who wish to apply with one to try just a little bit harder.

2. I'm basically onboard with any change in terms of this, it is another issue with the RPCQE, as none of us get paid for this and consequently sometimes take a prolonged break. We have lives to live, other things to see to, after all, and we can't sit around answering dozens upon dozens of disorganized applications. I think we might need to reevaluate this bit, and perhaps go through with your suggestion.

3. Honestly, if it were up to me, I'd leave this up to the discretion of the admins, with others getting to make suggestions. Furthermore, we might need to include a new theme each month like "Hakuda Specialists", "Wizards", "Low-power Characters" etc. Essentially, we listen to suggestions from the community under these guidelines and then read through and pick the article with best quality.