Well Althanas, what do you want?

[The International]

I'm not trying to offend anybody, but I'll believe it when I see it.

I totally get that, and I know the acts we're following. I don't expect you to believe it until you see it, but I would love to see you stick around and see what we have in store.

[Vigil]

Bring back the Pagoda, reset the ladder and put somebody in charge of managing it.

It drew a lot of activity and was a good alternative to battles for awhile. But seeing as its been a couple of years, it'd be a good idea to start a new season to let new blood have a chance of getting to the top.

As for regions... they are what they are. I stopped caring about breathing life in them about the same time I stopped writing for one of them. They're setpieces, nothing more. I'd like, however, to see Continuity readjusted and the inclusion of official canon removed as a requirement. Isn't necessary and just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[SirArtemis]

Are vignettes still going on? I know I was pretty active in them for a bit before I disappeared. I enjoyed writing single-post stories with my character. It was a good writing exercise and it was fun to see how many unique perspectives could be taken by a single prompt.

You know, now that I think about it, why not let Sei get some of his joy back with this? Make it so that, like the old vignettes, people would receive gold and exp for participating. But let's say that each vignette has a unique "auction-house" item as the final reward as well? That way, people have an incentive to participate not only for the practice, exp, and gold, but also for a unique item for free that might be tremendously useful and valuable, and something a person did not come up with on their own. The higher the stakes, the more participants, and the higher the quality of writing. After all, if there was something like a masterwork adamantite shortsword as a reward for a vignette, I sure as hell would put a lot of effort into trying to win. And if you want to participate and don't want the item, just put a disclaimer so that the runner up, or 3rd runner up even, gets the reward, so that winners who don't want the item don't get the hog.

After all, I'll admit, there were some really fun and awesome items that I saw pass through the auction house that I just didn't have the money to compete with. Whereas when it comes to vignettes, everyone has an equal chance.

Yeah, I like the idea.

[orphans]

... but I like ribbons and seemingly pointless/frivolous items for my character...

In all seriousness, I feel that Artie has a good suggestion and it can be refined.

[Jasmine]

To answer the question about vignettes: Yes, they are going to come back as their own feature. Hopefully in the very near future. As for a special prize for 1st place, I shall keep the suggestion in mind.

[Christoph]

Army battle tournament. That is all. >_>

[Duffy]

^ winner.

Job done.

[Slayer of the Rot]

Now be honest Slayer, do you only want to fire Sei so that he can’t remove pictures of my breasts from the site?

Gee whiz, ya got me.

"Army" tournaments fucking suck. I hate the god damn Gisela. It's gayer than a man wearing pink sequins and a feather boa sucking two dicks and taking two up the ass. So if the general consensus ends up being an army tournament I withdraw my vote for a tournament and give it to bringing back the Pagoda.

[Atzar]

Bring back the Pagoda, reset the ladder and put somebody in charge of managing it.

It drew a lot of activity and was a good alternative to battles for awhile. But seeing as its been a couple of years, it'd be a good idea to start a new season to let new blood have a chance of getting to the top.

As for regions... they are what they are. I stopped caring about breathing life in them about the same time I stopped writing for one of them. They're setpieces, nothing more. I'd like, however, to see Continuity readjusted and the inclusion of official canon removed as a requirement. Isn't necessary and just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

As a one-time reincarnator of the Dajas Pagoda, please yes.

On the subject of Continuity, also please yes. I dislike the Continuity category. I've long since accepted the fact that a judge's score isn't perfectly representative of the quality of a piece - my favorite read on this site isn't even particularly close to being a JC - but Continuity takes this to a level that I'm not comfortable with.

I'd recommend a reward boost for threads that utilize/contribute to Althanas canon, rather than a penalty for a superb thread that doesn't take place in Corone. There are many excellent stories out there, but not all of them fit within the confines of the established major regions here.

Obviously, this is a slippery slope. You wouldn't want to let that railgun back into Althanas on the excuse that some tiny society on some random unnamed island in an unknown corner of the planet has modern technology. But within reason, I think most things should fly here.

[Symbiosis]

For the love of god, get rid of that continuity crap. I'm sorry but i don't think it's fair to have a score that hinges on you role playing in Corone or Scara Brae or Underwood. I think it's a trap for people who use outlands and lose out on scores being good because HERP DE DERP you didn't write about some silly civil war.

I agree with Atzar. Make a reward system for canon work, but don't penalize people who just enjoying writing.