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personally i think the game needs a way broader app system but that's a topic for another day so lets stick to the topic

aside from what cog put on the topic of nation leaders, there's a really important side to this exact topic that is kinda forgotten now that EMs are everywhere. it's the fact that before it was alot harder to get a hold of a free EM to play the plotline villain for your story, no crack cocaine bear boss fight to feel like your character is actually struggling against. you'd ask the homie you trust to write a compelling back and forth of ideologies or otherwise to do that to be your opp...

but...

then you'd see people trynna get in on your story, you'd be like sure why not. and you know what happens 9 times out of 10? they're trivialized with ease, and suddenly no one can take your character's trauma or plotline seriously. people would go 'oh this is what you had trouble with?' ic and ooc, and it leaves nothing but a bad taste for all the parties involved.

it's not about the cracked build because there's always the guy coming next that's even more nolifey than you are who apparently grinds a bazillion characters in two minutes while working finance. it's not about 'what's the point of fighting a strong dude' because guess what why would anyone tackle the slightest difficulty in anything? why are raid bosses and shit so popular? why do people even go to events if they're impossibly tailored to counter the meta everyone runs? it's a stupid question, because it's fun and can create for good scenes if you're not mindlessly thinking about 'how will i walk out of this with an explosion behind my ass' but 'how will i enjoy this while making sure my presence is enjoyable'.

EMs won't be present 24/7 either for every recently-created-oc that just left the char creation on evil's bday fully LEing their book and challenging someone to an honorable 1v1 for their title/what land they own/w.e

goose's idea has flaws, the game has fundamental flaws too that will hinder the idea, but i agree with what he has to say but seeing people miss the point spoke enough volumes.

anyways, for the love of god yes reward good ambitious writers with well thought out ideas than dingus flingus logging on because they wanna rp goku and heard you're pretty strong

and to quote a blue haired elf. i'm all for it, no problems here.