[OOC] Naruto: Birth of a Better Generation

[LillyDove]

Prince said
Where the Hell is Masaki? Even I want to get started IC. This slow posting rate is getting old.

I'll see if she is on RPA and yell at her to get posting. No worries, i do it all the time.

[Salroka]

Marrow still has a character introduction post to make before there might be potential for a team collab. Kirugetsu DID ask for the kids to tell him about themselves.

[Marrow]

POOOOSTED!

[Prince]

Posting rate is just a little bit sad. PM me problems, issues or the specific hold ups you are having, and I will try to deal with them.

[Innue]

Just waiting on Goth for my squad I think, but he mentioned he wouldn't have internet over the weekend.

[Prince]

Alright, I'm removing Masaki and her Uchiha from my squad. I'm going to be pruning the entire roleplay for inactivity, so all I need are some complaints to review. Jhino and Kino will continue on as if they simply can't find her. I'll deal with it later. Anyone inactive will be put on standby, and Imay make a slower-posting team for them, but it is unfair and frustrating that the entire RP be bogged down.

[Prince]

I have placed the following characters on indefinite standby:

• Ria Uchiha - Masaki


• Myth Okiyama - Starlna Box


• Fuwa Amaya - KittmanBagz


• Kyo Yoru - Gothpuppy95

This has affected Team Sun greatly, reducing the number of Genin in that squad to one, in addition to requiring that I contact Tatsua Aiisen. The difference being that the other four roleplayers showed no signs of activity for 72 hours prior to this action, whereas I can at least contact Tatsua.

Presently, team Earth, Star and Sea are set into Genin-Chuunin pairs and I intend for them to stay as such. I have warned that I would prune for inactivity before, and now I am. That said, there will be two genin spots open for Team Sun, and I will allow Krieg to perform a retcon to eliminate the introduction of any characters that are now on standby. I will also edit Shin's speech to reflect these changes. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Tatsua Aiisen]

Oh god, Team Sun has been torn aSUNder by inactivity...

[Innue]

Would it be worthwhile to potentially combine some of the paired teams?

[Salroka]

Tuuj's post made me realize something. A Genin with a title is a stupid concept... especially given the setting.

A Genin... with no real prior combat training and few useful techniques... in a war... in the case of Shira for example as the post is fresh in my mind, would barely be Master of the Breakfast Burrito, let alone Master of a Flag. And "Warbringer"? If Shira's a Warbringer, Kirugetsu is a Planet-Killer. I'm not trying to be disrespectful, mind you. I'm simply stating what would be logical. It's just silly to have a Genin with ANY titles whatsoever in this setting, really. So this is more an observation on Genin as a whole, more than it is a beef with Tuuj's character specifically.

So if I may be so bold as to make a suggestion... I think that Genin really shouldn't be allowed to have titles. Chunin, maybe. Jounin, sure. But not Genin.

[Tatsua Aiisen]

I agree that a genin with a title is rather silly.

[Tuujaimaa]

>bitching about a genin having a title

>not a ninja title

To clarify:

She is Master of the Flag because she has inherited it through lineage.

She is a Warbringer because she participated in a war.

That is how the Hataga clan works. They are nothing to do with the ninja world. It isn't something you can compare in the fashion that you did, Beta. Shira doesn't possess those titles because of any inherent skill or achievement - she was born with one, and participated in war to receive the other.

[Salroka]

Tuujaimaa said
>bitching about a genin having a title

>not a ninja title

To clarify:

She is Master of the Flag because she has inherited it through lineage.

She is a Warbringer because she participated in a war.

That is how the Hataga clan works. They are nothing to do with the ninja world. It isn't something you can compare in the fashion that you did, Beta. Shira doesn't possess those titles because of any inherent skill or achievement - she was born with one, and participated in war to receive the other.

So by THAT logic, half the characters in the RP have the title of Warbringer. Neat. I'll update my CS when I feel the desire to do so. It still stands to reason that Genin really shouldn't have titles, but what the fuck ever.

[Tuujaimaa]

If they were Hataga who participated in a war, they would be Warbringers. It's a title bestowed only by the Hataga that means something only to the Hataga - I don't see why it's an issue.

[Salroka]

Because they're Genin... kids... barely-trained chumps that, in war, would equate to those nameless twats players cut down by the hundreds in a Dynasty Warrior game. Sure, ONE of them might have killed someone important or helped capture someone/something. But only with the help of a hundred other cannon fodder. I just find a Genin with titles to be screaming: "I'M IMPORTANT AND HAVE TITLES EVEN THOUGH I'M BARELY A NINJA RIGHT NOW!"

Think about it. Did ANY Genin from the show... have a title? Hell, did most of the Chunin have titles? How many JOUNIN had them, even?

I can't help but think that any Genin who openly claimed to have a title would be viewed as a self-righteous and arrogant bastard by other, higher-ranked ninja.

[Tuujaimaa]

Genin =/= Kid.

Genin is the lowest rung of the Shinobi ladder. Shira's titles are nothing to do with Shinobi. The clan predates Shinobi.

~

Your argument about Genin from the show is contextually invalid. This is a very different universe from that of the show.

[Salroka]

Tuujaimaa said
This is a very different universe from that of the show.

Where do you get your drugs, and can I have some? This is an RP... set in... the Naruto Universe. How the hell can you ACTUALLY say what you stated in the above quote and expect to not be called out on it?

This is a different STORY, yes. But it's the exact same universe.

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In any case, I'm done with this argument and don't want to pollute the OOC with things like this. Feel free to continue if you want, but I'll not take part any further. as we have been asked not to flood the OOC with this sort of thing in the past.

[Tuujaimaa]

I usually take the term "Universe" to include history. If you do not, I apologise for the misleading term.

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Regardless, muchos apologies for the many posts <3

[Durnehviir]

Gothpuppy gave a reason for absence.
He said he can't post on the weekend.

Also, Shira's titles are fine.
They are from her clan, within her clan, and established by her clan. This is a non-issue.

Even if it wasn't by her clan, any character can self proclaim a title. Such as the "Number One Hyperactive Nucklehead Ninja" The bio was approved, thus this title was as well. I don't see a prbolem with either, especially considering they have reason and backstory, unlike something pointless and random like "planet destroyer". The character is fine.

Should move on.

[Durnehviir]

Tatsua Aiisen said
Oh god, Team Sun has been torn aSUNder activity...

Lol. Just caught this.