I do not appreciate messages like the one above me because even though you are entitled to have an opinion, this message does not come up with any attempt to rectify this situation or add something constructive to the table.

All in all this is YOUR game, so if you dont like the way it is now, speak up and tell us what YOU want out of it.

Ive heard a lot of now its not fun anymore and the old fights were so much better

The olden days fights to paraphrase David Sheppard were also totally unrealistic.

It is the arcade racer versus Racing sim. One is instant action and putting the pedal down, the other means tweaking your stats to get that leading edge over the other. Both have supporters, both can be a lot of fun. One supporter of the first genre usually does not like the other genre. For one it is too complicated (so he wants Arcade) and the other it is just dumbing down the racing (so he goes for the sim style game).

So what do want? Realism or arcade?

Those that argue that you could have both have never in my opinion ever come up with a good explanation how they would want to do that.

If you (and with that I mean all of you that were there when this thing started) made the decision in the olden days for a base set of rules we would never have this discussion to begin with. I already argued the case for a baseline of rules, but vapourboteers felt that that should be up to the writers. Fair enough, but the writers are not interested in laying the ground rules, let alone get together and creating a foundation for it. They got enough going on as it is writing battles and coming up with tournaments.

What choice do I make?

If I wanted to play arcade than I would have stuck with RA2 or RW arenas of destruction.

Some people find that these rules are too complex, well Im sorry, but building a good robot is not just a matter of piling on parts. And it is not fair towards the people that do try to keep their stats in check if they get knocked out by a robot that even on Pluto would not have made the weight.

This is the last I am going to say on the matter. think it over, my suggestions are out there. Do with them as you will. Once you guys made a decision let me know.

Until then I will just do normal moderator stuff and answer questions if you want me to, but apart from that I will keep out of fanfic. I will not intervene in any decision making with regards to rules.