I agree with you, then. I suppose could enforce some sort of rule, with certain people and in the same turn, make some exceptions(Like Tsu with Byakuya, because let's face it, that guy isn't mr.social. XD )

...lol

We could do a system where if someone else wants the canon...

The two owners can "Duke it out" in RP.

Whatever the situation is, they would both have to control the character to complete a task. This would show which one knows the character the best and who would play them best. So even if someone has a canon you want badly and they aren't doing much with them, you could submit a challenge in the Canon's application. In addition, this would keep popular canons, like Byakuya, in shape, because it would give them (EVEN IF HE'S NOT MR. SOCIAL) a reason to RP.

So yeah, just a thought I had.

Yay! Well I am glad you understand what I am trying to do now! Lol. And it's probably something that really needs to be talked about with Staff, so.. yeah.. Lol.

And @ JJ... I agree with that completely, but I think a scenario such as 'battling it out' with the Canon Character should only come along if the current owner has 3-4 Canon's already and one of their Canon's is wanted by some other member. If the person has 1 or 2, then making them battle it out would be kinda ... I don't wanna say mean or unfair... But something along those lines. -nod nod.-

MFW this is a bigger debate than I thought it would be.

*sigh* When I was talking about Tsu I wasn't referring to the max of 4 canons. It was a reference to the activity check idea. As for the people you've never seen, I don't think they have even submitted themselves in a regular activity check recently. I could be wrong, but if they haven't they really shouldn't have their Canon's unless they had an honest temp leave. As for others, I've seen U RP as Yachiru at one point recently I believe (I think that was him). Pockeh is pockeh. And Gin...well you got me there.

I do feel we can stick to four and find other ways to make it fair for others. I think JJ's idea actually does work best because, well, for the person who is active and doesn't use Canon's, you can just call them out on it and have a dual at high noon to see who RP's the character better. I can guarantee if they don't use the character or don't deserve it they'll lose (as long as you can RP the character).

Heh heh, JJ is lucky I don't have confidence in my Starrk should that happen.

Alright, I think I should say a few things.
1) Gin's computer is busted atm. so that's why he's not on.
2) Yes, I think for those that have the max amount of canons, maybe they should have to show that they are active with at least one or two.
3) JJ's idea... I'm not a fan of that. I mean, what would constitute a challenge? Just someone going "HEY, I WANT HIM 8D" ? If it's inactivity, then I'd still say no unless the person in question has 4 canons.

Now that I think of it, Tsu makes a very good point. If it was a simple as lolchallenging someone there would be a problem. Those who use canon's don't want to be challenged every 5 seconds by people who don't see the point that they use them (and are good with them possibly). I swear my opinions have been flip-flopping all over the place. However, I'm going to have to agree with Tsu on this. I mean imagine this.

You have a canon and are using them.
Some Nub: I want him!
So you prove you deserve him. You go on about your business.
Some other Nub: Loloolol he's mine!
So you prove it again.
Then you go t-
The first nub again: lolol FLUKE!
Then you rip your hair out and jump out the window.

Also, Tsu is 18 with 18 Karma. Just noticed that.

...HA. SNOPY NOTICED IT TOO.

Anyway, of course it was just an outline, like Madness City was. It would take reworking and maybe require something like writing up a good enough sample to warrant a challenge.

Just putting it out there; you can take it or leave it, whatever.

And Snopy, you wanna ever challenge my Starrk, you go right ahead. Cuz My starrk... ain't no big bad wolf like Gin's.

I AM PRETTY SURE that Staff is smart enough to see when some random noob comes along and just wants to constantly lolchallenge a character. And it won't be to hard to limit challenges for a character to once a month to two months. If someone shows that they are there to fight with AND for their character and they do it successfully, then I think they should have the right to keep it.

That's why I didn't really want it to be some battle thing over them. Just a simple "hey I AM using this character and I used them in this thread" type deal. NOW, if someone's activity comes into question, then sure, allow them to battle over it, but if it doesn't the owner of the character should be safe and in the clear.

There will also be cases in which someone only owns 1 or 2 Canon's and someones still wants to challenge them. In times like that, I believe it should be up to the person being challenged whether they accept that or not. If they feel they can give the other person a chance, or that they won't be active with that character and want to see what someone else will be able to do with them, then it's really just an easy yes between the two. If they don't want to give it up, then it's only a simple 'sorry, but no'.