[Avee]

i think that this is a genuinely terrible idea that will keep popular and strong characters played by popular people at the apex of humanity with absolutely no way to move them out of their position

i also think that it's a terrible idea because bias is absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt, going to happen. i was an admin in e1, i know that people that the admins liked got checked with excellents, amethyst is going to be given to the people who are in the In Crowd and 50% AP gain is Pretty Huge at 200+

I'm largely ambivalent on this, but I think thats an unfair assessment in terms of favoritism, tbh. Our current headmins (who I assume would have final say on these) are Tattles, Mouse, and Vriska. Have any of them ever given you the inkling they're likely to unfairly distribute this boosts based on cliques?

It's not a matter of actual favoritism taking place.

It's about the perception of such.

I personally don't have to worry about these things, as I generally don't apply myself in the manner to receive such benefits or perks, I'm viewing this and trying to wrap my mind around why they would do such a thing, when all it does is encourage players who -think- they deserve something, screaming admin favoritism.

When this happens, eventually some clique will get up in arms about it, then the entire admin team comes under fire for something that's literally a non-issue.

This may be hard to believe, but I'm mad because this action seems like the administration team is actively shooting themselves in the foot. I know and I understand that they want to encourage good RP, but systems like this don't, in my opinion, encourage the type of RP that is deserving of this form of reward.

It encourages try-hard RP that is painfully long and miserable to read, and disrupts the natural cathartic flow of a good and comfortable scene. (This isn't meant to insult those who prefer making long-form posts, as even I do this from time to time.)

It's a bit of a difficult concept to explain, but I'm not worried about the stat-bonuses or whatever the fuck.

They may call it a knee-jerk if they like (they being the administration team, as an action taken by one of them reflects on all of them, which is a point that will probably rankle even more hides) yet, an unpopular idea is clearly an unpopular idea.

Quote me if you like, but I may not respond as it is late.

Edit : I've known it was action points from the start, before someone thinks that's the argument im trying to make.