Awhile back the forum faced the possibility of having to go through a drastic change due to a bill that was going to be passed. While said bill never came to life, we as a forum discussed what direction we would take it and for the most part it was a landslide victory for changing from Bleach to our own Fantasy world and not one based around a series that already exists.

As of late, many members whom have been with us have shown a growing degree of boredom with our current setting and quite frankly with Bleach altogether. Because of this myself and Frox (Tanaka Mai) have been putting plans together for the last few weeks as to what we'd shift to. We've had quite a few ideas, ones we're very excited about and eager to share with the rest of you. It is in a Fantasy setting and furthermore would follow from where we are now in our current story line, so everything would not be for naught.

But Mal? How can you do a reset and yet have everything we've done not be an utter waste of time? The answer to that is quite simple, some of which however I can't share with you now but I can tell you any points you've spent on your present profiles will be refunded to you when you go about creating your new character for this new setting. You may use your appearance, personality and even profession to a degree if you like, however clearly you'll have to change the history and anything else that screams Bleach. Of course, if you have a Hollow (not counting Arrancar fully) it'd be a complete reset as we're only using Humans in this new setting.

Now, we didn't want to go ahead and just do all of this without letting you the members know and furthermore without getting your bit of input. I'd like ALL of you who have questions and concerns about this 'soft' reset to post them in this thread. At which point sometime next weekend (after the Christmas Holiday but before New Years) I on my livestream will take the time to answer each one live and for all to listen, and unlike what I usually do, will take the time to record it for those whom are unable to attend.

So now my friends, I ask you to direct your attention to the poll, caste your vote and please post anything you have to ask or say in response to this. If you have further questions, concerns or suggestions for what we plan on doing, please modify your existing post rather than posting a new one to keep clutter down so it's easier for Frox and I to address.

Thank you for your time.


-- Additionally, the poll will remain open for a 24 hour period after broadcast of the livestream comes to an end. As no set date has been made for it yet, please look out for when it will be aired.--

and furthermore would follow from where we are now in our current story line

Could you elaborate on this point further?

Are you referring to a main overarching plot, or would we be able to continue on our own personal plans for our characters (as long as we edit relevant names)?

Can you give us a quick run down of the setting?

For once, I'm not entirely opposed to the idea of a reset. As much as I love Sengoku as a character, and as happy as I am with what I've been doing on the site, I feel that Bleach as a whole is a rather stale and stagnant setting to begin with. I mean hell, Hollows pretty much HAVE to be evil, power hungry monsters or else nothing happens in the series. So while I have no problems with abandoning this site in favor of a medieval fantasy style RP, I do have an issue with the exclusion of our Hollow players in this "soft reset". I don't really think it's fair that they should get shafted just because they chose to play hollows. If anything, they deserve to have their points refunded more than the rest of us: especially after being wiped out by Akiza at least once and having few, if any major roleplaying opportunities. This also brings up the question of what happens to people with secondary characters. Will they have to choose one character to transplant? Or will they be able to transfer over all their characters with full resets for each one?

The must important question of all, however...can I keep my dog!? D:

One thing I should point out is that I don't watch Bleach, and I've only been RPing here for a bit over a year, so I'm not tired of the setting. However I recognise that some of you have been here for donkeys, so I understand why you may be weary of the setting.

My main question is whether it's going to be just human characters, or humanoid. I feel that if it's a fantasy theme there has to be some other kind of race, like orcs, elves, dwarves or whatever. 

And Katsu's point. I want my deer and dog to stay.

More details would be nice before a decision is reached.

That's why we're asking for the
questions so we make sure we can address everything

I feel like I should have questions, but really I don't. I think I will just chime in with my opinion that a change would be nice, and I'm up for it.

Oh I do have a question, sweet.

Will the system stay the same as it is currently, like for gaining RP points for example, or will that change too? If I missed this previous, I'm sorry e.e

Edit-
Oh I see that you guys answered questions in the broadcast I didnt have time to attend. Stupid holiday work hours. Anyway, nevermind.

We've not done the broadcast yet lass, we've yet to settle on a date, though we're aiming for either the upcoming Sunday or Monday.

I suppose that I have a few questions.

First is if we'll need to reuse our entire character with the refund. So would I need to play as Biru after the reset if i wanted to use the RP points that I got for him? Or could I make a new character and just use the RP points that i've earned with Biru?

Second is how much the templates will change. Will this be a universe where humans have powers? Will everyone be normal or will there be classes like in DnD?

Last thing isn't a question, but I'm also opposed to excluding hollow from the reset. If we're just refunding the abilities and RP points, we should do the same for any hollow characters too. A lot of use are going to have to change our profiles to some degree. For any Hollow characters it would just be more than it would for a Rukon or Shinigami

Alrighty, so we're going to be addressing all of your questions and concerns as well as what you've all suggested on Monday Decemeber 30th, around 12pm Forum/Box time. Again if you are unable to attend do not fret, for I will be recording it. The link to my stream if you don't already have it is this here. Hope you can all make it.

That's 12pm midnight? I'd have to get up rather early for that >_>

(yeah, I know this message is at 11:20ish...)

PM is afternoon.

I'm afraid that doesn't help in the slightest.

Unless the majority of members are unable to make it for that allotted time, it'll stay as it stands now. Again, it will be recorded for those who miss it. If you are unable to make that time let me know, now is the time to post or pm me such information.

Again, what is the allotted time? Is it midnight or midday?

... Midday.

Thank-you

Poll is now closed!