Why can't there be benders?

[Nanale]

I think that benders should be allowed again because i dont think it should matter if theres an uneven amount of them because there are still a million other people in the avaverse that arent benders and everybody isnt going to rp as them. Plus there could still be limitations or whatever so that not everyone can be a bender unless they're a certain way or whatever.

[jialingjin]

We stop allowing benders because we're trying to be as realistic as possible when it comes to Feng Shui. We are not like every other Avatar RPG. It is known that benders are rarities in the Avatar World. Due to out basic knowledge of genetics we have decided that benders make up 1/3 of the population. We're actually being lenient when we say 40% of the population can be benders.

When we placed that temporaily rule into place, each nation had over 60% of benders. Not only did we have an unrealistic number of benders, but it was annoying to have people join, create characters and never RP. The majority of those characters? Benders.
So this rule serves another purpose.. it weeds out people who aren't serious about RPing.

Avatar is not all about benders, and if you're not happy with how the Admin and Gmods have chosen to run Feng Shui, then don't join. We want a realistic, enjoyable RP experience, we want to push people into trying new things, different ideas, and create characters that are unique. We want you to think and be creative.

[gandalan]

THINKING?! But I don't WANT to think... my head hurts from headers at soccer practice and it hurts MORE from Pre-Calculus. UGH... ;D

[The Lion Turtle]

Bite me. I had Precal last year and I did just fine. XD Besides, I have college classes this year! So does Jia and Kura! YOU'LL LIVE XDDD

[aden]

admin said:

Bite me. I had Precal last year and I did just fine. XD Besides, I have college classes this year! So does Jia and Kura! YOU'LL LIVE XDDD

I had Calc II last year and two math courses this year... Until anyone else takes up Mechanical Engineering, I claim sole Right of Complaint about math being hard!

[jialingjin]

...try Greek literature.. IN GREEK. >>

[The Lion Turtle]

And you can still belt out novels. See? Not hard, people! *hugs Aden* ^_^

[gandalan]

admin said:

Bite me. I had Precal last year and I did just fine. XD Besides, I have college classes this year! So does Jia and Kura! YOU'LL LIVE XDDD

It's easy unless your father thinks your an overachiever and only allows you to get A's and B's, and I suck at math. I mean REALLY suck. Second semester, I was doing okay, a solid 93%... I was so happy. Algebra II was hard for me, so I was REALLY happy. And then I flunked the last test with flying colors, ending up at an 83%. I hate math. I really do.

[aden]

jialingjin said:

...try Greek literature.. IN GREEK. >>

Pious Crapus!

And you can still belt out novels. See? Not hard, people! *hugs Aden* ^_^

;D

[kaska]

I HAVE AN IDEA!!

This'll solve the waiting around to have benders and whatnot. How about each person's third character can be a bender, and they must have a certain post count beforehand so they don't just pull two characters out of their ass so they can have a bender?

[jialingjin]

That would involve more work. >>; and somepeople like to keep their secondary character's true identity a secret.

[gandalan]

jialingjin said:

That would involve more work. >>; and somepeople like to keep their secondary character's true identity a secret.

I know YOUR fourth, which you only have 2 posts with. He was a promising character too... ;D

[jialingjin]

wait what?
I only have Jialing, Katara, Bai-Wu and Li-Wu. No more. O.o;

[gandalan]

Oh? I was under the impression that your (apparently 5th) character was Liang Fai.

[kura]

Where the heck did you get that from? o.O