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  1. DarkGrath

    I'm afraid I'm not qualified to provide calc evaluations. If there is an issue with the calc...

    I'm afraid I'm not qualified to provide calc evaluations. If there is an issue with the calc, can you refer this to a calc group member?
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  2. DarkGrath

    Guilty Gear: Fixing the Tiers (Probably Part 1?)

    The grace period has passed for this thread, there has been sufficient agreement, and there is no active discussion nor any contests against the conclusions of the thread. So I will close this and start implementing the changes. Thank you all for your input. I will see to making a Part 2...
  3. DarkGrath

    The Great Odyssean Quest to Downgrade God of War ⌈Part 2⌋

    I'm quite fine with this. I think it's within the realm of possibility they actually were trying to say "something Kratos did on arrival caused this long winter", but this is purely speculative. It is worth noting - I distinctly recall it was at least implied in GoW 2018 that Atreus could...
  4. DarkGrath

    How to become staff

    The easiest way to explain it is that there's a candidate selection process. Higher-up staff in the community, particularly bureaucrats, keep an eye out for users who are very productive in certain areas. Perhaps one user demonstrates being consistently civil and good at managing heated...
  5. DarkGrath

    Guilty Gear: Fixing the Tiers (Probably Part 1?)

    Lol. Lmao, even. Lmfao, if you'd be so bold. (I'll probably make a separate brief thread for this in a bit if no one else does. Such a thread is probably simple enough to fall under a short grace period if done by itself.)
  6. DarkGrath

    Guilty Gear: Fixing the Tiers (Probably Part 1?)

    The only revision I currently intend to make after this one would be to work out the scaling for the verse. But that may be in as little as a few days, or not for a long time. There's a couple of things I'd like to work out first. Most notably, if there are any relevant feats in the verse that...
  7. DarkGrath

    Guilty Gear: Fixing the Tiers (Probably Part 1?)

    Guilty Gear has recently been my Dorky Fixation That Will Inevitably Fade Away In Two Weeks™️, so I've been looking through the Guilty Gear profiles on the wiki the past couple of days. The first thing that's caught my eye is the tiering, and the fact that it's messy. I'd like to clean this up...
  8. DarkGrath

    Rule Violation Reports (New forum)

    As with any other instance, a report of a staff member goes to HR, not to the RVR. And for that matter, we don't take uncontextualised off-site comments seriously by themselves. Also, don't use the RVR to promote a Discord server, for god's sake. You should all know better.
  9. DarkGrath

    The Great Odyssean Quest to Downgrade God of War ⌈Part 1/God Only Knows How Long This Will Take⌋

    I have reopened this due to the concern expressed here. I believe it is appropriate to allow this matter to continue being discussed considering the conditions under which the previous thread was closed, as long as the discussion remains civil and to-the-point.
  10. DarkGrath

    Rule Violation Reports (New forum)

    I'll reopen the thread.
  11. DarkGrath

    Rule Violation Reports (New forum)

    This was one comment I had issue with. It's perfectly fine to state simply referencing someone else's apparent argument is not an argument in itself, but that's not all this comment is. It is using rhetoric to imply "this person is too ignorant to know what an argument is" as a leverage point...
  12. DarkGrath

    Rule Violation Reports (New forum)

    I've looked through the recent posts on the thread regarding the debate between Fujiwara and KLOL. I don't agree with the assessments above that there's no aggressive or condescending behaviour here. There evidently have been some comments thus far from Fujiwara that take a patronising and/or...
  13. DarkGrath

    Rule Violation Reports (New forum)

    To be clear about this part - I've not yet reviewed this situation. KLOL506 spoke to me briefly about this matter off-site, and I told them an RvR report would be the most appropriate platform to address his concerns if he believed they were substantial. I will examine what has occurred shortly.
  14. DarkGrath

    The Death of SCP

    I would like to say - I've roughly kept up with this discussion, despite not having responded on it yet. My thoughts are pretty much mirrored here, and I intended to express something similar when I had more time: I think Red vs Blue is one of the clearest, most iconic examples of an Internet...
  15. DarkGrath

    Thor Abstract Existence and Conceptual Manipulation

    Kindly refrain from any such demeaning comments towards your fellow staff members of this sort in the future. You are a thread moderator. You should start acting like one.
  16. DarkGrath

    Minor Maou Gakuin rework

    I've been asked by a few people about this thread by now. I don't have the time presently to examine the context and thus evaluate the thread, so I will not be voting. But I did want to offer my thoughts on the questions around resurrection, healing, and regeneration. The important difference...
  17. DarkGrath

    Removal of God of War's "Type 1 Concept Manipulation"

    I will delete any further derailing comments from this point onwards.
  18. DarkGrath

    I don't believe it would be in anyone's best interest to rile up tensions on the thread further...

    I don't believe it would be in anyone's best interest to rile up tensions on the thread further by addressing the comment there, so I will say this here. You will drop the topic and leave it be not because someone else will concede to your demand, but because you have been warned already...
  19. DarkGrath

    Removal of God of War's "Type 1 Concept Manipulation"

    If further hostile and accusatory comments by staff members derail this thread further, I am willing to bring up the parties involved with HR. On a similar note, if you do believe that there is legitimate misconduct by staff members occurring in this thread, then you can and should contact HR...
  20. DarkGrath

    Removal of God of War's "Type 1 Concept Manipulation"

    I haven't forgotten about this thread, and I've seen the notifications requesting my input. I've just been too busy to respond. My apologies if this causes any delays, but I likely will not be able to respond today - perhaps in 24 hours or so, if my input is still needed.
  21. DarkGrath

    Removal of God of War's "Type 1 Concept Manipulation"

    To be clear on this - what do you think defines a 'concept'? The crux here is that you seem to think the qualities found are both insufficient to fit the definition of a 'concept' and that there are defining features of a concept that aren't included. Your example vaguely hints to what you might...
  22. DarkGrath

    Removal of God of War's "Type 1 Concept Manipulation"

    So, before anything else, there's two things I should say. One: I have not yet read through everything that has been said in this debate. I'm aware this is not a good standard, but what I am seeing so far is a lot of very trivial debate - things being argued about that come down to...
  23. DarkGrath

    Removal of God of War's "Type 1 Concept Manipulation"

    I'm going to keep this brief, because I believe most people here already saw my concerns on the previous GoW thread about this. Stop with the tone. You can only politely phrase and reframe accusatory remarks as mere observations and claims so far before it is obvious to everyone else viewing...
  24. DarkGrath

    The Commoner's Thread: The Death of SCP

    It was an inappropriate comment, but he has apologised for it now. I would rather neither the main thread nor this one is used for open complaints about the matter.
  25. DarkGrath

    The Commoner's Thread: The Death of SCP

    Hah. Another thread for the peasants of the land, who slave away on the Content Revision fields in the desperate hope of acknowledgement by their evaluating lords and ladies. How winsome. swirls Versus Battles Wiki brand wine glass with boundless outerversal layers of smug grins and 1-A...
  26. DarkGrath

    The Death of SCP

    I'll reserve any firm judgement until later, but there is a small argument in favour of deletion here I'd like to bring up that I don't often hear in the discussions around whether SCP should remain on the wiki. It's hard to deny that there is a noteworthy portion of the Versus Battles Wiki...
  27. DarkGrath

    SAO Upgrade CRT | Absorbing the Sun or something idk

    The particular number of light elements involved does interest me - how tens of thousands were involved in the original feat, and the sun can maintain luminosity with several hundreds removed - but I'm not sure if this enables us to deduce anything more than we know at present. Unfortunately, I...
  28. DarkGrath

    SAO Upgrade CRT | Absorbing the Sun or something idk

    Apologies if this seems pedantic, but - the last sentence interests me. 'The majority of the light elements had expired, having completed their...'. What does the next section after this scan say?
  29. DarkGrath

    SAO Upgrade CRT | Absorbing the Sun or something idk

    Can you provide a scan for the last one? The scans in the OP end with the monsters 'crumbling into liquid form', so I don't know what the text says for the last part.
  30. DarkGrath

    SAO Upgrade CRT | Absorbing the Sun or something idk

    At this stage, I'm not content with a possibly rating. I can acknowledge intuitions as much as I would like, but I still don't believe this justification meets the standard of being 'reliable to a notable, but mild' degree as established for possibly ratings on the Attack Potency page. It's just...
  31. DarkGrath

    SAO Upgrade CRT | Absorbing the Sun or something idk

    I've read through the posts made on the topic since my last evaluation. My stance has ultimately not changed, though I am pleased that the open questions I expressed were thoroughly explained. I believe Agnaa's post here most clearly summarises the underlying issue I have with the arguments...
  32. DarkGrath

    I have had much less time than usual for the past couple of months due to IRL obligations, hence...

    I have had much less time than usual for the past couple of months due to IRL obligations, hence Mizuki's stated trouble. However, I do try to make time to evaluate CRTs that have been delayed for an unusually long time or need a tie-breaker to proceed, especially so if other staff are not...
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  33. DarkGrath

    Should flexible powers be indexed for each possible application?

    I was originally going to write a fairly long response, but I don't think a lot of what I could say is really necessary or beneficial to the discussion. Mainly, I just think this part needs to be stressed here, as I'm not completely sure the implications of it have been understood through the...
  34. DarkGrath

    Minor God of War Removal

    I would like to make (hopefully) a final post about this matter. I acknowledged in a previous post, roughly 11 hours ago now, that conduct on this thread was becoming increasingly problematic, and that it is in all of our best interests that this issue is nipped in the bud and that further...
  35. DarkGrath

    Minor God of War Removal

    A note regarding the recent posts - let's stick to the facts of the matter, please. We have all seen threads like these go sideways when we get caught up over intentions and the people over the arguments. I don't think any of us wants this to be 'that thread over a minor ability change that...
  36. DarkGrath

    SAO Upgrade CRT | Absorbing the Sun or something idk

    I've no questions at present, no. I'll ask questions if they come up when I evaluate the discussion later.
  37. DarkGrath

    SAO Upgrade CRT | Absorbing the Sun or something idk

    I cannot give input immediately, but hopefully some time in the next 24 hours will suffice? (I thought you had pinged me for a different SAO thread when I saw the title. Somehow 1-A SAO didn't sound immediately suspicious.)
  38. DarkGrath

    Minor God of War Removal

    I would need to review the GoW lore - and particularly, looking at the novel for myself may be useful in this regard - to say for sure how the Moirai's alterations of fate work. However, off of what I already know, this seems tenuous. The very reason there are three sisters of fate instead of...
  39. DarkGrath

    Minor God of War Removal

    I have been asked to provide input here. Importantly, I feel I should acknowledge this issue, since it was a clear point of confusion earlier in the discussion. 'Burden of proof' is not a difficult thing to discern - when you have a situation where multiple conclusions are possible, and you...
  40. DarkGrath

    We've talked about this on Discord, so of course, I know your reasons. Thank you for clarifying...

    We've talked about this on Discord, so of course, I know your reasons. Thank you for clarifying on here for posterity. I'll handle your ban shortly.
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