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- It wouldn't turn me off at all. I don't see why it should turn me off, to be honest. People can have all kinds of appearances, and there are no "best ones", imo. Maybe it's just me, but I'd actually be super happy to see something that breaks the mold, if you want to go with something like that.

- I don't find it tacky at all. So, 1.

I like the idea. The main selling point seems to be mechanics, which I'm personally fond of because I'm a colossal fucking nerd but I'm going to take the risk and say that just mechanics are likely not the best selling point for pixel-perfect's demography specifically.

Because that is what the evidence here is alluding to me, I hope you understand:

    ❂ Interest check threads: Your thread here is the only one among all of the others (Soulbound some mechanics but no stats and there is significant emphasis on plot and its originality, Remove their Humanity no mechanics, Inuyasha no mechanics, Fruits Basket no mechanics, The Devil's Knock a bare mention of mechanics) that has this high of a level of mechanical depth. Others have some passing mentions or light descriptions at best, but not such a degree of science and extent as your post here - nearly every point in your post is explaining something mechanical or relating to mechanics in some way.

    ❂ Pixel-perfect's paid ads: There aren't the typical Naruto/Dragonball/One Piece battle-focused sites that have massive character sheets and extensive, carefully tailored mechanics in the ad sections in this forum's header. And it's people who are invested in this site who have the budget to actually pay for those ads. They have light mechanics at best, or even pseudo-mechanics that aren't even formally mathematical. Like, being a tank/support/etc and having a play-style of them without any numbers to support it, because what matters to the design of it is the aesthetic and feel of it.

That said, there will always be weirdos, like myself, who are actually interested in this kind of thing (it was one of the main draws of the first Endorrain [rip], for me). So, don't be discouraged.

Ultimately, and at the risk of being sexist here, I'm going to admit that Pixel-Perfect seems to me like a predominantly stereotypically-femenine site. Just look at how much emphasis there is on having a nice layout and aesthetics to satisfy the frilly Disney princess inside us all, while many successful shounen, male-dominated man-cave sites don't have aesthetics for shit (evidence: Ninpocho, One Piece RP, DB Broken Destinies). But they have volumes upon volumes of battle rules, with similar mechanics-enthusiasm you have shown here.

And that's totally fine. There is no "good" or "bad", here. It's just subjective preference.

My point is, war-games and slapping each other with numbers is more of a dude thing. There obviously are exceptions of course, but I hope this helps you have more insight as to how to properly direct and market your potential idea and hopefully, forum. (I just want to add that personally however, despite that I enjoy the cradle of mechanics, plot is also important for me, it's why I choose roleplay over videogames - don't think I'm some kind of crazy munchkin lmao, I'm just one of those two things).

So, yeah. Sign me up.

Oh maaan I love me some DnD. This is my favorite part:

moments when you go: nice, i registered my site it's time to fill it in with content and a cool theme, now would be a good time to procrastinate it forever