LogFAQs > #921122223

Thank you all for participating in the tenth installment of Save My Disney Character. We've had ten contests, and despite some of the fanbase's best efforts we've had ten different winners. Clearly you guys as a community must see some inherent value in change. That's why instead of the usual post-contest Q&A I wanted to propose something entirely new. SMDC at its core will remain unchanged: trading will still be allowed, alliances encouraged, etc, so the contest you know and love will still be intact. What I'm proposing is a complete overhaul of what is and what is not allowed in, and a potential expansion of the roster to accommodate the inclusion of non-traditional "Disney" characters.

Please don't grab your torches and pitchforks or your noisemakers and pompoms just yet. I am not changing anything myself. SMDC is about community. We even have a community rule that has led to a lifetime ban for disruptive posters like slycooper69, and led to me, the host, being suspended for 3 rounds because no one should be above the law. That is why I am not giving myself the power to make these potential changes. I am giving that power to you- all of you. All of us as a community should come to a consensus as to what qualifies as "Disney enough" for SMDC, as it's only a matter of time before Disney merges with the entire world.

If you think we should only include Star Wars characters who had cinematic debuts after Disney bought Lucasfilms like Rey and Poe Dameron, but not Darth Vader and Jar Jar Binks I want to hear it. If you think we should retroactively allow Wolverine and Neytiri Te Tskaha Mo'at'ite into SMDC XI because Disney owns Fox properties now I want to hear it. If Rocket Raccoon, Roger Rabbit, Rizzo the Rat, and Reed Richards are "not mah Disney" I want to hear it (and yes I'm aware one of these has already been in a contest). I want to hear arguments both for and against the inclusion and expansion of characters because if you don't speak now, come SMDC XI you will forever hold your peace. Again, I am not deciding anything. I am merely proposing it. It's not me you need to convince; it's the remainder of the community that you're appealing to, and it's on you all to decide how we proceed from here.

Guys, I know change can be scary, but I'd like to remind you of a time when live action Disney was not allowed in SMDC. A character that went on to become one of our ten champions was not allowed into the first two contests. For those of you worried this will completely change the face of the contest... it will, but in a way it might not. When MI allowed Kingdom Hearts characters to enter the fray the immediate fear was that they would over-perform and push out the classic Disney characters. Well it's been three contests now, and you can see what kind of a splash they made. The fact is even if characters you don't view as Disney enough make it in, if the rest of the community is of a like mind those characters won't do well anyway, and if any traditional Disney characters are ousted it's going to be the ones no one cares about getting back in anyway.

The official polls for these potential changes will go up before the next installment of SMDC, but I'd like to hear arguments now. There will also be an official poll to determine whether future contest trading will be allowed, and polls for what should happen in the event of unscheduled site maintenance and what the community rule should encompass.
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