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**"Loverboy" Vinnie Lane** · (04-02-2019)

Folks, I think the time has come to make the XWF a bit more palatable to the efed community as a whole. We've seen a lot of great people get on board in the last few weeks, a lot of old friends coming back for another serving, new faces, etc.

One thing I think when it comes to XWF is that we can be a bit intimidating to people. Not because we're so amazing or so scary, but because the writing workload seems huge. The efed game has evolved over the years into something it wasn't before. Back in the older days, and even as recently as the last 5-10 years, fedding was a free for all with huge RP numbers, huge word counts, and so on. These days, not so much. People look for lighter workload and higher social presence. Less isolationism and more integration with things like Twitter, Discord, so on and so on.

I want XWF to be welcoming to EVERYONE. The ANARCHY brand is a part of that. Adjusting what we do on Warfare and Savage is another.

Here's MY ideas, with brief rationale behind each one. I would LOVE to hear your thoughts.

1) WARFARE will continue to be our flagship show. It will stay bi-weekly. BUT... I think it's time to do away with "no limit" RP counts. What works best and what's seen most frequently (that I can tell anyway) is a 1 RP per week schedule. This would mean in the 2 week cycle, each RPer does 1 RP the first week and 1 the second. We'd have what's known as a "soft deadline" at the end of the first week, so the first would have to be up by then with the second up any time after. You could do both in the first week if you really wanted to, that doesn't matter. But it would only be the two. And we wouldn't want to see that first one being made as a "response" RP in any way to the opponent's work in the same cycle (meaning you don't wait for your opponent to go first and then respond directly to that RP in your own). You could respond to their first one in their second, if you wanted. At first I thought a word cap would be in place here too, but I think just the RP amount is enough. I don't think people are really going to drop 10,000 worders any time soon, and if they do, well, I guess maybe we can revisit that.

2) In turn, SAVAGE would continue to be weekly, but with the same rules - which means only 1 RP per person. Again, no word limit. Essentially you'd have the same workload as a WARFARE player, just more frequent shows and less RPing per opponent. The main reasoning here is that there are people who prefer a 2 week, 2 RP format, and some who prefer it this way. We'll have both.

3) There WILL still be the OPTION of the old school "wild west" style that XWF has always had as its bread and butter. I'm sure we'll come up with a good name for it, but essentially you can say "hey this time around I'm in the mood to go all out and want a no restrictions match." We can do those on either show, but the timeframe won't change. Probably no more than one per show. Keep in mind these changes will also give the GMs a bit of a break with reading and judging and give more time for producing content and results. The option for the old way will still be in play, it just won't be the default.

4) The UNIVERSAL TITLE will still be defended under those "no limit" rules. I believe the Uni is special. It should stand apart from the rest of the titles and be harder to achieve. This ensures that someone who wants to get a crack at the big gold has to step up. We'd more than likely see this on WARFARE rather than SAVAGE, to give an even bigger hurdle. I know there are a lot of people on this roster right now that can handle that sort of thing here and there, but this way it won't be the norm.

Guys, I want to know what you think. I believe it's the right way to go, but I know XWF has always been an "anything goes" environment and a lot of people might prefer it that way. My logic is simple. This is less work for everyone, more attractive to a broader range of people, AND as a bonus, we can completely ditch the confusing as hell RP anti-flood rules that we currently employ. They simply wouldn't be moot (outside of the Uni matches and the wild options, of course.)

I want XWF to hit a boom period like it's never seen. I want people flooding the gates to be a part of our little family. I want people who can't handle writing more than 1,000 words a week to have a home here, as well as people who want to go crazy.

Now... let me hear it!

Thanks.

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