I'll be the first to admit that I believe the rules benefit my general style and approach as a whole. As someone who has historically struggled with trash talk, especially on the follow-up, I think these rules definitely benefit writers like myself.

I am also not entirely enthusiastic about the changes. I don’t mind making things more manageable and approachable to new users. I would even go as far to say that it is a necessity in keeping up with the times. There is no shame in making something for me people.

However, there is a level of concern I hold for the standard give and take and at least having the option available. My hope is that, at some point, conversations shift towards something more akin to the total wordcount over unlimited RPs style, just to preserve the back and forth that many people love about the XWF. Some of our favorite matchups have been wars of words where each RP pushed their opponents further. And I'm sure, like Bobby and Isaiah have already mentioned, there will be ways for people to experiment and play around in the new rules. It just does definitely feel like we could lose some identity here and the spirit of this place, added to be a whole lot of people over a whole lotta time does matter a lot to me. I guess I just worry we could be giving up a lot here.

Most likely, I'm just overly resistant to the new rules and I'll become accustomed to them in time. Appreciate y'all, staff. It's a thankless job.

"You can't run from yourself."