Possible Suggestion... Zero Division?

[D - Tetsushiga Mai]

... Although not to be initiated for quite some time eve if it is approved.

Basically this is really only a viable option once we find out more about squad zero and the king's dimension (eg squad structure etc), but i wanted to get this idea down before I forgot about it.

So Zero Division consists of previous Gotei 13 captains that have been promoted because they have either become incredibly powerful or have been in the Gotei 13 for a long time, basically they have surpassed the normal limitations/ expectations of what a captain is or can be.

I thought this would be a nice thing to (eventually introduce, similar to Vasto Lorde based Arrancar) have as it gives even the Captains something to work towards. At first i thought it could be done by post number, say once you reach 300 posts or something, but problem with that is people could have lots of posts spread across four characters or so, so i personally think it would be best to have it done in the more traditional training method style.

I think the "training" would be somewhat different to your average training, firstly it should be a massive points total to try and get to, so even those of us who are avid posters really have to put the effort in. Level 3 Vaizard is like 350pts right? Promotion to Squad zero should be 1000pts then or something in that range of comparison. Secondly the training is not just power or learning to control oneself. This is where we get to the fine tuning of abilities/ attributes, see the mental preparation as well as exhaustive analytical and strategic studies that the captain in question is capable of.

Another side effect of this would be, as a Captain achieves Zero Division, his/ her position then becomes open to one of the subordinates so we have almost a constantly moving ladder (albeit very slow moving ladder if you have to achieve 1000pts etc). In this way, even if all the Captain positions are filled at a certain point, a VC, or even 3rd seat as we have found (with Urahara, 3rd seat 2nd division now 12th Div captain in the flashback) can still hope to attain Captain level at some point, and thus they'd be more likely to stay here and keep up their RPing efforts.

Also, GK theres no risk of you being undermined, you simply take control of the King's/ Queen's character and thus you have authority over Zero Division, similar with Kazuma and Gotei 13.

So those are my thoughts. Like I said, im by no means suggesting we set this up until we've found out more about div zero, which hopefully we will eventually, but i dont see any reason why we cant discuss the possibility, feed back etc etc.

Cheers guys.

Pumpkin

[GoldenKitten]

Well for starters the Zero Division is going to have a part to play in the story later on and trust me when I say nobody here wants a part in that as it’s a guaranteed death sentence.

But on a more RP-ruling note there are a few reasons this simply cannot be done. For starters if we allowed this 1000 points would be far to few, a captain can make 30 points a post and if you got all or almost all the points from every post that wouldn’t take half as long as you think.

Next similar to the last thread we had about the VL the Division Zero seems to be more than just the next step up in a captains life. It seems to be an extremely rare event that even the other captains of the time seemed surprised by while here each could probably accomplish it in a month (and likely less) if they so wished.

We also need stability within the captains ranks, if they were constantly switching it would not only require allot of editing on all our members parts but would make long term relations with any one captain a difficult endeavor.

Lastly the captains serve as a bar for their underlings, they show the limit and if those captains can continue to move higher then their underlings can continue breaking the limit. The outcome is obvious, a site full of captain level doom machines. It is true members will grow stronger under their captain but in reality few of them will be allowed to RP as if they were stronger than their captain, this would not be so if the captain was constantly switching.

So in short I think this is a bad idea, it disrupts the flow to much. If the others have different feelings though then lets hear their thoughts.

[Firechild]

Honestly, I don't like the idea. Cause that means that a lasting relation ship within the Gotei 13 between a Captain and anyone else would easily be disrupted.

Not only that, but as I do not read the Manga, I know close to nothing about this Division Zero other then a few skance rumors I've heard.

So all in all, I'm pretty much against it.

[Fensake Daito]

As to a zero division, as we see, they don't appear much, hell they don't appear at all. I saw if you want then haev a set of them ready to go in for when you really need to save SS from insurmountable odds, or to maintain the balance, which is every shinigami's primary goal. But other then that to leave them entirely out of purpose or existence.


Likewise, they are likely very strong, so perhaps when one of your captains seems to be getting WAY to unbeatable, ask that person to allow the character to be "Zero'd" so to speak. Character sent of, locked from use unless granted permission, and allow them to make a new character.

This keeps it very real in my opinion, for it keeps unbeatable powers from making one side to great, while still leaving that power technically alive to uber pwn any troublesome plot quirks outta the way.


An example uhm(sifts through captains trying to find SOMEBODY with a zanpakutou that caught his interest)) Well...lesse, uhm...okay well takashi was the only one, and even then it was more because I loathe his bankai style of an armor. But yeah, say takahashi becomes uber power. tell him hey, sory..but you gotta go to zero please. you lock the character from use, having him disappear and then go find yourslef a new captain. Get it?

((No offense, i'm sure my zanpakutou didn't pazzazz anyone else either, just saying none of them peaked me into a creative buzz. Though I admit i loved several of the ideas.))