Did you mean to put this comment in this other proposal?
How would this change what happened? With any document, if you don't save often you run the risk of losing info. A pain?; yes but that's how it works. I learned that a LONG time ago when I was typing up my term paper...I just spent an hour formating my character page in the wiki. When I hit 'save' I got an error and lost everything. The current method is a pain in the ass. Please implement this proposal.
My response would be that I don't understand why you think everyone HAS CB. I can't see allowing CB when the checker may not have it. What do they do then? How do they "quickly check the houserule flags" or "open the character sheet in CB" when they don't have it? If this proposal passes, it's pretty much telling everyone that they NEED CB to play here.ryryguy said:I guess I just don't understand why a CB file (or summary that then gets imported into the program) cannot take the place of the math template. Basically, the CB is checking the math for you at that point.
My response would be that I don't understand why you think everyone HAS CB. I can't see allowing CB when the checker may not have it. What do they do then? How do they "quickly check the houserule flags" or "open the character sheet in CB" when they don't have it? If this proposal passes, it's pretty much telling everyone that they NEED CB to play here.
I don't think everyone has CB and I don't think anything in this proposal requires everyone to have CB. Why do you think it does? People without CB could still use the current math templates. No one needs CB to make a sheet.
Now, this proposal would require some number of the judges and checkers to have CB. Is it not the case that many or most judges and checkers have CB?
I also think that a judge/checker who does have CB and uses the summary or file for checking will be able to check a character sheet more quickly and efficiently. I haven't done any checking myself so I could definitely be mistaken in that belief. So, am I correct or not?
(Judges/checkers without CB could still check the sheets of those players who don't have CB or choose to use the old Math templates anyway. If nearly everyone starts using CB in their sheets... then it would seem that nearly everyone has it and can use it for checking, right?)
If all the above beliefs and assumptions are true, judges and checkers could work through the approval backlog more quickly, and players who have CB could create their sheets more quickly. Barrier to entry for new players with CB would be lowered. This would be a significant improvement to the community.
If any of the above beliefs and assumptions are not true, I'd love to hear why. If not, then frankly worries about who has CB and "requiring" CB are beside the point.
Finally, if the proposal is implemented and doesn't work out well, we could always go back to the current method. Nothing would be lost.
If all the above beliefs and assumptions are true, judges and checkers could work through the approval backlog more quickly, and players who have CB could create their sheets more quickly.
Not having a math section that's readable without CB mean that you are "requiring" anyone that wants to look at said math section to have it. At a minimum that'd be every GM, Judge and checker. As a player that often looks at others sheets so see how/why they did something, it'd be a 'requirement' for me.If any of the above beliefs and assumptions are not true, I'd love to hear why. If not, then frankly worries about who has CB and "requiring" CB are beside the point.
How does this help judges and GM that don't have CB and have players that have no math section?(Judges/checkers without CB could still check the sheets of those players who don't have CB or choose to use the old Math templates anyway. If nearly everyone starts using CB in their sheets... then it would seem that nearly everyone has it and can use it for checking, right?)