I tended to hit "It depends on additional factors" quite a bit for a few of the very complicated ones that I wasn't as opposed to, but I can definitely understand what you mean. All of the discussion on this has really kind of churned my stomach a bit because it's so rule-heavy and complicated (I like writing what I like, be it from a popular game or an obscure)...and considering how I'm not very confident with my fan fic writing in general and I really just enjoyed submitting to the fan fic contests what story I got an idea for and having fun with it--this is actually making me debate whether or not I'd feel as comfortable participating in Round 2 as much (at least submission-wise, I might just focus more on MWS writing than challenge writing). I have a feeling if quite a few of these rules had been in place at the start of Round 1, we wouldn't have had even as many submissions as we did...so my fear is that this is probably going to cut back on that in Round 2 as opposed to improving it. I know if I had started out in this comm (especially considering how I wasn't really sure of what to do already since this was my first time in a land comm), I would be horribly overwhelmed and maybe just huddle in a corner with a blankie not doing anything. XD

I can definitely understand the issue, and I understand people's concern that they're not getting the context of certain games (and I did actually vote positively for two options that I feel would be the most fair to everyone in terms of separate voting they also didn't seem quite as complicated either! XD), but I do have a feeling that trying to solve this issue might possibly backfire. I hope it doesn't because I like this comm and I want members to be happy, but I'm already starting to feel a little nervous about submitting next round (haha, maybe because I've written for more of the obscure ones so I feel like I'm sort of partially to blame for this becoming an issue? 0_0;)...hopefully that will go away once everything gets settled and resolved with the majority of members being happy or finding a middle-ground between the two camps. *crosses fingers* ♥