Board Thread:Monthly Challenges/@comment-2089817-20150331002951

Alright, so, since the Uchiha (and now Tenseigan and Ōtsutsuki) problem isn't gonna go away on its own, I decided to handle this from a different approach. Restrictions don't work, applications don't work, so y'know what? I'm gonna take a moment, breathe in and breathe out... And handle this differently. In order to start promoting the idea of creating powerful characters that are not directly associated with the aforementioned elements, I will now take it upon myself to issue a monthly challenge to everybody.

What this challenge will be is that, at the start of every month, I will create a challenge designed to push people to think in an innovative way without relying on Sharingan hax. You will, if you choose to participate, create a new character or submit an old character you've already made that meets a specific criteria that I will post in a blog every first of the month. For April, I will post the challenge now to give you guys a little bit of a head start.

The character will be due for submission on the twenty-second of every month (twentieth only for February).

So, before I go further, let me post the criteria for the April challenge. And then I'll explain it.

Criteria for April 2015 Challenge

1. Must be at least 15,000 bytes long in article length. 2. Cannot have any dōjutsu of any kind. 3. Cannot be a Jinchūriki, whatsoever. 4. Must possess a clan-based Hiden technique (NOT KEKKAI GENKAI; LESS SHARINGAN, MORE SHADOW POSSESSION JUTSU), can be canon or fan-made.

Enemy to Defeat: Kakashi Hatake

Alright, so as I said, your character submission must meet the above criteria. And after meeting the aforementioned requirements, you will see a final criteria entitled "Enemy to Defeat". This will always be a canon character from the manga or anime filler. Your character must have the necessary skills to defeat the selected character, AFTER meeting the criteria.

Now here's where things get fun. After submitting your character, we will have a discussion thread for the monthly challenge where your characters (those that have been approved to meet the criteria) will be posted and everybody will be able to vote whether or not your character can actually defeat the "enemy to defeat". This means everybody will get the chance to engage in real discussions on the matter, while also helping people see where their characters stack up against canon characters, and most of all, this will help promote character strength that isn't Sharingan or Ōtsutsuki-related. You will be able to post in every thread so don't worry, this isn't some kind of voting thing.

This month's criteria was intentionally designed to be broad and easy, but they will be different every month; some months very easy, other months very difficult. And that's the fun of the challenge.

On the last day of the month, the character who has the most people saying on their respective threads that their character will manage to defeat the "enemy to defeat" is going to be featured on the Main Page as the "Challenge Winner" for that month. Like I said, you can post your discussion and opinion and thoughts on every thread for each character, so don't think you can only choose one. If you think their character is strong enough and skilled enough to defeat said "enemy to defeat", then please say why you think that. Additionally so, do the same if you think their character can NOT defeat the "enemy to defeat". This will also help people to understand where they need to revisit and improve upon their characters.

If everybody is clear on this, I am accepting character submissions starting today. Please submit your character below in the comments, and the deadline for submissions is April 22 for the month of April. Likewise, if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please state them below as well. 