To be fair, I didn't say characters have every chance to find a god just by tagging out; I said they're quite likely to get interaction and threads by doing so. I'm sure there's no guarantee that a new character will get a god even if they get tons of CR that way, and of course there's no guarantee that a thread will lead to significant CR either. All I was saying was that no one has to rely solely on people responding to their top-levels to get CR, nothing more or less.
I also didn't say that nothing game-related can ameliorate the drawbacks that come with playing obscure/unpleasant characters; I said I didn't think games can ever completely negate that handicap. They can certainly lessen it, but they can't totally level the playing field either, so I think it's important for players who play those types of characters - myself very much included - recognize that they may need to put more effort into those characters no matter what policies and mechanics a game has in place.
And, finally, I said that I think players should be given a choice whether to go immediately into the randomization pool or to wait. I think it's perfectly possible that you're correct about players not wanting to wait a month, so if randomization remains an opt-in option as I've suggested, you're not going to be robbed of all chances for your gods to be assigned shinki at random. Only players who want to try to cultivate pairings naturally - which might be quite a minority - will not go into the randomization pool. And the mods haven't said, anywhere, that players CAN'T request immediate randomization if they'd prefer - and since they've always taken player wishes into consideration when assigning gods, I don't think assuming that players can't do that if they so choose is logical. (But I do want it confirmed, mind, and I'll be as concerned as you are if I hear that players can't request that and have to abide by this new system whether they like it or not. But it doesn't really sound like how the mods have operated up until now.)
Also, per mod request on making suggestions more visible in lengthy comments:
TL;DR: Mods, are players able to opt into being immediately randomized a god/shinki assignment if they so choose? If that isn't planned, can that be made an option?</b?
no subject
I also didn't say that nothing game-related can ameliorate the drawbacks that come with playing obscure/unpleasant characters; I said I didn't think games can ever completely negate that handicap. They can certainly lessen it, but they can't totally level the playing field either, so I think it's important for players who play those types of characters - myself very much included - recognize that they may need to put more effort into those characters no matter what policies and mechanics a game has in place.
And, finally, I said that I think players should be given a choice whether to go immediately into the randomization pool or to wait. I think it's perfectly possible that you're correct about players not wanting to wait a month, so if randomization remains an opt-in option as I've suggested, you're not going to be robbed of all chances for your gods to be assigned shinki at random. Only players who want to try to cultivate pairings naturally - which might be quite a minority - will not go into the randomization pool. And the mods haven't said, anywhere, that players CAN'T request immediate randomization if they'd prefer - and since they've always taken player wishes into consideration when assigning gods, I don't think assuming that players can't do that if they so choose is logical. (But I do want it confirmed, mind, and I'll be as concerned as you are if I hear that players can't request that and have to abide by this new system whether they like it or not. But it doesn't really sound like how the mods have operated up until now.)
Also, per mod request on making suggestions more visible in lengthy comments:
TL;DR: Mods, are players able to opt into being immediately randomized a god/shinki assignment if they so choose? If that isn't planned, can that be made an option?</b?