[@Green] Indeed, I don't think anyone will have a problem with my decisions. I mean, I'm not invested in the fights themselves, and have no friends here, so I'd struggle to establish a bias. Besides, I pride myself in being as neutral as possible in all RP matters. No doubt someone will get upset when I tell them their mega-death ray was interrupted by their opponent's bazooka rocket, but people will quickly realise I am very firm when it comes to dealing with that kind of tom foolery. In my view, if you're gonna throw a tantrum, get out of my face - even if it empties the RP. Better for it to die in its purest form because the playerbase just wasn't there for it, than for it to die in a heavily diluted and decentralised state because I gave in to whiners. Thanks for your suggestion, you've been very helpful.

[@PartTimeCynic] Original characteres/customs will most certaintly be allowed. 

As for this whole Tier stuff, I'm not sure which way to go with it. I'd probably create my own system, whereby characters are Graded by myself rather than the players - or I might not do anything at all. Indeed, as I'm pairing the fighters, my judgement should be enough. 

However, to keep everyone roughly on par (in case there's only 4 of you with greatly varying powers), I may restrict entries.

It's early days. I believe I'll look into the Tier system so's that I can understand what's already in play. If I'm happy with it, I'll use it, but if not I'll modify it or get rid of it.

Edit: then again, if I let people have as many fighters as they wanted, they could enter any level they wanted. Hmmmm, but yah, like I said I'll look into things before I make any decision.