[quote=@AtlasRize]
So... You don't like our characters because they're not one trick ponies?[/quote]

The opposite is true.

[quote=@AtlasRize]Because that's how that little rant reads.[/quote]

Irrelevant.

[quote=@AtlasRize]I can understand saying "you can't have thirty powers that make no sense together" because it's nonsensical.[/quote]

No, in fact the opposite is true. I cannot say "it doesn't make sense to have this," on someone's profile sheet. I can assume so from a tactical standpoint, but that is NOT my place to judge. A player who wants to have a fire elemental using ice does not need my input as I cannot tell him what does or does not make sense. This is the problem you, and your group, struggle with. You try to impose a system that our tournament doesn't operate on, but you'd prefer I say "it doesn't make sense" which is much more arbitrary than some established and enforceable rule. I can equally say "well ether doesn't make sense" and then what?


[quote=@AtlasRize]However if those powers are related and logically make sense as working in some sort of system (like a metahuman who can initially control fire later developing the ability to change his physical structure into an energy state - pyromorphism - would be related thematically and logically) I'm not sure I see the issue.[/quote]

Whose logic does any of this follow? None of the things anyone's powers do or even the powers themselves exist. How do you determine a logical "sense" of made up shit? You know what does make sense? At least crafting rules that a particular type of something doesn't encompass a broad ranges of things so it isn't super effective against all types. That is something we can all agree on because "Godmodding" wouldn't be an almost acceptable rule in general T1 roleplaying. You guys can come in with your character's structure because that's not what's being contested. The application of such a thing IS being contested.


[quote=@AtlasRize]And the ether argument is, frankly, pretty stupid. I have never once seen anyone argue that just because a different label is affixed to it that it shouldn't interact unless they're specifically trying to be a power gaming douche bag. Let's not do that kids. 
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That's all good and all, but you and your group signed up for the tournament so you signed up for the conditions and stipulations set by it. You have ignored one of the basic points of my post when I said how things interact CAN be tabulated even if they aren't "universally" compatible which it itself is a really illogical concept as forces in real life, no matter how compatible, will and do conflict with each other. Friction is a thing.