Kind of interesting how both of you have had trouble with it, and I never once have. I've GMed plenty of successful RPs, and been in plenty as well, many of which did have a combat focus that required one to keep a tight reign on abilities.

While what is OP is somewhat subjective (depending on the tier and the context), there are certain things that are objectively pretty unreasonable or nigh impossible to counter. Perhaps the problem is that the tiers are so loosely defined that it's very difficult to ordain where one stops and the next begins, making it difficult to create even match-ups.

Since at the moment what I am noticing is an isolated set of individuals having similar issues happen continually over a period of time; Perhaps, since I've seen the same system work and I know others who have as well, it is not the system of grading, but instead the difficulty of there being no really set/strict system.

I know you don't like strict Tiers, Skallagrim, and I know we had the system before which had numbered tiers which were "more specific," but really that was fairly lacking as well. My reasoning for it being lacking is based on the fact that various characters from other verses were used as parallels, but they were poor parallels either because their powers were loosely defined or because their powers were far more grand and vast if you looked them up. Meaning that the tiers more or less lost their meaning altogether and instead ended up just as vague as the current system, though that may have been the intention to begin with.

Unless of course you're talking about these GMs ALSO having to make decisions regarding the fairness of a given match. That is not what I'm talking about. However, since we DO have a match grading system in place, which does use numbers, you could honestly have all three GMs grade it and then average the grades out to get the final one. You'd end up with less biased grading to boot. Nonetheless, I am just one voice in a sea of voices and I have virtually no real social pull in the arena because my presence here has been somewhat spotty over the years I've been participating. While I am changing that currently, it won't likely matter for a good while.

So yeah, while my opinions and ideas MIGHT gain traction if other more socially respected individuals come along, I doubt anything I say is truly going to make waves. That just seems to be how things work around here.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not questioning anyone's character despite whatever impressions anyone may think I am attempting to give off, just stating how things [i]appear[/i] to work from someone on the outside coming in. I'm sure many, if not most of you, are very reasonable and pleasant people. Aside from a few fairly isolated incidents that has more or less been my experience.