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Twink Revised: AMP
Quote from the anti-munch project:
"Twink: Sometimes allowed in certain RPs. If the RP isn't specifically about invincible deities and such, a simple rule is that if the strengths aren't counterbalanced with relatively equivalent weaknesses (or if the reasoning behind the phenomenal cosmic powers isn't eloquently and appropriately explained), you're dealing with a twink.
Munch Rating: 10
A: A punch coming, eh? Well, seeing as you're a seven-year-old child and I'm riding in a twenty-meter mecha, I won't bother dodging.
B: Fooled you! I have the power to DESTROY EVERYTHING when I punch it! I'm just like an X-Man, and therefore require you to suspend all logic when RPing with me! Oh, and I have the power to steal your girlfriend, too.
"

~*~Twink revised~*~


Clairifying Twink: What is twink exactly?

The complaint about twink and the reason it is
considered godmoding, is because it strips too much
realism from the fantasy for it to be worthwhile.

Twink does this by giving the godmoder who
is abusing this style of cheating, a scale of power
that is not matched by an equal, or nearly equal
penalty, in terms of ease of use and abuse,
direct effectiveness, or efficiency.

The godmoder commiting this act of "creative writing
vandalism" is simply so obssessed with victory over
the threatening situation at hand that they take the
godmoding to the extreme of giving them selves
or making them selves a source of power(s) that
has not equivelant downfall, drawback, or weakness
to even out the power balance for means of respectable
realistic fairness, and consideration towards the other
role players..

Q: When am I being a twink?

A: You are being a twink when
you design a source, or a character
that is a source of advantage, that does
not include an equal or nearly equal
disadvantage that is as easy to abuse
as your source of advantage is.

Q: How do I avoid being a twink?

A: By taking the time to think about more
than just the advantages you want a character
to have, and thinking about the disadvantages
the character should have as well.

Q: How do I know when someone else is
being a twink?

A: You will know when someone else is being
a twink because they will
have an advantage that makes their
activities significant, and makes victory
a difficult accoplishment for other role
players, without there being a reasonable
or equally effective way to disable or
bypass that advantage.