I think most of what Promestein said before still rings true regarding EWTRTW. The verse is convoluted, often unserious, and I believe has reason to be called a power-fantasy. Even the pages provided aren't the best quality, with a lot of them leaving a lot to be desired in the character department, only sporting a few sentences or short paragraphs of summary, which I would say is unacceptable for Tier 1s, going by the guidelines.
Subjective Quality and Higher Standards: These guidelines aim to set higher standards for tier 1 and 0 pages while considering the amateur nature of our writers. While not solely based on subjective quality, these pages will be expected to meet elevated criteria overall.
I also don't see the "nature of escalation itself" as being much of a good narrative reason either. It's incredibly shallow and doesn't showcased how this allows it to remain a coherent and logical story - which are a requirement listed in the Tier 1 & 0 pages rules. If we were to accept it on that basis, I don't believe it'd be a good idea, as then, anyone could apply that to essentially any series, regardless of the absurdity.
Why is does your character have infinite transcendence armor? "Oh, well it's due to the nature of escalation in the story." Why did this relatively normal fantasy series suddenly become tier 0? "Nature of escalation."
It just seems like something that could be thrown around to excuse any amount of ridiculousness that results from a series with a lot of power progression.
You even mention that a lot of this Tier 1 stuff simply came from "messing around" or that is what just thrown around because that was what was cool back then.
And I ask, how is that any better than the stuff we started the purge for in the first place? All of that was the same thing. People throwing around these concepts and messing around with them for no good reason, creating these hugely wanked and overpowered verses without much of a purpose.
I understand regretting those decisions, and wanting to bring your character to site because you really want to show it off. But I simply don't think it'd be a good idea to accept EWTRTW, as based on what's been provided, doing so would drastically reduce our standards for what can and can't be allowed on site - for the worse.
This is without even mentioning the context of what makes the verse high-tier in the first place, which is... a whole other ballpark.
Here are some quotes that are used for scaling:
Via Outer god hierarchy and foog chain i gain every power of every outer god.
Nach continues poking around Makai looking for something to do while NACHILLEMORAC approaches the outer limits of true infinity.
NACHILLEMORAC reaches the end of everything and absorbs everything including Joseph, Lord English, Lacrima, and the council of Omnis, then makes everything happy and not insane or violent forever.
I'm unsure if I need to mention why this sets a bad precedent if accepted. It gives off the vibe of "powerful for the sake of powerful," and does it in a very distasteful, unserious manner that I don't believe is suitable for this website.
This extends even to some of the more tame things in the verse, such as this calculation:
https://fcoc-vs-battles.fandom.com/...die:_No,_I_do_after_hearing_these_feats_exist
In doing this, you cross over twenty centillion universes in a billionth of a second, each universe thousands of times larger than our own. When you arrive, you find a magic white door that says "Nil Bitchin' Pad (If the mask dude comes leave the door open
I don't even have a comment for that, I think it speaks for itself.
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That being said, my verdict is that Tier 1 EWTRTW shouldn't be allowed on the site.
