User blog comment:Deathwalker 13000/Still Alive/@comment-1705775-20160827144307/@comment-1070010-20160827171354

I agree wholeheartedly on a reset.

Our canon started out in the user battles "era"- where we made characters solely to fight one another- and became a large universe with complex rules. However, I would say that we were (and are) hindered by the fact that we each pursued our own stories and force-fit them all into the cosmos that we built. If we are to pursue a reset, which I really want to do as it would motivate me even moreso to get back into the wiki scene, I suggest first and foremost, before anything else, devising a more unified universe and the laws that govern it. Perhaps we even shrink our multiverse down to a singular continent/planet/dimension, with a limited number of other continents/worlds/dimensions.

After the world or worlds have been created, we would then select a roster of the most important characters- the icons, if you will- and devise static backstories for them. Thirdly, we would lay out a framework for a single, unified plotline that can culminate into various crisis events, while leaving pockets for other stories to develop our characters.

As a general rule, I would strongly suggest in collaborative stories giving all contributing characters a solid reason to be present in the story. Let's not make stories where the heroes can just be swapped out with any other hero. If a hero is part of another user's collab, make it their story too, and allow them to develop, learn, and ultimately be impacted in some way by the events in the collab.

This would mean that we can't keep many secrets from one another, but I do believe that our canon will ultimately be strengthened by such unification.

On a side note, Arbiter and Nebula really need new, better, and less vague backstories- another reason I'd commit to a reset.