I didn't say "write a book" KA, I said "participate." Posting "yeah Mario would kick Mega Man's ass" is not participating. That's a drive-by post. A ten second blurb of little to no actual conversational value. The point of these battles is for people to give good reasons for why they think a character would win, not how many people think a character would win. By not posting reasons, you're not participating. This is about discussion, not voting.

If you were a court witness testifying in defense of a friend, would you walk into court, say "My friend is innocent" and then leave? No! You'd discuss it. The same applies here. The purpose here is discussion, and you keep missing that point. If you don't want any part of a discussion,then that's fine by me. What you need to understand is that I'm not going to take votes into consideration. Drive-by posts are nothing more than glorified votes, and winners aren't decided by vote, they're decided by argument. If you have no problem with the fact that your votes mean nothing in the decision-making process, then by all means, continue.