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That difficulty is key for development. Bankai's will not be something that everyone will get, and the majority of the guilds members will make it to shikai, several cool techniques, but may never get bankai.

The training pit thing can be discussed further, but if it is implemented, it will be implemented for SPECIAL circumstances ONLY. Not for use as the standard bankai training method.

dolls? Why? Because Bounts aren't allowed in the Seireitei, last I checked.

Here

http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Kisuke_Urahara Look under the Inventions thing.

As for the explination for the existence of them in this universe, it would be simple enough for Mirou and myself to develop them I would think

Lanfaer, he was just giving a suggestion so please don't bash him. It is after all a plausible thing if it ever came to needing a captain immediately. Your forest thing has the same principle and no one said that was stupid, now did they?

As for both ideas, I personally don't agree with them. I think they should be developed over time seeing as how in the manga the only two people EVER to get bankai in under a hundred years were Urahara and Ichigo. All the Captains and select Vice Captains (and Ikkaku) gained it over years and years of training. To give an option where it is possible to gain it in three days to a week would defeat the purpose since it has been stated several times in the manga that not everyone even has the amount of reiatsu it takes to achieve it, let alone the strength to make their zanpukato submit to them.

On a side note, many people enter their spirit world and the only reason Ichigo has to be forced into going is because he is still young and doesn't understand his shinigami powers fully. That comes with having gained everything in such a short amount of time. Once he is able to communicate with his spirit easily he won't need to be forced.

I wasn't bashing. I'm just up front on my feelings. No offense was intended. But, yes, it's not for everyone. Most would die if they tried.

Lanfaer if no offense was intended then I apologise. The way it came off, to me, just seemed to be like that. Even with the chance of death, I still don't think we should allow such things.

Aurilien, I think you're right about the time frame thing. We need to take that into serious concideration, but once again I believe it takes more then just ten years in the manga to accomplish bankai, but I could be mistaken. With that said I think we shouldn't even concider giving people bankai until they've been in the guild for atleast a year and a half to two years, and even then they should prove it in a test (a prp with another captain with each of the two competing for a minimum of 30 posts before they can materilize their spirit.) Of course those with extreme skill and activity should be looked at sooner, but only on a case by case thing.

No offense, but when i judge how long something takes, I consider how the members will feel. A year and a half to two years of being in this guild before being able to achieve Bankai will quite literally push away 95% of those who join. Hell, even 95% is a generous number, since I think 99.9% would quit before they'd even consider waiting that long. 4-5 Months for Bankai for those who are active everyday is again too much, most never considering to take that long. If you want to keep the number of members in this guild very small, sure, go for those long periods. But I know far too many people, even those who are really good at Role Playing and have done so for a very long time, would give up after two months of being constantly active.

Do a post limit, if nothing else. Only so many posts of training a day, at least so many lines/paragraphs, and for so long, would be enough. Sure, make it long in the sense. For an example:

2 training posts a day, at least 4 lengthily paragraphs each, for a period of 30 days. Meaning they would have to post 2 training posts a day for a total of 30 days, even if they split those up. So, if someone posts 2 training posts and comes back 30 days later, they still have 29 days of posts required before obtaining Bankai.

Then add stages to Bankai training. At the beginning, it's difficult to control, only has so many uses, etc. At least this gives people a more definite sense of time that doesn't seem an impossibility.

I know this cause a friend of mine did exactly what you suggested, and his guild died in two months because everyone believed it was unfair for it to take that long. Now, I realize you are shooting for being better than the rest, but again, you need to keep other members in mind who join, and how they will feel about the restrictions you set, otherwise you will be stuck with the Captains, a few VC's, and that'll be it, with no squads at all.

I believe that Bankai should be at the Captain's digression. However, I believe that anyone who is up for gaining Bankai should have a required skill-set, such as Shunpo and at least 3 kidou (Not counting the ones they start with). Also, I believe that the crew should have a vote whether or not the person has shown that they are worthy of such an amazing power. 1 year would be a deterrent to people who are joining this guild. It's like saying "Oh, you can join our bank, but we won't give you interest on your CD until you're with us for a year and a half."