Ditto to what Cloud said.

In fact, Cloud and I spoke on the phone about a large portion of this before he posted.

With that having been said, here is what is happening:

The village of Konoha is under a large, possibly full-scale attack. Think about when Orochimaru attacked Konoha during the Chunin exams and use that as a possible reference. At this point in the roleplay every character involved is going to be assumed to be on the same page chronologically. Everyone heard the explosion Cloud mentioned, everyone has heard the panic and the screams. It's okay if you haven't heard specifically that there is an attack yet, but everyone's characters should know that bad things are happening.

I want to elaborate a bit on what Cloud said in regards to strength and fighting during this attack. Him and I were discussing the situation, namely in reference to Zavior's post. There are two groups in this RP, the now-Jounin that were here before the revival, and the Genin that have recently joined to help revive it. Now, the five or so of us Jounin can't sit here and tell the rest of the RPers to just sit on their hands while this attack happens, as that excludes you from the RP and it simply defeats the purpose.

On the other hand, we have to keep in mind some important things. An enemy would not send a mass of Genin to attack a village, especially not on such a grand scale. (Sure, Genin would be present probably, but I'm makin a point here). With that in mind, the Genin characters of this RP cannot expect to fair well in 1 on 1 combat with these invaders. I'm not saying you can't try, I'm not saying you can't win. I'm just saying be mindful and creative. Genin are in squads for a reason, to help each other. Although one Genin can't combat a Chunin or Jounin effectively, two or three probably can.

Are you picking up on what I'm saying? It might be kinda cool (and fun) if all the Genin sort of banded together to do some ass-kicking. That way no one person is looking like a little Itachi rolling around owning everything with no trouble regardless of experience.

Now, if you guys want to have some 1 on 1 fights, that's fine. Just give it some substance. Don't make it look like it was easy. As long as something is well-written and thought out, I'm going to like it regardless of the content.

If anyone ever has any questions as to what would be considered too powerful or too extravagent in their posts, please feel free to ask me. This is a very combat-based RP and everyone should feel comfortable with controlling their character within somewhat realistic limits.

Other than that, good job guys. We're not bitching you out here, we're just providing some strong suggestions as to what we all need to keep in mind in the future to make this a truly fantastic roleplay.