Basically, the entire point of thread locking is to basically prevent unnecessary moderation from occurring, that is, having to deal with some idiot necro posting in some thread from page 100 to say something silly like "Wow, this battle was awesome!" or some other crap. It also means that a dead thread can stay dead, & well, yeah.
If the main issue with this is "Oh, I need to get a reffing format", or some other crap, then you are simply better off saving a template somewhere, or even getting a mod to help. I mean, just how hard is it to write BBCode? Honestly, stop being lazy, & get a permanent template to save somewhere so you do not have to ask again.
As I initially said, this is not a game issue, it has zero influence on anything, & quite frankly, there is absolutely nothing stopping some mod from going out of their way to unlock everything, & I do not give a shit if someone does do that. Please stick discussion to actual game issues. This is NOT a place to whine about a locked thread. This is NOT a place to whine about someone moderating. If you have a problem, take it up to the user in private, & not in this thread, or just grow up & get over it. Furthermore, keep ad hominems OUT of this thread, as all it will do is cause a flame war, & unnecessary moderation. One might think that locking is "unnecessary", but it is just as unnecessary as posting in some completed battle just to say "gg", or something.
That is all.
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As far as the charge-up thing is concerned, I would personally prefer to just keep things as it is, tbh. I mean, I see the issue, but I just think this proposed change is kinda pointless, & there is the whole can of worms about the movespam penalty & all that. I can live either way, but yeah, paying en at both the charge & the hit seems kinda dumb, & it also has some influence concerning Energy KO's & some other stuff.
EDIT: Also, what I am trying to imply there is that all en is expended on the hit, which is what I thought was the current rule.