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Originally Posted by Garten Haeska

Is that a good or bad thing?

That really depends. Just because someone hasn't done or seen or thought of something before doesn't mean it's good or bad. Whether it's good or bad will depend largely on how much you've taken any potential risks or problems into consideration and how well you deal with them when you implement it. You could have the greatest design ever, but if it's poorly implemented it won't work as well is a mediocre design with great implementation. There are certainly going to be some risks and potential issues with a design such as this, especially since it is a somewhat unorthodox approach, but it has potential, and if you pull it off well people will take notice of the fact that you did something different and succeeded