Message me links to the stuff I need to verify.

I am goinnng to continue to be a bit absent due to working two jobs, which means I basically work everyday, in some fashion - be it from 10pm to 7, or 7-8 until 3, or 3 until 9:15/10:15.

That also means I usually get right around 5 hours of sleep in a given 24 hour period, if lucky. One stretch saw me going from one job to the other, and back for a total of 21+ hours of work.

Damn. All the best to you, Rilla.

Well me and @Dazsos havent officially started our match yet, so if we are all cool with the last min modification how about we ally our characters (same guys same place) to take on @Divinity&@drallinix teaming up with each other, it can still be ranked.

As far as I know, Drall has a character whos close to the original power of your vaan, so maybe divinity can have a character whose closer to Dax's (My character's) slightly lower tier to balance it out?

You know, I just got back from my hiatus. My internet connection is back up and running, and all the like.

I had this stellar idea a couple days ago.

What if we subdivided into teams?

Like-minded folks, or people who respect the abilities of their others, separating into teams of three or four. Like factions.

It might add an air of competition outside of the here and there tournaments. Battles between factions or teams.

Sounds interesting LeeRoy, I'd have to give it a miss though. Once I'm done with the tournament one way or another I'm outta here. Whatever creativity I have is definitely dried up by now.

Aw darn.

I keep forgetting this place exists.

Hi!

I am new to the arena and have tried making two characters following some examples I have found.

But I see people talking about power levels and tiers and do not understand them.

I have been writing stories for a long time but have not done this before.

Any help given would help greatly.

Thank you.

Note to all:

I am around to judge, but I'm not consistent with checking on here. Be sure to harass Dazsos or Yosh if you need me for judging. Unfortunately, I can't update standings or anything. I'll make a note of ones that need to be updated next time Rilla can get to it.

Note to all:

I am around to judge, but I'm not consistent with checking on here. Be sure to harass Dazsos or Yosh if you need me for judging. Unfortunately, I can't update standings or anything. I'll make a note of ones that need to be updated next time Rilla can get to it.

If you have an interest in this sort of thing would you mind chiming in on a dispute between me and Doc in an unranked match? I can post the link, the argument is revolving around the amount of damage Doc believes I should incur from an attack, I've made my counter arguments, Doc has disregarded them and insists upon a certain degree of damage in a very specific area (needless to say the damage would be highly convenient for one side.)

roleplayerguild.com/topics/91652-runni..

I'll take a look at that one this afternoon.

Never bring an anything else to a mech fight.

Sounds interesting LeeRoy, I'd have to give it a miss though. Once I'm done with the tournament one way or another I'm outta here. Whatever creativity I have is definitely dried up by now.

Well darn... will this be a permanent absence, or are you just taking a break for a while?

I am new to the arena and have tried making two characters following some examples I have found.

But I see people talking about power levels and tiers and do not understand them.

Power levels are basically measures of how strong your character is. We use them to help make even matchups, so that both characters in a fight have a chance of beating the other. They're divided more or less like this:

Unpowered (tier 1-2): Human characters with few or no special abilities, other than being extremely skilled. Weapons and armor are generally ancient technology, stuff like swords and plate mail.

Low Powered (tier 2-3): Characters with a few special abilities (like super-strength or a couple of spells), not enough to be monstrously powerful but enough that they could easily beat a modern soldier. More advanced weaponry such as guns are sometimes allowed at this tier (though it really depends what kind of fight you want to have).

Mild or Mid Powered (tier 4-6): Characters with an arsenal of different powers they can use to be a serious threat in battle. This is the level where you get stuff like lasers, throwing cars, fire manipulation, etc. Most powers are allowed here, but they shouldn't be so strong that one could do stuff like blow up cities with them (so no nuke launchers, time manipulation, or anything Dragon Ball Z level). Some Mild-powered characters are stronger than others, so we use tiers to measure whether they're closer to Low Powered or High Powered.

High Powered (tier 7 and above): Characters with insanely strong abilities, capable of wiping out cities, countries, or even planets with a single move. This is where you see powers like black holes and time control being thrown around. Fights at this level are pretty rare, however, and tend not to be competitive when they are held (simply because things get really hard to judge when you're throwing planets at each other.

The system is honestly pretty vague, so don't worry if you don't grasp it exactly. So long as you have a general idea of how strong your character is and what kind of fight you want to use them in, you should be fine.

Note to all:

I am around to judge, but I'm not consistent with checking on here. Be sure to harass Dazsos or Yosh if you need me for judging. Unfortunately, I can't update standings or anything. I'll make a note of ones that need to be updated next time Rilla can get to it.

Technically, I can pester you rather easily myself since I have you on skype. :p Though I think Yosh asked for a ruling over one of his ended matches and you've not given your judgement, so you might want to check up on that too.

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Well darn... will this be a permanent absence, or are you just taking a break for a while?

Hard to say, usually I take these breaks until I feel like RPing again, which tends to be a couple of months at most. If the desire to RP doesn't come back or I'm busy writing dissertations and whatnot it could be permanent, who knows.

@LeeRoy
I swear I've had that idea since the day I got here. The community where I come from was built on that concept.

Sign me up.

@LeeRoy

You don't say. I came here as a part of a team and I absolutely love the idea.

@Starfall@Gun
I am aware that Gun has allies, obviously. Desperado or something.

Starfall, do you happen to have some folks who side with you?

I have like. One guy so like. Yeah.

@LeeRoy

If you peep the the Majesty Tournament OOC thread it's made pretty clear that @Enki, @DLL, and @Everett are my posse; Neo Shin-Ra. We have a few other players on our home community who might be convinced to show up if the activity was sufficient. We're obviously looking for action but we're not against something with a little more storyline along the way.

@Starfall@Gun
I have like. One guy so like. Yeah.

Though I'm not particularly inclined to bring in people from other sites, I'd be willing to join a group if one needs more members.

@Drifting Pollen If you have allies, bring allies. The Arena needs more people.

Especially since some of the best are either leaving and or indisposed. Humble compliment @Skallagrim, @MelonHead, and @Rilla.

Bring as many people from other sites as you can, my dudes and dudettes.