@tipssyCalibrator

I'd personally say the Hunger Games one first, because the Tournament seems like an end of year, 'one true winner' thing while the Hunger Games could just be pass or fail and would maker a better mid-year exam. Plus, sit the tournament later, and the characters will have more abilities, meaning flashier fights.

On the other hand, Mako's class is purely academic so I have to think of a way for her exams to be interesting. Or maybe they're not, and the fact you have to sit an ordinary paper exam straight after a fucking Hunger Games exam is the joke.

@tipssyCalibrator I think the forest of death should happen first. It's better for establishing grudges and relationships for the tournament, and will make it more climactic. However, I'm not too keen on pre-deciding the matches for the tournament. I think if players want to pre-decide a match for dramatic flair, that can be an option to them, but I think it would be more fun to do it somewhat competitively.

My suggestion (and this is just a suggestion btw), once the fights are set up, make a single post in the IC thread with setup and introduction and whatnot, then link to an Arena thread where the actual fighting will take place. This will help prevent chaos in the thread of multiple fights going on at once. The fight will go on for a set number of posts or time limit, or whatever is decided to be fair, and then a panel of mystery judges (players picked by the GM with no personal stakes in the fight) will assess the fight and decide who should logically win. The winner then gets to write a "finisher" post to put in whatever dramatic flair is needed for the story.

It requires a bit more work than just pre-deciding the winners, but let's face it, I think everybody has their own desires for the tournament outcome, and I think it should come down to combat roleplaying ability.

Opinions everyone?

@Yuuta

Question; How do you arena roleplay? I've never done it before.

@Silver Carrot Well, we don't have to go as crazy as the Arena League rules. Basically, if two people wanna have at it, they just make a thread and go. We can still follow our own set of rules if we want.

@Yuuta

Alright. This does seem like the only fair way. I'm all for crafting a compelling overarching Tournament story over fighting to win, but this is the only fair to decide which half of all the entrants go out in round 1, because nobody here would want to agree to that.

However, I'm not too keen on pre-deciding the matches for the tournament. I think if players want to pre-decide a match for dramatic flair, that can be an option to them, but I think it would be more fun to do it somewhat competitively.

Yeah, I'd prefer just letting the players decide, since that's more interesting. I mean, I know there are a lot of times where players just want their characters to win, but I can always just establish at the beginning of the tournament arc that the tournament is less about whether or not your character wins (I mean that's obviously what it is in universe, but in the meta sense it's not) and more about having a fun, exciting tournament arc

My suggestion (and this is just a suggestion btw), once the fights are set up, make a single post in the IC thread with setup and introduction and whatnot, then link to an Arena thread where the actual fighting will take place. This will help prevent chaos in the thread of multiple fights going on at once. The fight will go on for a set number of posts or time limit, or whatever is decided to be fair, and then a panel of mystery judges (players picked by the GM with no personal stakes in the fight) will assess the fight and decide who should logically win. The winner then gets to write a "finisher" post to put in whatever dramatic flair is needed for the story.

It requires a bit more work than just pre-deciding the winners, but let's face it, I think everybody has their own desires for the tournament outcome, and I think it should come down to combat roleplaying ability.

I dunno, I feel like putting a lot of details and rules into it and getting all formal like that might make the players want to make their characters want to win over making an enjoyable tournament arc. I already have a couple of rules planned in universe for what will count as a win and all that

@tipssyCalibratorWell, if we don't want to make this competitive, then I'd like Ryuuto to have an absurd disadvantage against his opponent in round 1 so he can pull a Shikamaru. I just don't think a combat based tournament is all that fun when everything is pre-determined.

@tipssyCalibratorWell, if we don't want to make this competitive, then I'd like Ryuuto to have an absurd disadvantage against his opponent in round 1 so he can pull a Shikamaru. I just don't think a combat based tournament is all that fun when everything is pre-determined.

Aye. I'd like to see what players can come up with rather than predetermining anything, myself, but if two players want to make a deal on which character wins and which character loses and guide the fight in that direction, that's pretty cool too.

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laser ability

RAVECASTER

Brock and Cartwright are bringing the drugs. Does someone have a smoke machine?

So, decided to make a straw poll. Figure it's a good way to see what the players want to do. For the sake of this poll, "Pre-determined" means ALL matches will be pre-determined, and "Competitive" means, players still have the option to make the fight Pre-determined if they want to.

strawpoll.me/12704334

This will be a good way to see where everyone stands on it.

@tipssyCalibrator@Hammerman@VitaVitaAR@SaberClass4242@Mercurial@Dragonsinc@Dblade26@Sodium@Azereiah@Western Robot@Silver Carrot@Cu Chulainn@blumenk@clanjos@Weird Tales@Zero Hex@13org@CondorTalon

I don't think it should be just one way or the other, I just want it to be whatever each player decides really. When a match comes up, the players decide between each other if they want to decide the outcome before or after and if they want to use collab posts and all that, and we'll just go by the in universe rules for the tournament

@tipssyCalibrator

He states that voting competetive also means players choose

Roy [+]

Roy Carter

Age

17

Gender

Male

Personality

Roy is a rather cold and blunt person at first and it takes a lot for him to warm up to people. He is also very ambitious always aiming to be number one at everything. When he meets new people he makes a full body evaluation, those who he perceives as strong he will do his best to surpass in power while those he feels that aren't on par with his power he will disregard them until proven otherwise. Roy can be aloof in the beginning, being cool and distant, it takes some time for him to actually see someone as a friend and warm up to them. In battle he doesn't speak much and is focused with a cool mind, he pays close attention to the battle field always keeping awareness of his surroundings and how he can use them. HE has a sense of humor and you can catch him smirking at things he finds amusing. Roy has a lot of pride and chivalry and doesn't find it fun fighting those who are weaker than him, he hates to fight dirty and will always battle straight on.

Backstory

At a young age Roy had many things taken away from him, he was once sweet and innocent but at an early age he was thrown into reality, forced to grow up fast in order to survive in life. His father was a wave caster, known for his ability to control gravity. His mother was a architect that was known for her ability with a sword. With great fame comes people who wants to destroy it. Both his parents were murdered for bounty, forcing Roy to began living with his grandfather at his dojo where he would learn swordsmanship like his mother did. Unlike other kids, Roy spent most of his time on training and studying rather then playing with other kids his age. Life with his grandpa straight forward and peaceful for. He was pretty strict and they didn't get along much at first but things ended up straightening out.

As time passed and Roy got bigger and stronger his grandfather grew weaker until he fell ill and was bed ridden. Roy spent less time training and more time with his grandfather until the day he passed on. Roy was thrown into deep sorrow as he watched his Grandfather passed on with his own eyes. In this moment he had awoken his ability. his great desire for control and power awakened this ability. The same month the institute came looking for him, explaining that they could help him use his power effectively, Roy accepted the offer. He began the long and hard path of revenge, striving from the path his parents lived.

Equipment

Iron Katana

Abilities

Proficient Swordsman- Roy has been training with the sword for many years and has proved proficient in battle.

Channeller category

Wave caster/Architect(Later)

Description of power- Roy has the ability to control gravity whether he wants to make it heavier or reverse it, because he only just recently awakened his ability he can only control a radius within 10 feet of him. Fire blasts, energy blasts, and Etc are able to pass through the gravity field freely.

Names/descriptions of moves

Gravity well- Roy spreads his energy into a small radius, inside the radius is where he can increase or decrease the gravity. Grounding weaker or stunning weaker foes while slowing down those who are stronger.

Not Learned yet-

Black hole- Roy conjures up a black ball of energy that has strong attractions, able to pick up loose earth or objects and pull people towards him if enough energy is put into it.

Burakkubādo[Black Bird]- Roy summons a sword capable of holding up against his gravity powers, this sword has high energy requirements and will slowly sap at his energy while it is summoned.

Other:None

What's stopping him from just using his gravity power to stop whoever tries to attack him every time?

I feel bad now, Rumi doesn't have a Wavecaster to work with! )=

But! If she upgrades his eye-powers, he could technically pull off weirder and more precise throws with his shuriken, which could technically be a decent ranged attack?

@CondorTalon

@tipssyCalibratorOoh I forgot to include cooldown from when it got deleted, one sec.

Also, why is Black Bird in Japanese but the rest of them in English? Just wondering

I feel bad now, Rumi doesn't have a Wavecaster to work with! )=

But! If she upgrades his eye-powers, he could technically pull off weirder and more precise throws with his shuriken, which could technically be a decent ranged attack?

@CondorTalon

Give her a piggyback ride for bullet time!

@tipssyCalibratorAlright I changed it and added the cooldown on black hole as well, and that's just personal preference with name lol.

@tipssyCalibratorAlright I changed it and added the cooldown on black hole as well, and that's just personal preference with name lol.

The description of Black Hole says that things can be destroyed by it in certain circumstances. Does that include humans? Because if so, that's pretty OP