@Alexei

A professional boxer must meet certain criteria to achieve a significant degree of success in the ring. That includes slipping and weaving through punches, being able to predict an opponent's attacks based off of their body language.
It's not scarcely as vague as having no aforementioned reflexes listed, and in fight writing, the profile is God. If it isn't on the profile, you don't give it to someone anyways. I also specifically stated Kull's physical stats and provided examples of his prowess.

A few seconds is a long time in a fight. And, I suppose I should mention it a third time, it takes Kull less than a second for the switch up. It's not as complicated as you make it out to be. Fighters change stance mid-blows all the time. Want videos of that as well? Been awhile since I dug up the Machida fights.

@Alexei

A professional boxer must meet certain criteria to achieve a significant degree of success in the ring. That includes slipping and weaving through punches, being able to predict an opponent's attacks based off of their body language.

@Alexei

It's not scarcely as vague as having no aforementioned reflexes listed, and in fight writing, the profile is God. If it isn't on the profile, you don't give it to someone anyways. I also specifically stated Kull's physical stats and provided examples of his prowess.

@Alexei

A few seconds is a long time in a fight. And, I suppose I should mention it a third time, it takes Kull less than a second for the switch up. It's not as complicated as you make it out to be. Fighters change stance mid-blows all the time. Want videos of that as well? Been awhile since I dug up the Machida fights.

That's still not giving an actual reaction time. Just stating you can react quickly means little to nothing in T1. Even if you had a listed time, it would be a negligible thing. In T1 all characters are the same in physical capability.

If not, Eiji could literally tear through Kull. Given that his musculature is crafted from interwoven cabon nanotubes, called bucky paper. If we want to go through the fluff in a character sheet as if it means anything.

On the mention of reading body language, I find the concept laughable in the way I have seen it used. So far it might as well be highly predictive precognition. Kull has consistently dodged everything and in RM that is simply a deal breaker. Its unrealistic and to the point of metagaming.

No its actually worse than not stating it at all. It is incredibly vague, which alliws you to manipulate it as much as someone without it. Only difference is that you can point to your profile, and pretend it says anything of real value in regards to it. So no, in write fighting the profile is not God. It is only ever useful in regards to spells. Physical ability is pointless. Especially when your charactee can combine strength and speed with no trade off. Which isn't realistic.

You specifically stated a vague descriptor. Unless you want to lay out hard data its useless.

That's pretty fast. I have to call shenanigans. It might not be complicated but less than a second is also vague. How much less than a second? How fast is your opponent moving in relative to you? If these are not defined clearly by either side that is an exercise in uselessness. All the time yes, but irl there are certain factors at play not at all present in text based combat. Especially, as I stated, when such is ill defined.

@Alexei

Also, do note that although your statements may hold bearing in a less competitive atmosphere, on this site and in ranked matches in particular, the profile is indeed God. If it isn't on the profile, you cannot use it. It also doesn't help that you arrived a few days ago at 'Tristwich's behest'. You have no history here and you're closely affiliated with the competitor. You're not qualified to give your opinion in this particular fight in light of those circumstances, only proven, unbiased judges are. I'm not saying you aren't trustworthy or knowledgeable in your areas of expertise, but this isn't a matter you should be involving yourself in.

Even if you had a listed time, it would be a negligible thing. In T1 all characters are the same in physical capability.

Abilities must have clear definition if this is the case.

@Doc Doctor
Name: Selandra Windfall

Nickname: Spelldrinker
Age: 227 (appears 28)

Race: Elf

Ethnicity: Genisarian

Occupation: Gladiator/Mercenary

Sexuality: Bi

Marital Status: single

Physical Appearance:

Height: 6'9

Weight: 168

Hair Color: White (starts to turn blue the more mana she absorbs)

Eye Color: Radiant Orbs of blue white energy

Build: Muscular but lean

Marks or Scars: Complex designed blue tattoos that one could mistake for circuit paths which snake along her whole body, with the lines ending at her palms, feet, corners of her eyes and her bottom lip which to direct the mana she absorbs, allowing it to be more efficient when she uses that absorbed energy to increase the strength of her individual limbs. She also has various scars along her face and body from years of gladiator combat.

Armor: Blue and grey plate armor that is technologically enhanced so that it is physically linked with her body, allowing the armor to take a portion of the mana Selandra absorbs and recycles it in the form of mana gems that appear inlaid into the armor. These gems are able to be consumed later if Selandra is unable to find a source of mana to consume. It is elegant armor, forged by elves allowing it to be tough but lightweight, allowing Selandra to be quick and agile in combat. She also still holds onto the collar used on her during her time as a slave. She wears it at night to help her sleep.

Weapons: One Trident, one weighted net enchanted to expand allowing it to ensare an opponent of any size, one zweihander, two daggers, hidden blades in her boots and gauntlets.

Skills:

Elven Senses

Expert agility

The ability to absorb the magical energies from spells and enchanted items, the energy being used to enhance the power of her limbs. Spells are dissolved and enchanted items are broken down into dust. If she consumes too much mana, her body runs the risk of exploding.

History: Born into slavery, Selandra never knew a life outside the arena walls. At a young age her addiction to mana was exploited by her masters, as she was forced to sneak into gladiator's rooms as a child and siphon the magic away from their equipment. As she grew older she too became a gladiator, but still she was a slave. At some point, she realized she wanted more and bought her freedom. Now she wanders, hoping to find that purpose.

Will she be acceptable if I remove all of the magical abilities?

Captain Kull [+]

Captain Arlgor Kull

Name: Arlgor Kull
Aliases: Cap'n Kull
Titles: Captain of the Crimson Guard
Age: 36
Gender: Male

Physical Attributes

Build: 5'7", 172 pounds, heavily muscled
Eyes: Dark Brown (close to black), overshadowed by sardonic eyebrows.
Hair: A black widow's peak, combed back
Skin Tone: Pale
Dominant Hand: Left
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: Kull's eyes and mouth have distinct scarring from fistfights, permanent cauliflower ears, several white notches crisscross his chest and arms, presumably left by various bladed weapons. His right forearm is enircled by several deep tissue scars, from when he shoved his hand down a lion's esophagus.

Day To Day Attire: A full set of bronze armor (faceless helmet, pauldrons, breastplate, armguards, gauntlets, greaves, the works), a maroon cloak emblazoned with the insignia of a black bull, a sixteen pound double headed greataxe, a twenty-eight inch, pound-and-a-half gladius with chili powder in the scabbard worn on his right flank, a pair of gauche daggers at his waist, a pair strapped to his calves, and one on each flank. Six daggers in all. He's very fond of wearing crimson war paint, in tiger stripes across his face.



Abilities: Kull is a physical powerhouse, able to bench 500 and kick through cinderblock like styrofoam with his reinforced greaves. He once killed a lion with asphyxiation by ramming his fist down its throat. He has the reflexes of a professional boxer and the power to match, along with nearly three decades of experience as a manslayer.

Personality: Kull is an abrasive, overwhelming, and incredibly intense man who has no concept of what an indoor voice is and no off-button. He's of a wild, brave nature, meeting every challenge in the only way he knows how; by beating it down with his axe and/or screaming profanity at it. He's quite creative in his lunatic insults, but it's rarely personal. It serves as a psychological aid and weapon for Kull, enabling him to work himself into a war frenzy while intimidating his opposition. As a professional warrior and captain of the guard (he was a former mercenary as well), he lives solely to hone his skills in combat, and to help mold an environment free of scum. He's drastically impatient and highly critical, despising any course of action short of stalking right up to the bad guy and strangling him.

Despite his faults, though, Kull is truly a good man at heart. Sometimes good guys don't wear white and act nice, after all. He strives to make the lives of innocent people better, and is more than willing to sacrifice himself to a noble cause. His loyalty is undying, for all his lack of social skills. He knows how to have a good time, and can be surprisingly understanding at times. He tends to be greedy, not much for sharing food nor glory, but he's always more than willing to share (profanity laced) encouragement and advice. When it comes to animals, he seems to have a soft spot. Kull gets along well with most creatures, until he kills and eats them for protein. Hey, a man's gotta eat!

Habits: Kull tends to shudder, jerk or twitch with frenetic energy whenever he feels like he's about to get a chance to fight. He often tosses around loud, creative expletives, especially during combat.

Childhood: Kull went through the old Spartan glut, you know. Training as soon as he was of age, fighting wild animals bare-handed, killing men on a battlefield when he was a teen. Sure, there are some nice old stories of his feats and adventures, but he's not here to tell history. He's here to make it.

Adulthood: Served as a mercenary for several years, and then joined up with the Empire of the Crimson Throne. He helped them win a critical battle and was thus promoted to Captain. He'd conked a fuck-ton of baddies, got hitched with a woman as crazy as he was, you get the idea. He never had any silly dramatized moments, no whiny tears in the rain. He never even had any rivals, or a nemesis. Whenever an enemy jumped up, Kull simply knocked them back down. Needless to say, he's very good at his job.

Theme Song:

@Alexei

You're repeating yourself. If I was the one being vague, then why am I supplying more information? You aren't making any sense. It's called 'Realistic Melee' for a reason. We use facts, references, and stats to define what a character can and cannot do. We don't leave it up to discretion, that's just asking for no limits fallacies.

There's nothing competitive about leaving physical stats in a RM fight at the door. Here's the thing. You arrived here three days ago with the competitor, you're very clearly her friend, and you're stating that "There's no such thing as bias" to try and convince me that you should judge this fight. Everything you say is a contradiction, I can scarcely fathom it.

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Okay. Now, taking that into account, look at your friend's CS.

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NO mentioned physical abilities, outside of simply stating that she's 'fast and agile'. How much bearing does that have in realistic terms when your character is 6'9" and 228 pounds? Not gonna go there. This is RM, but I won't try to dictate how she should write her own profile. That's why I didn't nag her to specify reach and lifting strength. Benefit of the doubt. It states her height, weight, and build, and that's it.
Now, look at my CS.

Captain Kull [+]

Captain Arlgor Kull

Name: Arlgor Kull
Aliases: Cap'n Kull
Titles: Captain of the Crimson Guard
Age: 36
Gender: Male

Physical Attributes

Build: 5'7", 172 pounds, heavily muscled
Eyes: Dark Brown (close to black), overshadowed by sardonic eyebrows.
Hair: A black widow's peak, combed back
Skin Tone: Pale
Dominant Hand: Left
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: Kull's eyes and mouth have distinct scarring from fistfights, permanent cauliflower ears, several white notches crisscross his chest and arms, presumably left by various bladed weapons. His right forearm is enircled by several deep tissue scars, from when he shoved his hand down a lion's esophagus.

Day To Day Attire: A full set of bronze armor (faceless helmet, pauldrons, breastplate, armguards, gauntlets, greaves, the works), a maroon cloak emblazoned with the insignia of a black bull, a sixteen pound double headed greataxe, a twenty-eight inch, pound-and-a-half gladius with chili powder in the scabbard worn on his right flank, a pair of gauche daggers at his waist, a pair strapped to his calves, and one on each flank. Six daggers in all. He's very fond of wearing crimson war paint, in tiger stripes across his face.



Abilities: Kull is a physical powerhouse, able to bench 500 and kick through cinderblock like styrofoam with his reinforced greaves. He once killed a lion with asphyxiation by ramming his fist down its throat. He has the reflexes of a professional boxer and the power to match, along with nearly three decades of experience as a manslayer.

Much, MUCH more detail. If you were even remotely honest, it wouldn't be me you were criticizing for vagueness but your own friend. Of course I know her style is different, she comes from a different site. I'm accommodating that, not trying to inform her she's doing everything wrong. She's not doing things wrong, just differently. Now please let an official judge this thread. Even if they aren't perfect, I should think a bit more subtlety is in order if you're going to try and cheat. I doubt your friend enjoys how you're making them look.

@Alexei

I've provided accurate, measurable comparisons, and yes, many martial artists can break cinderblock.

@Alexei

In no way am I lying, just because you say I'm lying. I provided proof, screenies, quotes, and videos to back up my argument. You just ignore that and declare me wrong with no backboard to support those bullets. I'm not shenanigans, you're just full of sh*t. I demonstrated what boxers are capable of with something called evidence. We like to use evidence around here, and not straw man arguments. You're purposefully vague on your points because you know I was factually more specific about physical abilities than my opponent, and you can think of no other way out of this hole you dug for yourself. Go to Google. Look up the question... "How hard can a boxer punch?", or, "How fast can a boxer move?", or "How fast can a boxer react?"
Now line up that result with someone from Kull's weight class. That wasn't so hard, was it?

@Alexei

Mmhmm. There are definable limits there. It's quantifiable. Now go look up, "How fast do you have to be to be quick?"

@Alexei

Yeah, no. Not gonna happen.

Just don't get blindly involved in fights that don't concern you out of your own personal bias and you'll do fine here.

Best strap up your boots. We're going to throw hands real soon.

No, no you didn't save for Kull's strength. Btw Robert E. Howard is disappointed in you. You gave me no accurate measurements of his reaction speed except that of a professional boxer. The thing with that is you provide no average time of reaction. Reaction time also varies per boxer, even those in the same weight class.

You are. You have stated your profile is more detailed. Only strength has a solid definition. Everything else is negligible. Videos do nothing, if you don't have a solid reaction time stated in your profile, I could easily state you have the slowest reactions from a specifically chosen boxer and post a fucking video as evidence, and seeing how you like to play, I would have no qualms scamming you like that if I lacked my moral standard.

Boy, I did provide proof, you actually did for me. In your profile. I already made my case. Provide quantifiable measurments of his reaction speed. Cause AS I HAVE STATED MULTIPLE TIMES, you are vague severely about his reaction speed. You have only been detailed on one point. His strength that's it.

Again, you provided what boxers are capable of, a general idea. Vague. What. Is. The. Actual. Time. Of. His. Reaction? Multiple boxers have different rates of reaction. So by continuing to be a fucking idiot and posting videos of different boxers, you are showing that your reaction time is vague for the soul reason that you can adapt it to a specific opponent. That, my friend, metagaming. Just like how your character doesn't just react, but literally predicts every move his character made. Which is using OOC info IC. Also metagaming. The evidence is in every single one of your posts in this fight.

Lol. You use strawman incorrectly. That's cute.

I have googled all of those, and the answer varies from boxer to boxer. If you don't have a hard number listed for it like you do for Kull's strength, I could easily make it mean what I want it to.

Yeah. Its going to happen.

Hah! No. When I see scummy bullshit like you pulled I am going to call it out. Period. Don't talk to me about bias. Everyone here is biased. From you, to whatever judge on this site.

Best strap up your boots. We're going to throw hands real soon.

discord.gg/Cc98svm

And, I'll give you a handicap. You can have ANY or ALL of your friends as ghost writers. Have 'em give you advice, help you create moves, a few extra minds. I consider that fair, given you have but half a brain yourself. As an added bonus it'd save me the effort of having to later beat everyone you know and love. I'll do it in one swoop.

@Mobius

Sure.