[OOC] ATHLETIC AESTHETICS (Doc Vs. Negatomsk)

[Doc Doctor]

Lethal Lockdown Cage Match



48 hour post deadline with one emergency reprieve.

Battle Theme-

[Doc Doctor]

You mind a 48 hour deadline for each post? If you'd like we can even do this via chat and settle our dispute quickly, then post the summary here.

@Negatomsk

[Doc Doctor]

@Drifting Pollen

You're about as impartial as it gets around here, and more active than most judgy fudgies. Plus you were able to take the shitfest between Melon and me in stride, pretty much making you a shitfest specialist. Care to watch over the fight between @Negatomsk and I?

[Drifting Pollen]

Care to watch over the fight between @Negatomsk and I?

@Doc Doctor

Sure, so long as Negatomsk has no objections. Hopefully this won't become a shitfest and I'll be able to just quietly read from the sidelines, but if you two hit a deadlock then I can offer a third-party opinion.

[Negatomsk]

Would prefer no judge at all. Win-or-loss I've never needed one.

[Doc Doctor]

@Negatomsk

And the deadline?

[Negatomsk]

Fine by me.

[Dias Blade]

*Popcorn*

[Kratesis]

*Popcorn*

@Dias Blade

[Doc Doctor]

@Negatomsk

Quick inquiry;

With which foot is Lobo stepping with during his slash with the bow, and should I assume that his grip on the weapon is right hand over left?

[Negatomsk]

Left foot forward, left hand forward on the bow, should've clarified.

He's sliding left foot forward and sweeping across with the left hand controllimg, right hand back, no hand over hand.

[Doc Doctor]

@Negatomsk

I'll post sometime tomorrow night.

[Negatomsk]

@Doc Doctor
No rush. I've only been blazing through because your posts happen to catch me with free time.

[Negatomsk]

Made minor edit to clarify I was striking at the thigh of whichever leg was presented forward.

[Doc Doctor]

@Negatomsk

Now I don't like being "that guy", but this being a by the rules ranked match, I felt compelled to look over Lobo's profile again and could find nothing about Ting Jing, which seems to be your idea of what's required to counter the headbutt in time. Whilst it could be classified as a martial art, it's most certainly an important and supernatural one that should have been in the profile before the fight started. Gonad was able to attain the positioning necessary to deliver his surprise attack in very close quarters and HOLY FUCKING SHIT NECK CRAAAMP.

THIS HURTS SO EFFIN BAD.

Oh, oh, oh. It's so bad I can feel it reaching the top of my skull. I'd like to further try to be all smarty pants but I need a damn ibuprofen right now. No seriously, this cramp is a bitch and just hit me outa nowhere.

[Negatomsk]

Fair enough. My own fault for getting cheeky in the defensive portion when I had other methods of handling it.

So is this an edit to my post or what.

[Doc Doctor]

@Negatomsk

Aye, an edit.

[Negatomsk]

@Doc Doctor

Hit taken.

[Doc Doctor]

@Negatomsk

Aw hell. You're breakin' my balls here. I'm starting to feel like Melon. Don't hate me for being such a stiff customer, it already bugs me to act like this.

Gonad's unarmed strikes are of the highest caliber, and taking into consideration the formidable equalization of the Beardforce, this means no foe in this realm or in any other can easily withstand even one direct hit to a vital point, much like how no human mortal may fairly survive a sword through the torso or a mace to the skull, as Gonad's limbs are surely lethal weapons. The Beardforce is based upon Gonad's perception of an opponent along with the opponent's full latent power, and as such the Beardforce cannot be fooled or bypassed, making it effective against abstract concepts or inanimate objects for so long as Gonad thinks of the thing as a foe or said thing presents a threat.

@Doc Doctor

The only reason Lobo wouldn't be dead from that one blow is because Gonad wasn't holding his head in place to maximize the force. As it is, it's still a knockout level attack. As you can see above, those details really are in my profile. You would consider Gonad dead if he took Lobo's point blank venomous bomb arrow to the face, yeah? Takes only an instant to set up, sort of like a, uh, headbutt, save for the added bonus of being effective at nearly any range. It'd be wonky if Gonad took that hit straight up and he still "retained the presence of mind" to immediately leapt back to his feet and run down Lobo.

I'm not trying to corner you. Well, yes actually, I am to be honest. That's the whole point of this silly game. BUT! I'm moreso encouraging you to understand that physical blows are Gonad's only tool of the trade, and the entire point of his superpower is to enhance those blows so that they are utterly dangerous to every kind of opponent. I'm not trying to autohit you, it's not my place to decide if blows absolutely land, as likely as they may be to do so. That depends on your own skill to somehow handle such a circumstance, though imo, I'd have tried to avoid letting Gonad get within smooching distance to begin with.

But, an opinion is only that; an opinion. I may be missing something. As such, let's have @Drifting Pollen take a gander. Pretty clear that the effectiveness of the headbutt is a turning point that neither of us would enjoy conceding.

[Negatomsk]

An opinion is indeed an opinion, and I've got my own. I still don't need a judge here, if this has gone down the way it has, so be it, but I'm not yet convinced that it has. I have my own piece to say, when I'm less tired and able to more ably explain myself.