[OOC] The Pro-Bending Tournament [Open and looking for members]

[bittersweetsymphonia]

Republic City's Pro-Bending Tournament

Not yet started | Open Roles | Looking for a co-gm

The RP is set in Republic City, before the events portrayed in the Legend of Korra. The equalists haven't caused too much trouble, other than their continuous propaganda in the Republic City Park. The RP will revolve around the players in this year's Pro-Bending Tournament and all the drama that surrounds them.

The Game

Pro-bending is a popular sport originating in Republic City that involves two teams of three benders, one from each of the three main bending arts. The objective of the sport is to gain as much territory within the ring as possible within three minutes, or, alternatively, to drive the members of the opposing team over the edge of the ring.

The Pro-bending Championship Tournament is an annual sporting event that features the sixteen best teams in the entire league. Played during a week in the last month of the year, the teams compete in elimination-style matches, with the winning team receiving the jackpot prize following the championship tournament. Each tournament team must ante up thirty thousand yuans for the championship pot in order to participate, making the total pot worth four hundred eighty thousand yuans. The tournament follows an eight-match elimination round consisting of the sixteen best teams. A quarterfinal made up of four rounds is conducted, consisting of the eight winning teams from the previous leg of the tournament. The four teams that win their respective matches advance to battle each other in a semifinal round, consisting of two different matches. Finally, in the finals, the two winning teams at the end of the tournament face off in the championship match. The winners receive the jackpot and the title of being that year's pro-bending champions. For full rules of the game, please visit this page. For information about the arena, please visit this page. For information about Republic City, please visit this page.

The Teams

Raven Eagles (x)

• Kimiko Tetsume - Firebender
• Kai Inoue - Earthbender
• Xeno - Waterbender

Legendary Lion-turtles (x)

• Liang Xian - Firebender
• Shin Yu - Waterbender
• Gen Gan-Jin - Earthbender

Viper Bats (x)

• Siku Juntenka - Waterbender
• Ryou Kasaisekitan - Firebender
• Ryko Kasaisekitan - Earthbender

Elephant Kois (x)

• Bon Xiu - Waterbender
• Wes Xiu - Earthbender
• Min Sun - Firebender

Badgermoles

White Hamsters

Earth Hounds

Pygmy Pumas

Rules

• Basic roleplaying rules apply
• Post Order: A --> B --> C --> A. If we've already started and you're new, please wait until the last 'C' or whoever the last person is has posted until you make your post.
• Follow the pro-bending rules. (Or not and spice it up with some game drama :p)
• Romance is allowed, but don't let it be the main theme when playing.
• I don't expect you to post six paragraphs (but it would be cool if you did) but please refrain from posting one or two liners.
• Real life can be rough at times, but please try to post at least twice a week. :>
• More might be added here as we go along.

GM Notes

A lot of this is a work in progress. Suggestions are appreciated. Questions are welcomed. A co-gm is needed. Oh. And here's the CS:

CS

Name: Age: Sex: Team: (your team name) Role: (fire, earth, or water-bender?) Appearance: (picture or description or both. picture can be anime or realistic) Personality: (strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes) Background:(please include how your character got into pro-bending and where they're currently living as of the moment)

If I missed something here that you think is necessary, tell me, okay? WE NEED OTHER TEAMS! :>

[rextremendum]

Yang

Name: Yang Shen-Li Age: 18 Sex: Male Team [GM's team] Role: Earthbender Appearance: A consummately average looking man, Yang is characterized with a mop of short black hair, a friendly face and an analytical gaze. He is of a normal weight, lacking the muscles usually characterizing other professional earthbenders. He has pale skin, and though not a particularly well-groomed man Yang is no slob - he dresses nicely, and takes care to not make a poor first impression. Personality: Yang values creativity, ingenuity, and accuracy of belief. He is curious to a fault, always looking for new knowledge to improve his understanding of the world. Yang dislikes dogmatic belief, and ardently opposes regressive thinking. He loves the brave new world this new technology provides, and has a very optimistic view on the capabilities of humanity to use it for good. Yang attempts to be affable, his optimism spreading to interpersonal relationships, though he is by no means an enthusiastic socialite. He is easily distracted when engaged in non-critical activities, always looking to learn new things about the world, but shows impressive determination when dealing with matters of import. Yang's moral philosophy is consequentialist, and Yang is prone to manipulation and unsavory work to achieve net gains of happiness in the world. He hates mushrooms, and has always wanted to own a blimp. Background: Yang was raised in Ba Sing Se, born to loving parents as an only child. His father was a cobbler, and his mother a chef at a local restaurant. From a young age, Yang was curious: he learned to read early, and after school would spend time reading about all manner of things, from philosophy [which he rarely understood, at least at first] to history to art and literature. As he grew up, he found two passions in life: Natural Philosophy, and Earthbending. He grew up in a period of extraordinary industrialization, and remembers vividly all the technological marvels coming into his life one at a time. He remembers when their house got electric lights, he remembers the hot-water heater being installed, and he still has fond memories of his family clustered around their large, wood-paneled radio set. He wanted to contribute to this technological golden age, and found his interests buried in prosaic tomes on physics, about the movement of things, about heat and electricity. At around the same time, Yang pressured his parents into signing him up for earthbending training, and found it to be enthralling. It was strategic, fast, exciting, and there were always new things to be learned. He learned to incorporate one interest into another, and now has set out to be a pro-bender, not only for the money, fame, women and prestige, but also to try and refine his earthbending theories, and add something to the understanding of earthbending as a fighting style.

[BlackCat]

This looks interesting

[Pie Flavor]

If i can I would like to reserve a spot for an Earthbender as well, If i can ^,^

[bittersweetsymphonia]

Lol. Thought this was the characters tab. :p An earthbender's reserved for you Pie. We'd love to have you BlackCat. @rextremendum It seems both of our characters are from Ba Sing Se. Maybe that's part of how they became teammates. And you can put your cs in the Character tab :>

[The Red Seelie]

WIP

Name: Persolus mulciber Age: 18 Sex: Male Team: (will most probably join Pie's Team) Role: His role is that of the Fire-bender Appearance: Personality: (strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes) Background:(please include how your character got into pro-bending and where they're currently living as of the moment)

[ScarlettWaters16]

I'll take the spot as the water bender if you would like. :)

[bittersweetsymphonia]

I'll take the spot as the water bender if you would like. :)

@ScarlettWaters16

Are you talking about the waterbender for the Raven Eagles?

[ScarlettWaters16]

Correct.

[bittersweetsymphonia]

Then okay, you can take that role :> Excited to have you on board!

[ScarlettWaters16]

How old do they have to be?

[bittersweetsymphonia]

16-25 is probably the age range here... Unless you're playing a veteran. THE RAVEN EAGLES ARE COMPLETE! WE NEED OTHER TEAMS TOO!

[BoundToPlay]

Working on a character for my Water bender who shall be on her own team. I am thinking of a team name atm, thought that would sort of depend on what my team mates would like as well. EDIT Thinking Catgator for cannon avatar beasts. For non-cannon ones I kind of like the Idea of 'Earth Hounds'. We have Fire Ferrets, arctic hen, and Sky Bison after all.

[Marcus XVI]

Would it be possible to play as a whole team?

[bittersweetsymphonia]

Would it be possible to play as a whole team?

@Marcus XVI

As in, you play all three of them? I suppose that's fine since we need 16 teams here.

Working on a character for my Water bender who shall be on her own team. I am thinking of a team name atm, thought that would sort of depend on what my team mates would like as well. EDIT Thinking Catgator for cannon avatar beasts. For non-cannon ones I kind of like the Idea of 'Earth Hounds'. We have Fire Ferrets, arctic hen, and Sky Bison after all.

@KiltmanBagz

Earth Hounds sounds badass!

[Marcus XVI]

I was thinking about playing this team of guys who were the very best of the best some 10 years ago, but had to end their career due to injuries (for the captain) or risk there of (rest of the team). How does the team name Legendary Lion-turtles sound?

[bittersweetsymphonia]

Oooh they seem good. Legendary Lion-turtles sounds awesome! Edit: I added a few more teams for if some people just wanna join or whatevs. If we don't get enough teams, we're just gonna have to turn them into npcs. Too bad. The Viper Bats seem hella awesome too.

[Marcus XVI]

Ok, I've added the captain of my team, I'll add the two other fellows as soon as possible.

[ScarlettWaters16]

@bittersweetsymphonia Are all of those teams people who want to join? Or did you just randomly put those down? Also, if you want me to, I can create a whole team if you want.

[Pie Flavor]

Man we should all just be females and rule the arena >:D all the guy teams will be like wtf xD (Basically were the Girls League)