[OOC] Arena Chat Thread

[DJAtomika]

@MelonHead He's making new arenas.

[Terminal]

I have no idea what you're talking about Terminal, but have fun with that.

@MelonHead

You know. Battlegrounds. The places where all of the arena battles and fights allegedly take place? It has its own thread?

[Impaqt]

@MelonHead He's making new arenas.

@DJAtomika

Yes, but not interested in joining our ranks. Hmmm.

[ImportantNobody]

We should do a free for all with all ranked members attending.

New idea for my characters. Have a post in my thread linking to all of the ones I picture myself possibly using so that it's much easier to see who you guys might want to fight.

[DJAtomika]

@Impaqt Heresy! XD

@ImportantNobody That FFA sounds interesting, yet it may or may not be a cluster fuck cause of how many potentials we'll be fielding. Me, you, Khan, Melon, plus anyone else who shows up. If it's limited to the first few interested folk, a la the four-way right now, then it'll be less chaotic, I feel.

[ImportantNobody]

@ImportantNobody That FFA sounds interesting, yet it may or may not be a cluster fuck cause of how many potentials we'll be fielding. Me, you, Khan, Melon, plus anyone else who shows up. If it's limited to the first few interested folk, a la the four-way right now, then it'll be less chaotic, I feel.

@DJAtomika

It won't start until there are eight or more competitors.

[DJAtomika]

Ye gods that's both the four ways going on right now combined.

[ImportantNobody]

Ye gods that's both the four ways going on right now combined.

@DJAtomika

Maybe once those are over with it could be fun.

[DJAtomika]

Could be a while though.

[Alphakoka]

Could be a while though.

@DJAtomika

AKA it'll take the better course of a year to set up and then the remaining year to start.

[MelonHead]

@MelonHead He's making new arenas.

@DJAtomika

Yeah, I'm just unsure why he had to announce it, anyone can submit Arenas if they want to, also I'm highly sceptical of someone not interested in Arena fighting making Battlegrounds, sort of like a gunsmith who's never fired a gun.

[GreivousKhan]

Not entirely sure if this is the right place to say it, but whatever.

Just thought I'd pop in to say I'm designing some new Battlegrounds, an area which seems to be lagging behind in terms of development in the wake of all the other forum updates. I have not settled on the final number, but I will be making anywhere between three and six new battlegrounds. All of them will be multi-variant and dynamic in nature, with specifically tailored/partitioned sections. Each once should be able to be used for one-on-one matches, team battles, free-for-alls, and more. Additionally, all of them will feature fully destructible environments (no arbitrarily indestructible setpieces) and consistent, non-linear topography (no arbitrary invisible walls). One or two will also feature scientifically accurate non-euclidean geometry (because if there's something everyone wants in their fight clubs, its loads of tedious scientifically accurate physics).

Each one will support standard Arena slugging matches, but will also have variant sets that will allow for battles of a different sort, particular in regards to fighters with drastically different approaches or whose matchup creates a vast power imbalance.

More to come. Thanks to [@GrievousKhan] for explaining internal arena mechanics to me.

@Terminal

Np man, I'd never say I'm an expert but I'd like to think I know the basics.

If Terminal does d0o this he'll earn the title of Architect.

@MelonHead He's making new arenas.

@DJAtomika

I'd have thought it was a pretty straight forward.

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Yeah, I'm just unsure why he had to announce it, anyone can submit Arenas if they want to, also I'm highly sceptical of someone not interested in Arena fighting making Battlegrounds, sort of like a gunsmith who's never fired a gun.

@MelonHead

The go to guy who made the best arena's in Old Guild was a new dude who had never participated in the arena. (he did later join up)

His battlegrounds were so good everyone requested for him to make more. You don't have to have a Skallagrim time period in the Arena to make good battlegrounds. In fact it seems outsiders make the more interesting ones.

[MelonHead]

Honestly I can't think of a single Arena of significant note that I'd really care to fight in it again.

Eternal Battleground or whatever is probably the best, which I think Alpha designed.

[Terminal]

Honestly I can't think of a single Arena of significant note that I'd really care to fight in it again.

@MelonHead

Challenge Accepted.

[Alphakoka]

Eternal Battleground or whatever is probably the best, which I think Alpha designed.

@MelonHead

Even if there was an issue on how much gravity increase it supposed to have back then. :p

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I should really get around designing the actual battle god sometime. >_>

[GreivousKhan]

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Even if there was an issue on how much gravity increase it supposed to have back then. :p

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I should really get around designing the actual battle god sometime. >_>

@Alphakoka

You can be the arena's new lazy slacker since Rilla has graduated from that position.

To not lazy

Though the method was archaic at first Rilla slowly found himself getting the grasp of what it was to not be a slacker and understanding more of the theory put down by our forefathers. He thought about how to apply the things he had read about to his own abilities, and figuring out how to better utilize such things for himself. In short, he experienced the condition known as “learning”, and felt all the smarter for it.

[Alphakoka]

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You can be the arena's new lazy slacker since Rilla has graduated from that position.

To not lazy

Though the method was archaic at first Rilla slowly found himself getting the grasp of what it was to not be a slacker and understanding more of the theory put down by our forefathers. He thought about how about how to apply the things he had read about to his own abilities, and figuring out how to better utilize such things for himself. In short, he experienced the condition known as “learning”, and felt all the smarter for it.

@GreivousKhan

Nah, he got the status effect 'has a babby' now.

[Valeric]

Wow, nice to see you guys are still at it.

[Alphakoka]

Wow, nice to see you guys are still at it.

@Valeric

What, insulting each other? :v

[GreivousKhan]

Wow, nice to see you guys are still at it.

@Valeric

Didn't you used to be goo girl?