[OOC] Arena Chat Thread

[Skallagrim]

Well character design and balance should be a good place to start. This is a good board to hash out an idea. Read my primers on basic fighting, then read at least the first T1 rules set in my signiture. But ultimately it is about common sense and comprimise

[Doc Doctor]

Anyone up for a match?

[MelonHead]

Anyone up for a match?

@Doc Doctor

Could do unranked if you want, depends if you have a character with a similar theme to one of mine though. If I'm gunna do unranked, I like it to make at least some sense story wise, so it can be useful at a later date.

[Tasuke]

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Could do unranked if you want, depends if you have a character with a similar theme to one of mine though. If I'm gunna do unranked, I like it to make at least some sense story wise, so it can be useful at a later date.

@MelonHead

This x2.

I think I also want an exhibition against John Cena.

[Doc Doctor]

@MelonHead
Sounds good to me. I'll use...

Kentucky Tom

Name: Kentucky Tom
Age: 29
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 180 pounds
Race: Human
Class: Jerkwad
Alignment: Chaotic
Eye Color: Unknown



Weapons and Equipment: Sunglasses, cigarette, white suit.

Physical Abilities/Skills: Physically and mentally, Kentucky Tom is remarkably average. He's no more fit than a man of his age normally is. He is, however, one seriously hardass dickweed who used to be a fast talkin' auctioneer. He has only one special ability, but it is virtually impossible to kill or incapacitate with it. His power is known as "Really Buggersome Affectations". He can inflict nasty effects upon enemies by speaking the magic words of a curse and then pointing and firing a softball sized orb of arcane energy. The speed of the shot depends of the nastiness of the curse. Such curses as "Horndoggums Humprumpus" travel at half the speed of a small thrown object, whilst curses like "Pinkwimpor Buttflamingonum" move as fast as bullets. The only way to break these curses is to kill him. The known curses he uses are...

*"Impreggio Bitchpleasum"- Impregnates whomever he is pointing at, forcing a baby to be conceived within them. This works on men and inanimate objects.

*"Baldickus Bodilicious"- Instantly removes all the hair on your body.

*"Gayroticus Weinerfestum"- Turns the victim gay.

*"Fartilliarum Skidmarkius"- Gives you the messy farts.

*"Pinkwimpor Buttflamingonum"- Turns your skin pink.

*"Retardingus Shitheadellus"- Lowers an enemy's I.Q by one point.

*"Dirtlingus Shoutloudius"- Forces an opponent to yell out their deepest, dirtiest secret and then proceed to do so again every two minutes.

*"Whiteytightus Fucknuttums"- Makes your underwear ultra-tight and uncomfortable.

*"Beardantili Hipsterium"- Gives you a huge beard.

*"Nudesweeta Bareassum"- Evaporates the target's clothing into an embarrasing gooey honey mist.

*"Weaboonekus Fucknuttus"- Gives you a bunny tail and cat ears.

*"Pisswiggums Bladdersmallis"- Makes you have to pee really bad.

*"Horndoggums Humprumpus"- Makes you insanely attracted to the next thing Kentucky Tom points at.

*"Nipgantius Bigtittumus"- The victim's chest area will grow to five times normal size.

*"Fatassium Bastardus"- Makes the victim obese.

*"Lolhardickus"- Forces the victim into an awkward situation the likes of which occur most often to us in the morning. If used on a female, it will materialize the required assets upon her being.

*"Pussysobbium Crybabius"- Makes you cry uncontrollably.

*"Racechangium Laughardiculum"- Changes the victim's race. By changing the first word to "Sexchangium" Tom can alter gender instead.

*"Narratium Expositorium"- Forces the victim to narrate their actions as they do them.

*"Smurftardicus Squeakerotica"- Gives you a high pitched helium voice.

*"Butthorkus Limporkus"- The victim becomes a transgender drag queen complete with outfit and wig.

*"Blindorial Nerdwerdus"- Makes you near and short sighted and materializes a pair of prescription glasses onto your face.

*"Pizzamugums Pubertum"- Gives the victim a load of acne.

*"Glasswhackius Buttmunchickus"- Makes you instantly punch the nearest person with glasses in the face nice and hard, even if it is yourself.

*"Dildus Rubberium"- Turns an enemy's weapon into a certain rubber implement.

*"Foolookius Overthereius"- Makes you look where Tom is pointing.

Background: Kentucky Tom grew up in the rough part of town and was constantly harangued by bullies. Why? He had a smart mouth. Shooting off insults came naturally to Tom. He pissed off teachers, parents, drivers, senators, dogs, you name it. He never had much cash, since his job as an auctioneer didn't pay all that well. But then one day, everything changed. He met an old fakir who beseeched Tom to sell an old Porsche for enough money to bail his deviant grandson out of jail. Tom felt pity for the mystic and at the next auction, sold the vehicle for twice what it was really worth. Out of gratitude the fakir bestowed upon Kentucky Tom the power to incur hilarious status effects upon the unwary.

Theme Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRJ9_yHiNmg

Since the only matches this month are unranked ones, this is a nice time to have a match for pure fun rather than competition.

[MelonHead]

I'm not really interested in a fantastical fight just for fun, so I'll give it a miss.

[Doc Doctor]

@MelonHeadNo worries then, I can fight seriously when the tournament comes around. I just prefer to have fun in unranked matches.

[MelonHead]

@MelonHeadNo worries then, I can fight seriously when the tournament comes around. I just prefer to have fun in unranked matches.

@Doc Doctor

That's not really the issue, the issue is I have no characters that would realistically be engaging a comical character like that.

I also have something of a personal policy not to fight overt parody characters.

[Doc Doctor]

@MelonHead
Not all characters than can fight need to be serious. Mine may stray into silliness, but that doesn't mean they aren't legit. Realistically, it takes all kinds.

[Tasuke]

The Champ literally did the You Can't See Me to me.

I take that as a compliment, however strange that may be.

Rhyming though. >.>

[MelonHead]

The Champ literally did the You Can't See Me to me.

I take that as a compliment, however strange that may be.

Rhyming though. >.>

@Tasuke

Wrestling terminology means next to nothing to me, I'm English.

I'm looking back now and guessing John Cena is the current champ, and therefore you were saying you wanted to challenge me, which went straight over my head. Though I'm not really the champ anymore, as the season is over and I've done away with further ranked fighting. Yoshua is the current leader according to the scoreboard.

[Tasuke]

You can't! You're like the Undertaker and the Wrestlemania Streak! It must be challenged!

Undertaker was 21-1 at Wrestlemania.

Don't you want that kind of legendary-ness?

[Rilla]

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Wrestling terminology means next to nothing to me, I'm English.

I'm looking back now and guessing John Cena is the current champ, and therefore you were saying you wanted to challenge me, which went straight over my head. Though I'm not really the champ anymore, as the season is over and I've done away with further ranked fighting. Yoshua is the current leader according to the scoreboard.

@MelonHead

Roman Reigns, actually. There have been several English champs, however, and TNA is apparently 'more popular' than WWE over there, biased off flawed TV rating data. Flawed in the sense that TNA is apparently on a free channel, and WWE is on a pay channel.

[Skallagrim]

Get in line Tasuke, next season, everyone will be gunning for the Melon. Everyone wants a piece of the Champ.

[Skallagrim]

@MelonHead
Not all characters than can fight need to be serious. Mine may stray into silliness, but that doesn't mean they aren't legit. Realistically, it takes all kinds.

@Doc Doctor

True enough and @ImportantNobody would agree and fight you on those terms. However parody characters tend to be one off fights and I think Melon prefers to fight characters that add to his character's storyline.

[ImportantNobody]

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This x2.

I think I also want an exhibition against John Cena.

@Tasuke

Our planned fight fizzled out randomly just before it was to start. Somehow it is all your fault!

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True enough and @ImportantNobody would agree and fight you on those terms. However parody characters tend to be one off fights and I think Melon prefers to fight characters that add to his character's storyline.

@Skallagrim

I used my crazy Japanese girl with the katana as portrayed by the media (horribly op) for a good parody character but I have a few others I haven't gotten a chance to use yet. Maybe my table tennis guy who can hit people with explosive ping pong balls. I'd have to look through all my parody characters first before deciding, once I get back from work.

[MelonHead]

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True enough and @ImportantNobody would agree and fight you on those terms. However parody characters tend to be one off fights and I think Melon prefers to fight characters that add to his character's storyline.

@Skallagrim

Essentially, yes, parody characters tend to provide an entertaining but ultimately pointless fight, as they're not created with any serious story-telling in mind. As I reserve the right to choose who I fight, I like there to be at least a half decent reason for a confrontation, because that's what I find entertaining. My sense of humor doesn't really extend to comical parody characters, so they don't really provide me with enough entertainment to overcome the fact that they rarely if ever offer any continuity or gravitas. This being completely unrelated to the actual technicalities of the fight, which aren't important in unranked, but rather solely story driven interests.

Not to say I've never tried less serious characters, but I've never stuck with them, as I find they're missing something vital for me to enjoy RPing with them.

[Doc Doctor]

Ah, alrighty then. I've never been very story driven myself, so I can understand. Perhaps when the season starts again we can have a ranked match and I can use a more appropriate character.

[ImportantNobody]

In honor of Star Wars, a parody character could be a storm trooper who is accurate and the armor can withstand more than a single hit rather than die instantly.

[Tasuke]

@Skallagrim

I'll cut down the line.

@ImportantNobody

I'm still trying to make an opening post that doesn't completely suck.