[quote=Dervish]
A primary problem with the nature of Arena is because it's supposed to be competitive in nature, people still feel the drive to "win". I see some people keeping track of their win/ tie/ loss ratings and I can't help but wonder how many of those games actually ran fairly or if people didn't try to bend things in their favour just to get that "win".I use win in quotations because ultimately, in this medium, the outcome has to be in a sense mutually agreed upon at some point instead of what should have been the finishing blow or submission being countered in some way.
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And this leads to...

The dreaded auto hit.

You block that near impervious sword with your own near impervious weapon and it breaks somehow. It doesn't stop there. They write it as though you've already been stabbed, killed, slashed, whatever. 'And so, Terrior 'Terribad' McB sliced his opponent in half and held his corpse.' Not leaving room to dodge, block, run, whatever.