[quote=@Rilla]
Personally, so long as they had a judge, no matter how loosely around, and agreed, then it's ranked. What rules and stuff they go by, as I have maintained, is entirely up to them. 

I would love a uniform set of rules, which would make things much easier, but some folks don't like some rules, or understand them, or what have you. Then every other month we are arguing over them, and a new ruleset, etc.

Obviously there are flaws based on this, as any two people can get a third ringer and pad their points. 
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If both had to agree on a ruleset for this to count as ranked then this match is already disqualified by your quantifiers, because they evidently did not. 

We already have a uniform set of rules, there are plenty of things you just -don't do- in Arena, for example forced hits and attacks that can't be interacted with in any fashion.

Or, as has happened here, people can just insult their opponent until they leave and win that way. Which is frankly quite ridiculous, no one should be rewarded for that sort of conduct in any ranking system. 

I'm petitioning that a general rule-set is required for ranked fights from here on out, it doesn't necessarily have to include the balancing method, that can be decided upon by the competitors. But is should definitely include other parts of T1E, such as no force hitting, no attacks that can't be interacted with (for example, flawless mind-control, death auras, other stupid shit like that) no complete immunities to forms of harm (logic permitting, a robot with no blood obviously can't be poisoned) etc. 

And outside of that, a fight must have an impartial ranked judge, and if that judge is called into question then that can also be reviewed, by Rilla or by three other members of the ranked community. The character sheets must be sent in full to said Judge with no powers obfuscated or otherwise vague, and the -exact- rules under which the fight is to be carried out should be decided upon by both competitors. If a competitor leaves of forfeits before a fight is over the reason why they left should be taken into account before rewarding their opponent. Rewarding being a bully is not what a ranked system should be about. 

If we can't adhere to even the basest form of consistency, then the ranked system is just meaningless numbers.