[quote=@Vordak]
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Not contradicting: my argument is not for a complete ban of certain power categories; rather, for the degree of regulation.[/quote]

What would you regulate?

[quote=@Vordak]Disparity is okay up untill the moment you find yourself unable to anyhow interact with your opponent's attacks other than take damage, which is seldom an entertaining thing. Dodge, block, constantly outmaneouver and stay out of their effective range - one should still be able to deal with the majority of their opponent's kit with the baseline tools, taking crippling punishment for being unable to effectively utilize the options at their disposal, not for lacking a specific option.[/quote]

That's the premise of combat in roleplaying especially because of specific builds. Not one build is going to hard counter everything with respect to the scheduling system. What exactly is the problem with getting interrupted because of interception or are you speaking about power disparity which.. can't be helped I don't know what to tell you.

[quote=@Vordak]Shoving someone around with shockwaves out of a limited resource pool is fine; as is taking potshots at someone with a two-shot gun that'll bruise, or heavily injure only if it hits a vital point. Both have the potential to end a fight on their own, but under specific circumstances, which makes it the wielder's job to work for the kill, not the recepient's worry about having the right tool to avoid an otherwise looming doom.[/quote]

Is this geared to a limitation of specific tech or specific build for techs? There are characters in previous tournaments that didn't use guns that were just fine. Skill is based on choices and judgement during and before a fight even begins. You can't have the right tool for every job as I said earlier, and if you are worried about tools for everything then perhaps you should rethink how you play.

[quote=@Vordak]Combining heavy damage with a innate requirement for additional defenses - meaning it's unreasonable to expect any conventional means of defense to worl, such as dodging - is a recipie for salt. I don't want to be burnt to a toasty crisp just because i had no faraday cage on my face, or have said face blown off by a gauss gun (which is assume is far beyond the realm of convetional firearms in terms of projectile speed) because my character isn't tougher than a battleship.[/quote]

I had no problem beating that very character and I have neither electricity nor a railgun. [url=http://s8.zetaboards.com/TheZones/single/?p=239121&t=584551]Here was my build and my main[/url]

[quote=@Vordak]I may be misinterpreting the actual reality of this tournament's character balancing system; but then again, i feel like a Mitsu Vs Mitsu mirror match would be just like one of those wild west cowboy duels: whomever draws first and nails the other with a shot is the winner.[/quote]

Contrary to popular belief: that is how roleplay fighting really is. It can be INSANELY fast based on numerous of calculations and miscalculations that may not even involve the lionshare of someone's abilities. Here's a frame of reference:
http://s8.zetaboards.com/TheZones/topic/584172/1/#new Lokanas vs Mouse (Mitsu is in this fight)
http://s8.zetaboards.com/TheZones/topic/584478/1 Argryia vs Lokanas (TZDL2011 Preliminaries)
http://s8.zetaboards.com/TheZones/topic/584503/1/ Ares vs PsykoDucky (TZDL2007 Preliminaries)

I mean if this isn't your cup of tea that's fine. It isn't that hard to grasp since I said in the OP that even we're using "mid/high" it is hard to accurately measure based on that because characters are inherently different and not Dragon Ball Z.

[quote=@Vordak]
EDIT 2: i'm not assuming that you're completely oblivious to uch concerns or the like; rather, i am simply stating my stance and expressing my doubts reagrding the actual implementation of the concept and, most importantly, its sufficiency, to elaborate on my statement in the beggining of this post.
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Did you also deduce that this was an interest check and a draft. It isn't the final product.

Edit: I forgot to add Ares vs Psykoducky which is important cause an OHK happened and neither used guns. It was a mismatch cause of plastic vs plasma. Again.. builds matter.

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Update! The preliminaries start in May 1st and I got a few sign ups in the OP.