Arena probably has a bad reputation, but ultimately, a lot of the shit talk, the banter, the ego, that's literally what you get in really competitive atmospheres and that's a large part of what the Arena is at its most fundamental. It's opposing sides fighting with words, like debate, to win a contest. We could probably butter it up, ease people in, but in the end they will have to face all of the negative sides of competition at some point or another. The people that come out the other side fired up, ready for the next one, they stick around. Some people aren't cut out for it, they roleplay for collaborative story telling in a safe atmosphere, not an antagonistic contest of wits and argument. That's fine too.