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Hidden 9 yrs ago Post by Descartes
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@MelonHeadIf you don't roleplay to have fun, then what do you do it for?
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Perhaps for the experience?
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@Descartes I never knew old guild.
Hidden 9 yrs ago Post by MelonHead
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@MelonHeadIf you don't roleplay to have fun, then what do you do it for?


Do you think only portraying unrealistic and theatrical combat is fun?

I'm a history student, so funnily enough some degree of realism is of interest to me. It's still fantastical in nature, but that doesn't mean it has to be stupid.

I'm the sort of person who sees the stupid hovering kicks in martial arts films and thinks it ruins the entire film, where-as things like the Raid, with by all accounts realistic choreography, is fucking awesome.
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Both Raid films were epic. I have yet to find kung fu films as brutal as those.
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Both Raid films were epic. I have yet to find kung fu films as brutal as those.


Hell yes, pretty much the best thing the new Star Wars has going for it is it has Raid's choreographer.
Hidden 9 yrs ago Post by Descartes
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@MelonHeadWhen'd I say didn't like realistic combat? Realistic, detailed combat is great if only I ever saw it done well. I'd love to see people detailing suplexes or half swords. When I use characters with firearms, I typically describe the action of pulling the charging handle, locking the bolt back, locking and loading, switching from safe to semi, and pulling the trigger; instead of just saying they reload and fire.

What I'm saying is that fun should be emphasized over "winning". It's harder to do realistic combat, because in order to do it well instead of just faffing about you'd actually need some knowledge in the martial art in question that your character uses.
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I think you should read through what was said a little more carefully, as you essentially questioned why I RP if not to have fun, after I said that rule of cool was not the -only- point of the Arena, essentially suggesting you believe the only way to have fun is unrealistic combat.

Pretty clear to me.
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@MelonHeadWhen'd I say didn't like realistic combat? Realistic, detailed combat is great if only I ever saw it done well. I'd love to see people detailing suplexes or half swords. When I use characters with firearms, I typically describe the action of pulling the charging handle, locking the bolt back, locking and loading, switching from safe to semi, and pulling the trigger; instead of just saying they reload and fire.

What I'm saying is that fun should be emphasized over "winning". It's harder to do realistic combat, because in order to do it well instead of just faffing about you'd actually need some knowledge in the martial art in question that your character uses.


That is why I enjoy realistic. It requires more thsn just 'cool'. But then again I am a relic of a time long past in text combat.
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Unless you just decided on the cuff that the only reason I participate in Arena is because I like to win rather than have fun with no real links to the pertaining conversation, in which case you just like making dickish baseless statements, congratulations.

@MelonHeadIf you don't roleplay to have fun, then what do you do it for?


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I think something overlooked in the guns in Arena debate earlier is that they also have a tendency to have a negative impact on RP interaction between the two characters. Unless you literally shout at eachother behind cover, you probably won't be able to have a face to face unless you're going to have a spaghetti western duel.
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@Skallagrim That's right. You old coot.

Cue Skall the character suddenly and mysteriously growing a long flowing white beard on his skull and gaining an oddly Scottish accent.
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I'm thinking something about Raln is a little off keeping him from being one of my favorites, but I can't quite place it. Maybe it's because I only use two of his abilities lately, although he has considered his light step thing. Maybe altering his stealth somehow as well. More of a fragile skilled speedster? Right now he's kind of fighting like a normal person. Perhaps that's what is wrong.
Hidden 9 yrs ago Post by GreivousKhan
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So what happened to the HQ Ranked Lobby?

Hidden 9 yrs ago Post by MelonHead
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Clockwork Man fired a gun at the window to test a theory, pissed off half the lobby.

Rilla never had his characters reply.

Clockwork Man trapped in a corner with mutes.

Everyone bombarded Skallagrim with questions, which was fair enough, he is an interesting looking dude.

Everyone forgot about it.
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Clockwork Man fired a gun at the window to test a theory, pissed off half the lobby.

Rilla never had his characters reply.

Clockwork Man trapped in a corner with mutes.

Everyone bombarded Skallagrim with questions, which was fair enough, he is an interesting looking dude.

Everyone forgot about it.

Evvie ate a lot but no match for some other guy. Scion disappeared after she tried to talk to him.
An Evvie clone doesn't know she's a clone and tried to fight someone who disappeared.
Hidden 9 yrs ago Post by Skallagrim
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I blame Rilla for not caring about his RP
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Oh yeah, and then Evvie got recruited to take part in a promotional boxing match that has been planned for months by us but never done.
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Oh yeah, and then Evvie got recruited to take part in a promotional boxing match that has been planned for months by us but never done.


Sounds like the Lobby was really the misadventures of Evvie.
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<Snipped quote by ImportantNobody>

Sounds like the Lobby was really the misadventures of Evvie.


The thread is hijaked where every conversation has an Evvie clone get involved and taking over the conversation. Then all of the Evvies take over all space and time by accident because there are so many of them. Even Skallagrim is powerless to stop the invasion.
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