The Arena section in [i]every[/i] site I've been to, not just RPG's personal one, have always been [i]awful[/i] by my perspective and definition. I haven’t really read the debate myself between you and BrokenPromise so I cannot give you an opinion on that individual exchange. I just try to keep away from Arena as a rule— and this has made me tagged as an “elitist” (when I am anything but) by some users on the site— because it is often very hostile and antagonistic generally but I imagine given its competitive and dick-waving standards that comes with the territory.