[quote=@Gowi]
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.
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I'd have to disagree, while arena has its problems, mainly from the fact that it has a very small user base. The community on there are no worse then just RP communities in general. I dont know all the details of this dispute. But I've seen more bias and elitism in Off-Topic, Chatroom and Casual Rps then in Arena. I started out in RPG purely as an arena player, and everyone there was always very mature and sociable. 

I realise just by disagreeing with you I'm putting my own reputation on the line, but I dont think that antagonism label is justified.