[quote=@Shoryu Magami]

[@Dynamo Frokane]
I'm not planning on getting involved in any sort of debate concerning the arena forum, but all I'll say is that the unsavoury individual who provoked me there was [i]not[/i] what you would likely consider one of your "regulars"; in fact I believe this person likely disdains most of the things that the arena forum stands for and only got involved in the thread in question due to it implementing D&D mechanics; something which I viewed as a bad idea for a convincing piece of writing, whether it be role-playing or novelization. I had no intention of getting involved and only posted my input there because the GM wanted it.


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Well I realise that I wasn't clear when I was defending the arena that of course there are abrasivie individuals on there, I've never had an argument there myself, but Its very likely they do happen. I was more responding to the idea, that  the 'toxicity' & 'antagonistic' behavior in the guild was in higher concentration there, then anywhere else. I'm sure there are abrasive people in arena but I dont think there are significantly more in the arena then say, off-topic, casual, or even Tabletop which I heard can get quite finicky over mechanics and such.