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Call me Doc. I prefer RM, UM, or LP fights, with human or peak human hand-to-hand or swords & sandals being my speciality.
Challenge me to a match any old time!

Arena Characters: http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/87852-docs-characters-no-posting/ooc#post-3105991

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@GoreLore

It's to do with the status quo, as I said. Such public roleplays, while they may be called 'romantic' (I call them 'sexual'), will typically result in there being very little leeway for spontaneity or freedom of action. A kind of railroading if you please, that primarily supports players with their heads up their butts who only want the plot to progress in a way favorable to them and their relationships. You have people crying at the least little unaccounted disturbance, realistic or not, and it makes for a very boring experience unless you have a boner 24/7.

Usually these players are the kinds of folks who worship social media and, as a result, have no taste for anything outside their own realm of experience. One-dimensional, like a Disney sitcom.
I'm not saying romance is bad in roleplay, there just needs to be freedom and variety. It's like music. More people like the Jonas Brothers than Led Zeppelin today, but anyone with a lick of common sense knows which band kicks more ass. Some folks just listen to good music and lose their socially constructed boner because it doesn't fit within their personal paradigm.
They reside within a teeny comfort control bubble and anything that isn't bloody mundane is met by a REEEE!!
Hardly any tolerance, if any.

Ain't sayin' pop is bad either, but rather than having the Jonas Brothers OR Led Zeppelin forced on me, I'd want a roleplay that permits both in equal measure depending on the the roleplayers involved and what they like. In life shit happens, and not everything is always within your control. Especially not the actions of others.

The VAST majority of 'Mature' roleplays I see are the exact opposite, and those propagating them seem to miss the irony of it. You should always have a choice, but you shouldn't always have total control and peace outside of your own head.
Many 'sexual orientation' roleplays, in a manner of speaking, accept only Jonas Brothers music and whine when you get the Led out.
Indeed, there's few original RPs and most of what you see has descended from something weeby, edgy, or cringy. Thing is, they don't need you to give them a chance. They find popularity anyways. It's called Sturgeon's Law.

As a rule of thumb, any roleplay that asks for your 'sexual orientation' in the character sheet format is worth avoiding. It's likely a safe space roleplay run by someone without any hair on their balls, and you'll never influence the status quo in any meaningful way.



@LetMeDoStuff

Ah yes, I gotcha. You're right. Donny isn't what you'd call a 'flawed' human character because most of his design components complement his abilities as a killer, and not as a realistic person who would integrate into this plot properly. Even though his options are limited in a practical sense, he's still made to abuse those options to the logical extreme, which I see now kind of works against what's going on here and isn't really fair to 'normal' or 'realistic' humans.

Thanks for the consideration!
@LetMeDoStuff

Oh yeah, I totally understand. As a singular character he's pretty much like a killer Batman, and Batman is indeed considered a difficult character to deal with.
If you want I can nerf his equipment, give him far less stuff. He could even go in 'naked', with only the clothes on his back and his most discreet equipment.
@LetMeDoStuff

Oh, and in response to the edit, most of Donny's backstory is iffy on purpose. That's the kind of pull he has. He's meant to be someone smart enough to bypass laws, as stated in his CS. He also cannot think his way out of any situation that I myself can't. If you place me in a locked room, I can't just say 'Donny escaped'. I have to explain how, and it must make sense. In that way Donny's power is limited, by the options available to me and how I use them.
If the Jinrai are indeed more skilled, more clever, then I'd imagine that will become evident through who plays them, yes?
@LetMeDoStuff

Perhaps someone else wealthy or influential from the NSF, doesn't have to be the Prime Minister, went against regulations and hired Donny as an extreme measure. Perhaps someone they loved got killed in the conflict, thus they turned to a less legal option and sought out the world's best killer-for-hire? That'd work I reckon. In this case Donny would be completely undercover, having to make sure neither side finds him out.

Plotwise, it'd probably be his mission to murder all the top ranking fellas in Jinrai, as well as any significant threats that stand in his way. It would also just be Donny alone, he prefers working by himself you see.
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Been feeling pretty anxious if you know what I mean. This thread shall stay open and active until 2020, and until then I'll be taking on all who come hither.

If you're here and looking to apply you should already know the ground rules, as well as tiering. This won't be beginner friendly. I'm looking for RM-URM human/peak human/low superhuman tier fights. Try to stay within the animal kingdom when it comes to physical ability, and no modern weaponry including firearms. Supernatural abilities will be case-by-case, should be fine for the most part so long as they fit in the tiers. Literacy is a must it goes without saying, the devil's in the details you know. Read closely and remember what the first three letters of 'assume' are.

I'll be using Gonad, with his berserkergang buff available only against superhumans.

There will be a 72 hour time limit on each post. If there is an issue that needs to be discussed, the timer will reset to the last time we interacted OOC. In other words, if either fighter does not address or respond to an OOC message for 72 hours it's also a DQ.

Try to remember to @mention after every post.

The damage I take from every fight stacks.

Each fight will occur in chronological order as a series of no-holds-barred 1v1 fights. You may use whatever previous fighters leave behind.




You can eyeball the dimensions of the setting based on this image. Whatever is in the image is in the fight.
@Viper Commando

I could find a judge if you need one. Activity here is rather scant these days, so finding proper judges can be difficult.
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