OOC Tournament?

[James Silverstein]

So, I've been wanting to start this event for a while, but it was suggested I take an interest poll first.

Basically, this will be a bracket style out of character tournament. It will be split up by rank and you will be randomly assigned an opponent from your rank. It will then be a fight to the death! Just to be clear, your character will not actually die if you lose. You will just be removed from the event. The winners progress until a champion of each bracket is determined. In addition, you would have three days to respond to a post before disqualification

Each battle will have an impartial arbiter to settle disputes. I am willing to do it, but I still need to check with staff on that. You will be allowed to bring all techniques and items to battle. However, no seastone will be allowed.

This still needs to be approved by staff, but I was also considering having a "gambling den" where one could bet beri on the results of different matches.

If you have any questions, either post them here or shoot me a pm.

[Mirra|Robin]

The problem I see right now is it running into the other event and causing people to be unable to keep up with posting demands. Other than that it sounds like a great idea. But there's a few problems that may need to be worked around.

First off, how are you going to handle devil fruit users vs non users? Are you going to outfit non users with seastone to make it fair?

Second off, what if you don't get enough people of a certain rank to have them fight?

Third, what if someone signs up and doesn't participate? Does their opponent auto-win? Would gains from an auto-win be worth it in comparison so the winner doesn't feel screwed over?

Fourth, do losers get anything for competing?

[.::Haseo On The Clouds::.]

Just to pitch this in. We HAVE done this before. They never finished =/

[Tay]

Oct 16, 2013 12:11:03 GMT -5 Mirra|Robin said:

The problem I see right now is it running into the other event and causing people to be unable to keep up with posting demands. Other than that it sounds like a great idea. But there's a few problems that may need to be worked around.

First off, how are you going to handle devil fruit users vs non users? Are you going to outfit non users with seastone to make it fair?

Second off, what if you don't get enough people of a certain rank to have them fight?

Third, what if someone signs up and doesn't participate? Does their opponent auto-win? Would gains from an auto-win be worth it in comparison so the winner doesn't feel screwed over?

Fourth, do losers get anything for competing?

Says no seastone, and you dont need it to beat a DF user anyways. Theyre strong, but not the strongest

[Mirra|Robin]

Oct 16, 2013 19:12:10 GMT -5 Tay said:

Says no seastone, and you dont need it to beat a DF user anyways. Theyre strong, but not the strongest

Yeah but that doesn't mean they won't have a bit of an advantage.

[James Silverstein]

I said no sea stone because, unless I misunderstand, it basically cause df users to lose all strength at a touch. There is the possibility of loser prizes, but I haven't confirmed that. If we don't have enough from a rank I'm not quite sure what to do.

[Kurosaki]

This really belongs in Forum Suggestions so more people can take notice of it. Thank you.

[Deleted]

I'd join a forum tournament. Maybe not until I get back into a comfortable pace of posting, but I'm definitely down for it. Like the gambler's den idea, too. Makes it even more interesting from the spectator's side of things.

Kairouseki should be allowed, though. If someone owns it, they should be able to use it. It may give them a little edge over DF users, but it's not like they can't simply avoid being struck/pinned by the weapon. Although it may be too early to speak on, what you should be concerned about is Logia-class users being paired against those without Haki or kairouseki at their disposal. If it should happen, I think the latter should get one weapon of choice made of seastone to even the odds because those odds are truly unfair. Also, the use of guns should be barred because almost no one (if anyone at all) is of the level to dodge a bullet without the use of a Fruit, and even then, only a select few have the capability to deal with such a situation.

[James Silverstein]

I honestly am against sea stone entirely. The only situation where it makes sense at all to me is against a logia (assuming they don't have haki). That can be something to discuss on I guess. Maybe I just don't understand how sea stone works on the forum. Is it the instant "can't even stand up" weakness that I remember from the manga? Or is it toned down?

[Deleted]

I'd say it's the same, and if it isn't, it should be. See, I'm a bastard when it comes to fighting. I don't like disallowing something like seastone just to protect most DF users because as a Fruit user myself, I'd be the first one to want to beat those odds if they were ever stacked against me. It's apart of battling. Sometimes your opponent has techniques that prey on your weaknesses, but that doesn't mean you can't come out on top. Get creative, transcend yourself, curbstomp that bish for thinking they had it in the bag just because you were weak against an ability or item they may be wielding! That's just me though, and not everyone has the same heart. You have to make it fun for everyone and not just the "beasts," right?

By the way, I'm pretty sure Fruit users can still move when in contact with kairouseki. They just can't use their powers, or else we wouldn't see people still walking with the cuffs on, like Robin in Tequila Wolf. She did have on cuffs or shackles when she was walking around, right? Can't remember entirely... >.>;

One more thing I forgot to bring to your attention in my last post was having a set amount of fighters per Class bracket. You know you'd need at least eight people to get a good thing going, don't you? To create brackets, you'd need an even number of fighters, and they'd have to be added in multiples of four, with the minimum being eight, otherwise you'd end up having one bracket with a "free round" that doesn't have to fight consistently all the way to the top (which may happen if you start a tourney with six or ten people).

[BlacKitten]

If there is an odd number of people, perhaps there should be a battle royale where the 3 fighters unbiasedly fight among each other.

If dealing with super high ranks like a B rank, and there are no other B rank to match it, then perhaps there should be a 2 on 1 fight where perhaps 2 D rank fight against 1 B rank.

This is a daring move, but maybe there can be a team battle where a pair of fighters fight against another pair of fighters where the factor of teamwork may come into play. I've noticed that some powerful fighters lack the ability to work with others due to the compromise of higher power in sacrifice of weaker mind during character creation.

It might be useful for the rp'er to discuss their fight in chatango, otherwise, it might turn into the problem of "Hit dodge! hit dodge! etc..." and the fight never ends and gets repetitive.

I agree that logia and haki user should be in another league for it to be fair, but I also think that Mystical Zoan user should be as well if they exist.

Other random idea: How about a NPC fight where people rp with their NPC against another NPC. Since they aren't their actual character, I imagine people would be more accepting in taking hits and such with a NPC.

Sea Prism stones... mmm, hard to say. I hear they are hard as diamond. If it were me, I would use it as a shield against attacks if I am handcuffed. If it's a sword, well, that sword will have to remain impaled, making it unusable unless taken out.

The only thing I am against is bullets made out of sea prism stone, because then it might get too one-sided if the df-user gets shot.

[James Silverstein]

Ok, if it's simply they can't use their powers then I think seastone would be fair. I agree no guns though. As for the hit-dodge thing maru mentioned, that's why there would be judges. If a player thinks their opponent made an unfair move, (Wait, you dodged 3 punches and a kick while blind, without haki?) the judge would come in and say what they think. I'd be willing to judge, but that's really up to the staff I think. Also, I think it might be fun to put multiple lower classes against one of the monsters, I'm just not sure how many would be equal. I honestly doubt even 5 D ranks would be able to take down the likes of Jack Dancer.

[dragonkin877]

No I my self don't like the ideas of DF users losing there powers. I my self don't have to worry about that but I know there are plenty of characters whos fighting styles are based on there DF. I say each class has its own Tournament and let everyone use what they have other wise it dose not let some charterers use there full potential.