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Who says I can't fight with anything?

I went from Powers + Weapons

To Powers

To Weapons

To only the fist.

The measure of how good someone is as a roleplay fighter .. is whether or not they win.

Swords can immediately kill.. as well as guns.. as well as powers.

The fact that people walk around swinging these things and no one ever dies or loses is stupid.


But.. I on the other hand can use my knowledge.. to put someone's character in a very uncompromising position..

Be it an Armbar

A knee bar..

An ankle lock

A choke

Notice how very few people on Gaia have this capability.

Anyone can use a weapon.. and anyone can use powers.

But how many people are actually good with their hands?

Right. Well, if the Levi was comprised entirely of a human stock ICly I'b be more impressed by your arguement and your commitement. The fact is that there are all sorts of characters about, and you're essentially just going to call immunity on the people immune to your fighting style. Someone that can take a gelatinous form, or is otherwise amorphous, is going to remain impartial to numerous tactics you employ.

I can't help but find it saddening that you would toss aside the key aspects of roleplay simply for the sake of a win. A win against whom? If you say you're the best and that you can beat nearly anyone, then congrats. There's nothing to be said from losing to you, there's nothing for you to gain by crushing countless peons. It's a waste of time.

Fantasy is about weighing realism against imagination. It's why books about fantasy are written that characters die, that martial artists aren't immune to swords, that they have to disarm their foes or otherwise outmanuever them. From how I see your boasting going you're not really claiming anything other then being the best martial artist in this guild.

Well congrats on dominating an incredibly narrow field. I'm sure there'll be a statue in your honor.

In which case I'd send my character into "story mode" and use real martial arts techniques in a souped up fashion to defeat them.

But also at the same time I tend to stay away from those types of characters. Because they know nothing but how to be cheap with their character.

I fight human like characters. Be they machine or werewolf.. or whatever.. if they have four limbs and and a head and a core.. breakable joints.. I fight them.

There are still people I haven't beat. And there are a few unavenged losses. But even still I'm more respected for my expertise on it than one of those individuals. Which is a win in itself.

Also.. I toss aside key aspects of roleplaying because those aspects don't interest me in the least bit. I told you.. coming at me with the "quality roleplayer" thing will do nothing because I am not a roleplayer. I do not roleplay. I do not go IC to advance a storyline. The only "story" my character has is his win/loss record. Which also is my story. Rp-fighting by itself.. the "philosophy" I have created around the title is an OOC venture. Not an IC one.

If I used powers people would die a lot faster and in a much less calculated way.

Whereas me using hands.. against someone who recognizes that it isnt just character against character.. it is my mind against their mind. Like Chess. It's not the pieces that are competing.. it's the players.

When fighting someone I force them onto equal ground with my character. "You have just engaged someone who can only be hurt by either the fist.. or the only the most extreme of forces outside of this.

A narrow field that few can hang in.

I've dominated the previous fields before as stated with my history and how I got to the point where I only use my hands.

Everyone can use powers
Everyone uses a weapon
But people are afraid to use their hands.

Now that I think about it...

If I fought a machine (in story mode).. it would be completely unfair to the machine.



Stuff like this would happen..

As well as easily punching through metal.

Hay wulf.

Also.. that sounds more like a situation of man against nature.

Which is like saying..

"OH NO HOW DO YOU COMBAT RAIN WETTING YOUR CLOTHES!"

You don't "fight" things like that.