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Shut up Vintrict, you know what I said is true - every-time yaoi comes up, you get that strange look in your eyes. At least, that's what I'll say anyway.

Naota, confirm this while I go kill vaguely British Special Forces and Terrorists from an undisclosed location in the Middle-East.

So speechless in the presence of my limitless justice, you have to resort to emoticons, monsters? Fair enough, let me finish the job with the best emoticon ever.



You can go ahead and lay down now, you're dead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUQcS4xhhqo&fmt=18

You're DEAD!

-Watches as Magus pops up and gives frog a beat down because come on......frog is a frog....- Well that was cool. So what are we talking about?

Actually, the ending where the two fight to the death is left ambiguous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1C8BBzYIZs&fmt=18

Given how he shat on Magus' minions in one slash slash each and is super awesome though, I give the win to Glenn.

Despite their impractical use in real combat, they could be fairly used nevertheless. You have a slashing weapon and staff combined into one. Some people don't realize that the staff part exists for use, too.

Its true. The scythe is versatile to say the least. I must admit it still is my favorite weapon. There is just something about using your fists though that got me to change recently and test the waters. I almost wish I hadn't left my Scythe at home for this tournament.

No no no, you misunderstand me completely. I could care less whether I win or lose in this tournament, nor any tournament. I just disagree with a few things that are going on in this guild is all. Snow has done an exceptional job at kicking my a**, and I firmly believe he has made this more of an entertaining fight than I ever could. There is nothing wrong with withdrawing from a tournament based on ones personal feelings and uncomfortable thoughts. In fact, I don't know why you said half of the things in that rant (most likely based on assumption rather than hard fact).

I understand that everyone has their flaws too, and I wasn't specifically pointing out Vintrict of all people. I walked away from this fight not because I didn't want to follow through with it, but instead it was because of the several things that are in my head here. The GTB itself, I can agree is a nice place and everything, it's just some things do need to be changed, for the fairness of judging a fight. I mean I watched Kamiha Sayuri's fight against Damon, which was going rpetty smoothly up until she bitched her way out of a compromising situation. I thought then "Ok, so she does it once, it shouldn't happen again right?". Well then, she was put into yet another compromising situation, and again began to b***h about it. One would think a judge would make a decision in somebodies favor, but instead the thread is locked, based on how the two can't "Get along..." I hold no offense to Vintrict for this, but I firmly believe something else could've been done in a fair manner besides this one. It ruins he edge of a fight, and puts people at severe disadvantages, makes them think there is bias in a judges head automatically, etcetera etcetera.

I've been roleplaying for Three years straight under this character, so I know what you mean by "Pansy acts" and what not. But again, there is nothing wrong with walking away from a fight because of personal feelings. I mean, if I would've thrown an ooc b***h fit at Snow, then everything above and more would've been well warranted. Instead, I simply gave you all my feelings about the tournament as a whole, and why I would be withdrawing from it. Nothing about Snow kicking my a** and me not agreeing with it, and nothing about fairness in my fight, just fairness in general.

I honestly hope this clears things up with you, and everyone else who may take this the wrong way. I didn't mean to piss anybody off really, though I'm sure I'll get something out of Snow later on.

Edit: And this is my way of solving the problem, for myself. Walking away, is the most non-controversial way of dealing with it I can think of, not calling it out and causing more problems than needed.

I've actually brought up (and supported) the "lock the thread and walk away" decision that judges can and have made in this tournament and others.

Why? Because, after people argue and bicker for a certain amount of time, they simply will not be able to continue having an enjoyable match. It won't be enjoyable for the fighters, it won't be enjoyable for the judges to read and decide on, and it will most likely only cause more problems because the two people aren't on good terms and don't want to work together. If people don't want to play nice, then don't let them play together. Cut the problem out before it gets worse.

That's why I suggested it in the DT, and it's why I support the course of action in this tournament and others. If two people cannot get along well enough to have a decent match against each other even after the judges made one decision/compromise, and then the SAME bickering resurfaces again, it only makes sense to lock it and leave it.

If the players aren't willing to play together, why let them cause more problems and BAAAWWW about things? n** it in the bud. Lock it, drop it, end of discussion. No more arguments, no more IC NO Us, no more bullshit. It's done, over with, and both fighters will get summarily kicked in the d**k for not learning to play nice.

EDIT:: I mean, honestly? If I was running a 1v1 tournament, and had to lock a thread where the fighters were bickering, I would award both of them a loss for it and tell them to learn to play nice or GTFO.