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I'm not sure what Slash is trying to say.

Is he trying to say that I'm disrespecting him by not saying that my Win was undeserved? Or is he saying that I'm disrespecting him by saying the give and take was equal?

The give and take was equal. I think in judging, the damage to both parties was almost equal. I felt Tres was the more aggressive fighter. I felt that he maintained a dominant position for longer. I think Tres earned his victory.

Do I think that makes Slash a bad fighter or inferior to me in any respect? No. Not at all. The fight was close. It could have gone either way. I think Slash is a talented writer and Fighter. I don't think he knows how to balance a character, but Slash knows that I think that.

I'm just not sure what he wants me to say.

I thought Eric was broken before the second half of the fight though man. I still do. I didn't think that would effect judging.

Like I just said. I think you are great. Probably better than myself when it comes to straight up hand to hand. How could I have not taken you seriously. I don't know what I did in the fight or in OOC to suggest that I didn't take you seriously.

Tres took more damage in that fight probably than he has in any fight. I did not think i was going to win. Ultimately your character was stronger and had the perfect kit against Tres, Tres took extra damage from an attack that should have really just destroyed his hearing.

My options were limited, when you walked away, Tres fell over unconcious.

Eric left the fight on his own power. Tres did not.

If thats not respect, then I don't know what is.

I don't know why you're asking me, I am the most broken character in the tournament. I am too top heavy and fall over / not to mention my back problems from being so top heavy.

I'd say it's because Tres is black, and they at least wanted to give affirmative action a go in the tournaments. Eric bruceleeripoff is I think has some Asian in him. But we know they're not disenfranchised. HARD TIMES was hard on the Peoples Champ.

Ertai would just lololol his way to victory, holding both scalps and dicks.

Broken boy...

Just broken...

And, like I said...You've pretty much cleared up the issue I had with the way it was handled.

I feel much better about the situation, and "losing the fight" is just part of the RP...It didn't even really slow me down, because Hero thought I was good enough to come back.

But, to be fair, you thought Eric was broken before the tourny even started...Because you saw one ability.

Having fought him, you haven't really said what you think IS broken about him...Just that you think he is. I'd like the input, because...as I said to Ertai...I've already rebuilt a large portion of him based on what I've seen so far.

I see what you did there- Unlike you I label my insults instead of trying to bury them under rhetoric.

I never said any of the above about being the best at -everything- I am arrogant and I am better than you. Other than that I take pride in my character, his skill set(s), history and internal design. I've spent time on my character. Given the right characters to RP with and I can really show you some deep s**t. I see you as nothing but an idea already had but not as good as the original. Keep trying to scrape by.

Assumptions assumptions assumptions. I doubt anyone will have an issue with anything I do in this tournament. Whereas you cannot even project proper Muay Thai in your post. Just sayyin' that I might not be a martial expert but I can tell when someone knows nothing about what it is they post.

I have reasons why I cannot do the things I once enjoyed. But you'd never understand.

I remember talking about it in detail before when we reached the half way point of our fight in the OOC, but I was probably drunk, belligerent and basing it off the fight rather than the profile.

So It deserves another look. As much criticism as I've given you, you deserve a formal look at your profile.

If you'd like, post your profile or send it to me over PM's and I'll give you a comprehensive overview on what I feel is wrong with it.

And you more-so killed physics and his brother reality to do it.

Like I won't get into whether something was too powerful, i.e. poofing a construct into position for an attack as it's pretty much moot as far as this tourney is concerned. Additionally, you're not really in an intellectually honest position to call someone out for having an overpowered mechanic or ability in their profile. Your character's mainstay melee buff, which is cheaper than Wally World and becomes freer than a visit to J.J's Giveaway, literally has four different damage aspects. The armor-piercing ki, sonic/sound damage, an on-hit taser, and eventually claws that can crush stone easily which is pretty much stacking armor-pen.

But I will get into how your characters moved during the fight and whether they're anatomically and physically feasible.

Tres' construct was performing a lariat into the end-point of Eric's forward roll where he would be reaching to his feet.

In order to illustrate this properly. First, we have to know what a lariat is. And basically, with a minor difference, it's basically interchangeable with a clothesline.

So what did Eric do? He went from a forward roll, to a forward leap into a flying knee that dodges the construct and hits it in the chest.

But how does that work? A lariat dictates that the attacker is either a side-step or two to the left or the right of the opponent. So it's not really possible to do a forward flying knee and hit a person who is running on a parallel path as opposed to the same path.

Of course, you could say that Eric adjusted and jumped at an angle, but it doesn't really match the rest of the post. Simultaneously, if you character is dashing forward, rolling forward, but after the roll jumps at an angle even though all the momentum is propelling him forward then it also doesn't make too much sense. Not to say that maneuver would be impossible but it's not very plausible either.

Moving past that, though, let's look at the description of the dodge. Your character did the flying knee, jumping higher than the lariat. On its own, I suppose it's okay. But again, a lariat is a clothesline. A clothesline is typically launched from shoulder height.

Hence Eric had to have jumped higher than shoulder height. However, while having jumped higher than a lariat, Eric's knee was also aligned and poised to hit the construct in the chest. And as we all know, the chest is anatomically below the shoulders.

Essentially, your character was out and in range of the lariat at the same time. Which isn't to say I think you did so on purpose; in RP fighting, people lose track of their body parts and positions all the time.

So good, you don't think you did everything perfectly. Fine. But I think, for sake of improvement, you need to realize how imperfect some of your posts can be instead of concentrating on what Tres did.

Because, in that post, your character was literally in three different spatial positions at the same time.