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I remember during the last HoH everyone kept screaming the word "epic."

Thinking that a fighter who did things in an "epic" way was the victor.

Of course me, being the guy who I am, thinking the way that I think... I thought "epic" was a pool out of which idiot ideas came.

After all... isn't it a fighting tournament, not a writing tournament?

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Something else to think about. Characters not being physically equpped to enter. If the character isn't physically conditioned to fight, they shouldn't be fighting.

We're talking about intense action here and we have people who supposedly don't know how to throw a punch. Hiding behind this "my character doesn't do martial arts" or ... "my character doesn't know how to.." bullshit.

Because throwing a punch is suddenly rocket science. Especially when it comes down to the fact that someone knows what the act of throwing a punch entails.

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Eliminate character tiers. Characters walking over other characters based on powers or power-types oughta be thrown out like tomorrow's garbage.

Altering the environment in its entirety shouldn't be allowed.

If they can do that. Then I wanna be able to feed 500 people with one fish and two loaves of bread.

As well as shatter the entire skeletal frame of someone with a single punch. It's only fair.

And no instant kill or instant KO attacks. I know someone will say "no way we know how to spot that!"

Yeah right.

If someone shoots a stream of fire at me talking about I will be burned to a crisp. That's instant kill.

If someone someone talks about they shock me with (x) volts of lightning.. (x) being a ridiculously high number. That's instant kill.

If someone says they freeze me in a block of ice. Instant kill.

On the flipside.

... if I am allowed to say I have an instant KO punch or instant KO hit attack with no windup/charge time. Then it's cool.

You watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Bullshit and see people flying around on wires and dancing on bamboo trees while flinging around silly swords and can't help but yawn.

And then you watch Jet Li kick someone in the neck and then break their nose with a fire extinguisher and can't help but think it's awesome.

Because magic dodging and stupid acrobatics make things boring.

If you all are talking about HoH, then could using a power count as a striker post/point or however that system works? More extremity meaning using more striker post/points/whatever-the-hell that goes.

Agreed.

A) The chances of someone getting hit by a punch... any punch for that matter.. are very slim.

B) I'd be a fool to expect someone to be knocked out by one punch. Even if I landed it, they'd swear up and down that they can still fight. And I for one.. really can't blame them for saying so.. because there are people who've survived worse and still went on to win a fight.

C) Even if they were punk a** mages who supposedly have no physical ability.. I'd be a fool to expect them to fall to my punch.

D) We're talking about sissies who do nothing but sit around and throw fireballs at you all day. Undoubtedly.. it is controlling the pace of the fight. Those kinds of people won't let you get within 10ft of them.

E) I don't see how throwing a haymaker will solve the problem of some supercharged sword weilding maniac who can make the ground explode.. legitly...