Fighting Game Logic: The Forum Game

29. Usually, you must pound the crap out of your opponent in order to gain the ability to use your best moves.

• Corollary: The above varies based on the tournament.

Additional corollary: even if said moves are just you using weapons like explosives or freakin GRABBING them.

30. Some of your moves may require you to walk backwards for a few seconds before you can use them.

31. You are only allowed to fight in a dramatic setpiece of some kind. The more onlookers, the better.

edited 30th Dec '11 1:44:01 PM by ShirowShirow

32. If you are hit with an immobilizing move, you will be locked in the same position until you are mobile again, even if you are in midair.

33. No new moves can be used in the battle arena until the sequel. Even then, it will be highly debatable, due to your fanbase wanting everything to stay the same.

34. No using objects from the background to fight with, unless you are given an ok of some sort.

35. Unless given some sort of ok, your fight may not deviate from a single plane or a single platform.

36. Cloning seems to be quite common. Do not be surprised if you end up fighting someone who looks, talks, and fights just like you.

29.5. These moves must be flashy, and can even defy the laws of physics.

37. The host of the tournament is almost always a crime lord, drug dealer or dictator of his own country. Regardless he'll still fight fair. In a relative sense.

37a. Unless of course you happen to be fighting some Lovecraftian superbeing in humanoid form that annihilates the host of said tournament just to fight you. He must think you're a real challenge.

edited 3rd Jan '12 10:31:51 AM by Schitzo

38. Even if you're bigger than a rhino, you'll still be athletic enough to be able to jump over your opponent.

39. You will gain energy to do amazing stunts by punching your opponent in the face.

...Didn't 29 cover that one?

Oh well.

40. Remember, knocking someone out with a (cherry) tap is so humuiliating, there's a chance that the judge will mark the occasion.

41: The element of suprise is not as effective as spamming certain attacks, despite common sense dictating that being predictable would be a disadvantage, due to your opponent being unable to dodge said attack being spammed.

42: Being beaten around a lot will eventually give you the ability to unleash a move that is obscenely deadly. Even if your opponent obtains those moves by beating you up.

edited 4th Jan '12 11:48:50 PM by LEMadness

43: You must follow the tournament's rules even when you're no longer in the tournament.

43a. Unsanctioned street fights to the death between bitter enemies will be conducted in a best-of-three format with no outside interference.

44. If you somehow manage to penetrate your opponent's impossible defenses with just a jab or even a slap, just go to town on them. They won't be able to fend against anything else that soon in succession.

edited 8th Jan '12 12:29:01 AM by Schitzo

44a. Some tournaments allow ways to circumvent this, so watch out.

45.    The fate of the world hinges on this fight!   

W-what?! Time up?! Fuck you, I'm the sexiest piece of Eldritch there is!

R-Ring out?! MY PLANS ARE RUINED!!

46. Your partner cannot come out until you call for him. Even if you're being ripped limb from limb by inhumane biohazard creatures.

47. I don't care if that demon fighter is putting you through the 16 gates of Hell, WE AREN'T ENDING THE FIGHT! Gosh, stop being such a wimp.

48. In team based tournaments, it appears that the more fighters are on a team, the less effort it takes to knock out one of them.