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WELCOME TO THE SEVENTH ARENA THREAD!!!!!

— erm — Sorry for the incoming panel of words, but I have to explain rules and provide exeamples, to help newcomers.

What is the Arena?

In short: The Arena is basically pretend fights online. You put on an Avatar, throw he/she/it into the thread, and have he/she/it fight other avatars to see who comes out on top. Simple dumb fun, worked for many years, and will probably be worked for many more.

So, The Rules: (don't blame me for recycling the examples from the last edition, I had no inspiration for this)

  • Standard Tv Tropes rules apply! Most of them apply here anyway (etiquette and such) and I'm not responsible of what happens to you if you breaks them.
  • Play as your avatar. Everyone will assume your avatar is who you’re playing as, as it should be. This isn't such a severe rule: if you break it once, it won't be a big problem, you will only be reminded, but if you do several times...
  • Be reasonable. If your character’s likely going to take a hit, let him take a hit, please. If whatever character’s getting shot at by a machine gun, he/she/it is PROBABLY gonna take a bullet or two even if its nonlethal. Example: Steve Austin lost track of Geese Howard in the middle of a fight, when Geese suddenly comes up with a kick to the back of the head. To be fair, it's pretty unlikely Steve’s gonna see it coming, unless Geese gives a warcry beforehand, or another indicator of his presence.
  • Ghosting and Autohitting. This is when you either dodge attacks continuously to the point of ridiculousness, or write posts as if your attack is absolutely guaranteed to hit. While normally an easy to understand rule, sometimes there’s a bit of confusion. Let’s take the move Aerial Ace from Franchise/Pokemon for example. Ingame, it never misses, no matter how evasive the enemy is. Instead, of that, however, you could write that the Pokemon using the move is instead “slicing at an incredible speed”. Still highly likely to hit, but it gives room for the character to dodge if they’re able to. As for ghosting, sometimes characters might do a thing where they turn invincible, example being the Medic and whoever he’s paired with’s Ubercharge. For this, I’d say decide on a post limit for how long it lasts, and don’t abuse it.
  • Original Characters: If you wanna play an OC, just notify the mods first, and then try to inform other players.
  • The Fourth Wall Rule: The fourth wall’s always had a bit of negative history in the Arena, but in this generation, it'll pass it this isn't too much relevant to the battle. If you want to have a character who is already an established “wall breaker” character make a quick little remark on the “Almighty nerds who run this showbiz”, go ahead. If this gets out of hand and people start using it to give these characters advantages (Example: Franchise/Deadpool is facing off against Crocodile. Deadpool suddenly looks at a wiki page to learn that Crocodile is weak to water, before tossing a bucket of the stuff at him), there will be consequences and the rule will be thightened. If anybody uses this to complain about other players unironically, there will be severe reactions from the mods.
  • Character Balancing: I’m not gonna make people unable to play characters they like for whatever reason, but if you’re worried that a character might be TOO powerful, message me! We can work out checks and balances together. Example: Report Siht wants to play Superman, but he’s concerned that he might be a bit too busted for the Arena (which, well, he’s right by a wide margin). He messages me, and we work out a few checks and balances to make him a fair character (in this very case, it'll involve kryptonite, for instance).
  • Character Bans: Please no religious figures, unless it’s either a fictional representation (many Shin Megami Tensei characters, as an example), or a sillier take on somebody else (Jesus Christ, except he’s ripped and has guns and smokes, or stuff like that). If, however, you abuse this to soapbox, or even intentionally try to piss off other people about something (Jesus Christ except he’s an insane normal man who gets put down easily), this rule will be restricter further. No one likes a bigot. Characters who fight in an explicitly sexual manner will also be banned. This includes stuff such as Senran Kagura characters, unless you ignore the “they get stronger with less clothes” thing and just play them with their other abilities. I wanna keep this at a relatively low level in terms of sexual themes. When it comes to gore and such though, well... unless extreme cases, go nuts.
  • Gun Laws: If you’re playing a character that can easily tank attacks that aren’t excessively powerful, then at least let them take SOME damage from those things in this thread. I’m using guns as an example, because it’s a good one. Say John Rambo is fighting off against Goku. In Dragon Ball, characters far weaker than Goku can take bullets without flinching, so for fairness sake, reduce the durability to a semi-reasonable standpoint. You don’t have to have your normally invincible character die to a single pistol shot, but it’s gonna ‘’hurt’’ a bit still. And about guns, small concealed guns are allowed, btw. Don't abuse it, please.
  • Entry Rule: If there’s a fight going on, and you wanna jump in, don’t have your entry post be “My Character comes in and attacks Your Character”. Instead, try something more like this: “My character appears in the Arena, looking around confused a bit, until he sees [[Videogame/Overwatch Reaper]] maniacally laughing as he shoots at Franchise/Kirby. Readying his gun, he rushes to assist the puffball”. This helps get your character involved, and gives the other players an opportunity to react to the new guy.
  • Mind Control! This is a really fun and interesting idea, but it can also be abused. So if you wanna have your character possess someone and make them do something they wouldn’t otherwise, try having some sort of “inner battle” type deal. The exception, of course, is if the other player allows it to go through easily anyway.
  • Snipers: If you’re playing a sniper character, it is recommended to give the other players a warning that something is off. A strange glint in the distance, an odd red dot moving around, or even, the sniper takes a shot, but either misses or grazes. This makes a sniper fight go from horrible one-sided to far more entertaining. Now the sniper has to be on the move to keep his target from closing in, while the other character is now aware that someone is after their head, and has to stop them without being taken out by the next shot.
  • If the setting allows it, nameless NPCs may be used as simple props (if you want a psycho murderer to start a fight by murdering innocents, go ahead. If you wanna have someone drain another NPC’s life to get a little energy back, go ahead, within reason of course). Of course, if this is abused, I might have to remove this, but that’s unlikely to happen.
  • Bosses: These are mostly gonna be GM controlled, but if a player really wants to try their hand at playing a boss-like character, this can be negotiated with mods. I’ll go over these at a later time. Don’t expect to see them often, though.
  • Looting. This has never really been a concern in the Arena, so to make it quick: If a character dies, another is allowed to take their stuff, with permission from the player. A character respawns with their stuff if they haven’t been played for a little bit, but if the character respawns immediately after, try playing around with them not having their toys (or at least not those they used in the previous fight), might be fun.
  • If a player has been absent for long enough that the action stalls out significantly, feel free to continue on without them and have your character do something else. Preferable wait time is a full 24 hours.
  • If you want to talk about something, in order to differentiate this from the usual battle text, use spoilers to show this has nothing to do with the fight currently going on.
* For better viability, follow the thread if you're engaged in it, nobody like people who make their characters appear but then leave without explaination.
  • No nukes pls.

The current setting is a ruined post-apocalyptic city in the modern era. Settings change when a significant number of players want a new setting, and a vote is held on what setting that is. This should take a week or two, which realistically translates to months, but I won’t stop action during the vote.

If anybody has any questions, ask to the mods, I only copied and rehanded the rules from the previous version. Without further ado… Let's start!

Edited by azerty04 on Jun 7th 2025 at 11:11:36 AM

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#176: May 15th 2025 at 7:43:22 AM

bump

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#177: May 18th 2025 at 6:16:09 AM

bump.

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#178: May 31st 2025 at 1:04:51 AM

BUMP!

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#179: Jun 4th 2025 at 8:40:26 AM

Oicazzo walks away of the ruined town, looking for opponents elsewhere.

Serve as a massive BUMP!

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#180: Jun 11th 2025 at 11:02:35 PM

-some weirdo wearing what appears to be a VR headset on her head walks down the street-

...So, like I said, for today's stream I'm going to explore this so-called "Arena"... which doesn't really look like one, as you guys can see.

-Note the AA-12 slung across her back. She looks to a building in the distance, where a ship has inexplicably lodged itself in, and then to a row of shops devastated by some sort of oversized ordnance-

...It sure looks like a battlefield, though. Lots of bullet holes and spent casing around. And that scorch mark — nasty stuff. I wouldn't want to get hit by a beam that big.

Nothing seems to have changed. But perhaps one day it will.
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#181: Jun 12th 2025 at 1:38:18 AM

Nice! Finally someone else!

Someone walks out of a nearby house, wearing fancy japanese-like clothes and wielding a big mace.

Oh, finally someone? I was wandering in Wano a few hours ago, any idea what's this place?

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#182: Jun 12th 2025 at 2:04:22 AM

That's my question, lady— Whoa.

-She cranes her neck just to meet the stranger's gaze. Her viewers, similarly, send a barrage of comments about her enormous height. A small number of them notices her similarity to traditional Oni-

...Ahem, I'm Lind, the host of Elmo Audio show. I'm streaming a special video episode right now, so, uh, you're being watched by hundreds of people. That's okay with you, right? Blech, gotta work on my introductions again

-Lind gestures to her goggles. A small light indicates it's recording as they speak-

Word is that this place is some kind of Arena where people from all around... fight, I guess? No rules, no rewards, heck, not even an audience looks like — save for my viewers, of course. You must have seen signs of fighting all around the place — bullet holes, scorch marks, that ship stuck on top of a building.

Edited by ArmoredFury on Jun 12th 2025 at 4:05:21 PM

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#183: Jun 12th 2025 at 2:28:10 AM

Yeah, that place's chaotic. So, what do we do?

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#184: Jun 12th 2025 at 3:43:05 AM

Good question. Fight? Or wait until something else pops up and fights us.

Oh wow, my audience is out for blood today. Didn't think we caught your name too, by the by.

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#185: Jun 12th 2025 at 5:04:41 AM

You can call me Yamato

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#186: Jun 12th 2025 at 5:10:25 AM

Right, Yamato. Just so you know, I'm a Tactical Doll. That means injuries and even death isn't that big of a deal for me, 'cause I can just get another body.

-Saying this, Lind draws the holstered AA-12 (which looks comically large compared to her slight frame) in a practiced manner-

Even then I've heard that death isn't really a thing in this Arena. So you wanna do this or not?

Nothing seems to have changed. But perhaps one day it will.
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#187: Jun 12th 2025 at 5:56:36 AM

Yes

Saying this, Yamato jumps in the sky, trying to do an air attack with his big mace.

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#188: Jun 12th 2025 at 6:49:56 AM

Starting off big, huh? Alright...

-Lind carefully observes Yamato's trajectory so that she can perfectly time her dodge at the last moment...-

-...But she didn't account just how much power is behind that strike. The ground itself shakes from Yamato's impact, causing Lind to stumble about-

—What the hell was that?!

-Still, this range is well within shotgun territory. Lind lets the AA-12 sing through a veritable barrage of buckshot that only automatic shotguns can achieve-

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#189: Jun 12th 2025 at 7:07:08 AM

Yamato parries the bullets using his mace. Small marks appear on the mace where the bullets landed.

Edited by azerty04 on Jun 12th 2025 at 4:07:40 PM

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#190: Jun 12th 2025 at 7:15:10 AM

Huh. Nice moves.

-The thing about shotshells is that they are the most devastating at close range, but at the same time it's also easier to dodge/block an entire spread at once, before they become too dispersed — something that Yamato clearly took advantage here-

-Hence why Lind prepared a countermeasure in advance: a second AA-12 (don't ask where it came from) loaded with Frag-12 explosive shells, which she liberally dispenses around Yamato's feet. Surely he can't block this many explosions going off at once. Can he?-

Edited by ArmoredFury on Jun 13th 2025 at 6:58:50 PM

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#191: Jun 13th 2025 at 4:36:47 AM

Yamato jumped a few meters high in order to escape the explosives, but the fragments sent by the explosion hit him in the feets and the legs.

Ouch!

Afet shaking one leg after another to get ridd of most of the shards, Yamato dash again toward Lind.

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#192: Jun 13th 2025 at 4:59:18 AM

-Times like this make her wish she still has her combat shields-

Whoa, whoa, time out! Time out!

-Lind frantically slinks away from Yamato while slapping in fresh drums into both of her AA-12s-

Edited by ArmoredFury on Jun 13th 2025 at 6:59:27 PM

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#193: Jun 13th 2025 at 5:33:00 AM

Yamato swing his mace straight at his enemy, ready to smash her in the face.

[down]Yeah, sorry, I misunderstood the last line

Edited by azerty04 on Jun 13th 2025 at 4:27:12 PM

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#194: Jun 13th 2025 at 6:22:06 AM

Lind wasn't attacking in my previous post.

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#195: Jun 14th 2025 at 10:30:54 AM

I've edited my post. Your turn.

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#196: Jun 14th 2025 at 8:42:12 PM

-Lind reflexively reacts by blocking the strike with her left arm. Servos creak, artificial muscles torn, her CNT skeleton about to buckle from the impact — but it holds-

Ghrk! Damn, do you eat supplements for breakfast or what?!

-Then she slips said arm under the mace to reach for Yamato's wrist, a pretext for her next move: shoving the fully-loaded shotgun in her right arm right into Yamato's gut and pulling ghe trigger-

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#197: Jun 15th 2025 at 8:22:22 AM

Yamato promptly push the gun down by a sort-of headbutt, still getting several small wounds to the lower part of his body in the process.

No, I just live in a World of Badass. And you haven't seen all!

Saying this, Yamato adopted a mi-human mi-canine hybrid form, with his horns growing and flashy cold smoke spreading to form an arc over his head.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inu_inu_no_mi_model_okuchi_no_makami_human_beast_form.png

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#198: Jun 15th 2025 at 9:02:45 AM

Oh, now that's just cheating.

-Not to be outdone, Lind takes out the three lollipops in her bandolier and crams all of them into her mouth-

-There is a small, transparent canister holding some sort of flower attached to Lind's belt. Once she chomps on the lollipops, the canister begins to emit a dim glow, but those with proper equipment can detect something more concerning: a big burst of radioactive particles also shot out from the flower-

...This Remolding Pattern thing better work!

-Lind wasn't slow at all before, but now she's outright fast, approaching Yamato in a zig-zag pattern as she peppers him with buckshot. Buckshot laced with a corrosive agent, that is, enhanced in potency by the Remolding Pattern. Stray pellets that strike nearby concrete bore deep, akin to armor-piercing rounds, leaving a smoking hole as the agent chews through surrounding material-

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#199: Jun 15th 2025 at 10:07:55 AM

Yamato jumps away while protecting himself with his mace but

What's that? My mace is melting!

Effectively, Yamato's mace started melting under the effects of corrosive buckshots.

Okay, time to fight in another way I guess.

Yamato rush again towards Lind.

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#200: Jun 15th 2025 at 6:04:51 PM

Now I'm feelin' it!

-Lind wastes no time to exploit this momentum. As she loads another drumful of corrosive shells, she leaps forward to deliver a rolling sobat straight at Yamato's head-

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