OCC: Silver - Orbs... Can't you read or are you just stupid? We've already had one person banned from threads for wandering into the battle arena when they are not participating in a battle! Go to the Forgers Tavern/Peanut Gallery thread if you wish to comment on a battle. These threads are for people who are participating in battles ONLY. Do not reply to this post, do not post in the Battle Arena again unless you have an opponent and the battle has been approved by a Judge. Do not reply here for ANY reason, and READ the OCC counter-part to EVERY IC thread BEFORE going ANYWHERE near it. If something like this happens again you will risk being banned from certain threads. And a general tip: we only speak English on these boards, so try to use full words and sentances ALL the time. This isn't some pathetic Neopets RPG. And if you're going to include an OCC note either do it brackets or do it at the beginning and/or end of a post only. I thank you in advance for your cooperation or bid you farewell in advance when you get kicked off the site.
Asp... what trees? Who said anything about trees? THERE ARE NO TREES! We are fighting in a SANDY arena, surrounded by a BRICK WALL. I described the layout already and there were NO trees. A judge watching this match would instantly mark you down for something like that, okay? You have to make sure you read what the other RPers put and use your common sense, alright? It's one of the most important aspects of RP. Now, little OCC tips and comments are going to be posted in <font color=red> red</font>, 'cos I wanna make this seem semi-realistic, without diving into full on OCC comments like this too often.
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Christian looked dully at 'Nightshade' and idly itched the side of his face with his white and silver blade.
<font color=blue>"Uh, yeah, I think I'll be the judge of that."</font> He said, somewhat timidly.
<font color=blue>"So, Nightshade, huh? What inspired the change? I kinda liked 'Scryser'..."</font> Christian rambled briefly. <font color=blue>"Whatever. Anyway, this is your first arena battle, so first I wanna teach you about paying attention to and using the enviroment.<font color=red>(Though you did that quite well by commenting on the sand. Making the Judge aware that you are taking the enviroment they have set into you into account will earn you some kudos, which is why you have to be careful not to talk about the trees in a sandy enviroment! lol.)</font> As you can see here, we have a lot of rubble lying around, which means you'll have to change your game plan. Be patient, aware and ready to engage in close-quarters combat at any moment! In a more open enviroment, of course, things would be more frenzied."</font> Christian explained.
<font color=blue>"But the golden rule of combat is to pay attention to your opponent! If they're doing better than you are, then you'll have to switch to a more defensive style until you can pick up the pace a little. Don't ever forget that!" <font color=red>(If you can see that your opponent is RPing better than you are, and you switch to a more defensive style, the Judge will take note of this and that'll allow you some lieniancy to get back into the fight. If, however, you can't see it and make your character do some ridiculously powerful attack, the Judge will take this as you either not paying attention or just being ignorant and that'll go against you.)</font>
"So, as far as I'm concerned, we can either check your close combat skills now... or we can vanish into this maze of debris and see how you handle moving around, trying to outsmart your foe. Up to you."</font> Christian offered.