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Entering The Tournament

Welcome to the First Official =SB= Grand Tournament, hopefully the first of many on =SB=. We invite you, the casual or the serious roleplayer, to join in this historic event. But first, we gotta bore you to death with these things called rules...

First one is easy enough. You are allowed one entry into the tournament, and he/she must be a fan character. No canon characters such as Sonic, Tails, Robotnik... this is purely for the fan-charries.

You will be required to submit a profile for your character, in order to prevent over-powerful characters from entering. Remember, this isn't a contest to see who can create the most powerful fancharacter, but who can roleplay the best. To make sure your profile is alright and within the rules, Master Of Darkness is in charge of approving your profiles and pointing out areas in which you could make changes.

Here's the template you should use:

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Name: ~This should be self-explanatory

Age: ~Age will affect your abilities. If you're 6, don't expect to be the world's most intelligent being. Likewise, if you're pushing 80 you're not going to move too quickly.

Species: ~This again limits your abilities to a degree. Hedgehogs can run quickly, bats can fly, echidnas are strong and can dig, bunnies can jump high... be creative.

Appearance: ~What sort of clothing is your character wearing? What colour fur do they have? Wherabouts does their weaponry sit on their person?

Personality: ~Are they easily wound up? Do they keep calm under pressure? What makes 'em happy? World#s your oyster here.

Skills: ~You may have up to four skills and/or moves. Moves are extra attacks that are pre-set, that once executed take off that little more damage. Example, you could be a great swordsman, and then create three awesome moves.

Equipment: ~Up to three items may be carried into the arena. How many you can use inside isn't limited - this includes stealing your opponents(you don't get to keep them for the next round, however). This includes weaponry. As far as guns go, no big death rays, BFGs or stuff like that. Most other toys are cool, but be warned the judges will be watching your ammo - no infinite ammunition.

Strengths: ~What is your character good at? List three plus points to your character - for example, they can read the situation in battle easily due to the vast amount of experience they have, or that they're really paranoid and as such are always on their toes watching out for trouble?

Weaknesses: ~Exactly the opposite. List three minus points that can make your character a little flawed, example a fear of spiders, is unable to use anything other than a sword, can't fist-fight for crap, gets too pumped of adrenaline to focus on the trap his opponent's set... lots to choose from. And YES you have to take three or you won't be accepted. Also, make them combat-related.

There are some things you should be aware of however:

No super forms.
No Chaos Emeralds, Sol Emeralds, other magical stone or similar object.
No stupidly powerful attacks or moves - throwing a bolt of lightning to stun your opponent is fine. But causing a whirlwind that could rip apart a large city is simply too powerful.
No outside inteference or help - this means other people aren't allowed in your fight whether they're NPCs or actual players.
No healing in battle.

You ARE allowed magic, so long as it isn't too powerful. If it's more powerful than a simple chant/incantation, you'll need to take a turn to power it up before releasing it. The plus side to this is you're going to hurt your opponent badly if you connect. The bad side is they'll have enough time to dodge or prepare for the hit, or worse still - counter attack.

As your profile is approved, a little tag will appear by your name - Edited by Master Of Darkness - just to show everyone that your profile's accepted and you're not going to change it before the actual event. If if changes from MOD's name to your own, we're going to want to know what you've edited.


Entering The Arena and Posting

The contest will be fought out in a Christmas tree format, with each fight lasting for 40 posts - any time a member of staff posts does not count towards the total, thus making for a total of 20 posts each. This includes your introduction post.

When you first fight, look for the thread with your name in. The judges will make the first post for you and your opponent; detailing where you're actually fighting, weather conditions for the fight, zombie hordes, etc. They also have the right to post at any point in the fight with condition changes, etc. If there is a part of the scenery that can be used as a weapon(within reason) then it can be used.

You are required to make an introductory post as you enter your assigned thread, before your fight begins. The combatants then take it in turns to post - and it's up to you how you win the fight! If one fighter does not post within 5 days they forfeit the fight unless they get in touch with a judge stating why they're unable to post.

If the fight does not end in a clear-cut victory for one participant or the other, the winner will be decided by the judges. The judges will look for Fair Play, Grammar, Adapting To Surroundings and Entertainment Value.


Fighting

Fighting is completed by simply describing your actions each turn, and seeing how your opponent reacts. Posts should ideally be a minimum of 40 words, but you can do more if you like,. It's not difficult. Example:

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Dane watched as the bounty hunter circled around him. His eyebrows lowered as he focussed on the wild creature's movements, waiting for the ideal moment to pounce.
It came sooner than expected, as Jakobovic snarled, leaping in the the kill with sword drawn. Taking a single step back, Dane raised his own sword to parry the blow before following up with a slice towards the hunter's torso. As the creature was falling prey to its own adrenaline, it would have a large amount of difficulty avoiding the blow as opposed to taking a defensive stance.

There. Easy. That's pretty much what we're expecting.

You are allowed a maximum of two actions per post - this is to prevent anyone from dodging, striking, then running away and getting another weapon out ALL in one go. Actions are drawing a weapon(it takes time to pull out a gun and take the safety off of draw a sword and balance it in your hands ready, by which point that's a good second or two of time gone), attacking, defending/dodging, or moving towards or away from your opponent.

Your character is not super-human, therefore will be expected to take at least some blows. If you dodge everything thrown at you, this will be considered unfair play and you will be marked down for it. Unless your opponent only makes one punch right at the beginning and then runs away because they choose to avoid you, then that's slightly different.
Likewise, every blow won't connect - in theory.

No Godding - that means NO GODDING. If you're caught, instant disqualification.

No editing the posts other than for grammatical content - if you've made a mistake with the action you've taken, you are NOT allowed to change it unless your opponent hasn't posted his reaction yet. Once your opponent has posted, the previous post is locked apart, of course, for grammar. If you are editing a post in this way, please PM a judge and your opponent to let everyone know you're not cheating.

All other rules for roleplaying stand - this also means saying if your opponent got hit. If you post an opponent's reactions, it's instant disqualification unless you're merely repeating what they did in their previous post, in which case that's fine. But saying that you struck him on the head and he got knocked out is cheating - you are aiming towards that body part, and then it's up to your opponent as to whether he dodges it or not.


Between Rounds

After each fight each participant will be given refreshments, weapons repaired and wounds healed, simply by stepping into the "Magical Machine" - this is free of charge and means you're ready to fight once again. the machine also relieves you of strained limbs and tops up your energy as if you've just woken up, fresh as a daisy. There is no need to post this action, it is automatically assumed you perform this action out of common sense.
You are of course free to read up on any of the other fights going on, but if you post in any fight other than your own, it's an instant disqualification.


Judging and Progressing To The Next Round

All fights will be judged on four categories, should there not be a clear winner:

Fair Play - how fairly did you play, simply? Did you force your opponent to take all your attacks? Did you dodge all of his? If you didn't play fair, you'll be marked down. Simple.

Grammar - how well can you spell and punctuate? We all have access to word processors with spell checkers so there should be no excuses on this front. If English isn't your first language we'll be lenient on some aspects of the wording of your posts, but don't take the mickey. You'll still be expected to spell correctly.

Adapting To Surroundings - when it started raining halfway through your fight, how did you react? Did you go "Ewww" and try to carry on bravely, or just completely ignore the fact it's soaking you to the skin? Acknowledge the scenery and its surroundings and we mark you up - simple.

Entertainment Value - were we kept on the edge of our seats? Was this a classic fight, one to go in the Halls of Fame somewhere? If so, you score high here.

All categories are marked out of ten(10) by your friendly neighbourhood judges Spin, Juke Box Hero and Yvette.
Once the scores are gathered from the panel and added, the winner will be declared and will move on to fight the next opponent in the tree. The loser will have to drop out of the tournament at this point, better luck next time!
The exception to this is the battle for third and fourth place, the losers from the final two sides of the tree will go head to head to decide who completes our rostrum of winners.

As suggested by you, the members of this forum, we'll be giving out shiny banners to place in your signature for 3rd, 2nd and of course 1st place. These give you ultra-bragging rights at any other forum you might post at - and of course, this one ^^

Good luck!

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Name: Malena
Age: 31
Species: Dragon
Appearence:
- Height: {Full Grown} 139,4 Feet tall (4.2m)
- Length: {Full Grown} 229,6 Feet in length (7m)
- Weight: 1653,4 pounds. (750 Kg)
- Skin: Dark Red skin
- Eyes: Blue
- Special:
She have a birthmark on her left chin.
Her ears have slightly some fur on top of them.
Tail is quite long, while at the back of it, she have a pointed arrow, looking like the edge of an arrow.

Personality: Her temper is quite rough and can easily get her into a killing mood if she feel threatend. While if convinced she might be an realy kind hearted dragon with one thing in mind. Protecting her friends at all cost. She will only make this towards special friends she have made to trust in time.

Skills:
- Element: Fire
- Fire Breathe: She will be able to breathe fire at an limited distance. Because of her age it's range is more powerful. (Didn't find any easier word for that.)
- Chicane Roundup: While she is in air, she will be able to go around a 360 turn and when balanced she will make a snap with her tail and her claws making any foe getting out of balance. Works like tailwhip, just she needs space in air, and must know when to make her move to connect. (Her age changes her ability to connect and do damage against her foes.)
- Flaming Flares: When on the ground she prefers using her flaming flares to scare her enemies off. It is also a good way to burn down her pray. She may be able to send out three flame bullets at the same time. This makes her able to concentrate on moving targets and able to try and flank away any opposing forces on the ground.

Equipment: No weapons, only her claws, teeth and tail is her weapons except her own skills.

Strenghts:
- Skilled in using her breathe of fire at moving targets. Better of while in air. Though she wont manouver as well up in the air.
- Is quite agile in her age. Are also fast to move from ground to air, and vice versa.
- Resistance to most fire based attacks.

Weaknesses:
- Chicane Roundup is highly unanticipated to connect. she might end up in the ground with her face down making her vulnerable for any attack.
- Weak against ice based attacks.
- Drains strenght when she uses her fire breathe to often.

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Name:
Captain Quartz

Age:
23

Species:
Echidna

Appearance:
Quartz is a lilac - not pink, lilac - echidna. He stands at about average height for one of his kind, and is always wearing some posh clothing. For this tournament, he's wearing his favourite ceremonial clothing - white silk robes with gold edging, a gold belt and massive medallion around his neck - this allows him a lot of freedom in the way he moves. Atop his head sits his pirate hat, black with gold edging and a massive white plume sticking out the top of it. On his feet are his trusty worn walking boots, perfect for giving him a steady footing on almost any surface.
All of this combine to make Quartz feel good about himself. He dislikes getting his clothing dirty, and whoe betide the one who dares to touch his hat...

Personality:
A cocky one from having lived the good life, Quartz is usually quick to fire a witty remark at one of his comrades - and is just as quick at helping them out. He wears his heart on his sleeve, and his moods alters accordingly. Quartz has a strong moral code and won't fight an opponent who's down. And if there's a chance, he won't fight at all, prefering to abstain from all combat. But he needs to make repairs to his ship, and for the greater good he simply must win.

Skills:
Experienced - Quartz has been living the pirate life for many years. As such, he is good at reading a situation and trying - and thus predicting - its outcome, whether it be making a deal or making someone into a kebab with his sword.

Swordsman - Quartz is an excellent swordsman, having been using the weapon since he was a small boy. He can parry pretty well, and is adept at disarming his foes.

Melee combat - should Quartz be disarmed, he can fight without the big sword. He can rucus with the biggest guys and gals out there and if not win, at least go a favourable distance with them.

Gift of the gab - Quartz's best skill is his ability to talk, and provoke his opponents into making a forced move - and as such leave a window of opportunity for Quartz to sneak an attack in. And if that doesn't work, he'll still keep talking, and talking, and talking.

Equipment:
His faithful sword Daikatana, the sniper rifle Llorena and his hat. Seriously, his hat. There's nothing special about it other than Quartz wouldn't be seen dead without it.

Strengths:
Can fight without being distracted, in other words can focus on the task at hand.
Has high stamina levels.
Can mix and match melee and sword play.

Weaknesses:
Is incredibly vain and dislikes to either dirty or damage his clothing.
Relies way too much on technique and not strength or speed to fight.
Much prefers to run away and shout as opposed to fighting...