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The All-Trench Karate War | OOC Planning Post!
Hello, everyone! It's time for a Sleeper Combat Tournament put on by Johnny Lawrence, Terry Silver, and Ozpin RWBY, plus a few other self-declared combat teachers in town. For the original planning post, look here. (If you'd like to join as a late addition, just jump in below!)
Fights will take place at the Gate. Here are the rules:
To join as a combatant, please post this form!
To join as a noncombatant helper (e.g. a healer, reality manipulator, snack-provider, etc) please comment at the bottom and we'll leave space for you in the tournament log!
Thank you everyone for participating!
Fights will take place at the Gate. Here are the rules:
Now the timeline for both Armed and Unarmed brackets:Each Sleeper combatant must be associated with a Sleeper combat instructor (Johnny, Terry, Ozpin, Sasuke, or Amaratsu). Late additions and handwaved ties are fine! Sleepers can fight in the armed or unarmed bracket, or in both. The use of powers is heavily discouraged and can result in a foul. Excessive force or the injury of combatants is heavily discouraged and can result in a foul. All melee weapons are welcome in armed combat. Each match is to first touch. All parts of the body are valid targets. Three points wins the match. All fighting styles are welcome in unarmed combat. A point is declared when contact is made with head or torso. (A foul is called if you strike the neck, spine, or below the waist.) Three points wins the match.
The log itself will go up once Round One is generated. You can tag as quickly or slowly as you want, and you can handwave fights entirely if you talk it out with your matchup partner.5/14 | Round One | This post goes up. Please comment confirming your participation by 11:59 EST on the 16th. Please state whether you have an opponent in mind (can be from your same school). 5/17 | Round One | If you didn't claim an opponent, you will receive an RNG opponent (will be from a different school when possible). Past this point late arrivals are still welcome, but will be paired with each other. If you OOCly agree on a match winner, please comment confirming the winner by 11:59 EST on the 18th. 5/19 | Round Two | If you didn't declare a match winner, you will receive an RNG winner. Winners will move on to the next round! We repeat the process again. Please state whether you have an opponent in mind by 11:59 EST on the 20th. 5/21 | Round Two | If you didn't claim an opponent, you will receive an RNG opponent. If you OOCly agree on a match winner, please comment confirming the winner by 11:59 EST on the 22nd. 5/23 | Round Three | If you didn't declare a match winner, you will receive an RNG winner. Winners will move on to the next round! We repeat the process again. Please state whether you have an opponent in mind by 11:59 EST on the 22nd. 5/25 | Round Three | If you didn't claim an opponent, you will receive an RNG opponent. If you OOCly agree on a match winner, please comment confirming the winner by 11:59 EST on the 23rd. FINAL MATCH | Y'all know the drill.
To join as a combatant, please post this form!
To join as a noncombatant helper (e.g. a healer, reality manipulator, snack-provider, etc) please comment at the bottom and we'll leave space for you in the tournament log!
Thank you everyone for participating!
PARTICIPANTS LIST (DO NOT RESPOND)
Healer: Clarke Griffin
ARMED BRACKET
UNARMED BRACKET
QUESTIONS?
no subject
no subject
COMBATANT SIGNUP
no subject
Character Name: shōyō hinata
Player Name: owlie
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: yes, with a bo staff or knife!
Unarmed Bracket: yes!
Skill level: shōyō is not a fighter! he’s a professional volleyball athlete, so no he’s not as awesome as plenty of the shounen fighters or people who have been doing martial arts for much longer. he at least has the discipline and athleticism to keep up with training and has been doing so with more focus on hand to hand & weaponry since november/december— only six-ish months of martial arts exposure. he has a style that’s quick, flexible (uses a lot of dodging, decoying to get a hit in rather than directly attacking) and attempts to keep as much distance between opponents as possible (hence, bo). he’s got a bit of that ninja touch to his moving and hitting. while not wholly experienced, he is very dedicated to what he does and it shows in results. i’m very aware that it’s easy for him to lose, and i don’t mind that one bit, but a win or two will definitely do wonders to his confidence and development as a squishy usually non-combatant!
Associated Teacher: sasuke
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Character Name: Ochako Uraraka
Player Name: Roxy
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: N
Unarmed Bracket: Y (But be aware, Ochako's Hero Costume has four sets of wired grappling hooks in the wrist guards, and her boots have little rocket boosters in the heel which she can weaponize in a pinch. If this is not allowed, let her know and she won't use them!!)
Skill level: High. Ochako's a Hero trainee and literally goes through RIGOROUS battle and rescue scenarios on the daily just for school. She has mastered a few forms of martial arts during a work study with a Professional Battle Hero and is slowly picking up other forms, too. In terms of raw brute strength, she's about medium without her quirk, but she's also small, fast, agile, and can adapt and improvise in a pinch. Do not underestimate her. She may not be able to oneshot a dragon, but she could put a wyvern in a headlock and give it a very bad day.
Associated Teacher: Amaterasu
for the name 'change'
Character Name: He will go by his Hero name "Deku" for the tournament
Player Name: Tea
Player Contact: Journal contact,
Unarmed Bracket: PLUS ULTRAAAAA
Skill level: Professional but not master
He's only been at mixed martial arts seriously for a little over a year, plus another year of trying things out while bulking up a scrawny frame with strength training. He's been using over the shoulder throws as non-powered counters. He uses punches, grabs, high and low roundhouse kicks, jump kicks, flips, axe kicks, straight and backwards kicks I don't know the name of.
+ trained nonstop, very driven.
+ creativity, trickery, endurance, tenacity, strength, and fast reflexes that rival professional superheroes he works alongside in his world.
+ He has seen heavy combat, is unfazed. He will fight through any pain.
- less moves in his repertoire than, say, Uraraka, whose training is more specialized towards martial arts.
- switched to mainly kicks to be careful of the worn ligaments in his arms, because he...
- overexerts himself if he gets emotional!
- He will fight through any pain. Yes I've put this twice because it's also a demerit tbh. Someone burrito this kid in bubble wrap.
Associated Teacher: Ozpin
no subject
Character Name: Chara
Player Name: Kai
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: Y, specifically with a short sword or a scythe.
Unarmed Bracket: Y.
Skill level: It's less that Chara is skilled so much as overwhelmingly powerful. If using a weapon and fighting to kill, they are capable of oneshotting a dragon if they hate the dragon enough. But they're relying more on skill than being a broken RPG character, and in terms of that they're a quick study. They have the dexterity required, even if they're lacking in the physical strength on account of being a scrawny malnourished 11 year old. They received some training from the captain of the royal guard at home, so they're a lot more used to armed combat, particularly with daggers but they're adapting to shortswords pretty well. Their specialty tends to rely on their small size to dodge attacks and sneak into people's blindspots to strike.
On an unrelated note, they are also not above manipulating people by playing to their sympathies or biases using their age. And pain will not slow them down at all, save for like... mutilating limbs, and even then they will still keep fighting.
Associated Teacher: Sasuke Naruto.
Re: COMBATANT SIGNUP
Character Name: Adaine
Player Name: Kai
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: Y
Unarmed Bracket: N
Skill level: Pretty beginner level, though she's a pretty good student and she has the raw violent agression to make up for her noodly arms and her lack of formal training beforehand. She specializes in a longsword, but. She's also a bookworm wizard who has only ever killed people with magic and also one time a ladle.
Associated Teacher: John Ozpin
no subject
Character Name: Paul Atreides
Player Name: Beth
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: No
Unarmed Bracket: Yes
Skill level: High, but human. Paul is trained in advanced martial arts techniques that make him an extraordinarily skilled combatant who could take most other humans in a fight one on one handily, with two caveats relevant to this tournament:
1. He absolutely could not fight a dragon without a weapon.
2. He will be strictly limiting himself to karate techniques instead of drawing on his other skills, as he believes this is the most honorable spirit in which to conduct himself for the tournament, which evens the playing field by taking spooky space witch fighting skills out of the equation. He's still a formidable opponent without them, but he's participating to demonstrate his sensei's training more than with the goal of winning at all costs.
Associated Teacher: Johnny Lawrence
no subject
Character Name: Goro Akechi
Player Name: Kei
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: Y
Unarmed Bracket: Y
Skill level: Pretty high! Akechi has spent the past few years fighting monsters and bosses in a stygian labyrinth made out of society's collective subconscious, and he's done most of it solo. He's also pretty vicious and sincerely enjoys combat. That said, he also uses what is effectively some spellcasting in combat so any equally experienced and strictly melee fighters may have an edge over him.
It's also worth noting that he's markedly more skilled in armed combat! Physical fitness and instinct will get him reasonably far in hand-to-hand, but he's only had formal training for approx. 6 months.
Associated Teacher: Ozpin
no subject
Character Name: gideon nav
Player Name: floral
Player Contact: pm
Armed Bracket: Y (sword: six foot long zweihander)
Unarmed Bracket: N
Skill level: Highly trained swordswoman, has been training from a very young age. A strong, agile swordfighter. Expert at a longsword but struggles with other techniques. Can injure like a regular human, but is difficult to kill. Strong stamina.
Associated Teacher: Johnny Lawrence
* If 'Other': n/a
* If a teacher is needed: n/a
no subject
Character Name: Sayo Yasuda
Player Name: Doom
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: Y
Unarmed Bracket: Y
Skill Levels
- Unarmed: Sayo has been training with Johnny since early February and is a remarkably fast learner, picking up the principles of Cobra Kai quickly and learning how to execute its techniques with the same swiftness. While she's not a master like Johnny, counting just her skill levels, Sayo is able to hold her own—I'd put her somewhere in the realm of a purple belt in terms of skill. The main thing that holds Sayo back is that her strength is solidly average after months of intense physical training, meaning that it's difficult for her to block or clash with any particularly fit opponents. She makes up for this with her high speed and intense aggression, never letting up for a moment in true Cobra Kai style, but her greatest asset are her lightning-fast reflexes that allow her to react to attacks quickly. However, Sayo's stamina can quickly run out, and if she lets up on her aggression for one reason or another it's easy for her opponent to take control of the round and get a point.
- Armed: Sayo picked up basic rapier skills over the course of February and March thanks to her training with Alisaie, but has been struggling to make progress with her training ever since her mentor disappeared. Thankfully, with the help of Illarion after she returned him from Nephele-that-isn't (even though she entered under Cobra Kai name in the armed bracket), Sayo has spent the past two weeks feverishly catching up, supplementing the single-rapier dueling style with an additional parrying dagger thanks to the shrike's expertise. Once again, Sayo is hardly a master and is less familiar with this style than she is with Cobra Kai, but the rapier and parrying dagger allow her to leverage her natural speed and, more importantly, her reflexes—plus her natural ambidexterity makes her equally graceful with both weapons. She's also able to play more defensively thanks to her parrying dagger, meaning that her lack of endurance is a less pressing issue.
Associated Teacher: Johnny Lawrence (Armed and Unarmed), although most of her weapon skills were learned from Illarion/Forneus
no subject
Character Name: Kyle Broflovski
Player Name: Emma
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: N
Unarmed Bracket: Y
Skill level: Literally "took karate classes in a strip mall once" level, now bolstered by what little he's had time to learn from Sensei Lawrence. Possesses secret Jersey Rage(tm) and has a long history of punching people outside of his weight class.
On a scale from "would lose a fight with a deer" to "could oneshot a dragon" he can beat up the deer at least.
Associated Teacher: Johnny Lawrence
Assuming I'm not too late
Character Name: Equius Zahhak
Player Name: Latroma
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: Y
Unarmed Bracket: N
(He's in the Armed Bracket by accident, which will be hilariously awful.)
Skill level: Brute-force. He is a pugilist with only a modicum of martial arts training, and will fight much more like a boxer. He's wearing a pair of bracers that he's fashioned to dampen his physical prowess.
However, he's extremely strong so his punches hurt.
Associated Teacher: Johnny Lawrence
Re: Assuming I'm not too late
Re: COMBATANT SIGNUP
Character Name: Keith
Player Name: Sailor G
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: Y - sword/dagger fighting
Unarmed Bracket: Y
Skill level: Keith is not the cleanest fighter, but he's tough with a high pain tolerance and a crazy endurance. He can dual wield different with two completely different blades, fight sword and dagger together, or use one blade and swap hands during a fight as needed. He's also extremely competitive and motivated to win, having an almost 'win or die' attitude. He doesn't give up easily. He's fast and agile, and likes to use his legs to keep moving, or to kick hard. Keith is also aggressive, rarely holding back, and fights more with offensive techniques than defensive techniques. He'll likely wear his Paladin armor for the armed combat, which also includes a hard-light holographic shield. He won't be using the jetpacks. For unarmed combat, he'll go in without the armor.
Associated Teacher: Sasuke
no subject
Character Name: Tory Nichols
Player Name: Lex
Player Contact: FightingSpirit on Plurk
Armed Bracket: Y, would fight with a katana and/or nunchuks
Unarmed Bracket: Y
Skill level: High. Tory is trained in the Cobra Kai karate style and is canonically one of the strongest Cobra Kai students. On her first day at Cobra Kai, she held her own in a match against the school's top student, and being a quick learner, she's only sharpened her skills from there. She would not be able to one-shot a dragon, but she can one-shot less skilled karate students.
Tory's default fighting style is aggressive, but she has also picked up a number of defensive techniques to round out her skillset. She is more proficient at unarmed combat than armed.
Associated Teacher: Johnny Lawrence
no subject
Character Name: Lance
Player Name: charley
Player Contact: PM
Armed Bracket: Y. alien broadsword
Unarmed Bracket: Y. why not
Skill level: High. Lance has been fighting in a war in his canon for like 2 years prior to his entry to Deerington. He's learned Altean Broadsword (Alteans=space elves in Voltron), and at not long after his canon point he's good enough to match a 10,000 y/o plus blade master for like… 5 seconds of screentime (lmao I was robbed). Anyway, he's also been fighting for his life throughout like 4 years in Deerington and Deer Country. He never stopped training/improving his skills, esp since there's so much fucking shit that can kill his friends around here, like damn, boy learned quick not to let that slip. SO, yeah… soldier (war veteran?) + alien sword shit w/ roughly 5+ years experience at this point. He does have a stamina advantage cuz crau powers but like the matches are timed i think.
Associated Teacher: Sasuke (he bullied him to do it :<)
no subject
Character Name: Kokichi Oma
Player Name: Tulip
Player Contact:
Armed Bracket: Y
Unarmed Bracket: N
Skill level: Basically previously a pacifist before the news of this broke, but he's a quick study. Honestly, he'd probably not be the best at this...except for the fact that he's incredibly fast and qualifies as a genius so most of his combat skill is tactics, speed, keeping away, and deliberately infuriating an opponent to throw them off their guard. Probably the most likely out of any combatant to use psychological warfare in the middle of a fight. Has a gigantic fuck-off cavalry lance (that turns into a crossbow, but he's not going to be using that this fight) which is his fancy RWBY weapon he named 'Pixieduster'. Prooooobably not gonna win the whole thing but it'd be nice for him to get one round down at least.
Associated Teacher: Ozpin RWBY
NONCOMBATANT SIGNUP
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She'll be more inclined to make fun of Johnny's students and to cheer on Ozpin's because she's a biased little twerp, hit me up if you would care to have your character personally hollered at.
Re: NONCOMBATANT SIGNUP
Then it occurred to me, is anyone going to be recording it/streaming it to the network? That's something K could absolutely do if you like the idea! No shaky cam here, he could record it with the precision of a, well, machine. He also has a flying Omen that could help with the cool aerial shots. He could even provide a limited commentary, like introducing each teacher and participant and stating whom they're representing, etc. All of which could be handwaved or mentioned in passing in the log, like if anyone wants to ham it up for the camera when it's on them.
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she will have a bag of sewing with her and will be quilting padding the entire time. if anyone on any team needs any she will give it to them but sleeves might take her a few hours.
lady will also be there
she has red and white ribbons for anyone supporting team sasuke, and various cakes
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If you are a dick that could be absolutely hilarious because he'll be one right back. And probably try to deny them cake if Sansa is too nice to. Please.
SINCE I REALIZED IT'S ALSO AT THE GATE... which he avoids... he's not having a good time of it because of the Beasts kept there since nonsense with his powers and seeing/hearing the souls of Beasts. /helpless gestures. I'm mostly handwaving him for this because OH MY GOD MY TAG LOAD but... it is gonna Fuck Him Up a tiny bit and he'll probably be poking around where the Beasts are kept and being nosy about things in between matches. If anyone wants to notice/talk about inhumane treatment of Beasts/realize hey these are actually people being kept for sport and training canon fodder in there. And he's probably going to be wearing an eyepatch he'll ask Sansa to make him for his left eye because hoo boy shit will be acting up and looking weirdly demonic otherwise.
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Catch him in the background giving snacks, drinks, and helping with minor first aid. He can't do any real healing, but he can provide bandages and ice packs!
And orange slices!!
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girlcavalier is competing. :)Round One Brackets
If you OOCly agree on a match winner, please comment here confirming the winner by 11:59 EST on the 18th. If not we will RNG an outcome.
If there are any other questions or concerns feel free to contact either myself or Rona.
UNARMED DIVISION
ARMED DIVISION + UNARMED
UNARMED
UNARMED DIVISON - Jessica vs. Sayo
Unarmed + Armed Division
Chara vs Kyle = Chara wins.
Get rekt scrublords.
ARMED DIVISION - Tinya vs. Sayo
Details: Sayo feigns various weaknesses to score her first two points quickly, but Tinya gets the upper hand after that with her superior combat experience. However, when she goes for a body check to throw Sayo off balance and get her with her nunchucks, Sayo uses both Cobra Kai and shrike techniques to do a reversal, exposing a weakness and striking with her rapier for the final point.
ARMED DIVISION - Round 1 result
(haha, love it. Equius needs some humble pie.)
Round Two Brackets!
Here are the matchups for Round Two of the tournament.
If you OOCly agree on a match winner, please comment here confirming the winner by 11:59 EST on the 20th. If not we will RNG an outcome.
If there are any other questions or concerns feel free to contact either myself or Rona.
Armed Division
Chara vs Vi
Tory vs Lance
Luz vs Sayo
Gideon vs Shoyo
Unarmed Division
Jessica vs Rose
Chara vs Deku
Keith vs Uraraka
Akechi vs Tinya
ARMED DIVISION - Luz vs. Sayo
ARMED DIVISION - Lance vs. Tory
Round Three (Semi-Finals)
Here are the matchups for Semi-Finals of the tournament.
If you OOCly agree on a match winner, please comment here confirming the winner by 11:59 EST on the 2rd. If not we will RNG an outcome.
If there are any other questions or concerns feel free to contact either myself or Rona.
Armed Division
Chara vs Lance
Sayo vs Gideon
Unarmed Division
Rose vs Deku
Uraraka vs Tinya
Sayo vs. Gideon
Re: Round Three (Semi-Finals)
Chara vs. Lance
Final Round
If you OOCly agree on a match winner, please comment here confirming the winner by 11:59 EST on the 26th. If not we will RNG an outcome.
If there are any other questions or concerns feel free to contact either myself or Rona.
Armed Division
Chara vs Gideon
Unarmed Division
Deku vs Uraraka
UNARMED