New Sport?!

[zom]

Well, I have a character idea and I'm really hoping I'll get to use him, but... for him to work as I imagine him, there'd need to be a new sport introduced to the site! (I could still change him around if necessary, but if I don't have to I'd rather not, y'know?) So, before I get started on him, I'd like to make sure this'll be accepted. x]; Lemme know what changes need to be made, or if this sort of sport just wouldn't work. I figured with a society dedicated almost entirely to partying and fun, and a highly corrupt government, this kind of stuff would be okay, but 'course it's up to Feather ultimately, yeah? :3

If this gets accepted, having a "cage" subboard area for the big main-event matches to take place in would probably be a good idea.

CAGING, short for cage fighting.

-- It's a new sport that arose in this age where physical, hand-to-hand sports have become popular. Though humans dominate the caging scene, for they were the ones to really create and popularize it as a formal sport, other races too have gotten famous in the ring, and as one would expect, some have an advantage over humans due to their inherent abilities. (These skills are of course formally forbidden for use, but... well... let's just say that for a professional and legal sport, it's not the most honest thing in the world.)
-- Caging is basically what you would expect, if perhaps a bit more flashy. Two fighters enter a ring ("cage"), which is typically floating in the air, may have strange conditions such as antigrav within it, and is surrounded by an invisible but very solid barrier until the end of the round. This "round" continues until either one of the fighters is incapacitated (by whatever means, either unable to stand or unconscious or... well, people don't usually die, but...) or a fighter signals for a brief time out. During the round, fighters basically just beat the crap out of each other, though being showy and glitzy about it puts on a good show for spectators, so while the aim is to win, most of the more popular fighters have learned to add flair to their moves -- and wardrobes, to catch eyes -- and draw in more fans. More fans mean more bets placed on them, which ultimately means more money.
-- Fighting dirty is frowned on by officials of the sport, but spectators love to see a "cager" win by any means necessary. Fighters will, however, be punished for serious injury to opponents, if nothing else. (Usually paying for any medical treatment and being given a sort of smack on the wrist is the extent of the punishment, though.) It's a very brutal sport and many more peaceful races dislike it, as well as plenty more individuals who find it offensive.
-- Gambling on the outcome of a caging match is also technically illegal, like fighting dirty and, y'know, killing opponents, but even some politicians and authority figures like to place bets under the table. You're not likely to get busted for it unless you really tick off law enforcers and give them a reason to grope at any and all opportunities to jail you. A good portion of these bets go towards the fighters themselves, so as one might imagine, those who really excel at the sport can make a small fortune.

[&& r.a.s.h.i.d.a]

Battlesquare Arena
The bloody tradition of the gladiators has been reborn in the illegal sport of Battlesquare. People with money to waste enter the large chamber with stadium seating. The center is two raised platforms over a 12' x 12' grid arena. Over the arena are four vid-screens to show the action.
In Battlesquare, two Battlesquare managers choose one fighter out of their pack of 6. The fighters combat over one square, usually to the death. The loser manager picks a new fighter, while the loser is revived and sent to recovery. The winning fighter then fights again. The winning manager is the one that controls most of the arena. Patrons gamble on which manager will take which square, and which will win overall.

[zom]

Dang, battlesquare and caging are pretty similar, looks like. x]; The main difference would be that one's legal, flashy and televised and one is illegal and not so much. Sorry, I didn't see that before suggesting this.

Still, idk, maybe the differences would be enough for this to get approved? Like, caging would be a variant of battlesquare, rather similar but different enough to get legal? Caging might need some tweaking then, though.

Well, whatever Feather decides. :V

[Cadmium [It's a nice view~]]

Hmm~maybe your fellow could be a convert~ and create this.


Fiuth would be the one to ask though, sports is his department.

[zom]

Oh, it is? :0 Well then, I'll eagerly await Fiuth's input!

Yes, that could work also. Hmm! If this winds up getting ultimately denied, perhaps I'll try to use that. 8] Adrian can weasel his way out of the battlesquare scene and attempt to create (though maybe not succeed at creating or popularizing) a new, less-fatal-and-more-flashy version. Anything to get himself into the public eye, and even better if violence is involved somehow, haha.

[fresh]

Worse to worse there's always the underground or the streets?
This seems pretty illegal xD
Or not, Earth seems to be out there now a days

[Fiuth]

The Caging thing seems very interesting, and it could be integrated into the whole Battlesquare department. Unless you really want that sport Legalized. The Battlesquare fighters actually do have a large audience, and dying happens. They get resurrected, but it puts a whole new level on things. I think, though, that a public fighting sport might be appreciated.

I'd just rather keep fighting to Battlesquare myself.

[zom]

Keeping fighting to battlesquare works for me, then. :] Maybe Adrian will at some point attempt to branch out from it and create something akin to caging, but even if not, battlesquare certainly works well enough for the purpose of his character. *nod*

I have a question, though. This "resurrection"... how does that work? What sort of technology, magic, or whatever is involved in it, and can it heal broken limbs or close up serious wounds and stuff like that? Does it have any limitations, like... are there ways that it just wouldn't possibly work to resurrect someone? And is the resurrection process painful or uncomfortable at all for the one being resurrected? If not, what's it like? Adrian is going to be a fighter, so I figure he's probably had his share of resurrections and it would be good to know this stuff. x]

[Sieras]

I haven't really thought that far, seeing as how there aren't of yet any fighters aside from myself. The process is by technology, and it is highly illegal. It brings the person back from dead to good as new, but I would think it might be a tad bit painful. The down side is if you lose by dying, you don't get paid as much as if you just lose.

Speaking of which, I'll have to post some Battlesquare rules later on....

[zom]

Well, there're gonna be two now. C: But alright, cool. And by "as good new" does that mean that wounds that would have left scars wouldn't have, or would fighters who die and get resurrected still be scarred by their wounds, just... not dead?

And yes, you will! 8D Heehee.

[Fiuth]

probably the latter. Scars are nice for boasting, didn't you know? Actually, It could probably go either way, at the previous request of the fighter.

You do know You'll have to get somebody to be your Battlesquare manager, right. Each team of 6 fighters has 1. So you need to not forget to name the manager.

[zom]

Quite true. I was hoping it would leave scars, actually, for exactly that reason. 8D

And yep, I know. :> ... But wait, that doesn't mean the manager actually has to be a character, does it? Can he just be a regularly-mentioned NPC of sorts?

[Sieras]

it could be an Npc, but that might lessen interaction. But hey, it could work. You still have to mention a Manager in his bio, though.

[zom]

I'm just hesitant to make a second character right off the bat. There will still be interaction between the manager and character, but the manager just won't be involved in any threads or plots of his own. Maybe, if I later want to develop him and use him more, I'll turn him into a full-fledged character. For now, having him as an NPC is okay, I hope.

Either way, he definitely will be mentioned in Adrian's bio, no worries about that. *nod*

[Aubre [~]]

NPCs are allowed, and later on, maybe open up the managers for someone else to play?