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General Fight Rules

If you are a challenger it is your responsibility to notify the other player that they are being challenged. We will not tolerate players deliberately misleading others into losing.

Please note that in a siege or raid, fighting rules vary from what is listed here. See the siege and raid rules below for more information about these circumstances.

1. When challenged to a fight all challenged players are required to respond. The challenged character may attempt to deter the challenger by talking them down in their reply before officially starting the fight (or prevent the fight altogether). This can only be attempted in Round 0. After Round 1 is posted the player must respond, attempt to flee (in certain cases), or forfeit. If a challenge is completely ignored despite being informed of the challenge, this will automatically result in a forfeit.


2. A player's character should have an in-character basis in which to challenge another character, excluding pack challenges. If they refuse to accept your challenge or if you believe you are being challenged unfairly please contact an administrator to resolve the problem. Challenges should not have superficial reasons behind them. In the case that a player feels a fight is unfair, a staff vote will determine whether the fight will continue or not. In addition, in a fight thread only characters related to the combating parties or with good reasons to arrive will be permitted there (the exception being official challenges in the Battlefield or Boneyard).


3. There is 3 day time limit to reply to all challenges. Default timers begin in the first post of the first round, except for death challenges and pack challenges where the timer begins with the first post. If you and the player you are fighting with agree to be flexible on your time limits please make sure you each state so in your posts. If flexibility is not stated in the fighting posts, we will disregard any claims of flexibility. Should a player not meet the time limit the fight will be defaulted in the favor of the player who last posted. Only the players involved should request for defaults when they apply. All requests from players not involved will be ignored and deleted. Defaults always apply on pack challenges and death matches.


4. If a character attempts to exit a thread a challenge can only be made if three days have not passed since the exit post. After three days the exit is considered successful and the character can not be challenged.


5. If you edit your post, you run the risk of immediate disqualification. You may not edit a post after round one no matter the type of challenge you are in. You may ONLY edit a fight post if you have the permission of a judge or admin if you are fixing coding or other small error. Any changes to the body of the fight post will result in immediate disqualification. Leave an OOC note at the bottom of your post stating which judge/staff gave permission and what was changed to avoid any confusion.


6. In a Tier 1 fight your post must OOCly state rounds, opponents, posted character's height/build, and type of fight in each post. If you do not have this information listed you run the chance of getting defaulted from the match. You may see other people add OOC notes listing attacks, defenses, and injuries, but these are not required. In fact, judges cannot look at them at all when judging. Only the rounds, opponents, posted character's height/build and type of fight are required to be stated OOCly.



Example: BOB vs GARY for DOMINANCE
Round 1/2
Height 30"
Build Heavy




7. In a Tier 2 fight your post must include the Tier 2 form from your profile. If you do not have this information listed in each post you run the chance of getting defaulted from the match entirely. It's the responsibility of the player to make sure their bonuses (companions, accessories, etc) are appropriately applied to your profile. If you notice something missing, please post in Maintenance to have your purchases added!


8. Rounds are determined by the challenged player. This means that if Bob challenged Gary for his freedom, Gary may determine the number of rounds in the match regardless of who actually starts the first round.