Fight Club

[Jonathan Meer]

I saw stuff around here earlier about 'Fight Club', but from what I could tell, it was a personal storyline of Juno's. If I'm mistaken, and this was actually attempted, then ignore this.

But, I think it would be awesome to have a Fight Club, a la the movie. Except that fights are UFC-esque, in that they are semi-official (not just people beating each other), and records are kept.

Who would be interested in something like this (which wouldn't be a one-time-thing, but would be a continuous sort of thing)?

[Juno]

I had a personal storyline named Fight Club, yes, but Jack also brought up an idea of an actual fight club like you are speaking of.

[Psyren]

I have been out of mma training since august of last year i beleive lol I wish I would have kept going but meh I got injured and im finally back at a 100% this kinda makes me wanan go start training again lol

[Alura]

...Yea, okay.

I'd do it.

[Alexander Trafford]

Yea do it.

You could have two sticked threads,
Fight Club: Backstage (Where fight cards and made and where fighters can meet, etc. this might even just be in the rpg discussion forum)

Fight Club: Arena (Where seperate fights are carried out, one at a time obviously. You could have them all in the same thread so that they are chronologically one after the other, like a compilation.)

Then you could have something like a CNN broadcast, so it'd make sense that all the players are aware of it. Something to the extent of an interview by CNN reports with Fight Club chairman Jack McPunchinyourface where he announces the new television series 'Fight Club', where volunteer fighters get involved in randomly selected brawls for money, that would be given out like spars. (if you have multiple applicants at the same time use random.org to sort match cards, if you only have 2 volunteers at a time than it's simple enough).

The matches will be televised, so you could have a ratings/popularity/hype section in another sticked thread that maybe 1-2 updaters could run. This section would be devoted to pre-match hype, which will be based on fighter popularity (popularity could be based on previous fighters along with general audience knowledge, fights at the beginning would have little hype probably). Than after the fight there could be ratings with, possibly, numbers of viewers (as the show matures, obviously number of viewers will increase and ratings will become more critical) than based on performances over time you could have popularity ratings and such.

It's a good way to make money instead of just RPing jobs, so i'd think some people would be interested, especially in repeat performances and such. There might be a rule eventually that you have to wait a week before you fight again, if there is the demand for it. Possible rules could be 1 fight at a time, 2-3 RP's per fighter, 1 week max per fight. Than the next two fighters can enter. It'd be easier than running multiple fights at once, we'd be able to do it in one chronological compilation this way, and it would make it so the event doesn't get run down over a few weeks.

It'd be like Chubbs own televised UFC.

[Psyren]

im completley down for it.I have alot of real life experience in it and would love to help put something together for cubbs like that. But id limit it to one fight every 3 days.

[Alexander Trafford]

People can't RP that quickly to end a fight every 3 days, plus than people would lose interest quickly. If it's down too rapidly, it will die fast. Spread it out a bit.

[Rafael]

That, and I don't know about everyone else, but it'd be difficult to be creative/not boring if you're doing one every threeish days, as surely some people would if it was a quick way to get cash. I'd burn out pretty quick, at least.

[Alexander Trafford]

I know alot of people don't enjoy just RPing jobs for zeni, so this would be a good way to earn some - which will lead to people actually purchasing things and actually traveling between planets and such. But yea, i think one fight per week and letting everyone get involved rather than one person fighting every single week would be preferred.

[Jonathan Meer]

I was thinking something much looser than what you've described, AT. That sounds like a ton of work for someone. I was just thinking something loose and general, like a group of guys underneath a bar. Buy-in is set between the fighters (I imagine something like 50 Zeni being the norm), and the victor gets all of it. Rules could be set to taste.

Not televised, not refereed, not regulated. Just a simple set of rules. Makes for easier upkeep for whoever spearheads it.

[Psyren]

I had a good idea to. Perhaps some kind of voting system to allow members to vote on the fights. ANd perhaps a system for people who dont want ot fight to still place bets on the fights.

[Jonathan Meer]

Both of those are good ideas.

[Alexander Trafford]

Yea, i like the more informal idea better i think. Mine was based around the popularity ratings deal that was so popular in DA '06 and that people have brought up repeatedly since then.

[Psyren]

I still think a wager system would be nice.and youd deff need a panel of judges to declare a winner and all.

[Jonathan Meer]

A wager system, definitely; at least 25 Zeni per match. That way, people are less likely to start fights and never end them, and will probably put more effort into it overall.

[Psyren]

ill be fighting and doing bets. I just think making bets would make it very fun. And im still thinking that a voting system would be fun.

[Juno]

Fight Club is really only participate-able for characters who get into a lot of solo fights, which a lot of characters here don't exactly make a habit out of doing.

[Jonathan Meer]

There'd be the option to jump into a fight with someone at random, or with another character. It'd just be regular sparring, but with some rp-ing fodder to go along (as there are records being kept).

[Vad]

Fight Club is really only participate-able for characters who get into a lot of solo fights, which a lot of characters here don't exactly make a habit out of doing.

>.>;;

[Alexander Trafford]

if you make it for money, that it isn't just for pugnacious characters. people do crazier things than fight for money, that's just natural.