Brotherhood of Doom v. The Masters: Open Q&A

[Zephyr]

I can only hope that he can make a few more enquiries with me as I have with him, so that this battle will truly become the epic that we all have pictured in our minds.

Check your PM box. :p

I agree that keeping in contact with each other has helped Akira and I forge our fight into something that is a rather nice and coherent thing. Of course, I tend to not want to do anything with my opponents characters, in fear that I will get the characterisation wrong and offend them - but that could just be my pen and paper gaming ettiquite. Sort of like using another person's dice, and all that.

I for one wish to express my appreciation for Paradoxical Prophet's cooperation in our common battle, even if we may be enemies.

Aww. And here I thought we were doing this for fun.

They just refrain from posting for the time limit, and they get replaced and don't have to lose their character.

Yes, you are quite right. But in a way, also wrong. If we had more people to put on the front line, I would have signed up as a reserve. Why? If you send the pawns out first, to borrow your metaphor, then you can pull them back out without consequence, and commit your stronger fighters after you've had a chance to gauge the talent of your enemy.

It's a common tactic. I use it to train Magikarp. ;)

As a side note; What you are implying is that the reserves are somehow less able than the main fighters. Let's assume that you are correct, what does that mean then, if the main fighters pull out? Sure, their character is safe and sound, but the reserve is less able in combat and will likely lose. Thus, the front-liners' characters may be spared, but they've just lost the war. Hrm. Seems somehow self-defeating to pull out, unless the reserve is *more* able.