Rules of the Outskirts Battle Dome: The OBD
I. Introduction
What is the OBD? The Outskirts Battledome is a section of the forum where users from all walks of life can discuss, debate, calculate and figure out who would win in fictional fights with each other. The primary place of the Battledome is to be where those fights are settled in. Many of which include people from all walks of fiction and nonfiction. From Mongols vs Romans to Peter Pan vs Dante. Fights can be 1 v 1, 1 v Many, Gauntlet matches, team fights, etc. The Metadome-Battledome is where users can come together to discuss feats of certain characters/verses and how strong those characters and verses may be in the grand scheme of everything. Users may also participate in the OBD convo, where most of its users hang out with one another.
II. Rules:
These rules are guidelines to keep the section structured, cement as much in rational and logical debating as possible and give a metered sense of where a fight is swinging in who has the advantage vs disadvantage in a hypothetical battle.
A. Primary Thread Rules:
When making a thread in the OBD there are a few rules that will need to be followed as well as certain matches that will not be allowed within the OBD.
Knowledge: It is paramount that you have some form of knowledge or awareness of one or both of the involved characters, factions, or universes set in the battle.
Intentional/spite threads: Matches involving where the outcome is obvious to everyone. No one is doing any debating in those sort of threads. No one has fun and everyone just gets annoyed and it leads to potential drama or flame-wars.
Stats Equal: Pointless. Equalizing attributes like speed, destructive capacity, durability, intelligence, is not allowed. Ever.
Creating Drama/Problems with other Members: Don’t create a thread just to get a rise out of or get back at another user on the forum (this also violates rule #2). Those threads are petty and childish and just leads to more hate and animosity between users.
You vs Threads: Pitting you yourself vs a character from anywhere is not really something people would like to debate. No one wants to hear about how “badass” you are, or think you are. I don't even like these in the Joke-Battledome and we don't HAVE a JBD.
Waifu/Husbando Threads: No one cares about whose waifu is hotter or sexier. Same with husbando variants or anything of the like. Again this is iron-clad.
Matches involving real-world issues: The primary battles and fights here are fictional or non-fictional, not proxies to real world issues, politics, or social questions that face our world as of this time. Not allowed.
Redo Threads: Repetition can be a problem. Do not remake the same vs match or slight alterations of it repeatedly or over and over. Usually the results won't change.
Necrobumping Threads: Not allowed at all: this can lead to severe warnings if you pursue in doing it over and over; bumping and replying to an OP or match up in the section that was concluded several weeks to months+ earlier. One time it can be forgiven but after that it won't be.
Special Rule: This pertains to video games game-play mechanics; pretty obvious but to spell it out, characters in vs battles don't have HP bars, are limited when possible or assumed to work and operate as we would realistically imagine; James Bond in Goldeneye 64 can't carry 50 different guns, suffers no encumbrance from it and tank being shot dozens of times because the actual lore is his character is a peak human. Exceptions are made for quick-time mechanics and cutscenes as those are arbitrated and not affected by player input.
Also when creating matches, the Opening Poster/thread creator needs to provide at least a minimum level of information for the fight. And also do not make the match up start with a overly verbose write up. No one wants to read a tl ; dr fan fiction draft of Goku vs Master Chief.
Examples of a normal thread:
Title: 1 vs 2
This is 1 version of this character and 1 version of this character
Takes place in [insert settings]
Starting Distance of #
B. Posting Rules
When posting in a vs thread or anywhere in the OBD there are a few rules that need to be kept in mind.
Not Fine: “Jesus your arguments are so bad, stop debating and fuck off”
C. General Rules
These rules are rules that are present no matter where you are within the OBD.
1. Don't make more than 3 threads per day: everyone likes debating vs matches, no one likes seeing multiple threads flooding the OBD in a short period, especially by the same OP.
2. If a thread is locked, don't redo the same exact thread: You can make a thread fixing any mistakes you have made but making the exact same thread will get you in trouble.
3. Real World Politics are not allowed anywhere in the OBD: Don't make threads involving politics, Don't make posts in the convos talking about things happening within politics.
4. Disagree with a previous outcome: If you feel the end result on a characters level or placement within the OBD is off, or you have more evidence that can make a character more powerful, or you feel that a calculation or feet is misrepresented: make a thread in the Meta-Battledome to get your finding evaluated by your peers and debate the finer points there Don't tear up another persons thread trying to get your point across.
I. Introduction
What is the OBD? The Outskirts Battledome is a section of the forum where users from all walks of life can discuss, debate, calculate and figure out who would win in fictional fights with each other. The primary place of the Battledome is to be where those fights are settled in. Many of which include people from all walks of fiction and nonfiction. From Mongols vs Romans to Peter Pan vs Dante. Fights can be 1 v 1, 1 v Many, Gauntlet matches, team fights, etc. The Metadome-Battledome is where users can come together to discuss feats of certain characters/verses and how strong those characters and verses may be in the grand scheme of everything. Users may also participate in the OBD convo, where most of its users hang out with one another.
II. Rules:
These rules are guidelines to keep the section structured, cement as much in rational and logical debating as possible and give a metered sense of where a fight is swinging in who has the advantage vs disadvantage in a hypothetical battle.
A. Primary Thread Rules:
When making a thread in the OBD there are a few rules that will need to be followed as well as certain matches that will not be allowed within the OBD.
Knowledge: It is paramount that you have some form of knowledge or awareness of one or both of the involved characters, factions, or universes set in the battle.
Intentional/spite threads: Matches involving where the outcome is obvious to everyone. No one is doing any debating in those sort of threads. No one has fun and everyone just gets annoyed and it leads to potential drama or flame-wars.
Stats Equal: Pointless. Equalizing attributes like speed, destructive capacity, durability, intelligence, is not allowed. Ever.
Creating Drama/Problems with other Members: Don’t create a thread just to get a rise out of or get back at another user on the forum (this also violates rule #2). Those threads are petty and childish and just leads to more hate and animosity between users.
You vs Threads: Pitting you yourself vs a character from anywhere is not really something people would like to debate. No one wants to hear about how “badass” you are, or think you are. I don't even like these in the Joke-Battledome and we don't HAVE a JBD.
Waifu/Husbando Threads: No one cares about whose waifu is hotter or sexier. Same with husbando variants or anything of the like. Again this is iron-clad.
Matches involving real-world issues: The primary battles and fights here are fictional or non-fictional, not proxies to real world issues, politics, or social questions that face our world as of this time. Not allowed.
Redo Threads: Repetition can be a problem. Do not remake the same vs match or slight alterations of it repeatedly or over and over. Usually the results won't change.
Necrobumping Threads: Not allowed at all: this can lead to severe warnings if you pursue in doing it over and over; bumping and replying to an OP or match up in the section that was concluded several weeks to months+ earlier. One time it can be forgiven but after that it won't be.
Special Rule: This pertains to video games game-play mechanics; pretty obvious but to spell it out, characters in vs battles don't have HP bars, are limited when possible or assumed to work and operate as we would realistically imagine; James Bond in Goldeneye 64 can't carry 50 different guns, suffers no encumbrance from it and tank being shot dozens of times because the actual lore is his character is a peak human. Exceptions are made for quick-time mechanics and cutscenes as those are arbitrated and not affected by player input.
Also when creating matches, the Opening Poster/thread creator needs to provide at least a minimum level of information for the fight. And also do not make the match up start with a overly verbose write up. No one wants to read a tl ; dr fan fiction draft of Goku vs Master Chief.
Examples of a normal thread:
Title: 1 vs 2
This is 1 version of this character and 1 version of this character
Takes place in [insert settings]
Starting Distance of #
B. Posting Rules
When posting in a vs thread or anywhere in the OBD there are a few rules that need to be kept in mind.
- No Stonewalling: Stonewalling is where one party is refusing to concede the debate despite all of their arguments and evidence being disproved or countered with superior arguments or debates.
- Ignoring Arguments: When one sees an argument from a user that counters their claims or provides evidence that refutes what they say and ignores that argument in favor of pushing their now-defunct argument, they are in violation of this rule.
- Be somewhat constructive: Don't just run into a debate, go “Lol X character bolo stomps”. At say or show why this character can bolo stomp. No one is going to believe you just because you say that a character wins. Actual evidence of some kind will need to be posted.
- Offtopic Posting: Sometimes threads can drift off from the main topic as users try and figure out how the fight will go. However completely off-topic discussion will not be tolerated. Talking about how a character's power system would interact with another is fine. Talking about an entirely different set of characters not involved in any way with the debate at hand, however, isn't.
- Flaming: Sometimes debates can get a bit heated and people will get frustrated with one another and start name-calling. And that's fine, but only up to a certain extent. Calling someone an idiot while refuting their points within the context of the debate will be fine. Just straight up calling someone a bitch, ass, etc. just because you got slightly mad won't be tolerated.
- Baiting: Making posts to try and rile up other posts, incite drama, or otherwise just be generally disruptive or a menace will not be tolerated
- Image Spam: Posting 2 - 4 images in a row is acceptable in certain threads outside of the designated art thread. However, spamming an entire page or thread with images will not be tolerated and will end with your posts being deleted.
7a. Images in Spoilers are fine as they hide a lot of the images you may post and as such is allowed. - Rep Abuse: Reps and Negs are there to show how much you liked or disliked a person's posts. What they aren’t going to be used for is to be a menace or be disruptive. A bit of banter, and taunting is fine. Wishing death upon others, making fun of their personal issues, racism, etc. will not be tolerated. (Obviously rule 8 isn't really relevant to us since rep doesn't exist here unless someone finds a way to make it so)
Not Fine: “Jesus your arguments are so bad, stop debating and fuck off”
C. General Rules
These rules are rules that are present no matter where you are within the OBD.
1. Don't make more than 3 threads per day: everyone likes debating vs matches, no one likes seeing multiple threads flooding the OBD in a short period, especially by the same OP.
2. If a thread is locked, don't redo the same exact thread: You can make a thread fixing any mistakes you have made but making the exact same thread will get you in trouble.
3. Real World Politics are not allowed anywhere in the OBD: Don't make threads involving politics, Don't make posts in the convos talking about things happening within politics.
4. Disagree with a previous outcome: If you feel the end result on a characters level or placement within the OBD is off, or you have more evidence that can make a character more powerful, or you feel that a calculation or feet is misrepresented: make a thread in the Meta-Battledome to get your finding evaluated by your peers and debate the finer points there Don't tear up another persons thread trying to get your point across.
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