Posts tagged with “fighting”
Regarding Accusations of Synonymy Myself and Eric Kane
The only plausible argument in favor of this assessment is that I've got some sort of latent form of multiple personality disorder and/or schizophrenia. Which I must admit is entirely feasible, but highly unlikely.
There are a few distinct points in opposition to this evaluation. I have to first point you towards real photographs (!) of each of us:
Since neither of these have turned up at this point, I have to say that the lot of you pretty much suck at internet forensics. Just sayin'.
Perhaps more relevantly, while he and I have a long history of rivalry (and despite my honest opinion), I have displayed nothing but unequivocal justiciality and respect when it comes to fighting or determining the outcome of a fight. On the other hand, Nonpareil has a long history of degrading completely sane debates into flame wars and personal insults. It may be his personality type or the company he keeps, but his character is defined by his actions--and [his demeanor] appears to be wildly different from my own.
Examples against my "bias" go on and on; I guess this falls under the old adage, "If you don't have haters, you're doing something wrong." -- and this is a perspective we likely both share. Nevertheless, I've tried to maintain a consistent approach when dealing with everyone: place responsibility upon the fighters to agree to the outcome of a fight. Conversely, Nonpareil seems to place focus on demeaning and domineering his fellow fighters -- fully devoid of the due respect I strive to provide everyone.
Further points include:
- When SSJ3Mewtwo jumped into an idle fight between Nonpareil and Kouketsu, Nonpareil's character committed suicide and I split the points between Kouketsu and SSJ3Mewtwo. Nonpareil consequently ragequit.
- I'm good at deception, but not good enough to obfuscate my writing ability down to Nonpareil's level, as demonstrated in our most recent fight. I placed several coded messages in the grammar, syntax, and content of my posts, (and it is a shame that we never finished the fight so that I could meet my goal of killing off my character) while Nonpareil made zero effort to demonstrate any literary competency beyond the barebone basics.
- Ran and I were just talking about this:
(11:25:27 PM) Eric: Let's see how long until Nonpareil comes around whining about getting his win
(11:25:36 PM) Ran: LOL
(11:25:41 PM) Ran: I'd give it a weekObviously, since I've finally caught up with all my work here, I went forward with validating the fight (using my personal ability, not my admin ability) and sure enough -- here's Nonpareil. It was just as predictable as the outcomes of his fights--and subsequently, not a coincidence.
- I've got a verifiable public employment record. Stalk me if you want, but I'm fairly sure that if he's willing to provide his own--and when he does, it'll be quite clear that we are not the same person.
Nonpareil hasn't done anything consequential in the past 15 years aside from debilitating the common respect between fighters; I don't want my efforts to improve the world's roleplaying community tainted with accusations of our synonymy. He'll surely say the same about me, and I'd expect him to dissolve these rumors just as well.
Kthx.
http://www.ericmartindale.com/2010/02/01/fedor-emelianenko-worlds-greatest-fighter/
Let's all take five minutes for today's World's Greatest Fighter, Fedor Emelianenko.
Medical Beat: Dr. Benjamin's proposed guidelines for safer weight-cutting
Being a fighter, I've been through this weight-cutting business plenty of times. Personally, yeah it's a pain in the ass, but we're athletes and in more cases than not - our bodies should be able to handle this. It should be at our own or our managers' discretion on whether or not we are healthy enough to cut weight.
From MMA Junkie:
Cutting weight continues to be a significant part of weight-restricted sports such as MMA, wrestling and boxing. It has gone on for so long that as the old aphorism goes, "Familiarity breeds contempt."
All those athletes, coaches, promoters, sanctioning bodies and fans associated with these sports have learned to accept it, consider it part of the culture, and turn a blind eye.
They all know – even if they won't admit it – that rapid, significant weight-cutting is unhealthy and potentially deadly. Most serious wrestlers have a personal story about the perils of such weight-cutting either through first hand knowledge or vicariously via a close friend or teammate. But the desire to win continues this potentially dangerous ritual.
What for decades has consisted self-reporting and self-monitoring of weight has not worked. And "documentation" of weight by a friendly doctor has been ineffective at best.
Therefore the primary issue of weight should be removed from the combatant. Simple, clear and easily enforceable rules and guidelines should be initiated to better protect the athletes.
My suggestions are as follow:
- All standard fight agreements must be signed at least 45 days prior to the scheduled event.
- No fighter may enter into a fight agreement weighing greater than 10 percent over the agreed upon weight limit. For example, the agreed-upon weight is 171 pounds. Therefore, each fighter can weigh no more than 171 pounds + 10 percent (188 pounds total) to sign the fight agreement.
- At 30 days prior to fight, neither fighter can weigh more than 5 percent over the agreed-upon weight limit. For example, the agreed-upon weight is 171 pounds. Therefore each fighter can weigh no more than 180 pounds.
- On the official day of weigh-in, if a fighter is more than 1 percent overweight, the fight cannot take place. Since the promoter is the employer, the promoter will be fined by the sanctioning body.
- On the official day of weigh-in, if a fighter is less than 1 percent overweight, he or she can be given additional time to make weight. If on the second weigh-in, the fighter remains overweight, a financial penalty can be levied and paid to the on-weight fighter, at his or her discretion.
- If during a championship fight the champion is overweight greater than 1 percent at the official weigh-in, the fight will not take place and the challenger is given the belt as interim champion.
- If during a championship fight the champion is overweight by less than 1 percent and after an opportunity cannot make weight, the fight may still go on. If the champion wins, the title will be considered vacant. If the challenger wins, he will assume the title.
- All weigh-in dates (bout agreement day and 30-day check) will be video monitored by live computer webcam and recorded. Each camp will watch the other camp calibrate the scale and weigh in over live video webcam stream (Skype). The sanctioning body will monitor the weigh-in in a similar fashion.
Understandably, this is not a system that could be implemented quickly or easily when considering the restraints of some state commissions and some of the inconsistencies from one regulatory body to the next.
However, my goal is for this ideal guideline to serve as a basis for substantive discussion and a potential framework to better protect the safety of the athletes that participate in MMA.
So, let the name-calling begin.