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KMC Olympics: Fencing

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This event is a competition of pure skill with each athlete's chosen fighting style...The fighters are given a set of non-magical, and yet somehow unbreakable, olympic equipment equivelant to what they're used to fighting with...

Fencing really, is just a general term for sword fighting, but is most often associated with rapiers. In this event, it means all sword fighting.

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so metaknight's 'cape that allows him to fly' isnt allowed i take it?

also, is speed equalized too?
cuz that would cut down metaknight's and vergil's main advantage, as they can both fight at mach 1

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In MK's case it also nullifies the disadvantage of being eight inches tall.

But yeah, for this event's purposes all physical stats are equalised to make it purely skill based. I already have other events for speed/strength, this one is for swordsmanship.

I knew MK was fast, but when did he actually fight at mach 1, btw? /Curious.

Edit: But yeah. If MK could speed blitz Marth and Rapheal, it would be kind of unfair, two free wins, and a free loss for each of them. Same for Vergil. That's not a skill based win.

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its stated he can swing his sword at mach 1
not to mention he create a tornado of flame just by using his sword's fire ability and spinning really fast
imo kirby should have taken his place, as he is technically the better sword fighter..

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I didn't nominate him, The only characters here I did nominate are Marth and Link.

I just make the threads. Don't shoot the messenger. D:

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lol!

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okay i get you

i dont think this thread can have a definitive winner, then. it is too hard to gauge pure skill, especially for characters that have powers. "skill" is something that is inherent and while it can be sharpened by experience it does not come from it... so experience itself isnt definitive and because many of these people are assisted in their endeavors by powers (or at least above human stats) you cant really use their feats either.

so, i dunno.

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Yes.

Link could even spin attack if he wanted, he just can't amplify it with magic like he normally would. Same goes for MetaKnight, and everyone else with special attacks. They may use them, just without amplifying them magicly.

Helm Splitter is non magical, and therefore allowed.

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i dont think this thread can have a definitive winner, then. it is too hard to gauge pure skill, especially for characters that have powers. "skill" is something that is inherent and while it can be sharpened by experience it does not come from it... so experience itself isnt definitive and because many of these people are assisted in their endeavors by powers (or at least above human stats) you cant really use their feats either.

This is true, but we've always tried before.

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Skill only? Probably Raphael.
Vergil has skill, but most of his fights are based on his speed which the TC has excluded.
Link, screw 'im .
Dunno enough about Marth and MT.

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if vergil or meta move at their natural speed they win

if not i have no idea who wins

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Well, in the spirit of this being the "olympics", it would be wrong to have characters like Link, MK, and Vergil rape Marth and Rapheal due to super human strength and speed that can't be beaten through skill, and we'd have our 3 medalists right off the bat.

Without those super human physical attributes, we level the playing field, and the most skilled will take gold.

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