Hunter Kalar vs. Hunter Aiden Lee

Hunter Kalar

Journeyman 3, Journeyman tier, Clan Odan-Urr
Male Anzati, Force Disciple, Marauder
vs.

Hunter Aiden Lee

Journeyman 3, Journeyman tier, Clan Taldryan
Male Human, Force Disciple, Seeker
Comment

I see a lot of potential in this match, from both of you, and that's a good thing. Please review the comments made and try to work on those areas if you're aiming at improvement within the ACC.

In terms of this match, neither of you managed to stand out in the Story department as you both seem to be more focused on writing the action than setting up the scene within the reader's mind. This results in some actions that leave the reader (me) scratching their head and doing mental arithmetic to figure out what is going on. That's something you should try to avoid. You want your reader to be lost in the world you are creating, not trying to piece it together.

With the totals gathered, Aiden Lee is the winner of this match, and I look forward to you both progressing in the future.

Hall Duelist Hall - Old Container
Messages 4 out of 4
Time Limit 3 Days
Battle Style Alternative Ending
Battle Status Judged
Combatants Hunter Kalar, Hunter Aiden Lee
Winner Hunter Aiden Lee
Force Setting Standard
Weapon Setting Standard
Hunter Kalar's Character Snapshot Snapshot
Hunter Aiden Lee's Character Snapshot Snapshot
Venue Karufr - Massassi Temple Training Grounds
Last Post 2 December, 2015 8:58 PM UTC
Syntax - 15%
Keiji Suoh Master Aiden Lee Deshra
Score: 4 Score: 4
Rationale: Refer to the comments. Rationale: Refer to the comments.
Story - 40%
Keiji Suoh Master Aiden Lee Deshra
Score: 3 Score: 3
Rationale: You told a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end. However, there was no real substance to it, with most of your action in your first post being related to an internal struggle for your character and very little time put into establishing the imagery of your scenes. Rationale: You established a complete story with a beginning, middle, and an end. You also made an attempt at establishing a motivation for the conflict, but it came across as rushed since you only devoted your first sentence to it. After that, the biggest factor bringing you down from a 4 is your focus on the action over the scene. There isn't any real sense of imagery or framing for the conflict itself, and that leaves the reader asking for more.
Realism - 25%
Keiji Suoh Master Aiden Lee Deshra
Score: 2 Score: 4
Rationale: The ability of Aiden to continue combat after receiving lightsaber wounds to his arm and leg really hurt you in this regard. It just isn't a realistic response to this kind of damage. Additionally, you did not use Force Lightning realistically, and employed Stasis without the ability to do so. Please refer to the comments. Rationale: Your slight misstep with Control Self and Amplification at the same time are what hurt you here.
Continuity - 20%
Keiji Suoh Master Aiden Lee Deshra
Score: 3 Score: 5
Rationale: In your final post, you wrote Aiden functioning as if his previous wounds weren't inflicted without any attempt at addressing them. Considering their severity, this is a major issue instead of minor. Rationale: There were no issues of note.
Keiji Suoh's Score: 2.9 Master Aiden Lee Deshra's Score: 3.8
Posts

Deep within the jungles of Karufr lies a massive temple built from stone blocks, hand-carved by the builders of the Massassi. The ancient race made its home on the planet after joining forces with Clan Taldryan, having been freed from stasis years ago. Now, an entire civilization exists, hidden far from the prying eyes of Karufr's citizenry. As a Jedi, you are one of the few to have access to their secret base.

You step onto the temple grounds and watch the fearsome warriors train in small regiments with their crude weapons. The entire temple is in a state of anticipation as the Massassi know they will soon be called on once more to aid the Dark Jedi of Taldryan in battle. The temple is shaped like a giant pyramid, towering into the sky, and serves as a backdrop to the training ground.

The War Chief notices you and gestures you forward. He clears the area around you with a bellowing command, and the Massassi warriors present form a wide circle with you at the center. A moment later, you realize you're not the only Jedi to visit the temple—the crowd parts slightly to allow the newcomer to enter the ring. The gathered Massassi holler in good cheer. They want to see a fight.

The Chief raises his weapon to the sky and barks a command. The Massassi begin to stamp their feet against the ground, creating a loud, steady beat that seems to get your blood pumping. With little choice left, you lock eyes with your opponent and ready yourself for a fight.

Sent by his master to investigate the intruder on Karufr, Aiden found himself in the center of a ring, surrounded by the chanting Massassi. Across the arena stood the intruder, whom, according to the emblem adorning his armor, was from the Clan Naga Sadow.

“You’re a little far from Orian, aren’t you?”

The intruder looked back at Aiden through the lenses on his black and white mask. Knowing the predicament he was in, Kal focused on the Force, calming his heartbeat, attempting to clear his jumbled thoughts. His inexperience with the Force caused this to be a difficult task for the Hunter.

“I’m where I need to be.”

“What brings you to Karufr?”

“My business is my own, Taldryan. If we could get passed this unpleasantness, I’ll be on my way.”

“Oh yeah, no problem. Taldryan is just known for just letting trespassers go after all.” Aiden didn’t want to fight, but the chanting around the ring, and the knowledge that diplomacy wouldn’t work here decided the matter for him.

“These people want a show, I guess we’d better give them one.”

Kal quickly drew his Synergy WLD-5 Peacekeeper, and fired at Aiden. The Taldryan activated his purple lightsaber and deflected the blaster shots.Not wanting to stay on the defensive, he charged forward closing the distance between them. As Aiden closed in on his target, Kal fired at the Taldryan’s feet, searing the dirt covered ground. Aiden was thrown off balance and dropped his lightsaber.

Falling to the ground, Aiden manipulated the Force, hammering into Kal’s chest, knocking the Peacekeeper from his grasp. Kal righted himself from Aiden’s strike, though his movements seemed shaky. He brought his hands up to his mask covered face and his head shook back and forth.

“No….no…….not now!”

His body seemed to strain and contort as if in debilitating pain and he gave out a slight yell before becoming still. Standing back up, Kal’s posture seemed to change greatly, seeming more aggressive.

“What the….where am I?”

Confused by what he was seeing Aiden held out his hand and pulled his lightsaber back into his grasp with the Force. After securing the hilt to his belt he stepped towards Kal.

“The same place you were two minutes ago. Karufr, about to get what’s coming to you.”

“Karufr?”

Kal looked at Aiden, and turned his head towards the Taldryan’s belt where his lightsaber hung. Lar had taken over.

“Another Jedi, eh? This’ll be fun.”

Aiden rooted himself to the ground and brought his arms up, ready to strike. Lar's legs widened, and shoulders pushed forward. He sprang into action, and brought his arm down harshly to slam into Aiden. Aiden blocked with his left forearm feeling his bones waiver under the pressure of the blow, then pivoted his body, throwing his body into a right hook catching Lar in the chest. Lar took the hit and, using the weight of Aiden’s blow, reversed into a series of open handed attacks, and kicks. Aiden took each hit, either to his arms, or shins, and felt his strength failing him from the consistant damage he took. He could only strike back when he felt he had a clear hit.

While focusing on defense, Aiden miscalculated his movements, and didn’t see Lar’s elbow as it smashed into his side. Stumbling from the damage done by the clearly stronger opponent, Aiden summoned the Force to his will and sent it hammering into Lar, throwing the Naga Sadow Hunter into a wall of the Massassi’s nearby temple.

As Lar impacted with the stone wall, the Massassi cheered for their ally, rallying Aiden to a hopeful victory. Aiden took out his two vibrorapiers and flipped the rapier in his off hand into a reverse grip, squeezing on the handles.

Lar stood up and brushed dust off of his armor, a small amount of blood soaking through his sleeves. Chuckling, he turned sideways, putting his weight of his back leg, keeping his forward arm and leg weight free.

“Well this has been fun, Taldryan. I am afraid though, that this fight must come to an end.”

Darth Renatus, 3 December, 2015 12:57 AM UTC

“You’re a little far from Orian, aren’t you?”

Don't leave the reader guessing as to who is talking. I can infer based on my knowledge of CNS that Aiden is the speaker, since it makes reference to a CNS system.

“I’m where I need to be.”

“What brings you to Karufr?”

“My business is my own, Taldryan. If we could get passed this unpleasantness, I’ll be on my way.”

Again, you don't establish the speaking order. It's fine to drop "he said, she said" after you've established the back and forth, but you haven't done that yet.

deflected the blaster shots.Not wanting to

Missed the space between sentences here.

Falling to the ground, Aiden manipulated the Force, hammering into Kal’s chest, knocking the Peacekeeper from his grasp.

This falls under the philosophy of "show don't tell". The reader is missing a lot of the imagery for this. Did you channel it through your hand? Throw it out and fire it? This will help your story score.

“No….no…….not now!”

An ellipses is three periods, like so: "..." Anything beyond that is being used incorrectly, I presume to denote the pause. This is something you could denote with the the following:

"No... no... not now!" Kal cried out, struggling between his words.

Aiden summoned the Force to his will and sent it hammering into Lar, throwing the Naga Sadow Hunter into a wall of the Massassi’s nearby temple.

Again, you need to show more and tell less. Additionally, you need to be more cognizant of the distance you knock your opponent. I can't tell because you haven't mentioned the wall before now, but the wording here implies you sending him further than your strength in Telekinesis allows.

Chuckling, he turned sideways, putting his weight of his back leg

Should be "weight on his back leg".


There are two striking issues with this post. First off, the complete lack of any identifiers with your dialogue. You can't leave your reader guessing who is talking, you need to make it clear and established.

The other issue is in terms of the story you're telling. You seem to get so focused in the actual action occurring that you abandon the scene itself. After reading this post, I don't have a single image of the area in my head. I don't know where the characters are situated, what they are in relation to, or even what the Massassi are doing until the tail end of the post.

Lar charged in while igniting his lightsaber. Aiden could only manage one strike with his off hand, while his main hand lost its blade. Taking a step back Lar held his side. The wound wasn’t too deep, but it still cut through his suit and had blood drawn. Lar healed it as fast as it could, while Aiden drew his lightsaber. Quickly they rushed forward and locked blades. For only a moment did they lock eyes. Quickly they separated their blades. Their slow strikes fell into a pattern of ups and downs, then side strikes then back to overhead swings and blocks. All of their moves were rough, and rigid. Neither one being able to break the pattern of the fight.

Lar could see his opponent starting to slow. He pressed harder, hoping to break his guard. It was working. Lar struck Aiden on his left arm and leg. Lar tried to finish him with an overhead swing, but was stopped. Something invisible was preventing him from reaching Aiden.

“Please stop.” Kal asked

“No,” Lar yelled back at Kal, “His soup is mine!” Lar continuously smashed the barrier between them, hoping it would break. Aiden took this time to prepare himself.

“We don’t need his soup. It’s probably sour anyways.” Kal said trying to get Lar to stop.

“Shut up, you ignorant voice. You don’t exist!” Lar growled at Kal. Aiden heard the end of the conversation. His opponent was arguing with himself? About eating soup? That made no sense, unless… he was an Anzat. Aiden saw it now. The voices he didn’t understand, but soup. That was Aiden’s head he was talking about. He couldn’t allow Lar to get the chance. Once more he hammered Lar with the Force, sending him flying from Aiden.

“I’m getting real sick of that trick!” Lar growled as he stood up, ready to continue the fight. Ready to feast.

Darth Renatus, 3 December, 2015 1:09 AM UTC

Lar struck Aiden on his left arm and leg.

This is the beginning of your mistake. It has been established in Canon that saber wounds are "fight ending", as demonstrated in relation to this wound in Episode II with Dooku wounding Obi-wan. You just ended the combat within the second paragraph of the match's second post, when there is still a Final post to go (from both of you).

“Please stop.” Kal asked

When including the "he said, she said" you should use a comma instead of a period (! and ? are fine as well)


While a little on the shorter side, that doesn't necessarily make a bad post. You get good content into that short space. However, you hindered yourself by inflicting "fight ending" wounds so early, which will cause realism issues if Aiden continues to fight, which he does.

Burning pain seared through Aiden’s left arm and leg from where Lar’s lightsaber made contact, but he knew he was lucky that it hadn’t been a killing blow. As Lar stood back up, Aiden focused on the Force, controlling his breathing and numbing the pain he felt. Carefully rising, Aiden reactivated his armory lightsaber, the purple blade snapping back to life.

“I must end this battle. My mission will be completed.” Aiden whispered.

“Then let's end it Taldryan. In the end your soup will be mine.” Lar snarled

Lar rushed Aiden, lashing out with his lightsaber. Knowing his opponent was physically stronger than he was, Aiden concentrated on allowing the Force to slowly spread throughout his muscles, effectively increasing his strength and speed over the time the fight went on. Red and purple clashed again, and again, as the two hunters tried to win the lightsaber duel, but with Aiden’s new found strength, they seemed evenly matched.

The battle raged on, with the onlooking Massassi chanting and cheering. Aiden lunged his lightsaber at Lar, but the Anzat knocked his hand away with his strength. Aiden’s focus broke, just enough for Lar to kick him in the face, breaking his nose, and knocking him off balance. Falling to the ground Aiden lost hold of his lightsaber again.

“Looks like I win. I will devour your soup my Jedi friend.” Lar crowed.

Lar raised his lightsaber up and pointed the blade down to stab through his Taldryan enemy. Aiden sat facing away from Lar, seemingly waiting for the finishing blow to arrive. Lar thrust downward with all his might. Aiden could feel the blade coming closer and, sensing the danger he was in, rolled away at the last second. Grabbing the DL-18 blaster on his belt, he fired at the Anzat. Too exhausted from his injuries, the shots went wide. Realizing his mistake in missing fear crossed Aiden’s face. Lar stood tall, his mask boring into Aiden’s gaze. The Anzat rushed towards Aiden and lunged forwards with his red lightsaber.

“I failed, master.” Aiden whispered as the lightsaber seared through his chest. His eyes bulged out in pain. His breathing, labored, caught in his throat.

Lar ripped the lightsaber from Aiden’s chest and the Gray Jedi slumped forward onto the ground, still and lifeless. The Massassi people were in an uproar from the battle. Lar picked up Aiden’s lightsaber, as a trophy, and removed his mask. A crazed look covered his face as he went to claim his prized soup.

Darth Renatus, 3 December, 2015 1:15 AM UTC

Good attempt at balancing out the injuries inflicted by your opponent with Control Self, however you lose it a bit when you are simultaneously using Amplification. At +3, Control Self steal requires concentration to maintain, so splitting Aiden's focus with +1 Amplification (which would also leave you fatigued after a single use) is a realism issue.

Other than that, this is a good effort at bringing the story to a close with that issue present.

Aiden needed to keep his distance from Lar. He drew his DL-18 blaster and fired multiple rounds to keep Lar at bay. It didn’t work. Lar slowly marched at Aiden, blocking most of the bolts fired at him. Lar could only dull the pain, and what pain he felt only made him feel more infuriated. With each block he slowly increased his speed until he ended up in a full on run. He continually got closer and closer to Aiden. Aiden once more was forced to draw his blade.

Again they did battle and it was obvious that Aiden wouldn’t be able to maintain for long. Lar was now swinging more viciously than before. Lar had tapped into the Force and was attacking more and more, but he seemed less accurate than before. He swung randomly, but Aiden could hear the air woosh as his blade just missed him or feel the strength behind the blow when he blocked an attack. Aiden took this as an advantage. Lar was furiously swinging at Aiden hoping to hit. At some point Aiden side stepped and launched a blast of lightning into Lar’s side. They both collapsed, Lar due to pain and Aiden due to exhaustion.

Pushing past his exhaustion, Aiden stood up and walked near enough to Lar so that only he could hear him.

“How bout we call it quits? We make it look like you died, we drag you out of here, and you can be on your merry way. I’d really rather not be forced to kill you.” He said tiredly. This seemed like a good deal. Kal instantly put his input in.

“This seems like a good deal. Take it. We shouldn’t be wasting time here. We need to get a move on.” Kal insisted. Lar grumbled to himself.

“How do you plan to kill me?” Lar asked hoping for just a little more time.

“I would go and get one of my blades and stab you close to a vital organ, but not striking it.” Aiden answered hoping he was going to agree.

“Or we could just do this!” Lar said loudly and focused on Aiden. Aiden felt weird. He was still awake but couldn’t move. He was paralyzed and now Lar was standing up. He removed his mask and saw the two little proboscises move towards his face. They went up his nose and into his brain. Lar feed himself then allowed Aiden to fall to the ground. Lar quickly put his mask back on. It was clear that he had won, but now had the whole ring around him throwing glares.

“Great,” Lar muttered, “More fighting.”

Darth Renatus, 3 December, 2015 1:21 AM UTC

At some point Aiden side stepped and launched a blast of lightning into Lar’s side.

Aiden has +1 Lightning. At this rank it takes a great deal of concentration and a very powerful emotion to utilize the power. None of this is visible here.

Aiden felt weird. He was still awake but couldn’t move. He was paralyzed and now Lar was standing up.

And how did this occur? You don't have the Stasis Feat, only Mind Trick... and it couldn't do what you describe here.

Lar feed himself then allowed Aiden to fall to the ground.

Should be "fed", not "feed"


The major issues with this post is the continuity factor. You have two saber wounds on Aiden which should be, essentially, debilitating. You don't even make an attempt to have him use Control Self to manage it, and it isn't something a character can just fight through. This hurts you the most out of everything.