(01-27-2017, 12:16 PM)Maia Wrote: I don't have much experience with running tournament-style events, so I'll leave the OoC logistical advice to the experts.
However, this topic came up just the other day in my linkshell chat, so maybe I can offer a suggestion or two regarding the theme.
The general lamentation I saw was that there don't seem to be any major tournaments right now who encourage a mixture of fighting styles. For example, there's a non-magic tournament, a magic-specific tournament, and a fight-club-esque brawl tournament -- but those who use aether and melee in combination find themselves at a natural handicap when entering one of the above. (A solid example of this being IC dark knights, among other skillsets that combine magic and stabby-stab.)
With the inevitable popularity of ICly being a Red Mage on the horizon, there may be a real interest in a "Spellsword" tournament, or even just a "Mixed Arts" theme. The main challenge might be to try and pair participants up with those who use somewhat equivalent fighting styles due to the "anything goes" aspect, but I can vouch that there's a demand.
If not, there's always a Pokemon-style monster-battle tournament for consideration!
tbh I think at least some of the reason why we don't have mixed tournaments is that it's feasible for your average punchy mckicky to win round after round against other non-magickal martial artists, but things get a little blurrier when the opponent starts slinging fireballs and summoning egi and opening holes to the void
but yes, I think as soon as SB is released and RDM is attainable we'll absolutely see mixed tournaments and duels. like you said we already have a sizeable fanbase of arcane knights kind of people that have been growing since the RDM announcement