For events, a lot of us use rolz.org and just oppose dice to see who lands what on who. For free-form stuff... Well, I'm not young anymore so the appeal has dropped off. Flowery prose tends to give way to DBZ-style powering up and meteors getting dropped and that's not my cup of tea.
I dislike RNG systems to determine victors on a superstitious level, but it seems to be the most "fair." I also adhere to the "logical out" method of getting my face wiped off of my face: The Grindstone's taught me a LOT about protected losses and not looking completely inept when someone breaks my face in. Distractions, not being in the right presence of mind, those sorts of things all go far in justifying how someone who's trained for combat can lose to a new person just trying a weapon out or something similar.
Personally, I find losing more fun.
I dislike RNG systems to determine victors on a superstitious level, but it seems to be the most "fair." I also adhere to the "logical out" method of getting my face wiped off of my face: The Grindstone's taught me a LOT about protected losses and not looking completely inept when someone breaks my face in. Distractions, not being in the right presence of mind, those sorts of things all go far in justifying how someone who's trained for combat can lose to a new person just trying a weapon out or something similar.
Personally, I find losing more fun.