(05-07-2015, 02:03 PM)Intaki Wrote: And while I have no interest in arguing the specifics of my provided examples, as they were meant to simply communicate the general notion that there is no such thing as actual canon-supported roleplay, I shall briefly humor your desire to engage in that particular argument: the Grindstone does not have to be profitable to be a threat. It can function as a branding threat ("Wait, which fighting place is the good one again?") or a scheduling threat ("Wow, there's a cool match coming up at the coliseum... oh wait, that's Grindstone time"), or numerous other kinds of threats. The possibilities are endless, and do bear in mind that we're talking about the same class of people who tried to off a fledgling merchant for trying to find his own mine out in the desert.
Let's talk about something else, then:
That's actually a really cool idea and not just because it places me in the role of Paul Heyman and ECW to Ul'dah's WWE. I struggled a lot to come up with something plausible when we initially did our funding thing: How the hell does the Grindstone exist? Historically, it had Syndicate backing, then FC backing, but now? Now there's no level of protection. How have we not been busted by Brass Blades? How has the Coliseum not just throw piles of gil at our star fighters to draw them away?
How has Warren not just been outright killed?
Answer: I don't have an answer. The Grindstone exists, in my head, as an RP Event first, with storyline or world-impact last. I (and those before me, I believe) never wanted it to be centered on anyone: It's a random dice fighting club. There's no need for an arcing storyline, and there's no call for it. It'd do more harm than good to try and shoehorn something in like that.
Definitely makes for some fun thoughts to chew on, though.
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