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Post by Zorc von Galbanet on Nov 28, 2011 19:41:49 GMT -5
I just wanted to start a thread about this in "Most Influential" just to grasp the main person, not multiple but the person you would see as you either "Favorite" or simply, the person who most "Rivaled" with to get you to where you are. True fact is, every day that passes, you may get a new rival. This person is someone who pushes you past your limit in such a way to set you a bar higher then the rest, they change you. But then you meet a specific person who takes this and makes it look like it's nothing. Not to sound quaint but, there is one person, I doubt a single person here other than a select few even know his name. Samsara, strangely enough when I think back of his fighting style and degree of speed he proved to show time and time again in Speed Styles. He was gifted with amazing speed that most around him would never dare to scoff at. He is the true rival that, even though he was at such a far distance from me, he still took a fighter under his wing and train him till he didn't have a drop of a sweat left in him, until he became powerful enough in such a short time to fight with the 'true fighters'.
So that's my story, share yours.
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Post by Dexter on Nov 29, 2011 3:49:21 GMT -5
There are actually two people who I consider "Most Influencial" to me. The first of course is myself, as I seem to be my own worst enemy at times. Nobody pushes me to the limit as much as I push myself. But when it comes to a single teacher, or instructor that I believe had the most effective impact on my training, that person would have to be Wes.
Wesley goes by many names, depending on where he's at. I've heard different people address him as Master Kanretsu, Goutetsu Ž, Shadou Master Z, Heiryou Shinjou, Dionysus, Aou Long, Fuma Kotaro, Lordred Higeliac, Lambrecht Brandtson, Feral SeVant, Wu Wan Shu, Gyokko Gaiden, Shinobi-kiki, and several other screen names which ellude me at this time. Personally, I know him as Goutetsu Ž.
Goutetsu Ž pushed me farther than anyone else in all my years of training. He showed me how to fight unarmed, and how to be well-rounded in striking, boxing, kicking, grappling and takedowns. He also taught me the way of the sword, both Chinese and Japanese, and showed me what it means to have respect for all fighting styles. As I progressed to more advanced methods, Goutetsu Ž taught me how to play chess, and even how to use different strategies in order to defeat my opponents. I personally watched Goutetsu Ž go through different phases in his life.
I've seen his good side and his bad side. At the beginning when I first met him, he was intoxicated and arrogant. He was on so many drugs, I don't even think he could see straight. But I watched Goutetsu Ž as he got older, and slowly his whole attitude towards roleplaying had changed. He was no longer intoxicated, he was sober and drug free. He was no longer cocky and uptight, but more humble and relaxed. The more I trained with him, the more I learned from him. When I last saw him, he was laughing and smiling, talking about how much respect he had for other on-line fighters.
Goutetsu Ž was by far the most influencial teacher I've had.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2011 11:39:12 GMT -5
The most influciental person in my entire life was someone named MG. He was a godsend to me, and I was one of the only people that had an extreme hatred for him. I wanted to beat him, I trained and trained, my hands nearly bled from the brutal pressures. He always seemed to outmaneuver me when I trained a certain way. I went berserk when I lost to him, calling him out for all sorts of things, trying to make the loss out of something it wasn't.
I learned how to lose at a very young age. I was the most defeated fighter of all time. Everyone could beat me around that time, I had small hands, my joints were still developing. That is the only thing I could think of why I was so fucking slow back in the day. MG is one of the only reasons why I am around today. After defeating Kael 4-5 coming back from 4-0, I trained even harder, which developed into a series of losses from Cade Cross. I eventually defeated him though over and over again, cementing at the time my victory over anyone that stood in my way.
What does MG have to do with this? I still hated him, that hate burned and fueled me. Even though the flame has finally died, I must train still to beat him if he ever comes back from retiring or anyone else for that matter. My vow to Prettz was to defeat anyone that comes against me, in one way or another without cheating. He has trained me further than anyone else before and I thank him everyday for that.
Prettz is my second most infuliental person in my life. He first thought of my as an underdog in each fight, which I was. I hardly had someone to call my master. I trained other people, but I had one flaw, I trained alone. So when it came down to a fight with someone else, I lost my nerves and started to falter. In my training I was blowing past records and destroying my dummies. But in a fight, it was an entire different story.
What does this have to do with Prettz? Prettz trained me to fight, we fought day and night on webcam for nearly 5 months now, he is the only one to do that for me. He may just feel bad for me, but in any case he is still my master, and I will fight him everyday till I can hit my limit.
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Post by Dirge on Nov 29, 2011 15:16:58 GMT -5
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Post by Bice on Dec 7, 2011 2:50:17 GMT -5
Mine is simple: Amicus.
Anybody who knows me doesn't need much of a history lesson on that.
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Post by Sadara Uchiha on Dec 15, 2011 11:57:50 GMT -5
Well To be honest The most influential person is simple: Wendigo
Those who knows me, Can see a somewhat change in my way before meeting her and after meeting her. She taught me how to conduct myself, in a more mature and understandable manner then just flying off the hedges at people.
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Post by xarchxredeemerx on Dec 16, 2011 14:16:36 GMT -5
Single most influential person to me? There had been many teachers, mentors, students that I have trained, and passing influences in my life, though there had been none other as influential as Dazu. Many of you might not recognize him, but he was back in the day of refuge's prime, where fighting actually mattered. I thrived to defeat him, and he, being my master at the time, trained me to become who I am now in my fighting career.
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Post by Lys' on Jan 2, 2012 23:32:25 GMT -5
The most influential person in my fighting career has been myself. I know that sounds insanely narcissistic, but it's the truth. There's never been anyone who constantly pushed me like I've pushed myself. There's never been someone who I wanted to defeat or impress more than anyone else. Everyone I've ever tried to defeat, I defeated through pushing myself because of myself.
There is not a single fighter I've ever stood against that I haven't beaten at least once, and some of them on multiple occasions. Others I have a flawless record against. It's not because those people angered me, or gave me this inborn desire to defeat them. It's because I wanted to prove to myself that I could, and so I pushed myself until I did.
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Post by Wesley on Jan 3, 2012 0:31:42 GMT -5
Good answer Lys'
As for myself, personally, I'd have to say Dark Saiya-jin Vegetto and Blink182 (R.I.P. my friend, I'll see you when I get there). Those two people influenced me a lot when I first started on-line fighting. Unfortunately, Blink182 passed away IRL and Dark Saiya-jin Vegetto retired a long, long time ago. But they gave me the tools which I would eventually learn to sharpen on my own, so I give credit to them for influencing me in the right direction.
Keep on keepin on.
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Post by Lys' on Jan 3, 2012 0:59:15 GMT -5
What's up, Dinyosus? Haven't seen you since RPE died, and our really fun, entirely military-oriented battle died.
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Post by Wesley on Jan 3, 2012 4:51:41 GMT -5
Eh, a lot has happened since then, I'm afraid. I had some growing up to do. Got myself banned from a few different sites here and there, spent some time in and out of prison, ended up having a kid, got divorced, started my own business, lost my own business, started training for the UFC, lost interest in the UFC, became a bible thumper, and now I'm teaching street defense classes. I haven't been to RPE in years, I forgot it even existed to be honest with you. I jumped on the computer and got back on-line, only to find out that everything's changed and nothing's the same. People have been talking a lot about me, I see, so I just stopped by to set the record straight and clarify some things so that there aren't any misconceptions. I don't get down on these RP communities any more, I have no interest in them whatsoever. I just think it's funny how as soon as I went to prison, a bunch of cockroaches came out of the woodwork and started making false claims about me. Foolish cockroaches, that's why I came to exterminate.
Why does this forum even exist, anyway? And who the hell is Alex Israel? I really hope he doesn't think there's any kind of money in this stuff. It's not even a career. It's not even a business. Hell, let's just be blunt about it. Textual Combat isn't real, and it's certainly not as important as everyone is making it out to be. We all know none of these internet freaks can throw a punch without hurtin themselves. Who the hell are these people tryna fool any way? They sure as hell aint foolin me.
And Dexter?
... Shut up.
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Post by Blue Lightning Flik on Jan 3, 2012 13:49:27 GMT -5
If I had to pick, I would probably choose two most influencial people. While my time in AOL, Yahoo and other chats was valuable and crucial to my development, I was never really interested in fighting. I was just told I was good. Fighting didn't get interesting to me until I met Keiyin Miitshura (Jason) and Seriyou Shinjou (Eric).
Jason motivated me to enjoy fighting, not just see it as a means to an end. Jason is probably the best online fighter I've ever seen and, while I've never officially lost, I consider him to be better at online fighting than me in every regard. Eric motivated me because never in the whole of my life have I wante4d to beat someone so badly as I've wanted to beat Eric. The fights between us that actually happened always ended in bickering over what move connected and how, so neither of us holds a victory over the other. But no one has been able to push my buttons or make me hate them as much as Eric. And witnessing his powers fight defeat at the hands of Longsii is one of the high points of my time with fighting.
I have long since retired from "fighting" online and strictly only role play now, so I don't see this pair of people ever being contested. Keiyin is the real legend of fighting in my mind, and the fact that he's never made a "Hall of Fame" list is a travesty to me.
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Post by Lys' on Jan 3, 2012 16:28:37 GMT -5
It started out as the speed-fighting version of The Hall of Records. Now it's just here.
You'd recognize him as Quickhand.
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Post by Wesley on Jan 4, 2012 19:33:25 GMT -5
If I had to pick, I would probably choose two most influencial people. While my time in AOL, Yahoo and other chats was valuable and crucial to my development, I was never really interested in fighting. I was just told I was good. Fighting didn't get interesting to me until I met Keiyin Miitshura (Jason) and Seriyou Shinjou (Eric). Jason motivated me to enjoy fighting, not just see it as a means to an end. Jason is probably the best online fighter I've ever seen and, while I've never officially lost, I consider him to be better at online fighting than me in every regard. Eric motivated me because never in the whole of my life have I wante4d to beat someone so badly as I've wanted to beat Eric. The fights between us that actually happened always ended in bickering over what move connected and how, so neither of us holds a victory over the other. But no one has been able to push my buttons or make me hate them as much as Eric. And witnessing his powers fight defeat at the hands of Longsii is one of the high points of my time with fighting. I have long since retired from "fighting" online and strictly only role play now, so I don't see this pair of people ever being contested. Keiyin is the real legend of fighting in my mind, and the fact that he's never made a "Hall of Fame" list is a travesty to me. In regards to what Drew just said, it's funny, because I'm going to have to say the same thing. Not everyone here knows Keiyin (Jason), obviously, but I do because we were friends for a very long time. Keiyin started the whole RP thing way before me, and when I first met him he was one of the only people I associated myself with. Keiyin was a good friend of my teacher, Dark Saiya-jin Vegetto, and that's actually how we came to be introduced to one another. I was a spy, later to be considered a ninja working for a clan known as the Mavericks, of which Keiyin was the head leader. Although he never really taught me anything in regards to on-line fighting, I still feel influenced by him today because of the quality of his character and the humility he had. It took me many, many years before I learned how to be humble. You could say that in many ways, Keiyin was my last teacher. And Seiryou (Eric), well, everybody knows him by now. It's funny that nobody really remembers Heiryou, my character, because I was his twin brother, lol. Um, we never really got along too well, Seiryou and I, we were always butting heads with one another, trying to be better than one another at everything we did. Seiryou made it very difficult for me to be humble, and in many ways I have to agree with Drew that my hate for Eric is what influenced me the most. To this day, I still don't respect him as much as a person. As a roleplayer, he was alright, but as a person he just pushed my buttons way too much and tried to take credit for things which really weren't his to take credit for. But I guess in many ways you could say that he influenced me as well, even though, again, there's really nothing I can say he actually taught me. On a whole different note, Seiryou, Quickhand, Saladin, Mewtwo, all those guys are really just a bunch of losers in my book. They all lie, cheat and dishonor the whole game as far as I'm concerned. You know, they all claimed to have beat me one time or another, but none of them ever defeated me, not on-line or in real-life. The only one who even came close to defeating me was Seiryou, and that was more of an emotional battle than anything. I almost lost myself because of my hatred for him, you know, because I was angry with him for impersonating me and my teachers, and my friends, and just lying constantly. I almost let my anger get the best of me. But none of these guys ever defeated me, so any of them who tries to say otherwise is lying. Dexter, you know, you were my student, and now, you're nothing. You've wandered off the path and taken the road that I warned you not to go down, and now you're pretty much becoming what I spent many years trying not to be. You know, I went down that road before, and it took me forever to find my way back. So, good luck to you, but don't come over to my house any more, and don't go around telling people that I trained you, and do not tell anyone that you are a Z senshi, because that honor has been stripped from you as of today. Everything else you said on here is pretty much correct, but don't associate yourself with me or the Z senshi. You are no longer fit to do so. I don't even claim to be a Z senshi, any more.
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Post by CloakedWarriorRias on Jan 6, 2012 16:45:13 GMT -5
Well, I guess it's about time that I explain a bit of my inspiration...it is fair to see how an ego so grand could develop. Back in Pikachu's chatroom around 97' a person under the name TerraArmoredMew and the game Lunar: Silver Star Story inspired me to roleplay. It was him who taught me a basic sense in how to fight. Auto was the style being used at the time and despite being looked down maybe in this time, it once could be used creatively. Think of it as a very dulled down version of T1, and by T1 it would be like a sentence maybe even two describing an attack or some storyline value. However, this was only one part I learned, the creative style came more with Lunar the game and my own imagination at the time. Pikachu's Chat picked up and eventually the Dragon Council Wars started. At this point, my master sacrificed himself for me and a new Era of fighting and roleplaying started.
Late in 97' with Oceans Angel, Guardian Misty, BlueThunderFlik (not to be confused with Blue Lightning Flik) and many other forgotten names joined forces to defeat a man only known by as the "Dark Dragon Emperor" At this time, I still have no idea who it was. But, it gave me something to accurate in with roleplaying and made me into a better warrior. I'll always respect that.
Sometime during 98' I was banished from Pikchu's chatroom for being apparently "too powerful." A time when I caught my first wife Luna cheating on me with my brother PrinceTerracite. Most of my allies turned on me at the time and I was basically shunned from the site. With no place to go I came to Charmander31s. A chat which I've seen in the past but never had really not interest in. The crowd seemed to be full of characters of Pokemon, and old Final Fantasy games. Unlike a few other sites I've been too, like Usagi and Marmouro's (whatever the fuck that Sailor Moon shit was called) this had the right mixture with they way people interacted. Joining the place surprised me, as word had spread about what I had done in Pikachus. It's hard to be around 13 or 14 that I was a known person in some strange land of the internet. With that respect I became the Guardian of Charmander31s...and later I would battle the most random and strongest warriors known to the early Era of roleplaying...
One of the first real fights I had as Guardian would be the debut bout with Warlock. He was known more as WARLOCK at the time...a rather annoying bastard who seemed to wanna be a cheap dark knock off version of me. He did an alright job I guess, it was more flattering than a real fight. At that time I noticed that my actions could inspire others to inspire me. If ya' follow. AutoAdvanced was developed around this time, I felt like that there needed to be order in the way people fought. Using this new system most of all Charmander31 warriors would be trained and use this style for fighting...this would also spread onto other chatrooms. Some have claimed that I was the inspiration behind T2, flattering as that may be. I am not that person, both styles seemed to had been developed roughly about the same time.
Time went on and many wars raged on, many which have been explained by the other articles in this site. I will reflect on them at another time, for now I would like to explain a basic story. Now during the Eden Era a warrior known as Flik joined into the realm of Chars. At the time I knew he was a warrior from Yahoo chat. A good fighter as well, bringing T2 into the area as if he was a missionary of the product. This style would later replace AutoAdvanced...and beyond the fighting styles the man introduced, it was the way he could fight which gave me new shine to things. Flik had shown me the way of T2 and even defeated me in it, making it one of my first major loses within the time I was the Hero of Chars. **His eyes shifted from left to right, soon they centered back to the crowd.** However, that was still a cheap victory as T2 was installed with a pause system at the time which would allow you with other people cheat you out of a victory.
With this lose, I took off...leaving Squall a young student of mine who also inspired me to become a mentor and trainer later on in my life. Rogue at this point Alex changed to Cloaked Warrior Rias and started a whole new life in TuxedoMask chat. Some strange style was ruled as the fighting standard...some guy who worked under Kaitou Ace. It's hard to remember the name of that style but, it basically was a light version of T1. That's all I can remember about that....
And for now that is really all I can say. I'll try to cough up more past times as my memory jolts back.
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