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I was thinking, what if there were arm wrestling tables in a few places? The Sly came to mind as a likely spot for one, and maybe Grunen's for topside (or maybe topsiders miss out).

Mechanically, it would work by checking the participants strength and endurance, maybe in a few 'stages', with repeated good rolls required for victory. It might be a non-violent way to settle who's bigger and tougher–or an invitation to the kind of shit-talking that starts a blood feud.

By Crooknose at Sep 28, 2017, 8:48 PM | 0

You know, I kinda wanted to question the relevancy, and what-nut. Weither Arm Wrestling would be a thing I would want to see, or do. But the further I stewed on the idea, the more I thought: Hey, the more ways one can compare, contrast, and compete on the size of one's supreme burrito, the better…

Supported +1

By Honesty at Sep 29, 2017, 8:55 PM | 0

A way to compete in pure stats 1-on-1 would be nice, beyond just strength.

By Kuzco at Sep 29, 2017, 8:55 PM | 0

I really like the idea of arm wrestling and some sort of stat on stat vid-game or something.

By Dorn at Sep 29, 2017, 8:56 PM | 0

I like Kuzco's idea- where one might be able to compare stats with each other. This helps to support competitions RPed out.

By Diani at Sep 30, 2017, 1:32 AM | 0

+1 on these ideas. At the moment, you can theoretically guess in a few instances who might be stronger, faster, tougher, etc, but it's just guesses. It would be nice to be able to challenge someone to step up or shut up.

By Meoris at Sep 30, 2017, 5:28 AM | 0

I mean, there is currently a system in place to test these things - beat the shit out of each other. But yes, I suppose a non-violent way to compare would be useful to Corpie bouncers and other 'civilized' tough guys.

By Stelpher at Sep 30, 2017, 5:32 AM | 0

I was thinking about this earlier, on the terms of "Why the fuck can't I challenge my ace to an arm wrestle in this bar, then glass the fucking baka with my pint when he 'cheats' and I lose?" Honestly something I'd love to see rolled out, not just in bars but anywhere with a set bar/table item. Maybe code it into them with the syntax of armwrestle at

By Ryuzaki4Days at Oct 11, 2017, 9:49 AM | 0

I'd like to see Arm wrestling implemented as a form of non-violent combat that doesn't necessarily rely on pure strength. Sure, strength would be a prime stat, but it should also look at your technique, and endurance as well, including stances even (Trying to push someone over is more taxing than just maintaining after all!)

By RedSteelButterfly at Sep 18, 2019, 3:46 PM | 0

I dislike this because it's a way for people to compare @stats in a safe environment and that's not in the spirit of things around here.

By Vera at Sep 18, 2019, 4:02 PM | 0

+1 I think this is a great idea. As far as comparing stats is concerned. People play pool, and chess, and spar and and and…

By Jotun at Sep 18, 2019, 4:10 PM | 0

Neither pool nor especially chess are contrastive mechanisms. There's no weighing of stats against one another in either case.

By 0x1mm at Sep 18, 2019, 4:33 PM | 0

I tend to agree with Vera – any mechanism that can passively and safely be used to refine a measurement of relative and absolute combat (or combat-adjacent) strength is at least notionally in opposition to the idea that you're supposed to learn about combat and the combat aptitude of characters by like, actually fighting them.

Nothing to say another game couldn't be added to the existing repertoire that didn't expose that kind of information though.

By 0x1mm at Sep 18, 2019, 4:47 PM | 0

How is an arm wrestle different than a spar to first blood, or two hits, or a gang deal that we can fight but not kill eachother, or UMC?

By Jotun at Sep 18, 2019, 4:59 PM | 0

Those things are much more complex & layered & can & do go very wrong sometimes. Sparring weapons is a bit of an overlapping grey area, as is Riot Gear, but they at least involve more than literally 1 skill check.

By Jameson at Sep 18, 2019, 5:02 PM | 0

Then don't make it one skill check? See my suggestion?

By RedSteelButterfly at Sep 18, 2019, 5:04 PM | 0

Ya, I could see it using str, end, int, maybe even checking to see if you have any combat skills at all, and that's just off the top of my head, and with know deep knowledge of how skills and stats work.

By Jotun at Sep 18, 2019, 5:12 PM | 0

Arm wrestling is so 1998 anyways.

Choke each other. See who goes down quicker. :D

By Grizzly666 at Sep 18, 2019, 5:19 PM | 0

I mean, kinky.

By RedSteelButterfly at Sep 18, 2019, 5:20 PM | 0

I don't hate the choke contest.

By Jotun at Sep 18, 2019, 5:27 PM | 0

Jotun, you need to read 'help chastity'. >:E

By RedSteelButterfly at Sep 18, 2019, 5:28 PM | 0

Well, I know it doesn't exist but I feel like a lot of people need a @safespace. That's a whole nother topic though.

By Jotun at Sep 18, 2019, 5:30 PM | 0

Make it take like 3 minutes and drain your endurance so you can't go around a bar as if you're giving high fives.

By ynk at Sep 19, 2019, 6:20 AM | 0

While this idea is around six years old, I think it should get revisited again. The game was introduced to weight lifting benches, which are solely for displaying ones strength, an addition for said functionality via arm wrestling would be nice, maybe add more stat rolls for it, as suggested before. '@challenge x' would prompt and inquiry for arm wrestling competition and the outcome would be decided between the participants Endurance (Stamina sub stat) and Strength (Muscle substat). Maybe even skill if that would make things more interesting.

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