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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Igwilly" data-source="post: 7124479" data-attributes="member: 6801225">Ok, there’re some things I consider wrong in this analysis:First, difficulty is not directly related to Combat-as-Sport. That is, Combat-as-Sport is not (necessarily) easy mode. Difficult fights can be common, and in fact, one difficult fight at least occasionally is expected: the most famous boss fights.Second, this was explained in the original post, but got a lot underestimated in further examples: terrain and strategy are very important in Combat-as-Sport. Slippery terrain plus a caldron filled with acid plus a trap hidden somewhere quickly spice things up and change tactics. No strategy is left untouched by the encounter with the enemy, it seems. What it doesn’t happen is for pre-battle strategy to be the defining factor: that is, the fight will never be a sure win nor a sure lost. Clever play at the fight always play the bigger role. In addition, the terrain often does not act as a one-sided advantage: both sides react to the terrain and can take advantage of it.Third, I don’t know why the poll even states alchemist fire as a Combat-as-War thing. If you have something like that you sure can use in Combat-as-Sport.Forth, the bee example is completely rigged. The Combat-as-Sport version is a fairly standard one, while the Combat-as-War version is much more detailed and receives much more attention. Needless, to say, this sort of stuff can really change the viewer’s perception.Fifth, I honestly would like to see the well-developed definitions of Combat-as-Art and Combat-as-Drama, and the relationship between all these modes, but for my opinion, I’ll only consider the first two modes: Combat-as-War and Combat-as-Sport.With that said, I prefer Combat-as-Sport. Battles are seen here as a fun activity in themselves. In Combat-as-War, the fight is often viewed as a medium to an end: the end goal is not to have a complex fight, but to win or fulfill an objective. In Combat-as-Sport, we want to have a good fight and a fun tactical moment. In my heart, I see every battle with a Blood Knight’s eyes, pretty much with the enthusiasm of a Shonen anime (if not the actual power level). Short and predictable fights are boring and not worth the trouble. Drama is also included: in the big fights, emotional attachment is expected here in my table – especially against the main villain. Anyway, that’s just me <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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