Guide: Challenges

When challenging someone, the person issuing the challenge is the "Challenger" and the person being challenged is the "Titleholder".

Issuing and Responding

To challenge someone, a Challenger goes to the appropriate section of the Discord server (depending on the title) and writes a message to the Titleholder (using the Discord @mention function in the message). At this point, the Titleholder has 24 hours to write a reply to the challenge. Once the Titleholder replies to the issued challenge, both participants will schedule a a time to carry out the challenge.

NOTE: Make sure the issued challenge and/or response message properly pings the other person, otherwise it may not count as a valid challenge/response (because they probably won't see it).

WARNING: Failure to respond is considered a neglect of your responsibilities as a Titleholder, and punishment can for this neglect can be worse than a simple loss of your title. If you know you won’t be available to respond in advance, please let moderators know ahead of time so they can manually intervene. As long as you show a willingness to fight eventually, you, your opponent, and the mods can work together to find a working solution.

Scheduling

At the moment the Titleholder responds to the issued challenge, the challenge is automatically given a tentative scheduled time of Exactly 24 hours after the Titleholder's reply. This time is usually inconvenient, so it is expected that the Challenger and Titleholder will discuss amongst each other and schedule a more convenient time themselves.

NOTE: To keep the challenges going for everyone who wants a shot at a title, it is highly preferred that the scheduled challenge time is as soon as possible. If you and your opponent cannot find a time before the automatic tentative time, consider cancelling the challenge until a more convenient time for both participants. You may schedule a time after the automatic tentative time, but if it is too far into the future, a moderator may ask you to cancel the challenge to avoid holding others up.

WARNING: Titleholders have a lot of power to force the timing of a challenge by choosing when they respond to the challenge. Using this to inconvenience the Challenger (ex: scheduling it when the Challenger might be tired and therefore easier to beat) is permitted, but using it to avoid fighting at all is considered dishonorable and, if overused, can prompt moderator intervention. It is expected that people defend their titles primarily by merit in challenges, not by merit in avoiding them.

The Challenge

Once the schedule time for the challenge arrives, the challenge itself may begin.

The nature of a challenge differs depending on the title being fought over, but the vast majority are decided by Duels. For challenges decided by duels, the Challenger starts off as the Attacker, and the Titleholder starts off as the Defender. Consult the Duel Guide for details on how to conduct a duel, and the specific title being fought over for any special conditions.

NOTE: Failure to appear at the scheduled time (within reasonable deviation) is considered an automatic loss, but is not otherwise punishable.

Title Fights are managed in the Title Fights forums on the Discord server. Challenges for the titles within will have special rules applied based on the title being fought for, and may even have requirements you must possess beforehand.

Not every title is won through a challenge, but those that are will be handled within the post for that title.

Note: Special for the last example, the Challenger has no rank and the Titleholder has "gatekeeper" written after their rank. This is the expected result of a Prospect issuing a challenge in the Arena.