I, Kazan, bid you welcome to the RPG Dueling League, dedicated to the art of pitting the greatest warriors of the RPG Multiverse against each other in honourable combat! Within lies the greatest showcase of fighting talent you will ever lay your eyes upon! Here, you will be able to vote on a series of Battles. weekly where the greatest warriors will square off in combat! Fighters are split into divisions, aptly named for the fighting prowess of those within. The victors each week continue on in a typical eliminations-style tournament, until a victor is crowned champion of each division. Here, you'll also find exciting bonus matches and other spectacles to seduce your battle-starved souls, enough honourable combat to fill even an old man like me with joy! Questions? Go here! In addition, there's another small tournament called Not Ranked, which pits an even wider assortment of unique, secretive and unknown warriors against each other in a similar vein. If you're looking for a favourite, it wouldn't hurt to check that out as well. The DL is more than answering the question of how fighters stack up. It's a repository of information about RPG's varying from the obscure to the well known. Every bit of data gathered from every dank duengon and musty library in the RPG universe is gathered here. If you youngsters want to talk about any RPG of any stripe, you're welcome here. Check out this center of learning and find out new information about your favorite games! You've done a good job paying attention, students. Here's the news for Season 46: Many disciples train long and hard to gain entry into the DL proper. Two titles have gained the right to petition the DL's masters for admission. They are: Shin Megumi Tensai: Persona 3 and a single fighter from Final Fantasy 3: Cloud of Darkness. Some to the forums and help us decide if these ideas deserve admission to the league here. This topic will be open until the site closes at midnight on Thursday/Friday EST, so come check it out before then. Not Ranked is also returning soon. If you wish to find out more, contact Tonfa Baton at our forums! Looking to make an impact? Have an opinion about a fight, or merely wish to tell a story about how your favorite fighter wins (Or how that dishonorable hated fighter loses?) Send in a comment on a fight this week! The fans who come to vote and write create some of the magic of our universe. If not for your contributions, we would have have seen the 'magical' side of Ghaleon, nor seen the fate that befell Zidane when he tried to outsmart Fou-Lu. So send in a writeup today, and help make the site a better place! Now here's Chisato to take you Behind the Scenes! Semifinals! Whoo-hoo! Could this be the season? What, the season where Chisato finally faces enough scrubs to get a title? No way! I dunno. Tellah this week, then either Imoen or freaking Tai Ho after that? It's just not fair, I tells ya! There there, Nate. I'm sure we'll both have our days in the sun yet! Shut up, Odin, nobody was talking about you. Seriously, Odin, try to think before you just start blabbering about Sundays or whatever, okay? Again with that guy! I don't even know why we keep him around. Anyway, the main thing here is that I'm going to stomp all over that geezer and there's nothing that can stop me. Mrrrrrr. I'd make a joke about Chisato gnabbing low-hanging fruit, but that would likely result in unfortunate implications. And extreme cranial brusing. And don't you forget it. As much as I like to hear about how Chisato is going to win, can we move on and start this thing already, people? Well, if you're just going to get all grumpy about it... Ready when you are. Hey there, Readers! It's Week 4, and you know what that means: Semifinals! Just one more week after this to prove you've got what it takes. Things are getting tense around the DL as duellers put all they have into winning their matches, and the gang here at Behind the Scenes is ready to exploit that tension for comedic gold, and possibly interviewing. To start, say hello to Deis and Zenon! Ugh. Another hideous freak. And hello, Zenon. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH And Deis comes out swinging! Nice to see you too, Deis. What, going to try and ignore that? Well, considering the results of a thousand year dirt nap in some dirty little dungeon hovel, I'm sure I'd have to ignore plenty of things to get on with this interview. Um... Fair enough. Let's get this over with. Whew. You're doing pretty well your first time in, Zenon. What do you think your odds are against one of our veteran duellers? It's great to finally get a chance in the arena, and I'm sure no nutty goddess is going to stop me now. Funny. All it took was a redhead with bad fashion sense and his girlfriend to send you packing last time I checked. That's different! Sure. That time you actually faced someone at your own level. There's no way you'll ever top mine. Brave words, Deis. You'll eat them when we meet in the arena, I swear. Don't count on it. Oh, I'll be counting on it. Counting on your Dooooooom! ...what? I don't know. Riiiight. Talk about fizzling out. Much like his game series! Nice rebound there, guys. Next up: Geshp and Fenril! Whatever. Hello. How's things going with you guys? Oh, you know. Same old, same old. Just hanging out at my sky island, you know? So don't you guys ever do anything? Do what? I haven't been in the DL in awhile, so... Oh, come on. Surely there must be some sort of whacky hijinks that you two have gotten up too? That's stupid. You're stupid! Do I look like the whacky hijink person to you? Maybe you should be talking to Slust. All right, all right, I get it. You're boring. That's not true! I can attack...and then attack again! I'm like a FE character ,except from a different, less popular game! I have actual abilities...not that you'd see them much in the game... Abilities? Wow. That's something, I suppose. Wait, no it isn't. You've got nothing. Well at least I have an incredibly obscure and annoying recruitment method! That's right, champ. Keep reaching for that rainbow. You're almost as horrible as me! Again. Odin. Shuuuuuut up! I thought this was supposed to be about us! I'm leaving. Yeah, I don't have time for Odin to preen himself on camera. Peace. Wait, we didn't actually interview! ...I hope you're happy, Odin. But..but..you said they were boring... Oh, now he wants to talk about the match. Quit ego-tripping and get out of here. Well, nothing we can do now but move on to Middle... Hi! What's up, everybody? Now that Odin's gone, you should be free to talk about the match without interruption. Soul Blade. Now then, I'll just be getting my coat... For one thing, you never wear a coat, you furry little punk. Also, you're not going anywhere until I say it's okay. I...I play music really loud. And You! You...you do play music really loud. Okay, carry on. This is silly. I'm clearly the better dueller here. You have a bad habit of dying suddenly and in painful ways. I'm not too worried. Meh, that's all behind me now. You spontaneously combusted while waiting for our turn to talk! There's a giant hamster burrowing into your skull right now! I'M EATING YOUR THOUGHTS I feel all...tingly. Okay, okay, you can go. So you DO see it my way! No, I want you out of here before Jogurt eats the part of your brain that controls your bladder, because I don't want that mess all over the rug. Scram. If it's all the same to you... Yes, you can go too. I'd wash your shoes when you get home. Hey! That tickles. It's like there's a party in my mouth and your limbic system is invited! Man, what a trainwreck. Let's just do this thing... Hey there. My spear thirsts for more blood. It'll get plenty when you slit your wrists after losing this week. Silence! Follow your own advice. Go ahead, Imoen. I'm perfectly capable of taking on anything with my magic. Certaintly some boat guy isn't going to put up much of a fight. There's no way you're going to get the time to cast any spells with my spear in your throat, witch. Like I'm going to stand around and let you get a chance. I'll tear you to shreads and send you back to the unimportant character hell you spawned from. I'd like to see you try. To end this little discussion, I'd like to mention one of you two is going to die horribly when I beat you to death next week. Just something to look forward too, fellas! ... ... What, like I'm going to pass up the opportunity to toot my own horn a little bit? You're better than a barely recognizable Suikoden character, a D&D theif/mage hybrid character, and a frail old man who's biggest scene involves him keeling over and dying from exhaustion. Keepin' the dream alive, aren't we? More low-hanging fruit, eh? So not gonna go there. Good boy. Alright, you two can leave. Whew. Well, what are you waiting for? Wrap it up. That's it for week 4! See you next Saturday, where you can see my glorious Finals victory! See you around!