He fired a quick round. I ducked, spun and released a boomerang. It whizzed by his head, he never flinched.
benboy755: Sure you’re not an Australian?
TheGreatCon: Sure you don’t want to use a dupe account for this fight?
Benboy also had a reputation as being one of the best conversant gamers, managing to hold conversations while thrashing opponents. It probably helped that he had a voice-to-text convertor.
I did some fancy maneuvers with my sharpened boomerang, which was merely me showing off. I couldn’t resist coding in a few useless showy moves last minute. He fired again, then pulled a hammer out of his armory and hurled it at me. I leapt over the bullets, which had been aimed low, and then as the hammer flew past I reached out and karate-chopped it out of the air. I turned, while drawing my sword, and blocked an incoming blow that I didn’t have to see to know it was there. His…sharp thingy bounced off my weapon, and he did a quick backhand. I parried and kicked at his shins. He stepped back, and sliced at my leg. I did a quick somersault over his unidentifiable sharp object, and swiped at his legs. He leapt over the blade and did a hard overhead swipe. I rolled to the side, springing to my feet. He used his other hand to nick me with a knife, but I quickly retaliated with a hard blow to his hand. He thrust with his swordish thing, I knocked it aside, and threw the boomerang. It missed his head as he ducked to the side. I parried another blow, and caught the returning boomerang.
It had taken me ages to master the boomerang. Do you know how hard it is to throw one in real life? Try mastering throwing one in-game! All the physics did apply in there, though, so it was merely a matter of the correct flick of the wrist. Oh, yeah, and remembering to catch it on the return.
It was slashes and parries, slices and ducks, weapon-switches and witty dialogue for a solid five minutes. I kept at it with the boomerang, changing my main weapon to keep pace with his switches, but maintaining the sharpened wooden crescent.
benboy755: Okay, that’s it kid. I’m bringing out the big guns.
And with that he drew out a totally uninspiring tree branch and proceeded to beat at me with it.
1. Ouch, that's a burn. 2. Yeah that would be helpful, unless it misshears something you said, that could be awkward. 3. Not exactly what I'd call the big guns, but ok.
1. I lit him up.
2. Very true, I wonder if autocorrect is possible on something like that.
-last edited on Nov 18, 2018 18:12:38 GMT by TheGreatCon
Post by TheGreatCon on Nov 18, 2018 18:11:53 GMT
Somebody hated me and my guts. Somebody high up. I checked the tip color. Gold. This was from one of the original game coders! There were only four possibilities!
But then it hit me. No, they didn’t hate my guts. They just wanted to see if I had what it took. I had faced down the odds before. I had fought against special items all night. This was just another one. The most powerful, sure, but still, only a special item.
I summoned a lightsaber, which I promptly chucked at his face. He swung the hammer, and obliterated it.
Oh no.
I grabbed out my electric sword. He swung. The weapon disintegrated in my hands.
I had forgotten about this part.
I went through weapon after weapon, beating a hasty retreat, trying to come up with some sort of plan. My armory was dwindling. I had used up over thirty weapons in this match alone.
My spear split in two. I quickly summoned my next weapons. A small pile of boomerangs appeared in my hands. I tucked them under one arms, and then started chucking them. I kept summoning and throwing, summoning and throwing. He waded his way through them, smashing them one after another. His hammer swung in blinding circles, he easily blocked each and every last one.
And then suddenly he stopped. His avatar blinked. Match over. He glanced down, trying to figure out where I had got him.
There was a ninja star poking into his chest.
I grinned at him.
He gave me a black look, and disappeared.
He was gone by the time I got back into the lobby. Skul had fled as well.
The whole warehouse burst into cheers and applause.
“YOU DONE IT!” Mateo crossed the room in one fell-swoop, dumped my laptop onto the cushions and crushed me into a hug. Then he and the other guys hoisted me on their shoulders. I glanced at the TV, where my avatar just stared stupidly at all the others milling around me.
They finally put me down, and gave Celeste her chance. She crushed me into a hug as well, but I got a kiss on the cheek too. I glanced at her. She blushed, and backed off. I grinned at her.
Ever had that moment when everything in your life just seems to be perfect?
Coffee now. *holds out hand* 
And I don't even watch anime. 
