Quote Originally Posted by Max Dirks View Post
Who said you have to "fight" in tournaments?

See here for an example of a non-combat tournament battle.
The existence of situations where two like-minded individuals obviated the general trend by agreement does not change the simple fact that fighting is the default, the most common, and essentially the centerpiece of Althanas competition.

That point aside, Task mentioned a while ago that further discussions of fighting/non-fighting were best addressed elsewhere. I guess I was the only one that read that.

Anyway, on topic:

Tell me more about these "special battles"? Done just to resolve the issue of a non-square bracket, or more interesting than that?