So Vox did an AMA with the Reddit Gammas, dipping his toes in that murky swamp, as I did a few years ago. I have to say that on a quick scan there really wasn’t much that I thought was even remotely a tough question or any that would have put him in any difficulty to reply to.
This one, however amused me:
Scorpio is right about the login. In fact I couldn’t even find the avatar thing.
For the record, no, I would not be interested in a charity fight.
Aside random events like streetfights or assaults (none of which I started) or stopping some guy doing some violent shit, and willingly sparring inside dojos for years, I don’t think I would ever have been interested in a charity fight at any time.
For me a fight has always been either a necessity for one reason or another, or training (sparring or competitions, neither of which is really a fight as such).
I extended only a couple of formal challenges to braggarts online, offering to pay their way or fly to them depending, and in each instance they backed out, but my motivations for doing so are probably inscrutable to almost everyone, nor do I feel inclined to explain them. Aside that, I did in my youth offer to settle differences by way of a fight a few times, but none were very significant events, which some of the later things were.
Plus at my age, the point of fighting only if it’s a necessity is even more relevant, in which case it would then pretty much preclude there being any rules to it except trying to make sure I walk away from it and the other guy gets carried out of it, and personally I would not care at all if it’s on a gurney to the hospital or a bodybag to the morgue.
The idea of getting into a heavy sparring session with a friend when we are both at age 55 really has no appeal whatsoever.
Injuries heal a lot slower and are far more likely than 30 or even 20 or 10 years ago, and I have enough to do physically on the farm that I really don’t need any more dents.
Now, if there was a 100,000 tax free Euro paid to me for doing the fight, well… I’d consider it then.
Even then I’d prefer it if it would be someone I either don’t know or even disliked.
But since I doubt the gammas would put up that kind of cash even if it meant seeing me and Vox kick the crap out of each other, I’m fairly sure neither he nor I needs to put on Walkmen with Eye of the Tiger playing as we punch speedbags, jog along rural roads, and run up and down the steps of the local council in hoodies.
