User blog comment:Zolnir/Flaw in Tournament Setup/@comment-189.134.137.179-20160317095605/@comment-11188061-20160318030607

1) You wouldn't know that. People grow up every day - who's to say the combatants hadn't learned a new skill or power that might turn the situation around entirely? And as you said, Adam. Everyone has a different/unique Semblance, and everyone has a different capacity of Aura. What if that particular fighter has an unusually low capacity of Aura, and his 100% does not reflect another person's 100%? What if he has the type of constitution that gets one shotted the moment he is hit?

2) That is for the people of Remnant to figure out, not us. An experienced Huntsman like Qrow may be able to sniff out danger with his experience/intuition and thus may be a good choice as a referee.

3) Ah, but here's where you are wrong. We have protective equipment to protect ourselves, and they have Aura. We have referees to oversee our match, even stop them if they deem an injury too serious for a fighter to continue. They should totally have them too, and their world is far dangerous compared to ours.

4) I would have when I was younger. But I'm working in Oild & Gas Industry right now, and I can tell you that there will never be enough HSE measures in place, and never enough discipline to prevent the worst from happening. In the office we can maintain such an attitude, but as an engineer (In RWBY's case, a Huntsman) it is extremely foolish to hold an international tournament with that kind of attitude. No offense intended. And yeah, you would think a war (and a HISTORY of war in general) would wise up these people. Like I say, it is just a flaw the writing team missed.

5) I never said we need only 1 referee.

6) It is true that Yang's came as a total surprise to everyone, and is likely unpreventable. However, that doesn't mean it cannot be prevented if there is a referee standing guard.

7) You know, that is one of the stupidest part of the show actually. One, Ironwood KNOWS that Penny is a android (and by extension, all the Guardians should know it as well. At the very least I believe Ozpin does), and Pyrrha has been in Beacon long enough that the teachers should have known a long time ago that her Semblance is polarity. From that point onwards it should've rung a million bells in their heads that they need extra precaution/steps to prevent a potential accident from happening when the two duels. But they didn't.

Also, judging from how easy it is for Emerald to screw with everyone's minds, it is obvious that data of a combatant's Semblance is NOT collected prior to entering them into the tournament. This is unbelievably dangerous; it's like allowing Americans to own guns but not needing them to have a license or report to the government how many gnus they own. Even if they won't reveal it to the public to protect the Huntsmen's privacy, they still totally should have collected the participants' Semblance data - THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO ABUSE YOUR GOVERNMENTAL POWERS, IDIOTS! AND FOR A GOOD CAUSE TOO!