Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4830106-20151026041312/@comment-4010415-20151028043539

Phantomlink959 wrote: ChishioKunrin wrote: Also, thumbs up means kill him, and thumbs down means spare him. False, thumb out in any direction means kill. thumb tucked in is spare.

To elaborate, those arenas were pretty huge, and a hand is pretty small, so they had to be distinctive so as to be told apart at long distance. The thumb stuck out represents the sword, regardless of direction, and means the person dies. the thumb in means the sword is kept sheathed and they may live. Huh. I was told what I said, and I remember finding it a bit confusing for a few moments. Eh, whatever.