Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140404003915/@comment-24400457-20140422062317

I think the arena size for a 4v4 duel would be far larger than the arena size seen for Cardin vs. Jaune. It's highly likely that the expected development of a 4v4 would be more refined than a free for all. Also when someone hits the red zone they'd be eliminated, other fighters would also know this though so I doubt anyone would make an actually aggressive attack on that person.

In terms of avoiding harm: There is no way to guarantee that no one gets injured during the tournament. Penny, Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Nora and Ren are all capable of dealing massive amounts of spike damage that could easily smash through a person's aura WITHOUT it hitting the red beforehand (that is IF aura can be broken through).

Even in single's competition the person is in massive amounts of danger. What if Penny used that laser blast of hers? She'd likely do massive damage to a given person regardless of their aura level and would probably hospitalise them. I expect injuries, disability and even death to be an expected (albeit incredibly unlikely) occurrence. You don't give people sharpened blades, tell them to duel and not expect blood to flow.

There is an inherent danger born from merely agreeing to participate, one that is no greater than that which hunters face in every day life but is far greater than the public and likely inconcievable to the civilian audience.