Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140404003915/@comment-24400457-20140422041603

I'll read through the rest of the responses when I have more time but:

1) The fact I used Atlas was simply an example. Basically all they would do would eliminate a large amount of the generic characters (and yesI have a feeling we WILL see background characters used as "cannon fodder". They would not necessarily wipe out Atlas, they would wipe out their weaker but still somewhat credible opponents. I have no doubts that Atlas will likely have a Pyrrha or a Blake that could easily stand up to either Ruby or Yang and quite possibly both for a short time. Although it may be far entertaining to see them tag team against such a pairing you described.

2) The Vytal Festival to me sounds like it's available to all who want to compete. Anyone from a combat school in Vacuo, Atlas or Mistral would likely gain entrance regardless of skill level.