==Rurouni Taikai Legends: 'Til All Are One==

Hosted by [[Switchblade]] in October 2003, this was an invasion tournament which took place entirely at [[http://forum.shunyata.org/ Shunyata.org]]'s Forums.  A tournament involving teams of two, the sponsorship pool consisted of characters from any fiction, as long as they had some kind of rivalry with their partner.  

The tournament involved the story of [[Unity]], who seeked to bring peace and harmony to the Multiverse, and tried using the feuding sponsors as his test subjects to find out how to do so.  The winner of the tournament was the team of [[Prized Possessions]], consisting of [[JSG]] (sponsering [[S-ko]]) and [[LordLocke]] (sponsering [[Zappa]]).  The Runner Up team was [[Tracing Paper]], consisting of [[gbeans]] (sponsering [[Evil Nancy]]) and [[MonkeyHitman]] (sponsering [[Yomiko Readman]])

==Round List==

Round One: [[Rurouni Taikai Legends Round One|Centre]]<br>
Round Two: [[Rurouni Taikai Legends Round Two|Love]]<br>
Round Three: [[Rurouni Taikai Legends Round Three|Will]]<br>
Round Four: [[Rurouni Taikai Legends Round Four|Hate]]<br>
Round Five: [[Rurouni Taikai Legends Round Five|Fate]]<br>
Round Six: [[Rurouni Taikai Legends Round Six|Chaos/Washington D.C.]]<br>
Final Round: [[Rurouni Taikai Legends Finals|First World]]

All locations, barring Washington D.C., are original.

==Continuity==

Rurouni Taikai Legends has the distinction of being one of the few tournaments to have no ties to the Eternal cannon and, indeed, to be completely incompatible with it. RTL took place in a universe created by a force known as [[Creation]] and monitered by the seven Children of Creation: [[Justice]], [[Chaos]], [[Will]], [[Fate]], [[Love]], [[Hate]], and [[The one of Many Names]]. Each of the Children ruled over a single world, the various round locations in RTL.

==Battle System==
Rurouni Taikai Legends' battle system was heavily based on the level advancement system in the Square video game [[Seiken Densetsu 3]]. Each character began as either a Light or a Dark, depending on if they leaned more heavily towards good or evil, respectively. Characters levelled up twice, and at each new level they advanced to a new class, based on whether they used more "good" abilities or "evil" abilities. The class abilities themselves tended to be simple hurt or heal ones, giving RTL one of the most basic systems in some time.

The key to RTL's gameplay, of course, was the teams. Each sponsor was paired with another to form a two-member team. These teams' damage and healing was tallied by combining the scores of the individuals. Teams who had taken the most damage each round were voted off, generally two per round. RTL did not allow sidekicks.

==Awards==
'''BestStory''': [[LordLocke]] and [[JSG]] as [[Zappa]] and [[S-ko]].

'''Best Dramatic Performance''': [[Bugenhagen]] as [[Dr. Edward Rovias]].

'''Best Comedic Performance''': [[AsylumXKP]] as [[Lance Vance]].

'''Best Villainous Performance''': [[Dry]] as [[Cervantes]].

'''Best Duel (One on One)''': [[Wayne]] and [[San Draco]] for their fight between [[Aldaris]] and [[Zeratul]].

'''Best Duel (Multiple Fighters)''': The massive fight between [[Inferno]] and pretty much everyone else.

'''Best Rivalry''': [[Wayne]] and [[San Draco]] for their performances as [[Aldaris]] and [[Zeratul]].

'''Best Friendship''': [[LordLocke]], [[gbeans]], and [[MonkeyHitman]] as [[Zappa]], [[Evil Nancy]], and [[Yomiko Readman]].

'''Best Display of Teamwork''': [[Curley WEAPON|Curley W]] and [[Thirdtwin]] as [[Kuwabara]] and [[Yusuke]].

'''Best Omake''': [[Wayne]] as [[Aldaris]].

'''The Richard Miller "One Man Army" Award for Surviving Against Great Odds''': [[gbeans]] as [[Evil Nancy]].

'''Most Original Interpretation of an Existing Character''': [[Luna]] as [[Santa Claus]].

'''Best Sig/Avatar''': A tie between [[Krizak]]'s Maskmaker, Maskmaker, Make me a Mask sigs and [[AsylumXKP]]'s Love Fist sigs.

==Roster==
Rurouni Taikai Legends allowed characters from all fictional media, provided that they were teamed with a canonical rival.
{| width="100%"
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
!width="15%"|Final Round
!width="15%"|Sponsor
!width="25%"|Character
!width="30%"|Team Name
!width="15%"|Final Class
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Winner
||[[LordLocke]]
||[[Zappa]] (''Guilty Gear XX'')
||Prized Possessions
||Victor
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Winner
||[[JSG]]
||[[S-ko]] (''Guilty Gear XX'')
||Prized Possessions
||Archfiend
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Final Round
||[[gbeans]]
||[[Evil Nancy]] (''Read or Die'')
||Tracing Paper
||Redeemer
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Final Round
||[[MonkeyHitman]]
||[[Yomiko Readman]] (''Read or Die'')
||Tracing Paper
||Light
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Six
||[[Dry|Dry31]]
||[[Cervantes]] (''Soul Calibur'' series)
||Apostles of Evil
||Archfiend
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Six
||[[Death Hunter]]
||[[Nightmare]] (''Soul Calibur'' series)
||Apostles of Evil
||Archfiend
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Six
||[[Wayne|Aldaris]]
||[[Aldaris]] (''Starcraft'')
||Judge, Jury, and Executioner
||Darkling
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Six
||[[San Draco]]
||[[Zeratul]] (''Starcraft'')
||Judge, Jury, and Executioner
||Dark
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Five
||[[Dareon]]
||[[Ryuhou]] (''s.CRY.ed'')
||Alter Egos
||Light
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Five
||[[Soujiro Seta|Tenken]]
||[[Kazuma]] (''s.CRY.ed'')
||Alter Egos
||Light
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Five
||[[Bugenhagen]]
||[[Dr. Edward Rovias]] (''Eternal Darkness'')
||Dead and Loving It
||Duelist
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Five
||[[Anoat]]
||[[Pious Augustus]]
||Dead and Loving It
||Dark
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Four
||[[AsylumXKP]]
||[[Lance Vance]] (''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'')
||Love Fist
||Dark
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Four
||[[Baka]]
||[[Tommy Vercetti]] (''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'')
||Love Fist
||Villain
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Four
||[[Krizak|Alexander Krizak]]
||[[Majora/Skull Kid]] with Tael fluffy (''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'')
||Maskmaker, Maskmaker, Make me a Mask
||Dark
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Four
||[[KyleIII]]
||[[Link]] with Tatl fluffy (''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'')
||Maskmaker, Maskmaker, Make me a Mask
||Light
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Three
||[[Curley WEAPON|Curley W]]
||[[Kazuma Kuwabara]] (''Yu Yu Hakusho'')
||Sarayashiki's Worst
||Light
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Three
||[[Thirdtwin]]
||[[Yusuke Urameshi]] with Puu fluffy(''Yu yu Hakusho'')
||Sarayashiki's Worst
||Light
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Three
||[[Cirrus|Cirrus Velious]]
||[[Mukki]] (''Final Fantasy VII''/[[Survivor X]])
||Bitch, my Man Ain't your Baby Daddy*
||Light
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Three
||[[Luna]]
||[[Santa Claus]] ([[Survivor X]])
||Bitch, my Man Ain't your Baby Daddy*
||Dark
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Two
||[[Coin]]
||[[Batman]] (''DC Comics'')
||Team Underwear Flashers
||Light
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round Two
||[[Damned|Quickman]]
||[[Superman]] (''DC Comic'')
||Team Underwear Flashers
||Light
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round One
||[[Onyx]]
||[[Goku]] (''Dragonball Z'')
||TEAM XTR33M
||Light
|- style="border: 1px solid #7577B7; color: #000000; background-color: #E4E4F2"
||Round One
||[[Crusader]]
||[[Vegeta]] (''Dragonball Z'')
||TEAM XTR33M
||Dark
|}
<small>* Team Bitch, my Man Ain't your Baby Daddy was allowed in the tournament by special permission of the host after [[Cirrus]]' original team fell through.</small>

==Tournament AST==

This tournament did not have an arranged soundtrack.