
These fighters are role-playing while they’re role-playing. Even outside Blood Night Bouts, the server’s wrestling scene congregates at in-game gyms, training sessions, or meetings with fans. Kayfabe is the art of staying in character - a heel is a bad guy and a face is a good guy, even outside the ring, and keeping that narrative is all part of the fun. The fighters stick to kayfabe, even when they’re not at a fight. “I’ll be booing a fighter, saying he needs to be stopped and shut down, but as soon as Meryl gives a thank-you speech and the curtain closes, he’s the first person I’m coming over to for a hug.” “Dan’s the face announcer, and Meryl’s the heel,” says Rums, the player behind Dan White, in a call with Polygon. Dan White, an in-game league commentator, is a tribute to WWE icon Jim Ross. But the other things would be fighting games, fight culture, and sports entertainment - primarily wrestling.”įans of ’90s Attitude Era wrestling will spot some of its creative hallmarks lovingly homaged in Blood Night Bouts.

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As Android explained in a call with Polygon, “RP, that’s pretty obvious.

“Blood Night Bouts is a passion project that was created from my love of a few things,” says Android 18, the player behind Meryl Ford, the founder of Blood Night Bouts. I’ve been part of the New Day community for almost two years, including volunteering as a staff member, and Blood Night Bouts has grown from six guys scrapping in a parking lot to an entertainment empire that can fill in-game stadiums. This is a regular event in Los Santos, and the people of the city have come to love the action and adrenaline of Blood Night Bouts.īlood Night Bouts is a fight circuit in the fictional state of San Andreas, run on the GTA Online role-play server New Day. Commentators are doing vocal warmup exercises and running down the list, and promoters have their phones out, hyping up the bouts on Twitter. Fans filter into the Maze Bank Arena while fighters congregate at the side of the cage, preparing for the battles ahead. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.It’s fight night and the energy in the air is electric. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.

