Tyrone was going outside to buy groceries. He crossed the street and went to the store as usual, and he was buying some vegetables.
Tyrone: And how much does this cost?
Cashier: That would be $17.99 sir.
Tyrone was 99 cents short and he had to return home to get the money he needed when suddenly- a truck ran over him.
As he woke up, he saw himself in a place he had never seen before.
Tyrone: W-what is this place?
"Are you ok?" – A mysterious voice asks. As Tyrone looks up to see who had just talked to him, he sees a wealthy man with some sort of title above his head… "Golden Gooner", he said reading the title of the man.
Jamal: I am Jamal. Nice to meet you…?
Tyrone: Ah, I am Tyrone… What is this place?
Jamal: This is the kingdom of Jerkmatia. You seem confused.
Tyrone: Yeah… I have no idea where I am.
Tyrone thinks to himself that he has been "Isekai'd" into a new world and wants to explore.
Jamal: So, you seem to be unranked. You really are new here.
Tyrone: Yeah… about that… Can you tell me how to get a "rank"… or whatever that is?
Jamal: Yes. Follow me to the "Jerkmatia Tower".
Tyrone follows Jamal to the Jerkmatia Tower. As he enters, he sees what looks like a hotel reception room. There seems to be around 10-12 floors here.
Receptionist: Hello there. How may I help you… Let me guess, you need a rank?
Tyrone: Ah- yes. I need a rank.
Receptionist: Well for a rank, you will need to do your first Edge Battle.
Tyrone: Edge Battle? Whats that?
Tyrone wonders about what an edge battle is… He seems to have heard of it from the world he's from. It reminds him of something, he just cannot remember what.
Tyrone: Huh, seems familiar.
Jamal: I can teach you if you want.
Tyrone: Yes, I would appreciate that!
Jamal shows Tyrone what an edge battle is.
Jamal: So, you pull out your *Staff* and you have to *Beat it*. You will compete with another person. If the *Staff* is beat enough, it will *Release*. In an edge battle, you have 10 HP, thought the rules can change if both parties agree. Every time your *Staff* *Releases*, you lose 1 HP.
Tyrone: Ohh, its like a video game. I see.
Jamal: True, and both parties get to decide what content they will view to *Beat* their *Staff*
Tyrone wonders where he has heard of this concept before, it still seeming quite familiar to him.
Jamal: There is also another stat called elo. Your elo corresponds to your rank. The maximum elo, is 6900, achieved by the legendary *Grandmaster Baiter*, who got the rank named after him. He is the only person to reach this amount of elo.
Tyrone seems determined that he will become a *Grandmaster Baiter* and he wants to start as soon as possible. The receptionist notices this and asks him if he wants to try his first edge battle.
Receptionist: Would you like to try your first edge battle? Our skill-based matchmaking makes it so you won't fight a very difficult opponent.
Tyrone: Yes sure. I will win this.
Tyrone's first opponent was a person called Daquavious.
Daquavious: Ready to lose, Tyrone?
Tyrone: You seem confident Daquavious...
Daquavious and Tyrone choose to *Beat* their *Staff* to *Rank 3 Material*. In Tyrone's original world, this would correlate to clothed lewd women.
Daquavious: U-ugh this is getting hard.
Tyrone: What- losing already?
Daquavious's *Staff* *Releases* first, him losing 1 HP.
Daquavius: Ugh. I might have lost 1 HP but im gonna beat you… No pun intended.
Tyrone: Sure you will, buddy.
Daquavious quickly earns the lead when tyrone accidentally goes too fast and *Releases*
In the end, they were both tied at 1 HP.
Tyrone: I guess the person to last the longest will win.
Daquavious: May the edgiest one win!
Tyrone and Daquavious go back and forth, each of them super stiff, right when Tyrone was about to *Release*, he found some last resistence in his body, he found the *Distraction Teqnique*. He was able to resist until Daquavious couldn't hold it any longer and *Released*
Tyrone: Hah… This is my perfect victory… That's right… I win.
Daquavious: No- this… this cant be! I should be the one winning.
Tyrone: Get down on your damn knees… Daquavious. You are worthless.
Daquavious: T-This can't be… No-
Tyrone got his first rank, "Bronze Beater". His elo, being just 100. He was happy with his result. He was able to beat his first opponent, thought he was wondering about his ability, the *Distraction Technique*… "What did I do in that battle", he said, when he finally understood.
Tyrone: I get it now! I have to think of something else, to distract myself from the content. This should give me some brief seconds of resistence. That's it! I found it! Well.. It does need some practice… But for now, I have 100 elo, and I will be focused on raising that!
Jamal: Uhh can you stop screaming now?
Tyrone: Right- Sorry