User blog:Lord Regent Iceberg/Katanas = bad

So today, I was lucky enough to invade someone (my internet has been crap lately). I invade this guy's world, and I take note of how far he may or may not have gotten. There were two NPCs standing by, so I know he hasn't made it passed them. Heysel has invaded, so I know he's at least made it to the water. Hmmm... where could he be? All of a sudden, I see him run in the corner of my screen to a little alcolve. I think, "What's he up to? I'm not hurting him... yet." All of sudden, I see an icon pop up, the seed of a tree of giants icon. Basically, this turns enemies hostile towards invaders. HOWEVER, it really only worked on Heysel. Heysel was getting her ass handed to her by the giant crab. Anyway, I see this guy try to lead the two NPCs to attack me. He kills one, and I applaud him. But he constantly tries to get the other to attack me. It doesn't work; I don't know if it didn't work because of my covenant or just because the NPC was focused on him. I swing and hit him and the NPC swings and hits him too. He starts rolling away and then kills the NPC. He bows to the NPC as I applaud his actions. My turn. He heals up, and so do I (he managed to hit me once, but it didn't do much). I bow to him, but this guy decides to try to hit me while I'm showing him respect. Let me mention this guy uses a katana called the Chaos Blade, by the way. He's also wearing the armor of the last boss and in my head I'm thinking, "This guy... probably got carried through the game." Anyway, I dodge his attack and swap to an ultra greatsword, one that has a lot of range. Let me show you what I did to kill him:

First, I two-handed the greatsword. Then... I hit him twice with two normal attacks. Then I do a rolling attack that catches him at the end of his roll. He dropped dead. All it took was three hits, and I showed this guy how powerless he was. I bowed to him at the end because, you know, it was a fair fight.

Lessons to be learned:

1) Show honor to your opponent.

2) Don't use a katana.

3) Don't try to hit your opponent while they're trying to show honor to you in a one-on-one fight. It's just disrespectful and you will get punished.