{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Ross (FlamingPandaOMG) (theyurityphoon)'s status on Monday, 09-Sep-13 00:38:37 UTC","author_name":"Ross (FlamingPandaOMG) (theyurityphoon)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/theyurityphoon","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/2971682","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/4320\" class=\"url\" title=\"RDN's Lucifer\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">nerthos<\/span><\/a><\/span> Something to defend yourself with is ALWAYS going to help your odds, especially if you've been trained to use it well. Only time I couldn't see it being a good thing is if you don't know how to use it whatsoever because you end up harming yourself more than the opposition."}