Gladiator IV - The fights begin!

[Chaunk]

Orders sent.

[Theben]

Interesting to see how the Doctor plays this out... he can kill me, but how open will he leave himself?

Sorry, but you'll have to wait until tommorrow for orders.

[gjramsey]

wow, blood is starting to flow freely in both battles. I am rooting for the double KO.

[Ljube]

Gladiator is more a game of psychology than of statistical analysis and calculation of probability and expected valuation.

[J Bytheway]

Semi-final 1, round 10

We have a guest author for some of the story today.

[contribution author="Chaunk"]Realising this may be his last chance for victory, Chaunk salutes the crowd, and bows low before his opponant. "Morituri te salutant, eh Jamski." he mused, almost to himself.

He called for his running boy. "Get me my special gear. Now!"

"Sorry about this Jamski old boy, but it's just not cricket to kill an unarmed man." Said Chaunk, giving his sword and other armour to the boy.

"Well! This is a strange turn up for the books! The crowd is waiting with baited breathe, poised to see what's in store. This better be good! Ah the boy is back. He's brought out a helmet and a pair of gloves. Blimey charley that's quite some helmet! The spike on the top of that is almost as big as Chaunk himself, and those gloves are nothing to be sniffed at either - literally, they're covered in skunk!" said a rather surprised commentator.

"Let the fighting begin!"[/contribution]

Chaunk wastes no time in his bid for death or victory, lowering his head and charging towards his opponent. Jamski was prepared for this (it being just about the one and only possible tactic...), and he receives the blow on his shield, losing half of it in a great crunch. Jamski is thrown by the power behind the blow, and his response is spoiled, so he manages only a shallow cut across Chaunk's ribs.

Chaunk, however, was expecting something like this, and is able to reach up with his gloves and smother Jamski-San's face, causing him to gag and retch. While Jamski is preoccupied, Chaunk steps back and charges in with his helmet lowered once more. This time his aim is true and the spike pierces deeply into Jamski's bowels.

Jamski-San, with great effort, extracts the spike from his belly, and, turning his shield, inserts it into one of the larger pieces of bamboo. He is able to slide the shield down the spike, keeping Chaunk's head immobilised, and swinging his katana carefully to counter the wild struggles of Chaunk, slices a small chunk from Chaunks arm, hoping perhaps to lessen the utility of the gloves.

Jamski suffered 28 damage, leaving 27HP and Chaunk 19, leaving 7HP.
I'm accepting orders for round 11.

Well... I can't quite believe both contestants survived this round, but both of them must be running purely on adrenaline now. The arena around them must be literally running red with their blood (particularly from Jamski's scalp wound...).

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by ljcvetko
Gladiator is more a game of psychology than of statistical analysis and calculation of probability and expected valuation.

Actually it's a nice even mix of both, which is what makes it fun.

[Theben]

Re: Semi-final 2, round 4

Originally posted by J Bytheway
I fear we might have to deal with a double KO here... If so, then I think we'll have an additional round, and give the victory to whoever does the most damage.

Just for clarification: in the event of a double KO, we have one more go at it with 3 swings, the winner is the one who inflicts the most damage in 3 swings? Are you having a hp limit?

[DrSpike]

Actually I think we should discuss that. I feel a rematch is a better choice. We used half the rounds that the other semi did anyway, and I think a rematch is fairer than a one off combat.

[Theben]

Originally posted by ljcvetko
Gladiator is more a game of psychology than of statistical analysis and calculation of probability and expected valuation.

Actually there's quite a bit of both; when you do your calculations you take into consideration what the person has done before and how you feel they will adjust.

[duke o' york]

Gladiator is a game of +1s.



Mmmmm....... Irony

[Theben]

And I see the Doc felt the same. Not that I'm surprised.

You want a rematch at full or partial hp's?

[DrSpike]

We could make it a 100 to speed it up a little. Anything under 100 wont work well. 120 again is fine to me also. See what the GM thinks.

[DrSpike]

If there's a double KO that is.

[Chaunk]

I'm alive!

Orders shortly, might need to think about this one...

[Theben]

Originally posted by DrSpike
We could make it a 100 to speed it up a little. Anything under 100 wont work well. 120 again is fine to me also. See what the GM thinks.

100 would be fine, although I was thinking around 80.

If there's a double KO that is.

I know I'm in the "auto-kill zone", but you're not that far outside it, bub. This time it is all psychological, and depends on how much ofense vs. defense you're willing to risk.

btw, congrats on that last round, considering you hit me by only 1.5 pts. (jerk).